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Answers to Union students' most common
technology questions
1. What three things do
ALL STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW about technology at Union?
Section 1c below
contains e-mail policy information added October 30, 2002.
The policy requires students to read and respond to e-mail sent by the
university to their Union e-mail accounts. The policy went into effect February
1, 2003.
Pay attention to bold-faced items below, as they
indicate your action.
Technology is an important
tool for the community of learners at Union University. It is one part of the
total university experience which both provides tools to support learning and
is itself an object to be studied. Used and studied correctly, technology can
help bring glory to God’s Kingdom, by preparing students to live a Christian
life in a contemporary society.
1a. The university
expects you and all other students to use technology, such as for checking your Union
e-mail address (see #3 below), researching a topic at www.uu.edu/library/, writing a paper for
a class, creating art or music, or analyzing complex mathematical or scientific
problems.
If you need to improve your
basic skills, you should consider taking the Survey of Microcomputing
Applications class (CSC105), which you can read about at http://www.uu.edu/catalogue/pdfs/0102mathcsc.pdf.
1b. The university expects
you to use the technological resources in acceptable ways. Union's acceptable use policy can
be found at http://www.uu.edu/computing/aup.htm.
A reference to this policy is included in the Campus Life Handbook and
is part of the set of standards by which every Union student must abide.
1c. The university considers your
Union-supplied e-mail address (the letter s + your Dawg Tag ID card number +
@uu.edu) to be an official means of communication. Specific instructions to
access, to use, and to forward your e-mail are included below. A more detailed
explanation of the policy and its implications can be found at www.uu.edu/computing/stuemail.htm.
You are responsible for checking your Union e-mail address a few times each
week, or for using the Novell GroupWise e-mail/calendar program once to forward
all s######@uu.edu mail to an account you do check frequently.
Novell GroupWise is a
full-featured e-mail and calendaring program. You will have a GroupWise account
as long as you continue to register for classes. You can use the directory
feature of irislink.uu.edu, our online
student information system, to look up another student's e-mail address using
his/her name. GroupWise is also used by all Union employees. The e-mail address
of any employee is generally his or her first initial and last name, up to a
total of eight characters. A complete list of employee account names can be
found at www.uu.edu/directories/facultystaff/
Comments and suggestions
concerning this site should be forwarded to:
jdbarham@uu.edu