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Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, 800MHz Front Side Bus, 2MB Cache

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1Gigabyte DDR2 SDRAM 533Mhz

Video

PCIe 128Mb ATI Radeon, 19" Ultrasharp LCD

Storage

40GB SATA 7200RPM, DVD-RW, CDRW/DVD

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Catalyst GradeBook Just Released!
Date: 10/07/2008

Students, Catalyst GradeBook will let you track your progress in a course online at any time throughout the quarter. Instructors can securely post your grades and scores so that you don't have to wait to see how you are doing-- with Catalyst GradeBook, you can know quickly where you stand. Encourage your instructors to post grades in Catalyst GradeBook today!

For more information about Catalyst GradeBook, visit: http://catalyst.washington.edu/web_tools/gradebook



Free Computing Workshops from Learning & Scholarly Technologies (LST)
Date: 10/07/2008

LST offers over 75 free computing-related workshops at UW Seattle for students, faculty, researchers, and staff each quarter. Learn about the Catalyst Web Tools, Adobe's Creative Suite, Office 2007 and more. The Autumn Quarter schedule is available online. We also offer customized workshops.

To check out the workshop schedule or find out more about a workshop, visit: http://catalyst.washington.edu/workshops



Technology Help Desks and One-on-One Consultations
Date: 10/07/2008

Visit the Technology Help Desks on the second floor Odegaard Undergraduate Library and in Mary Gates Hall 131 to learn more about our expanded One-on-One Consultation services for the Catalyst Web Tools, the Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, and others. The hours for the One-on-One Consultation service have been extended to 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday; the hours for the Technology Help Desks can be found online.



Manage Your Team Projects with CommonView
Date: 10/07/2008

CommonView allows you to easily organize and share files, links, Catalyst Web Tools, and other online content. Keep everything needed for your project team in one convenient location that members can access through an easy-to-use interface. New features let you more flexibly manage the files in your workspace as well as add URLs to a workspace just like you can add files, text, or links to Catalyst Web Tools. Also, upcoming enhancements will allow you to customize the look and feel of your workspaces to better reflect you and the group.

To learn more or get started, visit: http://catalyst.washington.edu/web_tools/commonview



OUGL Dawg Prints Center Has Moved
Date: 09/18/2008

As of September 19th the Odegaard Dawg Prints Center will move its services to the Communications Dawg Prints Center located in the Communications Building B-042. Any refund request, reprints, specialty print jobs, or poster printing can be done by going to the Communications Dawg Prints Center. Those looking to add value to their Husky or Dawg Prints cards can do so online using your VISA or Mastercard by going to UW Housing and Food Services' Husky Card page. You can also add value using cash by going to one of the Husky Card Add Value Stations located in the HUB, Allen North Lobby, or OUGL First Floor, or by going to the Husky Card Office on the ground floor of Odegaard. The hours for the Communications Dawg Prints Center are Monday-Thursday, 8am-8pm, Friday, 8am-6pm and Saturday-Sunday, 1-5pm.



Upgrades to the Learning Spaces
Date: 08/27/2008

During the September break, Learning & Scholarly Technologies (LST) will upgrade 171 workstations in the Odegaard Learning Commons as well as add tabloid sized scanners, upgrade all existing scanners, scanning software, and HDV video editing decks, and install the latest Adobe Design Premium in both the Odegaard Learning Commons and the Mary Gates Hall Computing Resource Center. These upgrades were funded by the UW Student Technology Fee.

New workstation specs:

  • 171 Dell OptiPlex 755 Minitower
  • Processor: Core 2 Quad 2.50GHz
  • RAM: 4GB DDR2
  • Video Card: 256MB ATI RADEON HD 2400 XT
  • Hard Drive: 160GB
  • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive: 16X DVD+/-RW and 16X DVD
  • Smart Card Reader and FireWire 400
The LST Technology Studios will also receive upgrades, including a new dual-boot MacBook Pro in the Digital Presentation Studio, and the latest version of Reason in the Digital Audio Workstation.


If you're working on a team project, one of LST's new Collaboration Studios might be just the place for your team to work. New walk-up Collaboration Studios were added in the Mary Gates Hall Computing Resource Center, as well as the second floor of the Odegaard Undergraduate Library. Learn more about the Collaboration Studios.


Need help with your computer? The Computer Vet is a free, help-desk service offered to UW students, faculty, and staff to assist with computing problems such as operating system updates, anti-virus installation and updates, and infected computers blocked from UW network access. As of Summer 2008, the Computer Vet service now includes the removal of many types of peer-to-peer (P2P) software. Learn more about the Computer Vet.



Employment Opportunities Available
Date: 02/13/2008

Looking for a student job? Catalyst and partners have several part-time student and graduate student positions open right now. If you'd be interested in doing tech support, teaching workshops or helping out with videoconferences, check out the job descriptions on our Jobs page.



Catalyst Free Computing Workshops
Date: 09/21/2007

Over 50 free computing workshops are offered every quarter from UW Catalyst.

All current UW students, staff, and faculty are welcome to attend. The Autumn Quarter schedule and workshop descriptions are available online.



Join CUE
Date: 08/19/2007

Join the Catalyst User Experience Team (CUE) to help us design the Catalyst Tools to better meet your needs. As a CUE member, you will be asked to volunteer once or twice a year as a participant in surveys, interviews, and/or focus groups; we estimate the total time commitment to be about two to three hours per academic year.



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