Computer Lab Manager Selena Threet understands the first rule of computing: learn as you go and learn quickly. This rule applies to everything in an information technology professional’s life, including overseeing a staff of twenty, running the daily business of the Atrium and Wolfe student computer labs, serving on several Brooklyn College and CUNY computing committees and keeping up with a thousand details from upgrading computers to writing letters for students who have lost data.

In the computer world, when people say "the old days" they are probably referring to the mid-to-late ‘80s. Back then Selena was a manufacturer’s representative selling computer hardware. She discovered that she had a knack for working with computers. Here she learned "from scratch" how the different components worked. "I put together my own computer from the components I sold. It was a 286 and I still have it." From there she landed a job as the computer person at the New School for Social Research where she built the school’s first network. She also assembled the first MAC Apple-talk Network at Parson’s School of Design. "It was all new -- new to me and new to the New School." At the New School she was responsible for   -continued on page 5


New Web Pages Debut
http://brooklyn.cuny.edu/

Brooklyn College’s main web pages have a completely new look. Visually, the site has an attractive new wrought-iron motif which frames each page. The main pages serve as an excellent "jump point" to other content laden sites within the College and beyond. The pages have been simplified with fewer icons and more content. The eight central links are: Welcome, Academic, College Information, Admission, College Life, Resources, On Campus, and Alumni.

In addition, a new floating toolbar enables you to return to the main menu for commonly used functions, or to access several key tools from any page. The directories have been updated and the website is equipped with a powerful new search engine to locate information on any of BC’s webpages.

Other new features include:

• BC Facts
• Feedback facilities
• Campus Map and Travel
• Directions
• Alumni, Development and Registrar pages
• Forthcoming: Spotlight

The Spotlight link will feature regular articles focusing on noteworthy events, projects and people. In addition, the capacity for BC’s home page to reach alumni is an important area of development. BC alumni live all over the world and consequently, the web site enables them to keep connected and up-to-date with the College.

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