MARSHALL TECHNOLOGY OUTREACH CENTER MARSHALL UNIVERSITY Volume 11, Issue 6 August 2011 MU Enables Internet2 Access for WV Schools and Other Institutions Students and researchers across West Virginia can now have access to advanced online resources through Internet2, a national networking consortium that provides high-speed bandwidth to the research and education community across the country. Earlier this month Marshall University officials announced the university, in cooperation with the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, has successfully sponsored the statewide West Virginia educational system under the aegis of The West Virginia Internet2 Consortium as the newest Internet2 Sponsored Education Group Participant (SEGP). This announcement makes West Virginia the 40th state to offer SEGP connections. According to Dr. Jan I. Fox, senior vice president for information technology and chief information officer, the SEGP sponsorship allows Marshall to share its existing connection to Internet2’s nationwide advanced research and education network with the state’s undergraduate higher education institutions, community and technical colleges, K-12 community, state and local governments, healthcare facilities, libraries and museums, and other partners. Inside this issue: Fox said those entities are typically not eligible or able to become MU Enables Internet2 members themselves due to the size of their institution or Internet2 Access for 1 the costs associated with individual access, but will now be able to WV Schools use the network to expand global and local collaborations, from participating in “live” ocean voyages with famed oceanographer Bob Ballard through his JASON project to telemedicine and other HPD Uses DNA 2 Technology to Solve advanced virtual health care applications. Property Crimes “In rural states like West Virginia, Internet2 is the leveling agent that allows us to compete and collaborate globally while still OCCHS Now Offering 3 4 New Courses remaining in our beautiful state,” she added. MU Literacy Students Working to Make 4 Stronger Readers (continued on page 2) This Summer OUTREACH OUTLOOK Page 2 MU Enables Internet2 Access, contd. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant (NSF) to West Virginia’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) for a comprehensive initiative to enhance cyberinfrastructure across the state’s higher education system. Last year, Marshall received $525,874 from the grant to enable inter-campus Internet2 Network access. “We extend a warm welcome to The West Virginia Internet2 Consortium in be- coming the 40th Internet2 SEGP and applaud Marshall University for its sponsor- ship of the many West Virginia educational institutions now enabled for connec- tion to Internet2. There is no clearer example of Higher Education technology in- novation tangibly benefitting its surrounding community. It’s our hope that the state education system will very rapidly begin to experience the benefits Internet2 Network access and community involvement provides in driving next-generation educational delivery,” said Rob Vietzke, Internet2 executive director of Network Services. Fox also acknowledged Marshall staff members who spearheaded the initiative, including Dr. Arnold R. Miller, assistant vice president for information technology; Allen Taylor, chief technology officer; and Michael Adkins, director of infor- mation technology infrastructure. For more information, visit www.marshall.edu/segp or contact Fox at 304-696- 6706 or [email protected]. Huntington Police Use DNA to Solve Property Crimes Home burglaries, car break-ins and thefts are often conducted when no one is around. Any law enforcement agency will tell you that's why they're some of the most challenging crimes to solve. But, modern technology is about to change that in one local city. Huntington's police department has struck up a new partnership with Mar- shall University's Forensic Science Center. Today, they announced their first property crime solved using DNA analysis. “Oftentimes, you don't have witnesses. Property crimes occur when no one is around and usually when it’s dark,” said Chief Skip Holbrook, Huntington Police Department. But, those challenges are about to be significantly reduced thanks to foren- sic science and advances in DNA analysis. This is a real collaboration of resources. In this case, between the Hun- tington Police Department, who collects the evidence, the Marshall Uni- versity Forensic Science Center, who creates the DNA profile, the West Virginia State Police, who enters it into their database system and the