Academic Computing Services
Computing services at Manhattanville are state-of-the-art and readily accessible to students in many locations on the campus. There are eight multimedia enabled state-of-the-art Windows XP based computer labs available for student use. These labs are used for computer-oriented and assisted course instruction and they are also available to students for use during non-class hours. Housed in the computer lab facilities are 137 Dual Core Pentium computers, which are all connected to the campus Intranet and the global Internet. All of the computer labs have at least one ADA compatible workstation for use as needed.
Students may also take advantage of more than 150 high-speed computers in the College Library for quick access to the Internet, and to research the on-line catalog, databases, journals and books of the College as well as the holdings of libraries all over the world. All of the computers in the computing labs and in the library are enabled with audio connections for students to connect headphones to listen to audio based media (CD’s, mp3’s etc.) and USB ports to connect flash memory sticks to store and transfer their personal papers and files.
Students have access to the Center for Computing Resources (CCR) that is housed in the basement of the College Library. In the CCR facility, there are twelve additional state-of-the-art Dual Core Pentium computers, two Macintosh G5 computers, and a high-speed laser printer. The CCR is an area where students may go if they require a quiet area to concentrate, write papers and complete research while using computing facilities. The CCR also serves as the eighth multimedia enabled computer lab when needed.
The College also provides students with access to outstanding Macintosh computer facilities in several academic departments and areas of study. For example, the Music Department has twelve i-MAC networked systems for music instruction and composition. In addition, there is a Smart Music computing lab that enables students to enhance their accompaniment skills by playing along with a computer generated orchestra or music group. The Music Department also has a state of the art computer enabled music studio that aids students in learning how to make professional recorded music. The Studio Art Department has fourteen state-of-the-art Intel quad processor G5 MAC systems in the Studio Art MAC Lab with scanners, color lasers, large format printing, and digital video editing capabilities. There are also another 12 state-of-the-art G5 MAC systems located in the new student center available for student and faculty use. Computing facilities are also available for student use in a range of academic departments, such as, for example: Chemistry, Biology, Sociology, Psychology and Art History. The Communications Studies Department has a “Communications Studio” in the Tenney Building with ten computer-based video editing workstations where students learn and hone video editing skills. The studio enables students to produce the “YNOT NEWS” and other videos for use in the College’s Internet-accessible Streaming Media Center, the student run cable TV station, and for other academic purposes. With the opening of the new student center in 2008, 7 additional video editing stations including MAC G5 systems, dual video monitors, digital video recording decks, high quality speaker units and a 65” wall mounted LCD monitor was added for student use.
Manhattanville also provides on-line instruction to enhance learning by making course material available through the College’s Internet based course delivery system, Blackboard: http://blackboard.mville.edu/. Classroom materials for over 260 College courses can be accessed remotely.
The Manhattanville campus has a network infrastructure that equals that of many major universities and exceeds that of many colleges of comparable size. The campus network is copper and fiber optics based and has a 1-gigabit per second backbone, which allows access to campus information and computing resources at extremely high speeds. Additionally, Manhattanville College’s connections to the global Internet is a 100 megabit per second redundant fiber optics line and is equivalent in capacity to 71 individual T-1 lines, which allows students, faculty and administrators access to the Internet and World Wide Web at very high speeds. Manhattanville’s campus networking facilities are in the top tier of universities and colleges nationwide.