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 2005-2006. Following is a listing of the proposed plan for fiscal year 2005-2006.

 

Line

Item    Prol

Proposal Number -
            Requestor

Detail

Amount

1

P2005-09

Mass Communications

Proposal by Mass Communications for 3 Digital CamCorders, 10 Color TVs, 3 Teleprompters, Shuttle Pro Hand Controller, Script Q Prompting Software, Final Cut Pro Suited, and Mics cables.

 

All equipment and software purchased and installed.

 

[Completed]

$24,600

2

P2005-01

Biological Sciences

Proposal by Biological Sciences for a Gravity Steam Sanitizer, including the rack and shelves and installation and disposal of older autoclave

 

Gravity Steam Sanitizer purchased and installed.

 

[Completed]

$42,500

3

P2005-13

College of Education

Proposal by the College of Education for Projector, 2 Desktop Computers with office, 15 Laptops with office and a security cart, 2 LaserJet printers, Headphones, Sound Equipment, VCR, TV, Karaoke machine for Elementary teacher training and class participation, 15 Sensors, 10 Electrodes, and 10 Probes for teacher science training, and 5 graphic calculators

 

After the grant was awarded, the following items were determined not need by the college: Headphones, Sound Equipment, VCR, TV, Karaoke machine for Elementary teacher training and class participation. 

The remaining items were purchased and setup.

 

[Completed]

$47,608

4

P2005-19

Student Life

Proposal by Student Life for 15 computers with Office, DriveShield, and McAfee for 3 Dorms, 3 LaserJet Printers, and printer supplies for Student Life

 

All computer and software purchased and installed.

 

[Completed]

$21,383

5

P2005-02

Art Department

Proposal by the Art Department for 1 Nokia Camera and 4 Lenses.

 

Equipment purchased and installed.

 

[Completed]

$746

6

P2005-18

History and Social Sciences

Proposal by History and Social Sciences for the installation of a new multimedia classroom with a computer, LCD projector, VCR, and table for equipment; including Office, McAfee, and Adobe software.  Replace blackboards with Whiteboards

 

Technology classroom setup.

 

[Completed]

$9,082

7

P2005-01

Geomatics Department

Proposal by Geomatics Department Equipment to develop the Geomatics Department

 

Purchased a server to run the Geomatics software that is being purchased by outside grant; purchased and setup a new LaserJet printer for main classroom

 

[Completed]

$25,000

8

P2005-11

University Relations

Proposal by University Relations Web Development software including Adobe Creative Studio, Upgrading Macromedia Studio, upgrading Virtual PC, and upgrading BB edit.

 

Software purchased and installed.

 

[Completed]

$702

9

P2005-15

The College of Nursing & Allied Health

Proposal by The College of Nursing & Allied Health for 2 LaserJet printers with supplies and network lines, 21 Desktop Computers with Office, McAfee, and DriveShield, and the installation of 1 projector.  

 

All equipment and software purchased and installed.

 

[Completed]

$46,666

10

P2005-12

Disability Services

Proposal by Disability Services for ten 17 inch flat panel monitors to help create space for testing.  

 

After proposal written, Disability Services and the University Testing Center became separate departments.  Each department received 5 flat panel monitors.

 

[Completed]

$2,400

11

P2005-28

Academic Computing

Proposal by Academic Computing for 31 Mac to upgrade Main MAC Classroom Lab in Library, 2 UPS  and 1 KVM Switch for Server Rack, 1 New Server for running SPSS software, Advising & Tutor Track Software, LabChecker Software and other Misc. University programs, and 12 computer desks to get 102 Ayo up to 31 computers for Academic Computing

 

All equipment, software, and accessories were purchased, installed, and setup.

 

[Completed]

$64,700

12

P2005-21

College of Business

Proposal by College of Business for 26 Computers with Office and McAfee, 2 - 24 Port Switch 100MB Hubs, 2 Laser Jet Printers, 19 UPS for Classroom Computers, and 6 Laptop guest presenters for technology classrooms.  he College of Business

 

All equipment and software purchased and installed.

 

[Completed]

$32,866

13

P2005-14

Culinary Arts

Proposal by Culinary Arts for one 1000 Watt Lighting Kit, 1 Digital Camera  with Memory stick and USB reader, 3 Laptops with Office, McAfee, Culinary Nutrition Software & Restaurant Cad Software, and 3 projector on rolling carts with carrying cases. 

 

After the grant was awarded, the college decided to not purchase the Nutrition software.  The remaining items were purchased and setup.

 

[Completed]

$19,686

14

P2005-10

University College

Proposal by University College for 6 Computers and 1 Laptop with Office and McAfee, and 1 LaserJet Printer for  University College

 

All equipment and software purchased and installed.

 

[Completed]

$9,624

 

 

 

Grand Total

 

$347,563

 


 

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 

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

BlackBoard

$9,500.00

Line Charges for Internet Capacity

34,200.00

EPOS – Dialup support for SIS

6,270.00

SPSS – Stat package

40,265.00

SAS – Stat package

7,500.00

McGraw Hill – Research Insight

16,802.00

Cabletron Network Maintenance

23,000.00

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

 $186,437.00

 


 

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

$492,437.00