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PaperCut Printing
Did you know you can send files to printers online and them pick up at any campus printer? Just log in to PaperCut with your blueView information. For more information, check out Drake OIT’s Print Services page. Please let us know if you are having difficulties with the new printing system.
Web Printing is your guide to driverless printing! Web Printing gives you the ability to upload documents to the PaperCut website and select a specific printer or to use the Virtual Print Queue “Public Printers.” You can the retrieve the printer of your choosing and release or delete the print job. Submitted jobs will remain in queue for 48 hours.
Senate Meeting > 10/6/11
A lot of J-Term discussion going on tonight at @DrakeStuSenate, focusing on possible housing issues during the J-Term.—
Michael Riebel (@mriebel04) October 07, 2011
Drake now officially has student-led ping pong and ballroom dancing clubs, according to @mriebel04, senator-at-large for @DrakeStuSenate—
(@DrakeUniversity) October 07, 2011
Drake Ping Pong Club is now an official organization at @DrakeUniversity! Possibly getting a ping pong table in Spikes Spot in the future.—
Michael Riebel (@mriebel04) October 07, 2011
Ballroom Dancing is now an official club here at @DrakeUniversity! Approved tonight at @DrakeStuSenate—
Michael Riebel (@mriebel04) October 07, 2011
@DrakeStuSenate appoints @Jess_JHill and Stephen Larson at Elections Commission Co-Chairs! #congratulations—
Kayleigh Koester (@KayleighKoester) October 07, 2011
Drake Outdoor Leadership Club received funding to go on their kayak trip! Have fun! @DrakeStuSenate—
Michael Riebel (@mriebel04) October 07, 2011
Amazing News! Keep moving forward, DU!
"@DrakeStuSenate: "Olmsted computers can now print." -Senator/Technology Liaison @stephen_slade—
Alex Thomas (@alexATthomas) October 07, 2011
"Olmsted computers can now print." -Senator/Technology Liaison @stephen_slade referring to the computers outside SLC.—
Drake Student Senate (@DrakeStuSenate) October 07, 2011
"There are no additional tuition costs associated with taking the J-Term." – @DrakeArts Senator @KayleighKoester—
Drake Student Senate (@DrakeStuSenate) October 07, 2011
Other updates:
DART is working on a new transit route toward downtown Des Moines. They’re also working on getting a mobile out within the next year.
- Senator/Student Services Committee Chair Nate Bleadorn
College of Arts & Sciences working to improve website and social media efforts
- College of Education Senator Carly Hamilton on behalf of Senator/Academic Affairs Committee Chair Amanda Laurent
TV channel guides that tell students what channel corresponds to what station will be available in residence halls starting next year.
- Senator/Campus Advancement Committee Chair David Karaz
Ice machines requested by some students are unfortunately not able to be implemented into residence halls.
- Senator/Campus Advancement Committee Chair David Karaz
Student Senate Meeting 11/11/10
First, we’d like to thank you for all your feedback regarding which e-mail systems you’d like to see at Drake. We will pass the results of our poll along to Ann Kovalchick, the Chief Information Technology Officer, so she and the e-mail migration committee will have student feedback as they move forward in their decision-making process. You can send any other thoughts or concerns to her via e-mail at ann.kovalchick@drake.edu.
Please join us for this week’s Student Senate meeting, tomorrow at 9pm in the Drake Room in upper Olmsted. We’ll also be live-blogging the meeting on this website, so head back to drakesenate.com to follow along. At this meeting:
- Updates from Dannie Crozier, Sodexo General Manager
- E-mail migration update
- First-Year Senator election update
- Funding allocations for Drake Mind Sports (pool tournament)
- Organizational approval for Visual Arts Association of Drake (VAAD) and Drake Women’s Lacrosse
Want to see the full agenda and motions? Click here to download a PDF of everything you’ll need for this week’s Senate meeting! Missed last week’s meeting? Download a PDF of the minutes from our 11/4/10 meeting to catch up.
New this week: the minutes include last week’s voting record. Take a look if you’re interested in how your senators voted on a particular issue or motion!
E-mail System Demos
Today’s edition of the Times-Delphic includes a story about the Office of Information Technology‘s new effort to overhaul Drake’s e-mail system, a process spearheaded by Chief Information Technology Officer Ann Kovalchick. Various members of Student Senate, including Student Body President Samantha Haas and Technology Liaison Michael Riebel, have had the opportunity to provide input in the first stages of the process, and now the student body can voice their opinions. Below is an excerpt from “Office of Information Technology launches email system overhaul.”
The e-mail system that Drake University students have become accustomed to could be up for a big change soon. The Zimbra e-mail system will be getting an overhaul, or even be changed completely for a “cloud computing” system.
In a cloud system, information is no longer stored locally, but rather on a server that can help access any information that a user has saved on other computers and outsourced to a new server. One of the more recognizable cloud systems is Google Apps, which helps power Gmail and Google Calendar.
Two of the systems currently being looked at are Microsoft’s Live@edu and Google’s Gmail. The main difference between the two is that Live@edu not only has Web-based access, but also offers a native desktop client function, unlike Gmail. Students would then also have improved calendar options and could handle larger amounts of e-mails.
Students have a few opportunities to test out the systems that might replace Zimbra.
The first sessions dealing with the Google platform will be tonight [11/8] from 2 to 3 p.m. in Cowles 201 and then again from 7 to 8 p.m. in Bulldog Theater.
The second session of demonstrations will be with the Microsoft platform tomorrow, Nov. 9 from 2 to 3 p.m. in Bulldog Theater and then again from 7 to 8 p.m. in the same location.
We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to share your feedback with the Office of Information Technology and the email overhaul committee. Vote for your preference in the poll below, and post any other thoughts in our comments section.
Student Senate Meeting 11/4/10
Please join us for this week’s Student Senate meeting, tomorrow at 9pm in the Drake Room in upper Olmsted. At this meeting:
- Updates from Ann Kovalchick, Chief Information Technology Officer
- First-Year Senator election update
- Funding allocations for CBS (National Black Student Union Conference) and Drake Anime Club (“What is Anime?” event)
- Organizational approval for Drake Sportsmen’s Club
Want to see the full agenda and motions? Click here to download a PDF of everything you’ll need for this week’s Senate meeting! Missed last week’s meeting? Download a PDF of the minutes from our 10/28/10 meeting to catch up.
