Student Life
Student Life Experience
| What public access for computing is available to students? Examples include computing labs, cyber cafes, residence hall computers, and wireless access. | |
| Gannon University has open labs available to all students located in all of its academic buildings and student center, as well as a Cyber Café in the Nash Library. There is a high speed internet connection for each resident student and wireless access in every academic building, lab and student center. | |
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| Does the campus provide institutional e-mail accounts for all students and use e-mail as an official medium of communication? | |
| All students are provided email accounts when registering for classes. Faculty and administrators use email and announcements on the MyGannon Portal as an official means of communicating with students. | |
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| Does the campus provide and support electronic space for personal student web pages? | |
| Students are provided 150MB of network storage space for academic purposes, such as reports, course documents, and reference materials. | |
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| Is contact information for students, faculty, and staff readily accessible electronically? | |
| Gannon University provides information about the faculty and staff on their website for students to find members of the campus community easily. The electronic directory contains information, such as name, position, office location, phone number, mailbox number, and email address. | |
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| What, if any, technology fee is charge by the campus? What does it cover? | |
There is no technology fee charge to all students, however, there are course-specific fees related to computer courses:
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| Will you be required to purchase your own computer? | |
| Gannon University does not require, but does recommend, the purchase of a computer. Almost 90% of the students do have their own desktop or laptop computer in their resident room. | |
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| Does the campus make computing and network access financially accessible? Is special student pricing offered for computers and peripheral equipment? | |
| Gannon University provides computing and network access through open computing labs. Gannon University purchases Dell Computer systems and has negotiated special pricing for Gannon’s students. Similar discounts have been arranged for various software, residence hall long distance and cellular phone service. | |
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| Does the campus assess extra fees for network connections in residence hall rooms or for off-campus access? | |
| Gannon University charges a GU Connect Fee of $110-$150 per student per semester residing in the residence hall. The charge covers cable TV, local telephone service, and a network connection in the residence hall. There is no charge for off-campus students to access the Internet through the dial-up connections. | |
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