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THE COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE ANNOUNCES
LAPTOP PROGRAM FOR INCOMING SAS/SN FRESHMEN

NEW ROCHELLE, NY, February 20, 2004 – The College of New Rochelle (CNR) today announced that beginning with the fall semester of 2004, first-year students in the School of Arts & Sciences and School of Nursing will receive laptop computers when they arrive.  This initiative represents the culmination of a strategic institutional plan to enhance the technological resources and services for students in the Schools of Arts & Sciences and Nursing.

In 2002, the multimillion dollar renovation of the Mother Irene Gill Library transformed the library into an open modern facility with hundreds of new data ports, more workstations throughout the library, and advanced research tools to better accommodate new technology for students.  Last year, CNR introduced its wireless communication in many areas across the campus and successfully launched ANGEL, a web-based course management system that integrates technology into the curriculum.  In addition, computer labs and classrooms have been renovated at all six CNR campuses to better prepare students to meet the challenges they will face in the 21st century. 

“This new laptop program will make the teaching of writing, research, and collaborative learning more seamless for CNR students and help them better harness the incredible resources available to them from Gill Library and the World Wide Web,” states Dr. Joan E. Bailey, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at CNR.

The CNR students will receive a DELL Latitude laptop featuring Pentium M 14.1 SXGA, 256 MB, 30 GB Hard Drive, Windows XP, 56K Modem, 24X CDRW/DVD, TrueMobile wireless card, MS Office XP Pro Academic, and 128 MB USB Memory Key.

The College’s technology plan also calls for providing increased student computer access in the libraries of all the campuses of the School of New Resources as well as increased faculty access to computers in the Graduate School.


The first Catholic college for women in New York State, The College of New Rochelle was founded in 1904 by the Ursuline Order. Today, it comprises the all-women School of Arts & Sciences, and three schools which admit women and men: the School of New Resources (for adult learners), the School of Nursing and the Graduate School.  The main campus of the College is located in lower Westchester County, 16 miles north of New York City.  The College maintains six other campus locations in New York City. Visit the College’s website at www.cnr.edu
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