These kiosks will serve as a communication center between students, faculty, and staff members.  The large plasma display will present everything from important academic news updates to promotional videos highlighting faculty research projects, twenty-four hours a day.  To its left resides another monitor displaying IT-related news and services while below it sits the ‘brain’ of the VStation.

From this computer, students will have the ability to access UH-related resources such as email and Enrollment Services Online and also print, scan, and submit homework via the web.  With the help of a USB flash disk, they will also be able to retrieve and download course materials from their professors’ websites, WebCT, and VNet.  Live video technical support is just a click away on the VStation.  By clicking on the ‘Help’ button on the station’s screen, they are immediately connected to the NSM-IT support desk in the Virtual Technology Center (202 SR1).  From here, support personnel can troubleshoot issues they might be having without ever leaving the office.  Any questions about advising issues can also be answered by staff members via video chat as well *.