It is not yet half way through November and plans are already in the progress of being made for spring semester and how preparing for spring semester throughout winter semester. The biggest changes that is in the process for our downtown Phoenix location is the refresh program. The refresh program happens every five years for all campuses of ASU. This is a time were computers and AV equipment is “refreshed” or in other words we get rid of the old and bring in the new. We got the okay to purchase the needed equipment last week and if all goes well we will be installing and testing equipment throughout the winter break. Usually we only have spring imaging to worry about during the winter break, but if we do get new equipment it will be an extremely stressful and busy break. In the end though, hopefully, this will be better for everyone involved. The professors will benefit from have newer equipment that will have less faults and the students will benefit from this new equipment in the classrooms and a few one-to-one stations that are planned to be installed in the information commons area. Personally, I will be happy to be ensured plenty of hours during the break since there will plenty of work to do!
I too work at ASU and love the winter break session for being able to catch up on work that can't be done when the students are on campus. Our winter breaks are only three weeks now! Best of luck to you :)
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