Gadsden State offers on-campus WiFi hotspots to students
“It is important that we do whatever we can to assist students.”
Gadsden State Community College began offering WiFi hotspots to its enrolled students in select parking lots on three campuses in April.
“The announcement that all community colleges in Alabama would exclusively provide instruction online for the remainder of the spring semester left some students in a bind due to not having access to reliable WiFi services,” said Dr. Martha Lavender, president. “It is important that we do whatever we can to assist those students while practicing social distancing to curb the spread of COVID-19.”
Gadsden State’s Information Technology Services installed hotspots that could be used in the parking lots on three campuses. Locations included the parking lot around the Computer Science Building on the Ayers Campus in Anniston, the parking lot behind the Academic Building at Gadsden State Cherokee in Centre and the parking lot in front of Browder Hall on the Wallace Drive Campus in Gadsden.
The hotspots were available seven days a week from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Security patroled the areas offering WiFi to enhance safety for students.