Academic Village Program Charge
The AcademicVillage program charge helps cover the cost of computing in the Academic Village. In partnership with the College of Engineering and the Engineering Student Technology Committee, the charge helps provide the following services to all residents (regardless of major) in the Academic Village Engineering Building.
Services Provided in Academic Village:
- Unrestricted, unfiltered 24-hour very high-speed Internet service
- Sun Ray thin clients in residence room (see below)
- Collaborative Design Studios and Study Areas with thin clients
- High-end self-service computing technology such as SmartBoards,
- projection, and scanning
- Printing, B&W and color laser, up to 11x17 duplex
- Classes taught in the Academic Village
- Computing Help Desk
- On-site tutoring and advising
Services provided with an Engineering account:
- 24-hour access to most engineering computer labs and study spaces - do not need to return to AV to access files and software for studying
- Printing in multiple formats, from 8.5x11 to large plots, in over 20 different locations (including Academic Village)
- Network file space for file sharing and collaboration
- World-wide access to Virtual Computer Lab via the web - a Windows computing environment with most college software
Computing Services provided via Sun Ray thin clients (provided for each resident in the residence room):
- Use of three operating systems: Linux, Solaris, Windows
- Access to over 80 software packages including intra-disciplinary
software such as:
- Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop
- Industry-standard CAD software including AutoCAD, Solidworks, and Pro/ENGINEER
- Mathematical modeling software including Matlab, Mathcad, and Minitab
- Other scientific software including ArcGIS, Fluent and Labview
- Mobile Session via Smart Card
- Academic Village residents do not need to log out of the Sun Ray. The Sun Ray session can be moved to any one of over 600 thin clients distributed on both the main campus and Foothills campus.
