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A look inside the University's Information Technology Center
▶ KWANG HYUN
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Electronics, including printers, monitors and lab equipment are sorted to be donated or stored in the Information Technology Center.
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The campus is getting older, but classroom technology is getting newer. As the University provides students with more modern technology, they must find ways to dispose of the old.
The University's new business building, Capitol Federal Hall, recently upgraded its classroom technology from the old building, Summerfield Hall.
Summerfield Hall.
Used classroom accessories such as desks, chairs chalkboards and cabinets are usually donated and stored in the University's Center for Sustainability. Then, they are recycled and provide donations to various organizations, including non-profit organizations. But the Center for Sustainability does not accept used technologies, so they must be sent to the University's Information Technology Center, according to the University's website.
"We expect to continue to grow," said Greg Freix, an information systems professor in the school of business.
To make room, Freix said the business building has had to transfer and remove old equipment from
assistant at the Information Technology Center, said.
"We have an online website that they [people who wish to donate] can go to put in a request for pick-up, and once we receive that we will contact them to arrange a pick-up time," Chadwick Hinkle, an administrative
Hinkle said once he receives the old technologies from locations such as Summerfield, his team categorizes them into different parts and stores them in the center's storage. The center accepts computers, printers, laptops, monitors, and other electronics, such as lab equipment. Hard drives and media storage devices from laptops and computers are shredded for security reasons. Then, the equipment can be donated
"We do have non-profit organizations that send in requests, or they can call us and visit and see what we have," said Hinkle.
In his 17 years at the center, Hinkle said the biggest donations he has received
have been from Dole Human Development Center and Strong Hall, and he has probably received more
than two rooms worth of equipment.
Hinkle said he wishes to expand the storage area to
receive even bigger donations and store more technologies that are not being used.