Temple TECH Center Recognized Nationally as Premier Facility
Visitors to the new $17 million TECH Center, which opened quietly January 2006 in advance of the return of students and faculty for the spring semester, quickly discovered it offers much more than computers.
Designed to position Temple as a premier technology institution, the TECH (Technology, Education, Collaboration and Help) Center boasts 24-hour accessibility to state-of-the art technology, 13 breakout rooms for collaborative learning and study, six specialty labs, an Internet lounge, multiple laser printing stations, the Computer Services Help Desk, and wireless access throughout the facility.
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The Fox School Helps Philadelphia Become One of the First Wireless U.S. Cities
Philadelphia is going wireless, and Temple helped get this pioneering project off the ground. A team of faculty and students at The Fox School of Business and Management helped conceive and articulate the business plan that will likely also serve as a model for other cities’ wireless plans.
“Our role was to assist with some of the upfront thinking: what it should be, how it should be used, where it fits and doesn’t fit, what are the business models, and so on,” said Munir Mandviwalla, founding chair of the management information systems department and executive director of the Irwin L. Gross eBusiness Institute at The Fox School.
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Dell Puts Technology in the Palm of Students' Hands
This semester, Management Information Systems 120, “Data Communication Networking,” launched a Mobile Interactive Student (MIS) pilot program. Thanks to a donation from Dell, 42 students in two sections of MIS instructor Mart Doyle’s class received hand-held computers to use both in and out of the classroom.
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Alter Hall: Business Technology for a New Century
Alter Hall—the new building for The Fox School—will provide an advanced teaching and learning environment for business students that accommodates emerging technologies.
The new Fox School complex will become a place where flexible learning spaces provide anytime, anywhere access to online resources,’ according to Associate Dean for Information Technology John DeAngelo.
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