Office of Information Technology
Main Office: Room 8311
Telephone: 1-212-817-7350
Fax: 1-212-817-1615
Email: IT@gc.cuny.edu
URL: web.gc.cuny.edu/informationtechnology
Assistant Vice-President for IT: Mr. Robert D. Campbell
Director of Administrative Services: Ms. Tawana Spellen
Director of User Services: Ms. Elaine Montilla
Director of Applications Development: Ms. Rashi Asthana
Director of Enterprise Networks and Systems: Mr. Matt Liston
Director of Audio-Visual Services: Mr. Peter Harris
Information Technology (IT) is the division of the Graduate Center that is responsible for voice and data systems. The mission of this unit is to facilitate the effective use of technology in the learning process, in instruction and research, and in processing and accessing institutional information.
Students are provided network accounts and email accounts, remote access to GC computing resources via Citrix, VPN and dial-up access, and access to a Help Desk
(1-212-817-7300) for assistance using GC computing resources. IT maintains a collection of desktop computers (Mac, Windows PC and Linux PC platforms) located in the Library, in computer-equipped classrooms, and in computer clusters in program areas. In addition, student laptop access is available in the Library via plug-in stations as well as via wireless access. The GC desktop computers are equipped with a wide variety of software to support a breadth of student activities. Access to a host of online Library databases is available as well.
IT conducts monthly workshops for students on a wide variety of technology topics, and maintains a website of information for users of GC systems. (See web.gc.cuny.edu/
informationtechnology.) IT also accommodates student websites and manages the GC Blackboard environment for online learning, accessible via the CUNY portal. Students are employed each semester as technical assistants in IT.
Related activities include support for the work of the Audio/Visual staff (including smart classrooms), and support for the Student Affairs office, which accommodates students with disabilities through a variety of adaptive technology and related services (for example, screen access software and such peripheral devices as scanners and a Braille embosser). Students interested in such services are urged to contact the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs.
We urge all students to take fullest advantage of technology resources in pursuit of their graduate studies and activities, and we look forward to serving those needs. Students are reminded that all Graduate Center information technology, including equipment and computer accounts, may only be used by Graduate Center students, staff, or faculty for purposes pertaining to research, instruction, or administration, and that all users are subject to the CUNY Computer Use Policy. Student input regarding IT resources is sought via the Doctoral Students’ Council and the Student Technology Fee Committee.
Research Computing
See Office of the Vice President for Information Technology and External Programs.
Educational Resources
Room 9116; Telephone 1-212-817-7330
Email: cdenniston@gc.cuny.edu
Director of Audio-Visual Services: Mr. Peter Harris
This office provides audio-visual services and assistance to the academic and administrative departments, and manages and runs the equipment in all Graduate Center public assembly spaces, including the Harold M. Proshansky Auditorium, the Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall, the Martin E. Segal Theatre, the Dining Commons, and the Concourse Level and 9th Floor meeting rooms. It is responsible for all the classroom, seminar room, and conference room audio-visual equipment, furnishes equipment and other resources for audio-visual and photographic needs, and arranges informal, one-on-one instruction sessions for faculty and students in the use of photographic and audio-visual equipment used in individual research projects.
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