INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The departments in Information Technology (IT) division offer support for computing, networking, and educational technologies for the campus. IT units are dedicated to assisting the technology needs of faculty and students in the classroom, in research and in public services.
IT assists the university community in the following areas:
Campus Computing & Telecommunications
Computing & Telecommunications (CTC) provides support for computing, software, and voice communications services to students, faculty, and staff across campus. CTC staff members provide direct support to colleges and departments for local computer servers and personal computers. Staff at the Research & Computing Help Desk, located in the atrium of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, assist students, staff and faculty with NetIDs and computing questions. CTC operates several open general-access computer labs for students. For additional information, call (775) 682-5000 or see http://www.it.unr.edu .
Teaching and Learning Technologies
Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) provides the technology and human resources needed to support faculty and students with interactive and collaborative learning and teaching models. TLT offers a variety of multimedia services and technology support including:
- Smart classrooms and technical support
- Technology support for special events
- Technology checkout and delivery services
- WebCampus course administration and faculty support
- Workshops in the effective use of instructional technologies
- Classroom videotaping services
- Photographic services
- Video production services
- Interactive media services (2D & 3D modeling & animation, graphic design)
Contact TLT for additional information at (775) 784-6085 or see http://www.it.unr.edu
INTENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER
Intensive English Program
The Intensive English Program at the Intensive English Language Center (IELC) offers English as a Second Language (ESL) training to international students who are preparing to qualify for admission to U.S. universities and community colleges. Many of the students who study at the IELC transfer to the University of Nevada, Reno upon completion of their ESL studies. Students not preparing for university work, but wishing to study ESL for general purposes, are invited to apply.
This full-time (20 hours per week) intensive language program is offered year-round (spring, summer and fall) and is open to all applicants who are at least 17 years of age and have the equivalent of a high school diploma. In addition to intensive English classes, students participate in a wide variety of social and cultural activities designed to facilitate assimilation into American society. Students may study English at the IELC on a student visa. Students who wish to pursue a degree program after completing their English classes in the IELC may apply for admission to an academic department after arrival at the IELC or they may apply simultaneously to the IELC and an academic program. Students who meet admission standards to an academic program except for the English requirement are issued conditional admission to the appropriate academic program as a part of their admission to the IELC.
Students are expected to make adequate progress in the program each semester and the IELC reserves the right to dismiss students who do not attend classes regularly or follow the standards of conduct of the program.
Short-term Programs
The IELC designs and implements short-term programs for groups of students wishing to study English for a short period of time. These programs can be designed in conjunction with an academic area of study.
Testing
Bridge English Placement Test:
The IELC tests all incoming international students to determine if they need additional course work in ESL during their first semester in an academic program (ENGLISH 112 a-d).
Speak Test:
The IELC administers the Speak Test for international graduate students wishing to serve as teaching assistants and international students wishing to apply for the nursing program at UNR.
For further information, contact the program director, 220 Cain Hall. Phone (775)784-6075; FAX (775)784-4015; e-mail: esl@unr.edu; or visit us on our website: http://www.unr.edu/ielc.
OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
Activities of Office of Undergraduate Research include expanding and publicizing undergraduate research opportunities, holding competitions, managing undergraduate research awards funded by internal and external sources, holding various enrichment workshops i.e. How to Prepare a Research Poster; Ethics in Research, and How to Conduct Research, maintaining the website for the office, organizing poster sessions and the annual statewide Nevada Undergraduate Research Symposium (NURS). For more information on undergraduate research opportunities at UNR, go to http://environment.unr.edu/undergraduateresearch/ .
Center for Research Design & Analysis (CRDA)
The Center for Research Design and Analysis (CRDA) is an academically-based, multidisciplinary research support and service center under the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Nevada, Reno. CRDA houses its own statistical consulting lab (“Stat Lab”) and survey lab, with a faculty and staff of approximately 30. CRDA’s staff includes: a Director, Faculty Research Design and Statistical Consultants, an IT manager, Survey Managers, classified state employees, and graduate and undergraduate students. CRDA utilizes a wide range of data collection techniques for telephone, mail, and internet surveys. The Center’s experienced staff, faculty and graduate student consultants provide consulting expertise in survey design, needs assessment, program evaluation, sampling, research design, statistical analysis, and report writing. CRDA not only provides statistical and research design consulting to faculty and graduate students working on grant proposals, research projects, or dissertations and theses, but CRDA also offers many research resources.
