Information Technology Services
Student & Administrative Services Center, Rm. 2072 · (570) 320-7329
IT @ Penn College: Fast Facts
General
- More than 2,800 College-owned computers across campus, supplementing 1,400 student-owned computers in residential complexes
- IBM iSeries 520 mainframe, three million lines of custom code providing a comprehensive array of applications to support College administrative functions
- Approximately 120 servers running Windows, Linux, and AIX
- Microsoft Active Directory as primary directory service
- Campus-wide virus protection with Symantec AntiVirus
- 19 TB of online disk capacity
- Microsoft Exchange e-mail system for employees and students
Academic Computing
- Student to computer ratio of 4:1
- 1,500 computers in more than 50 academic computer labs and locations
- Open computers labs with 120 computers available 96 hours a week; staffed with lab assistants
- Dedicated Internet lab
- Intel Pentium 4-based computer technology in most labs, with a three-year replacement cycle
- Standard lab software: Microsoft Windows XP, Office 2003, Outlook Web Access e-mail system, Internet Explorer, and dozens of additional applications
- Anti-virus protection in all labs and available free to students and employees for home use
- Personal Web pages, online submission of assignments, personal network storage, and printing capabilities in computer labs
- Web-based Student Information System (SIS), providing students with convenient access to administrative information
- More than 120 technology-enabled classrooms with Internet-connected computers and high-resolution data projection systems
Campus Telecommunications
- Siemens (ROLM) 9751 telephone system PBX, with more than 3,000 ports for telephones and fax machines, phone mail for all staff, faculty, and residential students
- Cisco VoIP telephone system with approximately 150 phones currently deployed
- 100 Mbps connection to the Internet through PPL
- Campus-wide high-speed 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet network
- Fiber optic Gigabit Ethernet backbone network connecting all major building complexes
- High speed Ethernet network connection to every residential housing bed
- More than 70 miles of network cabling
- Wireless network access across the entire main campus, including ResNet
IT Across Campus
Information Technology is vital to the College's mission; therefore its implementation can be seen within every department on campus. Examples include:
- The College Library - Online search tools, databases, electronic reserve system, wireless access, computer workstations, and more.
- Instructional Technology and Distance Learning - Web-delivered curriculum, classroom technology, academic software, and digital media.