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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | Hilltop Views
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University assesses computer competency
Jennifer Schrauth
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jschrau@stedwards.edu
intramural program to expand
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rshelto3@stedwards.edu
mfsher@stedwards.edu
H1N1 vaccines
still unavailable
“This new field is specifically
for the general public student
population,” Lemons said.
Lucio Manzano
Students are required to pass computer competency tests.
Control and Prevention pro-
vided clinicians with recom-
mendations for H1N1 test-
ing.
"This season, most testing
will be done in people who
are seriously ill (hospitalized
patients) and patients where
testing may impact treatment
decisions,” according to the
CDC.
The CDC would also test
for H1N1 if the patient dies
and if the symptoms point to
H1N1.
"We presume that our cases
are H1N1 since they fit the
symptom pattern,” Panna-
becker said.
and professional abilities.
The workshops are available
to students, faculty, and staff
every month and at various
times.
Megan Garza, the IT train-
ing coordinator, said the goal
of the workshops is to pre-
the process.
The new sports field is
going to play a large part
in assisting Andy Lemons,
the first full-time intramu-
ral programmer on campus,
with expanding and pro-
gressing the university’s in-
tramural sports program by
giving students a designated
and visible location to have
practices and host games.
Due to this year’s weak
interest in intramurals,
Lemons said he had a late
start and is working on de-
veloping a program that fits
the university and appeals
to the needs of students on
campus. Lemons said that
he plans to offer a variety of
sport options at two differ-
ent levels by having a com-
petitive league and a recre-
ational league.
Lemons said he intends to
build interest in intramural
activities by beginning with
the university has changed.
"Prior to the construction
of Basil Moreau and Dujarie
over seven years ago, there
were two sports fields in
their present location,” Tay-
lor said.
The Dallas Cowboys
were the most famous oc-
cupants of those athletics
fields. The team held train-
ing camp there from 1971 to
1997. During the construc-
tion of the residence halls,
St. Edward’s soccer teams
practiced off-campus for an
entire year until the current
soccer field was complete.
St. Edward’s University has
been reassessing its computer
competency requirements
and the way that computer
skills are taught.
Every student at the univer-
sity is required to complete a
set of computer competen-
cies before graduation. The
purpose of the requirement
is to ensure students are
capable of basic computer
use that accompanies most
classroom environments, ac-
cording to the Instructional
Technology Web page.
Based on six modules, the
competencies cover the topics
of basic computer use, inter-
net communications, library
research, word processing,
spreadsheets and multimedia
presentations.
But this year, one of the
pare students with the rele-
vant technological knowledge
for graduate school. The IT
department works to gear the
workshops toward the best
practices and popular topics
in technology, she said.
"Students that attend the
workshops take the extra ini-
tiative to learn what’s going
on in the technology world,”
Garza said.
Computer education is cru-
cial for students to acquire,
Trimble said.
“Students don’t necessar-
ily always have the skills that
they need to succeed in the
classroom," she said. "We’re
really trying to move toward
general computer literacy
and keep the education we
offer up-to-date.”
In addition to the work-
shops, IT also offers one-
on-one instruction, faculty
a host of drop-in events
and figuring out how to get
more people to participate.
He would also like to see
some campus-wide events,
like a field day or interac-
tive, opening-week activities,
hosted on the new field.
Lemons, who joined the
university this September,
has 10 years of experience in
building recreational sports
programs. He recently left
UT Southwestern Medi-
cal School at Dallas after
developing its intramural
program.
He hopes all students will
take advantage of the new
fields after they make ap-
propriate reservations with
increased their working
knowledge of computer pro-
grams, the IT department
offers free computer training
workshops, covering topics
ranging from CSS to Adobe
Photoshop, to help them
improve their personal skills
modules, basic library re-
search, was removed from
the requirements.
Joana Trimble, the comput-
er competencies and training
manager, said the decision to
drop the module from the
criteria was because the li-
brarians at the university in-
struct students early in their
academic careers, in courses
like Rhetoric and Composi-
tion. The need to teach and
test students on this infor-
mation became obsolete,
Trimble said.
Although much of the com-
petencies are still based upon
older and outdated software
like Windows XP, updates
are not expected in the near
future, Trimble said.
"But as soon as the universi-
ty adopts a new program, we
will be prepared," she said.
For students who have
requests and certification
through the Circuit Track,
Garza said. The Circuit Track
allows students to receive
certification in office essen-
tials, Web essentials, or digi-
tal graphics essentials, by at-
tending five to eight required
workshops. At the end of the
series, participants submit
track projects to be graded,
and if these projects demon-
strate proficiency in the area,
certificates are awarded.
“The IT Circuit keeps peo-
ple coming back because peo-
ple are interested in getting a
certificate," said Trimble.
All workshops are held
in Moody Hall 309. The
schedule for this month’s
workshops can be found at
http://www.frc.stedwards.
edu/workshop/index.cfm.
his office.
"This newfieldis specifically
for the general public student
population,” Lemons said
Both Lemons and Taylor
added that the athletics
teams will not be use the
intramural field except in
extreme circumstances.
"If the soccer field gets
flooded, there is a possibility
that the soccer team could
end up using the field to
practice," Lemons said. "St.
Edward’s sport team mem-
bers are students on campus
too."
Historically, the universi-
ty’s athletic fields have been
moved around campus for
years and have adapted as
The Health and Counsel-
ing Center received a second
shipment of 170 seasonal flu
vaccines at the end of Octo-
ber. They had received first
shipment earlier in the se-
mester of about 170 vaccines.
Pannabecker expects that
160 more seasonal flu vac-
cines will arrive soon.
“We still have about 25 vac-
cines left from the late Octo-
ber shipment," Pannabecker
said.
Even though the Health
and Counseling Center is
treating students for H1N1,
it cannot confirm that the
cases are H1N1.
"The testing for H1N1 has
to be sent off, and it takes
seven to 10 days,” said Panna-
becker. “By the time it’s back,
the person would be better."
The Centers for Disease
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