CRDA has the ability to conduct: customer satisfaction surveys; community attitude surveys; program evaluations; needs assessments; public opinion research; venue change surveys; and surveillance research. CRDA also has the ability to recruit participants for focus groups, clinical trials, and experimental research. CRDA has conducted surveys for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Judicial College, National Institute of Justice, Desert Research Institute, Nevada State Health Division, Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR), Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), Nevada department of Public Safety (Office of Traffic Safety), Airport Authority of Washoe County, City Council of Reno, Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, State Bar of Nevada, and SPCA of Norther Nevada. Other resources CRDA has to offer are state-of-the-art CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing–WinCATI) software for RDD (Random Digit Dialing) land line and cell phone survey data collection, TeleForm for scanning bulk mail or paper and pencil surveys, or for coding archival records (e.g., medical charts or court files), web based survey software (Qualtrics and WinCATI Sensus), and multi-mode (phone, web, mail) capabilities.
UNR grad students, post-docs, and faculty are encouraged to contact CRDA by calling (775) 784-6718 for survey design, research design, statistical analysis, and software (SAS, SPSS, Minitab, etc.) consulting needs.
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
UNCE was founded in 1914 through the Smith-Lever Act as a partnership between the federal government, land-grant universities and county governments. Today, this partnership agreement is still intact, with additional funding provided through grants, contracts and gifts to expand program offerings.
Cooperative Extension’s mission is to “discover, develop, disseminate, preserve and use knowledge to strengthen the social, economic and environmental well-being of people.” Campus-based and community-based faculty work cooperatively with local leaders, volunteers and organizations to identify needs, establish priorities, design and implement educational efforts, and evaluate program outcomes and impacts. Applied research is conducted to gain new knowledge, solve practical problems and meet specific community needs. Journal articles, peer-reviewed curriculum guides and other publications are the result of programming and research efforts. These publications, as well as program and impact information, can be accessed at: http://www.unce.unr.edu
UNCE’s 20 individual offices throughout the state serve as local campuses of the University of Nevada, providing citizens with information about university programs. Because Cooperative Extension’s more than 200 personnel live and work in these communities, UNCE is well positioned to bring community needs to the attention of university personnel who can help solve local problems. The issues have changed over the years, but the need to extend university research out to the state remains constant. Just as it did nearly 100 years ago, UNCE still helps farmers and ranchers manage water resources, control noxious weeds and resolve public-land disputes. But Extension now also helps strengthen families, foster a healthy environment and enable people and communities to prosper. In this way, UNCE serves as a “gateway” linking university resources to meet the needs of communities throughout Nevada. It develops educational programs through public presentations, workshops, demonstrations, publications, the Internet, interactive video and satellite broadcast technologies, delivering knowledge directly to Nevadans’ homes and communities. By “bringing the university” to all Nevadans to foster their lifelong learning, UNCE helps fulfill the institution’s land-grant mission.
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
The University of Nevada, Reno libraries serve as the primary center for information resources and services in support of learning and research at the University of Nevada, Reno.
The University Libraries are housed in the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center (humanities, social sciences, life sciences, general resources) and the DeLaMare Library (engineering, geosciences, physical sciences, maps). The Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center combines the best of traditional library resources with new digital and multimedia technologies. This pioneering information environment is designed to nurture creativity and stimulate intellectual inquiry.
The University Libraries’ collections include over 1 million volumes of printed materials, extensive multimedia collections, thousands of journals and books in electronic format, and primary research materials in Special Collections, University Archives and the Basque Library.
Services in the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center include:
- @One - general purpose computing lab with advanced software, technologies, and expert staff to help students with technology projects
- DataWorks Analysis and Visualization Lab
- Dynamic Media Lab (video post-production support)
- Research & Computing Help Desk
- Group study rooms, conference rooms, classrooms, auditorium
- Bytes Cafe
For additional information, call (775) 784-4636 or see http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu.
KUNR-FM PUBLIC RADIO
As Reno’s longtime, local public radio station, KUNR is non-commercial and listener-supported, providing northern Nevada and northeastern California with a stimulating and diverse mix of news, information, thought-provoking discussion and perspectives, plus cultural, entertainment and music programming. KUNR is a self-supporting entity whose primary revenues come from listener contributions, business underwriting of programs and grants. The station has broadcast from the University of Nevada, Reno, campus since 1963, and is licensed to the Nevada System of Higher Education. KUNR’s engaging blend of public radio is heard 24 hours a day throughout a vast area of northern Nevada and northeastern California - as far north as Susanville, as far south as Bishop, and east-west from Truckee to Elko. Covering more than 106,000 square miles, KUNR has one of the largest service areas in the U.S., made possible by 14 translators in rural areas and its sister station, KNCC, in Elko. An estimated 40,000 listeners tune in weekly.
GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
The university maintains several governmental relations programs. These programs involve state and national executive and legislative bodies and are substantially assisted by community-based groups.
Program activities are designed to support the legislative efforts of the university president and the Board of Regents, who attempt to enhance funding and support for the university’s research and instructional programs. The office also coordinates the Legislative Relations Steering Committees for the president, community and faculty. |