prosecutor who presents the case to the grand jury. HPD has about 150 cases pending through this new DNA program. Marshall Technology Outreach Center Marshall University | One John Marshall Drive | Huntington, WV 25755-2068 | 304.696.7084 OUTREACH OUTLOOK Page 3 Share your suggestions on improving Information Technology @MU Have a suggestion on how to improve information technology at Marshall University? Got to www.marshall.edu/it/newsite/itsuggest.asp and submit your suggestions instantly through the new online submission form. You will receive an immediate acknowledgement and a timely follow up as your submission is reviewed. Only the Senior VP for IT will review the re- sponses. Simply select the category to which your suggestion pertains, type your suggestions, add any links that may be applicable, fill out your contact information, and submit. If you want to keep your identity anony- mous when your comment is shared, simply check the box below the submit button. OCCHS Now Offering New Fall Courses! F ALL 2011 OCCHS C OURSE L ISTING COURSE OFFERINGS: FALL START DATE CHM 203 GEN CHEMISTRY I 9/7 CHM 204 GEN CHEMISTRY II 9/7 CJ 200 INTRO CRIMINAL JUSTICE 8/22 CL 200 BUILDING ENGLISH VOCAB 8/22 ENG 101 ENGLISH COMP I 9/7 ENG 102 ENGLISH COMP II 9/7 GEO 100 CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY 9/7 HS 200 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 8/22 HS 201 INTRO APP ANATOMY & PHY 8/22 HS 220 PERSONAL HEALTH 8/22 HS 221 PERSONAL HEALTH II 8/22 IT SERVICE DESK HST 101 GREAT CIVIL TO 1300 8/22 HST 102 WORLD & WEST 1300 - 1850 8/22 E-mail: HST 307 WWII & THE COLD WAR 8/22 Itservicedesk@marshall HST 360 RACE & SPORTS IN US HST 8/22 .edu HST 365 MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 8/22 Web Form: http:// IST 160 INTRO TO PROGRAMMING 9/7 www.marshall.edu/ucs/ IST 163 PROGRAMMING PRACTICUM 9/7 cs/contact.asp MTH 121 CONCEPTS & APPLICATIONS 9/7 MTH 130 COLLEGE ALGEBRA 9/7 Phone: 304-696-3200 MTH 225 INTRO TO STATISTICS 9/7 MUS 101 BASIC MUSCIANSHIP 9/7 PSY 201 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 9/7 SOC 200 INTRO SOCIOLOGY 9/7 For more information: www.marshall.edu/occhs Marshall Technology Outreach Center Marshall University | One John Marshall Drive | Huntington, WV 25755-2068 | 304.696.7084 Marshall Technology Outreach Center Marshall University | One John Marshall Drive | Huntington, WV Outreach Outlook Updates 25755-2068 | 304.696.7084 The deadline for submitting information to be included Phone: 304.696.7084 Fax: 304.696.3229 in Outreach Outlook is the third Friday of each month. Visit us on the web: www.marshall.edu/mtoc If you know of colleagues or friends, on-campus or off- campus, that would like to receive future issues of Outreach Outlook, please have them contact Kelli Mayes, Director/Outreach Programs, at 696-3325 or MU’s Literacy Education Students Work via e-mail at [email protected]. to Make Stronger Readers Area youngsters are learning to become stronger readers with help from some Marshall University graduate students. Literacy Education stu- dents in the Graduate School of Education and Professional Develop- ment are spending several weeks this summer in an advanced practicum teaching children interested in reading achievement. The month-long program is housed in the Dunbar Intermediate School and will be in full swing through July 21. Dr. Terrence V. Stange, a professor in the Liter- acy Education Department, is overseeing the course. This particular practicum is a required course for Master of Arts Degree candidates in Reading Education and for those pursuing a Reading Spe- cialist Endorsement, West Virginia Teaching Certificate. The summer session is currently full, but each spring Marshall University faculty members contact schools to establish sites and interest in a summer reading program. Students are invited by their classroom teachers to participate and their parents are contacted for per- mission. Stange believes his graduate students benefit every FOR MORE I NFORMATIO N ON ONLINE COURSES FOR bit as much as the children in the program. HIGH SCHOOL SUTDENTS: WWW.MARSHALL.EDU/OCCHS “We’ve read research literature that suggests the more children read, the better they become and the better they become, the more they read. OCCHS provides a free online module that is designed to help high school stu- dents learn everything they need to know about preparing for and being suc- cessful in college. Students interested in enrolling in the free course ‘How to Succeed in College’ should call 304-696-7084 to register or to obtain more information on this free course. 3 0 4 / 6 9 6 - 7 0 8 4 .