Michigan State University

Home of two time champion mascot … Sparty!

Goals!• Brief Background on MSU

• IT Facts about MSU

• High Level or Hot Issues Your IT Department Has

• Have you remember something – there will be a quiz!

• In 10 minutes!

Background on MSU

Where the heck are we?

MSU Campus

General Information• Largest single-campus residence hall

system in the country with 23 undergraduate halls, one graduate hall, and three apartment villages

• Founded February 12, 1855 As the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan

• 1964 – Name changed .. Michigan State University

• 45,000 students• 10,500 faculty and staff (4500/6000)• 5,200 acre campus• 200+ academic buildings

Right around the corner

http://www.golfmsu.msu.edu/

Spartan Stadium

Culture and Entertainment• Wharton Center for Performing Arts• Breslin Student Events Center• MSU Museum• Kresge Art Museum: now and in the future• Abrams Planetarium: with a 150-seat Sky Theater• Horticultural Demonstration Gardens: six distinct gardens over 7.5

acres

• An NCAA National Championship

• Four regular-season Big Ten Championships

• Two Big Ten Tournament titles

• Three NCAA "Final Four" appearances

• Six straight NCAA Tournament appearances

MSU Basketball – One of the Best!

Note: Exhibition game vs. Michigan Tech, Wed at 7pm!

MSU Hockey – 2007 National Champions

MSU Football

MSU Dairy Store

• Badger Cherry Cheesecake • Gopher More • Hoosier Strawberry • Illini Orange Cream • Maize ‘n’ Berry • Mint Cookie and Cream • Nittany White Out • Purdue Tracks • Wildcat Crunch

50 years of Computing

http://computing.msu.edu/50years/

How powerful was MISTIC?

•When completed, it measured 10 feet high, 11 feet long and 2 feet deep.•40K of memory!

Who’s Here?

IT Facts at Michigan State

One of smallest central IT spending in the Big Ten

IT Facts• Computer Laboratory formed in 1957 to

create MISTIC (renamed to ACNS in 2004)

• 91,000 computers in 136 buildings on the network

• Three Central Computing Help Desks for Distance Learning, Academic/General and Administrative, and classroom support line.

• Distributed Support

wireless.msu.edu• 934 access points in 95 buildings and growing

High Level or Hot Issues for IT

Hot Issues!

EmailLog File Retention

Help Desks

Virtualization

CentralBackup

Central vsLocalSupport

Communication

Wireless

EBS

Cellularcoverage

TelecomMobilityFeatures

SecurityCourse Mgmt

Effectiveuse of limitedResources

Michigan State University

A great place to work!

And now…

Great People…

Quiz Time!

What was the name of the department that created Mistic?

And what is it called now?

Name one place for entertainment or culture at MSU

Name 2 sports teams at MSU that are good

Where to go for Ice Cream orCheese?

Name 2 hot IT Issues at MSU

Thank You!