May 21, 2013
In 1876, three days after getting the patent for his new invention, a man named Alexander Graham Bell called his friend, Thomas Watson, and said, “Mr. Watson — come here. I want to see you.” Another event occurred exactly 40 years ago today (April 3, 1973), however, that may be a bit less historically notable, [...]
I know very few, if any, students nowadays who do not have a cell phone. Cell phones are at the forefront of our communication nowadays, even within our professional communication settings. I have had this problem with each new phone I get: Someone will text me and their number will no longer be saved in [...]
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Robotic hands, coin-flippers and light-up yo-yos are three items not usually found within the same sentence. But for 40 girls, 40 parents and a team of engineers, they are all part of a Saturday spent at Weber State University. These parent-daughter teams worked to build a prosthetic hand, construct a coin-flipper and design a yo-yo [...]
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The Weber State University College of Applied Science and Technology announced the arrival of a new program on Friday. The Alan E. Hall Center for Sales Excellence will come to WSU through donations by the Hall family totaling $3.5 million. David Ferro, the dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology, said he is excited [...]
Continue reading …Starting March 1, Weber State University faculty and staff will switch from using Novell Groupwise to Google Apps for Education. WSU has used Novell Groupwise for the past 19 years. “This is a very large change,” said Ty Naylor, information technology communications, events, training and education coordinator. “It’s going to affect all faculty and staff [...]
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Canvas is a Utah-based company founded in 2008 that created an online learning platform used by more than 200 colleges and universities around the country, including Weber State University. For the past few years, Sheree Josephson, the chair of the WSU Communication Department, has encouraged professors in the department to use Canvas. This semester, she [...]
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