Student Voices are Being Heard Based on responses we received from several surveys conducted last spring, including the campus-wide TechQual+ survey, TLT's suggestion box, and feedback from DoIT Student Advisory board meetings, we've made some changes to improve the student experience, including more printers, faster Blackboard, and a SINC Site Facebook page. Read More > Important Changes to Stony Brook Email Your campus email address will become your 'preferred' address in SOLAR as of Aug. 14. You are expected to check your campus email account for important notifications on a regular basis. Learn More About This New Policy > HDTV Deployed Campus-Wide Stony Brook University and Cablevision reached a deal this summer to deploy high-definition television (HDTV) campus-wide. HDTV provides a resolution substantially higher than that of standard definition television. Enjoy viewing a much more vivid picture! Improved Cell Phone Coverage Coming DoIT's Data Network Services team, in partnership with CEWIT (Intelibs), and Verizon will be delivering improved cell phone coverage to students living in West Apartments by December 2013. The rest of the community can expect to see similar enhancements to cell phone coverage throughout the entire campus by the beginning of the Spring 2014 semester. Physics SINC Site Opens and Three Others Get New Computers The Physics SINC Site, located on the first floor of the Physics Building in Room P121, is now available for public hours and large groups that need an interactive whiteboard for tutoring sessions and workshops. In addition, the following SINC Sites were updated with new computers this summer: Humanities 2046

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Life Sciences 022 Visa and Immigration Services

Goes Electronic Stony Brook University's Visa and Immigration Services has gone electronic with accessVIS, an online portal for students, scholars, faculty, and staff. The new accessVIS system allows electronic submission of immigration requests to Visa and Immigration Services and provides a source of communication for updates and notifications. You can use accessVIS to: Complete the new student immigration intake form

Initiate most active student immigration requests (part-time enrollment, OPT, CPT, change of level, and more)

Track the progress of immigration requests Learn More About accessVIS > Reserve a CoLA for Group Projects CoLAs are collaborative learning areas designed to support groups of students working together on projects or within study groups. They are located in the North Reading Room of the Melville Library, Math/Physics Tower (Room S235), and Old Engineering (Room 222). Students can make their own reservations online (up to two weeks in advance) for the booths and boards in the North Reading Room and Math/Physics Tower by logging in to https://cola.sinc.stonybrook.edu with their NetID. Improvements to Print Services and a Request to Go "Green" DoIT continues to make improvements to printing services across the entire campus. Printing services on East and West campus have been merged. Additional print locations have been added. All registered Stony Brook students are eligible to print 280 pages a week (Monday - Sunday) in the SINC Sites, Health Sciences Library, and Residential Computing Centers or by using Stony Brook's Print From Anywhere service. Your Stony Brook ID card is required to release print jobs. While DoIT is pleased to offer reliable and flexible print services, we also want to remind students that unnecessary printing is bad for the environment and wasteful of your own student Tech Fee. Please think before you print and don't print what you don't need. Learn More > Join the DoIT Student Advisory Board DoIT is seeking student input for 2013-14. We are seeking representation from Undergraduate Student Government (USG), Graduate Student Organization (GSO), Residence Hall Association (RHA), CSO, all service organizations, DSS, and the general student body. Throughout the year, members participate in meetings, representing their constituents' concerns, opinions, and have the opportunity to ask questions about services and policies. Students who serve on the DoIT Advisory Board provide assistance in testing and implementing new technologies, review existing services, and provide feedback on policy. Fill Out This Form to Participate > Lynda Learning on Your Mobile Device Lynda.com offers a mobile-friendly site and free apps for the iPhone and iPad through Apple's App Store. The Android app is coming soon. Access Lynda's entire library from your mobile device. Switch back and forth without missing a step. New courses on Lynda include "Using Word and InDesign Together," "Google Calendar Essential Training," "Foundations of Logo Design," "PHP with MySQL Essential Training," and "HTML Essential Training."

Log into http://stonybrook.edu/lynda with your NetID. Meet New CIO Cole Camplese Cole W. Camplese stepped into the role of Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at Stony Brook University on Aug. 12, 2013. He comes to Stony Brook after serving as Senior Director for Teaching and Learning with Technology at The Pennsylvania State University from 2010-13. Read Cole Camplese's Full Bio >

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