IRT (Wi-Fi, Banner, etc.)

Wi-Fi, On Campus Housing

In coordination with Residential Learning and University Housing, we continue to implement improvements to the wireless network infrastructure in residence halls throughout campus.

More than $220,000 in technology was replaced and installed over the 2016-2017 winter break in Evergreen, Laurel, Mullica and Oak halls and the Edgewood Park Apartments.

We also completed wireless network improvements in the Townhouses during summer 2017, and we have similar wireless improvements underway at the Rowan Boulevard Apartments.

Banner

We are taking the necessary steps to ensure students, faculty and staff will have access an enhanced Banner system, and will be implementing the required upgrades through 2018 (beginning in 2017.)

To offer the University the latest tools and maintain technical support for Banner from outside vendors, we are upgrading to Banner 9. This upgrade is being implemented in multiple phases.

One of the first steps in this process was completed in 2017, when Internet Native Banner users started using Banner 9 administrative pages.

Network

We have launched a multi-year program that will provide the University with a faster, more secure network that is designed to serve a growing population, handle an ever-increasing amount of data and safeguard the University against security threats.

More than 40 major initiatives will be rolled out as part of the network redesign project.

Two of those initiatives that were recently completed include the more than quadrupling of internet bandwidth and the addition of a second internet service provider to keep the University’s network running if one service fails.

The University's internet connection was increased from 3 gigabits per second to 5 gigabits per second in 2016 and was further boosted to 13 gigabits per second in 2017, giving students, faculty and staff the ability to send and receive more information at faster speeds.