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Tech.: "Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?"
Caller: "Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
Tech.: "What sort of trouble?"
Caller: "Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away."
Tech.: "Went away?"
Caller: "They disappeared."
Tech.: "Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
Caller: "Nothing."
Tech.: "Nothing?"
Caller: "It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
Tech.: "Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"
Caller: "How do I tell?"
Tech.: "Can you see the C:\ prompt on the screen?"

In a surprise ceremony held during the Faculty Retreat, Dr. Ahmed Naumaan, Dean of the School of Information Systems and Technology, was inducted into KU’s chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) as its first honorary member. The organization is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society. Dr. Naumaan was inducted by Frank Gatlin, chapter president and KU student, and Glen Jenewein, IT Professor and Faculty Advisor for ACM.

To all of the IT students who are interested in being a part of this elite organization, please remember to use your school email address when you sign up to be a member of the KUACM (i.e. Name@student.kaplan.edu). This will allow the KUACM to know that you are a legitimate student at this university. Thank you for your support and welcome to the KUACM.

Friday, January 29, 2010, Frank Gatlin, President of the Kaplan University chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery presented Dr. Ahmed Naumaan with the first Honorary membership into the KUACM.

This presentation was conducted at the Hyatt Hotel in Miami FL during the All School meeting being conducted by Dr. Naumaan and was broadcast live via Web-Cast to the entire IT department at Kaplan University.

Thank you Dr. Ahmed Naumaan for accepting this award, and for your continued interest in the KUACM.

Here are a couple images of the Student Life Dept.

First, Congratulations to all of the graduating class of winter 2010! I had a wonderful time getting to meet all of you I could, and taking part in your celebration. I was honored to be there with you.

AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW KAPLAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT EMAIL SYSTEM

On February 22, 2010, the current student email system will get an upgrade. The new email system will provide you with additional functionality, features, and a friendlier look and feel. See a summary of the changes below:

What will not change:

1. Your Kaplan University email address and password
2. The way you access your email (directly from your KU Campus homepage)
3. Features and functionality such as:

The Kaplan Chapter of ACM is looking for members to help with projects dealing with topics such as:

The new KUACM Social Network Portal is open to all members of Kaplan University Information Technology Majors. However, non ACM members will not have full access to all of the features contained within the site. KUACM members will have complete access to all areas of the portal, including:
# Forums
# Blogs
# Groups
# and More

Visit the KUACM Community page to get the latest on what is happening.

* Visit the Archives page to view past meetings
* View Current Events
* Meet the Executive Board
* and More!

KUACM has been busy developing projects for many areas of IT. Details on these projects can be found Inside KUACM.

Have you ever wondered what goes on in a KUACM business meeting? Now, you can view the weekly agenda's, as well as view detailed Minutes from each meeting.

Find out what your Executive Board is planning for the future of KUACM