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新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Provides Loaner Laptops to Students in Need

IET, Stores and Donors Contribute to the Cause

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Student picks up laptop at library.
Emily Mijangos, a student who works at Shields Library, checks out a loaner laptop from Anita Nichols, on Thursday (March 19). (Bonnie Hain-Anderson/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

Staff and units from all around campus are teaming up to ensure students without computers of their own can continue to learn as instruction moves online.

鈥淭his is a process and a service we don鈥檛 have established at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis,鈥 said Anita Nichols, director of Client Success for Information and Educational Technology, or IET. 鈥淓very time I reached out to another organization for help, they provided it.鈥

The process started last week with the concern that IET鈥檚 computer labs might not be able to keep up with the demand after the administration canceled in-person finals. No problem, right? We could just buy more computers. Not exactly. Universities all over the country were doing the same thing, and businesses and organizations were snapping up computers, too, for employees newly assigned to work from home, as the nation tried to slow the spread of COVID-19.

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Kevin Loenker of IET Client Success prepares multiple laptops for use in the Student Community Center. (Mark Deamer/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

So, IET looked locally, receiving 50 laptops from Aggie Surplus 鈥 鈥渞etired equipment from around campus鈥 that needed to have new operating systems and applications installed before they could be used, Nichols said. Staff members scrambled over the weekend to have them ready for the first day of finals, and on Monday (March 16) they were in the Student Community Center and ready to be used. They鈥檒l remain there through this weekend.

Meanwhile, the department realized computer labs might not be a viable long-term solution for students isolating at home and began looking again for laptops to purchase. The department鈥檚 first order was canceled, and then when 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Stores helped IET find 600 computers to purchase, their delivery was delayed 鈥 first by a snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada, and then so the freight company could deliver medical supplies instead.

Finally, seven pallets of laptops arrived on campus. But IET doesn鈥檛 usually loan computers to students, so it had to create how-to articles, draft a liability form with the help of Student Judicial Affairs and the Office of the Campus Counsel, identify students already receiving financial aid who might also need a laptop, and plan a way to check out and track them.

UPDATE

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis retired its Laptop Checkout Program on Sept. 23, 2021. Students can find alternate resources in this .

Along the way, assistance came from numerous other campus departments and units, like Development and Alumni Relations, which heard about the effort and offered to cover the cost of the laptops from the Annual Fund, which is funded by donors.

鈥淚t all happened so fast,鈥 Nichols said.

IET distributed 50 laptops as finals week wrapped up, March 19 and 20, at Shields Library. Students who check out the laptops can use them free of charge through spring quarter.

Nichols said the process has been very rewarding, especially for a campus unit that usually works behind the scenes with little face-to-face contact.

鈥淎 student who walked in to the library said, 鈥榊ou have no idea how grateful I am for this,鈥欌 Nichols said. 鈥溾橧 don鈥檛 know what I would do if it weren鈥檛 for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis.鈥 It brought tears to my eyes.鈥

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