Fall 2013 Announcements
CommLab Hours for Finals
Posted Dec 13nd, 2013
| Day | Date | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 12/15 | 12pm–9:30pm |
| Monday | 12/16 | 9am–9:30pm |
| Tuesday | 12/17 | 9am–9:30pm |
| Wednesday | 12/18 | 9am–6pm |
| Thursday | 12/19 | 9am–6pm |
| Friday | 12/20 | 9am–4pm |
| Dec 21 – Jan 12 | Closed | |
Student Lab Monitors will be working limited hours during finals. If there is no Lab Monitor on duty, please see either Dane or Lydia in LEF317 for assistance.
HP LaserJet 3800 Working
Posted December 2nd, 2013
The HP LaserJet 3800 is feeling much better now. Please be gentle with it and do not open and close the front door. If there is a jam or toner shortage, please request assistance from a Lab Monitor or Lab Management.
HP LaserJet 3800 Out of Order
Posted December 2nd, 2013
The HP LaserJet 3800 is feeling under the weather and will likely be out of order through the end of the semester. If you need to print on 8.5x11 paper in color, please print on the Epson 3800 from one of the two printing stations. A friendly lab monitor will assist you with your printing needs.
CommLab Hours for Thanksgiving Break
Posted November 22nd, 2013
| Day | Date | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 11/26 | 9am–9:30pm |
| Wednesday | 11/27 | closed |
| Thursday | 11/28 | closed |
| Friday | 11/29 | closed |
| Saturday | 11/30 | closed |
| Sunday | 12/1 | 12pm–9:30pm |
Please note, the college will be closed from Wednesday, 27 November through Friday, 29 November. During this time, all Main campus buildings will be locked.
Introducing Lydia Hardy
Posted November 19th, 2013
We're pleased to announce that we finally have a new Assistant Lab Manager on staff. Lydia Hardy will be taking over the day to day lab operations. If you see her around the labs, go ahead and say hi. She's very friendly as it turns out.
Lydia attended Simmons from 2007-2011 as a Graphic Design and Studio Art major. During her time as a student, Lydia served as a Lab Monitor and TA for Intro to Graphic Design, and like most comm majors spent most of her days (and nights!) working tirelessly on projects in the lab. As a senior, Lydia worked as a designer on the 2011 edition of Commtracks, designing many of the spreads in the magazine and the cover that hangs in the hallway of the department.
After graduation, Lydia became the graphic design manager for a small consulting company in Wellesley, MA, where she managed a wide variety of projects, ranging from print and web design, to video production, social media and desktop publishing. She worked there for 2 1/2 years before returning to Simmons this fall as the Assistant Lab Manager.
PRSSA Hosts Annual Work It Event
Thursday, Nov. 14
Posted November 8th, 2013
Network with Communications Professionals
PRSSA is hosting its annual Work It panel discussion and networking event featuring professionals from communications fields on November 14th in the Special Functions Room on the First Floor of the MCB from 6 to 8pm.
Speakers include; Elizabeth Cornish, the Senior Vice President of Omnicom Group and Diversified Agency Services (DAS), Elin Boman, a recent Simmons graduate as well as an Assistant Account Executive at Mullen, and Sean Casto, the founder and CEO of PreApps.
“Work It is always one of my favorite events that PRSSA hosts…I like listening to the panel discussion and then having the opportunity to speak one-on-one with the panelists afterward” said Kendall Bauer, PRSSA Vice President.
Work It is open to the entire Simmons College community. Business Casual attire is suggested. Light refreshments will be served.
File Servers In the Labs
Posted October 30th, 2013
Do you know about all the file servers available in the Communications Labs? You can connect to even more than the Volumes and BigFileVault. Read all about the available servers and how to connect to them on the File Server Resources page.
Book Signing with Marlene Fine & Fern Johnson – Monday, October 28
Posted October 18th, 2013
The Interracial
Adoption
Option
Creating a Family Across Race
Book signing!
