Welcome to the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) computer labs section. This Web site provides an overview of the facilities and policies governing CFANS student computer lab use. If you have any questions or comments regarding the college student computing resources, please send an e-mail to cfans.help@umn.edu.

Student Technology Fees
The CFANS Information Technology Committee includes representatives of undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff from CFANS. One of the Committee's responsibilities is to make recommendations for the allocation of the technology fees collected from all undergraduate and graduate students in CFANS. The tech fees are used, in part, to support CFANS student computer lab facilities, including hardware and software and technology-enhanced learning (TEL) projects. Last year, a portion was used to pay licensing fees for Matlab and Mathematica software that can be downloaded onto students' personal computers. This year, your tech fee money will allow CFANS to increase the size of the Laptop Checkout Program and expand its capabilities.

Laptop Checkout Program
Beginning in the fall semester of 2008, CFANS students will be able to check out a Dell laptop for up to one week at no charge from any of three libraries on the St. Paul Campus. These laptops will have all of the software you find found in the CFANS computer labs, as well as VPN software to allow you to work on certain University systems from off-campus. All laptops will have DVD +/- RW drives, wireless networking, and the ability to be plugged into a LCD projector for presentations. All laptops will have SAS statistical software.

The laptop program is operated out of the following libraries in CFANS:

• Forestry Library - B50 Skok
• EFW Library - 365 Hodson
• Plant Pathology - 395 Borlaug