CIAA Step Show

Every year during CIAA basketball tournament there is an event that resonates throughout the city and that event is the CIAA Step Show. The step show features some of the best steppers around the CIAA conference. This year they introduced high school step teams to the mix. Also, the location...
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Posted on: Thursday, March 04, 2010 by JCSU Staff
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A Learning Experience

Yesterday was the first time that I had hands-on field experience since being employed as a Web STA. I worked alongside STA Emanuel Morris, who assisted Dr. Butler with a computer issue. Dr. Butler was having an issue installing the old 16.0 version of moodle to the new 17.0 version,...
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Posted on: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 by JCSU Staff
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Rise in Computers Infected with Viruses

The JCSU Help Desk and Mobile Life and Learning Center have seen a rise in student and faculty/staff computers infected with viruses. These viruses come in a variety of formats, many claiming to be 'Anti-Virus Pro 2009', 'Anti-Virus Live' or similar names. Quite often, these are attempts to get you...
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 by JCSU Staff
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CIAA Week

The CIAA is officially taking place next weekend and I'm very excited. I always get excited during CIAA week, because all the celebrities come through and party it up in the Queen City! CIAA week is like spring bling in Miami. Lol...maybe that was a little extreme, but you have...
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Posted on: Monday, March 01, 2010 by JCSU Staff
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Browse the Library From Your Phone

I love my smartphone - I have an iPhone and I'm not sure what I did before it entered my life. I see a lot of Smithites using their phones on campus so several librarians though we should create a mobile site. What if you could do your research from...
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Posted on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by JCSU Staff
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Common Passwords Exposed

Think changing your password in not very important? A recent survey of 32 million exposed passwords revealed the top 10 most common passwords: 123456 12345 123456789 password iloveyou princess rockyou 1234567 yankees2009 Abc123 Avoid using any of these passwords and make sure you have a different password for work, school...
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Posted on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by JCSU Staff
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What's All Excitement With CIAA?

In my three years at Johnson C. Smith University the two things that really resonate through the school and the city of Charlotte is Homecoming and the CIAA Tournament. These two events are like the Super Bowl when it comes to Smith. Homecoming is usually when a lot of alumni...
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Posted on: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by JCSU Staff
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What Makes "Smart Classrooms @JCSU" Smart?

IT has installed several smart classrooms in each of JCSU buildings. These smart classrooms bring together new tools to enhance the classroom environment. There are now a total of 32 smart or multimedia classrooms on the campus. Since 2008, 21 classrooms have been updated, using a design that emphasizes flexible...
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Posted on: Thursday, February 18, 2010 by JCSU Staff
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Is Black History Month Still Relevant?

Black history Month is a month of celebration to honor African-American people who have impacted or influenced the black race. Black History Month began, Feb. 1, 2010. I don't know about you, but I don't feel that people appreciate Black History Month like they should, especially generation Y, also known...
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Posted on: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by JCSU Staff
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Midterm: Make the Grade

The beginning of this semester has been eventful as far as the school is concerned, but in your classrooms nothing has changed at all. The clock is still ticking on this academic semester and it is time for midterms. During midterms I see a lot of people passing them off...
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Posted on: Thursday, February 11, 2010 by JCSU Staff
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