Monday
October 28, 2013
5 pm in the Trustman Gallery
Sponsored by the Communications Department
Marjane Satrapi to Speak at Simmons – 10/17
Posted October 7th, 2013
Marjane Satrapi
Author and Filmaker of
Persepolis and Chicken With Plums
Reading, Presentaion, and Book Signing
Thursday, October 17 at 6:30–9:00 P.M.
Linda K. Paresky conference center
Acclaimed author and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi will be speaking at Simmons on Thursday, October 17th at 6:30 in the Linda K. Paresky conference center. Satrapi, born in Iran and now a resident of Paris, is best known for her autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis, which also debuted as a film in 2007.
Satrapi's story is a dramatic coming of age narrative, set in Iran in the 1970s and 80s. Told in "comic book" format, it is both visually and linguistically rich. The novel won four major prizes after it was published in France and was listed as one of the "Best Books of the Decade" by the Times of London. The film, which Satrapi directed, won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and 15 other international prizes.
CommLab Hours for Columbus Day Weekend
Posted October 9th, 2013
| Day | Date | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | 10/11 | 9am–6pm |
| Saturday | 10/12 | closed |
| Sunday | 10/13 | closed |
| Monday | 10/14 | closed |
| Tuesday | 10/15 | 9am–9:30pm |
New Video Editing Software Available
Posted October 7th, 2013
We now have 3 new video editing tools available in the CommLabs. Avid Media Composer, Avid FX and Sorenson Squeeze are all available in LEF321 on the following computer:
- Cat Woman
Avid Media Composer
We now have a copy of Avid Media Composer 6.5 available as an alternative to Apple Final Cut Pro.
Media Composer 6.5 is a very powerful editing system that lacks no essential feature that could be found in another system. 6.5 operates on 64-bit performance and offers streamlined HD, file-based, and stereo 3D workflows.
Sorenson Squeeze
Along with Media Composer, we also now have Sorenson Squeeze, which can be used to compress video in a variety of formats.Avid FX
Avid FX offers transitions, professional text, and advanced composites for your editing in Media Composer.
Avid FX is a full-featured, professional-level compositing, animation, and text generation tool that can be accessed directly on your Avid timeline.
Final Cut Studio 2 Computers
Posted October 7th, 2013
For those of you who find iMovie and Final Cut Express too limited, Final Cut Studio is available on the following computers in LEF321:
- Huntress
- JeanGrey
- Storm
Final Cut Studio includes the following applications:
- Final Cut Pro 6
- Motion 3
- Soundtrack Pro 2
- Color
- Compressor 3
- DVD Studio Pro 4
Check out the videos on Lynda.com
Posted September 30th, 2013
Did you know that as a Simmons student you have access to Lynda.com?
You now have access to over 2,000 instructional videos on Lynda.com. You can learn more about using all of the applications in the CommLabs, including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and even LightWave. Try it out by going to Lynda.com.
If you have trouble logging in, check out the Simmons Service Desk knowledge base page on Lynda.com.
OMG Where Are My Files!
Posted September 13th, 2013
Did you come back this semester only to find that your CommLab files were missing?
Don't worry, your files are most likely safe. Over the summer we made some changes to how the lab computers work and had to move files around. Read on for instructions on how to recover your files.
How to access files from your old CommLab home folder
If you saved lots of files in your CommLab home folder last year, you can still access them.
My Folder on BigFileVault Disappeared Over the Summer
Did you know that as part of our routine server maintenance that we clean out all the file servers over the summer? We have to do this in order to ensure that there is enough space for the coming semesters.
Don't panic. We keep backups of all removed student files for a semester. So, if you need something that was removed, contact commlab@simmons.edu to ask for it to be restored.
What you need to know:
- What volume were your files stored on? (BigFileVault, Vol3, etc.)
- What was the name of the folder or files.