Graduate Bulletin 2011–2012 - Brooklyn College - CUNY

44 Additional Campus Services and Facilities
Information Booth
1139A Boylan Hall, 718.951.4748
The Information Booth/SERVA staff provides students with
information on campus activities and services.
Information Technology Services
ITS Entrance, Brooklyn College Library
ITS, 718.951.5861
ITS Public Computing, 718.951.5787
Brooklyn College’s computing infrastructure is one of the most
advanced in CUNY. These systems support applications in
all disciplines and are used by students and faculty to access
critical administrative data. Information Technology Services
provides support to students, faculty, and administration
through the Help Desk and on site.
All students may use the college’s public-access computer labs,
extensive Web and distance learning systems, and network of
BCLink digital information kiosks. Every registered student is
provided with an advanced Microsoft Exchange e-mail account
that may be accessed on or off campus via the Internet.
Brooklyn College maintains several large-scale public-access
computing facilities, supplemented by departmental disciplinespecific
labs and electronic classrooms. Overall, more than
1,000 computers are available to students. Facilities include
the ITS Public Computing Labs in the West End Building, the
New Media Center and lower-level labs in the library, the
24/7 Morton and Angela Topfer Library Café in Whitehead
Hall, and the Learning Center off the Boylan Hall lobby.
The ITS Public Computing Labs, which are open seven days
a week, have more than 250 PCs, MACs, and SUN Unix
workstations; lounge areas; and food service. The library labs
have more than 300 PCs and MACs; the Library Café more
than 80 PCs and MACs. All campus labs have shared network
printing linked to free black-and-white printing quotas, highspeed
Internet access, group-study rooms, express printing
and helpful support staff.
The college supports various computing platforms, including
Windows, Apple MAC, and SUN Unix systems. All of these
are available at public-access facilities and are used in various
instructional contexts.
The college also maintains a sophisticated videoconferencing
and multimedia facility that is used in many courses for
distance learning and facilitates interaction with students from
other CUNY colleges.
An extensive inventory of adaptive computer equipment
enables students with disabilities to utilize the computer
resources. These facilities and associated technical support are
concentrated in the ITS Public Computing Labs, the library,
and the Mamie and Frank Goldstein Resource Center in the
Center for Student Disability Services.
BC WebCentral portal
https://portal.brooklyn.edu
Brooklyn College students may use the BC WebCentral
portal at https://portal.brooklyn.edu to transact a wide range
of academic business via the Web, including registering for
courses, paying tuition, viewing their progress toward their
degree, applying for scholarships, applying for graduate school,
withdrawing from courses, applying for pass-fail, declaring
their major, applying for absentee final exams, projecting their
GPA based on current grades, signing up to receive grades
via e-mail and much more. WebCentral users have access to
WebMail, private calendars, to-do lists, Web favorites, news
feeds and other useful tools. The portal provides information
and services customized to each user. A single WebCentral
sign-on allows users to access all authenticated services
without having to reenter his or her credentials.
Brooklyn College website
www.brooklyn.cuny.edu
The Brooklyn College website provides a wealth of useful
information about the college and its programs for prospective
and current students, prospective employees, visitors and guests.
E-mail services
The college provides every registered student with a Brooklyn
College Microsoft Exchange e-mail address, accessible via
the Web, POP, IMAP, and Outlook. The e-mail account is
protected against viruses and allows students to create their
own folder structure. Students can create a custom alias for
their account and are encouraged to submit private e-mail
addresses via the BC WebCentral portal, https://portal.
brooklyn.edu, if they prefer to receive college mail at that
address. Accounts for entering students are created within
the first week of the term. The ITS network support line,
718.677.6180, assists students with using their e-mail.
Wireless network access
Wireless network access (WIFI) is available at many locations
on campus, including the Boylan Hall Cafeteria, library, Library
Café, Learning Center, Student Center, ITS Public Computing
Labs, Honors Academy, West Quad Center, and art labs
as well as at the Lily Pond and on the Quadrangles. It can
be accessed with appropriately configured laptops or PDAs
by students with Brooklyn College e-mail accounts. Access
requires an 802.11x-compliant secure client and a Brooklyn
College e-mail address. Further information and setup