As per the revised guidelines of Act 1540 of the 1997 Regular Session and the revised guidelines issued by the University of Louisiana System effective September 1, 1999, the predominantly student based Technology Fee Committee passed a Technology Fee Plan for Fiscal 2006-2007.

Following is a listing of the proposed plan for fiscal year 2006-2007.

 

Line

Item    Prol

Proposal Number -
            Requestor

Detail

Amount

1

P2006-18

Academic Computing

Proposal by Academic Computing for a Video Conferencing Bridge and Backup hardware and software for student servers.

 

STATUS:

§  Completed.

$42,000

2

P2006-13

College of Business

Proposal by the College of Business for 1 Mediasite ML440 Rich Media Recorder and software for digital editing creation and editing of courses, 5 Hitachi StarBoard T-17SXL smart monitors for technology classrooms, 11 sets of various extension cables for College of Business technology classroom.

 

STATUS:

§  Completed.

$44,133

3

P2006-11

College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Art

Proposal by the Department of Art for $30,000 to supplement another grant.  Committee awarded 14 Mac G5’s to replace older Art computers.  

 

STATUS:

§  Completed.

$20,000

4

P2006-09

College of Arts and Sciences - Languages & Literature

Proposal by the Department of Languages and Literature for 26 Apple iMacs to replace 8 year old computers currently in the Languages & Literature classroom – 131 Peltier.

 

STATUS:

§  Completed.

$45,797


 

5

P2006-04

College of Education

Proposal by the College of Education for 4 -Canon DC20 2.2 MP DVD Camcorders , 20 - Dell 512 MB Module for Optiplex GX260, 20- DELL - 250 GB Hard Drive for Dell OptiPlex GX280/GX260, 6- I/O MAGIC Dual Format External Double Layer Drive, 6 - Koss Headphones for computers, 4 Sharp DV-RW2U DVD Players, 3 HP LaserJet 4250 Printers, 3 Dazzle Video Creator, 12 upgrades of Pinnacle 8 to Pinnacle 10 Studio Media Suite video software, 18 copies Pinnacle 10 Studio Media Suite, 30 copies of OfficeFX V2.1® and the FXD™ Interactive Media Player for Education classrooms and labs.

 

STATUS:

§  Completed.

$24,786

6

P2006-06

University Webmaster

Proposal by the University’s Webmaster for a Dell Server and Redhat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server version 4.1 to replace current student web server for University.

 

STATUS:

§  Completed.

$3,856

7

P2006-07

University College - Dyslexia Center

Proposal by University College for the Dyslexia Center, request  for 10 - Kurzweil workstation software for Windows & Macs, 2 High speed scanners, and software training for University Dyslexia Center.

 

STATUS:

§  Completed.

$8,390


 

8

P2006-14

Chef John Folse Culinary Institute

Proposal by Culinary for 2 Dell computers with anti-theft cables and Microsoft office, 1 DVD Duplicator, 1 microphone for video camera, 1 long-life battery for video camera, 7 restaurant catering software programs, 1 Sous Chef program, 1 restaurant reservations & guest tracking software, and 5 wine & food pairing software for Culinary.

 

STATUS:

§  Computer Hardware and other electronics completed. 

§  College decided not to order software.

$13,244

9

P2006-15

Nursing and Allied Health - Department of Communicated Disorders

Proposal by Communication Disorders for 4 Dell computers with Microsoft Office and UPS backup systems, 1 Interactive Functional Anatomy software, 1 Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts for Communication Disorders.

 

STATUS:

§  Completed.

$5,436

10

P2006-08

Nursing and Allied Health – Carl Perkins Lab

Proposal by Department of Nursing for Dell computers with Microsoft Office and Virus protection for Nursing lab.

 

STATUS:

§  Completed.

$6,000

 

 

Grand Total

$213,642

 

 

 

 

 



In addition to the project expenditures, there are number of recurring costs associated with previously approved purchases from the Technology Fee at Nicholls State University. The following recurring costs were approved by the full Technology Fee Committee.

 

Recurring Personnel                                  Budgeted

Salary - Student Labor

$106,710.00

Salary – Professional

72,625.00

Salary - Fringe

25,665.00

Total Recurring Personnel

$205,000.00

 

Travel – Training for Staff

Travel – Training for Staff

$8,000.00

Total Travel – Training for Staff

$8,000.00

 

Recurring Cash Grant Matches 

Cash Grant Matches

$50,000.00

Total Cash Grant Matches

$50,000.00

 

Recurring Operating Services                 Budgeted

BlackBoard

$12,500.00

Line Charges for Internet Capacity

68,200.00

EPOS – Dialup support for SIS

6,270.00

SPSS – Stat package

15,275.00

SAS – Stat package

7,500.00

McGraw Hill – Research Insight

16,805.00

Cabletron Network Maintenance

25,000.00

Computer Maintenance (Labor)

2,000.00

Novell – Network Operating System

25,000.00

MSDN

1,500.00

AppleCare Support

2,400.00

Office and Anti-Virus

18,000.00

Total Recurring Operating Services

 $200,450.00

 

Recurring Supplies 

Paper

 $9,000.00

Toner

16,000.00

Computer Maintenance (Parts)

4,000.00

Miscellaneous

14,000.00

Total Recurring Supplies

$43,000.00

 

Grand Total Recurring Expenses

$506,450.00