Shown above: Students working in the first-floor Client Computing computer lab located in Owens Library..

Information Systems will roll out a new web portal for students, faculty and staff called myNorthwest, similar to My Yahoo, this fall.

A customizable interface system driven by SunGuard's Luminus Platform software, myNorthwest will feature message boards, on-line groups, chat rooms, photo albums and targeted messages based on a user's campus community status.

The new myNorthwest web portal will allow users to customize their portal page based on personal preferences. Logging on to myNorthwest will also provide access to CatPAWS, a personal and university calendar, e-mail and other University Web services after typing in a single username and password.

According to Information Systems Programming Manager, Girijia Chavala, "myNorthwest will function as an on-line community portal for the entire University."

Campus-wide content planning for myNorthwest began in January under the direction of Web Application Developer Jeremy Baumli, who will serve as portal administrator. The content planning process will allow for input from a number of focus groups and stakeholders.

Testing and other technical preparation on the web portal will continue through Spring 2008. Users should be able to log on to the new system by Summer 2008.

For more information about myNorthwest, contact Jeremy Baumli at 660-562-1967.

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