May the WiFi Be With You
NFC PROVIDES EXTENDED WIFI OPTIONS TO STUDENTS ON AND OFF CAMPUS
North Florida College students now
have improved access to WiFi thanks to a partnership between NFC and the
Suwannee River Regional Library System ( SRRLS ). A discussion started due to the COVID-19 pandemic and an increase in remote and virtual learning prompted NFC ’ s Director of Information Technology Nick Skipper to reach out and coordinate a WiFi boost to four of the SRRLS ’ s nine locations .
A multi-county library system , the SRRLS is based in Live Oak with branches in Branford , Dowling Park , Greenville , Jasper , Jennings , Lee , Madison and White Springs . NFC worked with Amber Waters , Library Assistant Systems Coordinator for the SRRLS , to add additional WiFi options at the Branford , Jasper , Jennings and White Springs locations . NFC students can now access NFC WiFi , with a provided NFC password , at these four locations .
The NFC Library , located on the NFC campus in Madison , also helped boost WiFi access for students . In November , they started a WiFi hotspot loan program . NFC students can checkout portable , mobile WiFi hotspots for threeweek intervals at no cost to the student . Billed as “ Free Internet Access to Go ” the mobile WiFi loan program is only available to NFC students and limited to available units .
For more information on the Suwannee River Regional Library System visit srrlib . org . For more information on resources available to students through the NFC Library , visit nfc . edu / learningresources .