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HCOB Laptops Set Campus Computing Pace es ern September 28, 2000 NEWS volume 27, number 3 www.wmich.edufwmufnews Trustees approve AFSCME 'NUPL8' is great for University funding, promoting Bronco spirit contract at Sept. meeting Faculty, staff, students and alumni will ally and a collector's version for display. At its Sept. 15 meeting, the WMU be able to put their Bronco spirit in over- • MICHIGAN • Orders for the regular plate will be taken Board ofT rustees approved a three-year drive through a new automobile license beginning Oct. 2. The West Main office labor agreement with Local 1668 of the plate program launched Sept. 26 in Lan- will have 100 collector plates available for American Federation of State, County sing by Michigan Secretary of State immediate purchase on Oct. 2 and will sell and Municipal Employees, Michigan Candice S. Miller. them until they are gone. AFSCME Council 25. The vote made WMU is one 15 Michigan universities to Western Michigan University This is the only time Bronco plates will official a tentative agreement reached have its own license plate through a new be available over the counter-with the by WMU and union representatives on state initiative that is designed to let Michi- exception of sales by Secretary of State Aug. 26. gan residents show pride in the school of off sales with a special promotion for the mobile offices, one of which will be selling Details of the agreement include mu- their choice and, at the same time, help WMU plate. both WMU and Central Michigan Uni- tually beneficial changes to the griev- that school raise additional revenue. University officials and area alumni will versity plates at the WMU/CMU football ance procedure, the disciplinary action The plates were unveiled in the Capitol be on hand at 9 a.m. that day to help kick contest in Mount Pleasant on Nov. II. process and the joint union-University rotunda Tuesday at a noon news confer- off sales. Five date-of-issue collector plates, Bronco motorists will pay an additional apprenticeship, training and education ence, which was attended by representa- dated and signed by WMU President Elson $35 over their annual registration fee for program. The agreement also contains tives of all 15 universities. Locally, Bronco S. Floyd, will be among the plates available the regular plate, with $25 of that fee going modest benefits enhancements. fans can get their first look at the WMU for purchase at that time. directly to the University's unrestricted The economic package includes 3.25 plate Monday, Oct. 2, when the West Two versions of the plate are available- fund. The plate can be renewed annually percent across the board wage increases a regular plate that may be renewed annu- Main Secretary of State branch office kicks _________ continued on poge 3 in the first and second years of the agreement and a 3 percent wage in- crease in the third year. Additionally, each employee is scheduled to receive a HCOB laptops set campus computing pace lump sum bonus of $150 in the third Freshmen in the Haworth College of Business are getting an employers have been supporting our feeling that computers are a year of the agreement, and the pact also early introduction to the ubiquitous nature of computing and the crucial part of a business education. outlines additional pay increases for se- mantra of the modern business executive- .•e-mail and online "Will we ever require laptops for all of our students? I don't lected job classifications. access, anytime and anywhere." know. We are the first in this University to undertake an initiative As part of its efforts to prepare students to like this, and it's very much a learning experience. But so far, all New soccer fields purchased enter the digital business world, the Haworth indications are that this program will grow and expand." The University will acquire 52 acres College of Business this fall launched its Ubiq- Faculty members have been eager to participate in the program of land in Osh temo Township for soccer uitous ("Anytime, Anyplace") Computing as well, according to the dean, and Schmotter has led the way, fields to replace its current soccer facil- Laptop Initiative, which incorporates com- tossing his own Business Enterprise course into the ubiquitous ity on the Lee Baker Farm, where the puters into the learning experience. Orga- computing mix. Schmotter teaches about 350 students in the University's Business Technology and nized in conjunction with the Office of Infor- course, some 40 percent of whom own laptops. Research Park is being developed. mation Technology, the initiative is the first In preparation for ubiquitous computing, Schmotter took his laptop program to be implemented at the course paperless in 1999. Students retrieve information about Acting at their Sept. 15 meeting, Schmotter University trustees approved the pur- University. assignments from a Web site, all quizzes and tests are taken online, chase of the parcel located along Ninth Entering freshmen learned in June of the initiative and were Schmotter answers out-of-c1ass questions via e-mail and student Street between KL Avenue and West strongly encouraged by Haworth officials to purchase a laptop teams meet in cyberspace to hash out class projects. Beginning this Main Street. The purchase price for the computer through a special agreement with Dell Computer Corp. semester, freshmen are logging on for other activities, too, such as parcel, which currently is being used for About 250 of more than 800 entering freshmen bought laptops researching projects or watching a video stream of a recent campus agriculture, is $500,250. configured especially for the college's programs, and officials speaker-required viewing for the Business Enterprise class. With "As you are aware, the Business Tech- estimate that hundreds more are using computers or laptops the exception of the textbook, every aspect of the course is digital. nology and Research Park will ultimately purchased through other sources. "Once they get used to it, the students love the paperless encompass the existing soccer fields," Three classrooms in Schneider Hall have been configured as approach," Schmotter says. "There's less lecturing in the class and said Robert Beam, WMU vice president wireless hubs, and two others serve as wired portals. Business more interaction, and, thanks to e-mail, I have the opportunity to for business and finance, in presenting students also can access wired or wireless connections in the get to know the students better. We are putting a greater respon- the proposal to the board. "For some computer lab, the student cafe, study areas and Waldo Library as sibility on the students to become active, engaged learners." time, we've been looking for flat areas well as the Bernhard Center and residence hall rooms, which have Are students placed in the ubiquitous computing sections who on the west side of Kalamazoo and the been wired for Internet access for several years. don't have laptops at a serious disadvantage to those who do? opportunity to purchase this parcel re- Students are using the laptops in ubiquitous computing sections Schmotter doesn't think so, and neither does Jo Cornell, an cently popped up." of three entry-level courses, including Business Enterprise, Infor- academic career specialist and Informational Writing instructor. Beam said the current owners agreed mational Writing and Introduction to Information Processing. "The students in the ubiquitous computing sections who don't tosell43.5 acres of the land to WMU for "We've been thrilled with the response to this initiative from all have laptops won't necessarily get the direct, hands-on experience $11,500 per acre - a total of $500,250 of our stakeholders, including students, faculty and employers," in the classroom," says Cornell, "but they definitely are on the - and donate the remaining 8. 71 acres, says James W. Schmotter, dean of the college. "We are committed cutting edge because they are seeing what's possible." which have been valued at $100,165. to preparing our students to excel in the business world, and In her ubiquitous computing section of Informational Writing, only three students of 23 don't have laptops. Cornell is taking her students online almost every day, primarily focusing on research. "Rather than just setting them free to go up to their rooms and surf the Net, I'm right there to give them tips as they're searching," WHO'S COUNTING?- says Cornell, who also troops students from her traditional courses These WMU fans were to the computer labs several times each semester. "In doing focused on being "Number 1" research on the Web, you have to be careful that the information in the Broncos' Sept. 16 season is valid, so we talk a lot about how to choose the best sources. It's football opener against Indiana nice not to have to wait for your class' turn at the computer lab in State University, but for order to address these issues." UniversityoffiCials, the big With the implementation of the initiative has come increased number that night was 36,361. That's the number of fans who demand for technical support. Ralph Yingling, director of business packed into Walda Stadium for computing services, is heading the ubiquitous computing project the CommUniverCity night together with Kelly Penskar, project lead for information technol- celebration. The crowd set a ogy development. Mid'American Conference "The up-front planning for this project was quite extensive, and single-game attendance record that preparation has helped us to avoid any major snags so far," while it watched the Broncos Yingling says. "Between June and the start of classes in August, I rack up a 56·0 win.
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