The Bluefield State College Computer Center, home to Institutional Computer Services (ICS) is located on the ground floor of Dickason Hall in room 123. Its mission is to provide on-site computer services to the students, faculty and staff members of the college. It is responsible for computer services at three main campus locations: Bluefield, Lewisburg, and Beckley as well as Welch. Presently, local area networks are connected using Windows XP as the operating system. ICS provides services for student record keeping, accounting, and e-mail. In addition, we provide links to the Internet and several additional computers including an IBM mainframe via our West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing (WVNET) connection in Morgantown, West Virginia.

WVNET is a West Virginia statewide central computer site providing computer services to the state system of colleges and universities, K-12 public education, and state agencies. internet Dialup service is provided by WVNET, our Internet Provider. These accounts can be used to access the Internet from a computer at home via a modem. Dialup Internet service is intended to support the missions and goals of higher education, public education, libraries, and state and local governments. Applications to apply for a dialup account are available at the
BSC Computer Center. A pamphlet describing the service may be picked up at the Computer Center or one can be mailed to you upon request.

SERVICES

• BANNER
• Networking
• Database Management
• Computer Services Management
• Modem Dialup Accounts
• Faculty/Staff Help Desk Questions
• Internet Help Desk

• The Computer Center is open from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Friday