Hello Greeners,
Welcome to Summer Quarter! The Computer Center is open Monday-Thursday 9am to 10pm, Friday 9am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 2pm. We are closed on Sundays. Please let us know if we can help support your Summer studies by contacting us at 360-867-6231 or at help.evergreen.edu.
Hello Greeners,
Here is a short summary of our holiday hours for the month of November. The Computer Center Staff wish you a wonderful November!
Sunday November 10th: 12pm to 8pm
Monday November 11th: Veteran’s Day: CLOSED
Thanksgiving Hours
Sunday November 24th: 12pm to 8pm
November 25th-27th: 9am to 6pm
Thursday November 28th – Saturday November 30th: CLOSED
Sunday December 1st: 12am to 12pm (normal hours resume)
Hello Greeners,
We have made some changes in The Computer Center that I want to inform you about. Firstly we are back on our academic schedule, which is:
Sunday 12pm to 12am
Monday – Thursday 7am to 12am
Friday – 7am to 10pm
Saturday 9am to 10pm
Secondly, we have been busy upgrading our aging Windows PCs on the general floor. I am grateful to all of you who have been patient with the (lack of) speed of our older equipment. We now have Intel dual core PCs installed with widescreen Dell monitors at every PC post on the main floor. We have installed solid state hard drives at most PCs on the general floor which have dramatically reduced login time.
Finally, there is now a page limit set in our lab. The Go Print screen will report large jobs “over limit” but we are happy to help push those jobs through so long as they are academically relevant. Please see us at the front desk is you have any issues printing your academic work.
Have a wonderful Fall Quarter!
Dylan Houston
Computer Center Manager
houstond@evergreen.edu
x6240
Here are the hours for The Computer Center for the Summer Quarter:
Monday through Thursday 9am to 10pm
Friday 9am to 6pm
Saturday 9am to 2pm
We will be closed on Sundays. You can reach us anytime at help.evergreen.edu or by calling us directly at 360-867-6231.
Have a wonderful Summer!
Dylan Houston
Computer Center Manager
houstond@evergreen.edu
x6240
Hello Greeners!
As unbelievable as it may sound, graduation/end of Spring Quarter is nearly here. Our hours will shift to a reduced schedule as we approach Evaluation Week. Here is a snippet of our hours for the next few weeks:
Sunday 6/9: 12pm to 10pm
Evaluation Week, 6/10 to 6/13: 7am to 10pm
6/14 Graduation Day, 7am to 6pm
6/15 to 6/16: CLOSED
June 17th to June 21st: 9am to 6pm
If you need any help, from evaluations to account support, please come see us at the front desk, call us at 360-867-6227 or send us a support request at help.evergreen.edu.
Best,
Dylan
Computer Center Manager
houstond@evergreen.edu
Hello Greeners!
We are making a slight adjustment to our hours for Sunday, 5/26/13. We will close at 10pm that night, and reopen for normal hours on Tuesday, 5/28/13. We are closed Monday for Memorial Day. All of the staff at The Computer Center wish you a wonderful weekend and a Happy Week 8. You are nearly there!
Best,
Dylan Houston
Computer Center Manager
houstond@evergreen.edu
Hello Greeners,
Below is a list of our hours for Evaluation Week and Spring Break. Happy Week 10!
-Dylan
Evaluation Week
3/17 Sunday: 12pm to 10pm
3/18 – 3/22, Monday through Friday: 7am to 10pm
3/23 & 3/24 Saturday and Sunday CLOSED
Spring Break
3/25 – 3/30 Monday through Saturday: 9am to 6pm
3/31 Sunday 12pm to 12am (Normal Hours Resume)
4/1 Spring Quarter Begins
Phishing in this case, means, well, you’re the fish.
There has been a recent uptick in the amount of malicious email spam finding its way into the inboxes of students, staff and faculty. These messages are sent with the sole purpose of stealing important information and by association, gaining access to the people in your contact lists, classes and workgroups. Most of these emails disguise themselves as official communications of the college or one of its many technology related departments. “Webmail Account Upgrade,” or “Account Deactivation” are common keywords. These emails, however, ask for personal information in an attempt to phish from you your email, login, password and even your Social Security Number. Remember that Evergreen will never ask for your username or password and you should never provide it to any webform or email. Ever.
There are several Evergreen departments working to increase email and network security, however, we will never be able to prevent every malicious email or scam from finding its way into your inbox. The best security for the Evergreen network is an informed and cautious populous, who guard their information with great care.
Some tips on keeping your accounts both here at Evergreen and around the internet, secure:
The December break is fast approaching! The staff of Academic Computing wish you all a wonderful respite from your studies. Starting Sunday, December 9th our hours of operation completely change. Please ask us at the front desk if you have any questions about Evaluation Week or Holiday Hours.
Evaluation Week:
Sunday 12/9: 12pm to 10pm
Monday 12/10 to Thursday 12/13: 7am to 10pm
Friday 12/14: 7am to 6pm
Saturday 12/15 and Sunday 12/16: CLOSED
Break Week
Monday 12/17 to Friday 12/21: 9am to 6pm
Holiday Closure:
Saturday 12/22 through January 1st 2013: Closed
Open Again:
January 2nd, 2013 through Saturday January 5th: 9am to 6pm
Winter Quarter 2013 Hours Begin Sunday January 6th, 12pm to 12am
We have implemented a change to our Windows machines to improve load times. This addresses a persistant problem in the Computer Center that is a result of using Windows 7 in a lab setting. As a response to student concerns identified in a survey on this blog, we reduced the load time by 2 minutes. Unfortunately, that still leaves a load time of 3 minutes, so we will continue to work on this issue.
In the meantime, consider using the same machine each time you use the Center. So long as you have logged in to a specific Windows machine once before, you will enjoy a login time closer to 1 minute, rather than 3. Of course, the login times for Linux and Mac OS are considerably faster, and you’re always welcome to use those machines as well.