START — the Student Technical, Application and Resource Training program — has a solution for those students who have stumbled blindly through computer programs to complete class projects.START is a combined effort between the Center for Academic Success and Information Technology Services to give students the opportunity to learn computer skills through software and hardware training workshops.”Everyone is affected by technology now,” said Melissa Brocato, associate director for the Center of Academic Success. “These workshops would cost thousands of dollars when [students] graduate, and we offer them for free.”More than 150 student-trained workshops are offered during the semester in the basement of Coates Hall. Students are taught technical skills in programs like Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Word, Photoshop, Web Development, Dreamweaver and Flash.Students can search the academic calendar or the START Web site for available workshops and times based on the programs they need, Brocato said.—-Contact Leslie Presnall at [email protected]