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KUACM Student Spotlight

The KUACM is proud to announce Sherrie Allen as our March Student Spotlight Member.

Read more about Sherrie Allen by visiting the Community page at: http://kuacm.org/node/7

NEW STUDENT EMAIL SYSTEM COMING March 1st.

March 1, 2010, the current Kaplan University email system will get an upgrade. The new email system will provide you with additional functionality, features, and a friendlier look and feel.

Please CLICK HERE for an overview of the major differences between the current Kaplan University email system and the new one.

Please note that the email in your current student.kaplan.edu email account WILL NOT transfer to the new system. Manual and auto-forwarding instructions are available HERE .

We hope you enjoy the new student email system.

The Future Internet, Service Web 3.0

Actual dialog of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee:

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?"

Dr. Ahmed Naumaan Receives ACM Honor

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.

Student Life Pictures

Here are a couple images of the Student Life Dept.

2010 Winter Graduation

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.

NEW STUDENT EMAIL SYSTEM

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:

KUACM Opportunities Available

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

  • Help Desk
  • Newsletter
  • KUACM Bloggers
  • Workshop coordinator
  • Plus many more to be determined

    If interested, please send an email to:

    President - frankgatlin@student.kaplan.edu
    Secretary - donaldantcliff@student.kaplan.edu

    We will also be selecting Chairpersons to head up these projects as well.

    NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.

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