Sterling College

SCIT – STERLING COLLEGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Internet/Network Access Information and Guidelines
Sterling College is both a wired and wireless campus, offering Internet/network access through either mode of communication.  While ethernet ports are available at nearly every feasible location throughout campus (including residence halls, classrooms, and other areas), the campus is also one of only a few colleges in Kansas that boasts a complete wireless campus.  Through our “Wireless Campus Initiative” completed in August 2007, wireless connectivity to network and Internet-based services is now offered in all campus buildings – including residential, academic, athletic, and support areas. 

Service includes direct access to your Sterling College e-mail account via the campus wired/wireless network, without the hassle associated with accounts purchased outside the college. This means that you can access your e-mail without involving off-campus ISPs or systems, providing faster and more secure e-mail communication. The service also includes high-speed Internet access, with no separate fee for connection to the campus network from the residence halls, as the service is available to residents at no extra charge.

To connect to the Sterling College network, students will need to either purchase a computer with a wired/wireless network interface card (NIC) already installed or buy a wired/wireless NIC and install it. The Sterling College Bookstore sells both 10/100Mb Ethernet NICs and wireless NICs for laptops and desktops, although such cards are readily available through other retail stores. On a first-come, first-served basis, SCIT will install, at no charge, NICs purchased from the Bookstore.
At the SCIT website (available only on the college’s Intranet network), students, faculty and staff have access to information pertaining to various technology-based resources and support.  There are multiple Quick Links to the most often used websites on campus (including webmail, our global website, SC’s intranet site, learning management systems, and the WarriorCam), as well as links to multiple resources (information pertaining to computer labs, educational discounts for personal purchases, SC technology plans and guides) and support (integrated technology support request systems, and links to various technology-based offices throughout campus).