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DESCRIPTION

The current Internet capabilities at Benedict College include several servers and a mainframe for the administrative unit. All the servers are connected to the main campus hub. Benedict servers are used for Internet access, library holdings, home page, E-mail, and computer software. There are 300 workstations throughout the campus and printer servers in 17 computer labs. The labs are where most of the educational software is located. The specific measurable objectives of this supplemental grant will be: (1) the installation of a Local Area Network in the Alumni Hall Science Building that is dedicated to strengthening the institutional MBRS research and research training capabilities; (2) an increase in the number of MBRS grant applications submitted to NIGMS as a result of easier access to remote databases, libraries, research and sharing scientific information, interacting with the NIH, and communicating with colleagues throughout the world; and (3) an increase in the efficiency of exchanging and use of information among the science faculty on campus. The goal of this supplemental grant is to create a Collaborative Research Learning Environment (CRLE) by installing equipment for a Local Area Network (LAN) that will strengthen the institutional MBRS research and research training capabilities. The goal and measurable objectives will be accomplished by the installation of a new and reliable LAN in the Biological and Physical Sciences Department. These goals will be evaluated by the degree of compliance with the above stated measurable objectives. These goals will contribute to furthering these programmatic outcomes and goals of the MBRS Program by enabling the MBRS Program at Benedict College, through the installation of a new communications infrastructure, to strengthen its long-term research and research training~ capabilities.

Benedict College

Biological and Physical Sciences Department

1600 Harden Street

Columbia, S.C. 29204