Students, staff and faculty now have the ability to access the University’s wireless service on campuses all over the world, thanks to a program Information Technology Services unveiled last month. The service, known as education roaming or Eduroam, allows affiliates of an Eduroam-enabled campus to connect to a wireless network on any participating campus around the world, according to Ashley Berthelot, editor for the Office of Public Affairs. Students, staff and faculty can use their ‘@lsu’ credentials to gain access to other wireless networks on campuses all over the globe, Berthelot said. Guests from other Eduroam institutions will be able to access the wireless networks using their own institutional credentials while visiting campuses, she said. ‘We are proud to be in a leadership position in the U.S., offering Eduroam services to our faculty, students and staff when they visit campuses in other countries,’ said Brian Voss, vice chancellor for Information Technology. Eduroam is widely available on campuses in Europe and Asia, according to Berthelot.’ Other U.S. universities that offer Eduroam include Harvard University and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Students can use Eduroam to obtain free wireless connections while studying or traveling abroad, said Sheri Thompson, IT communications and planning officer. ‘It is pretty neat, and it will save a lot of hassle for travelers trying to get Internet access,’ said Skyler Bourgeois, mass communication freshman. Eduroam was developed for the international research and education community, Berthelot said. ‘I am looking forward to using this service while I am on sabbatical this spring,’ said Jeffrey Clayton, physics and astronomy professor. ‘I think it will make working from abroad a lot easier.’ The University incurred no cost for Eduroam, but the infrastructure of the servers and centralized local user databases are required, according to Thompson. She said fewer U.S. universities use Eduroam than those in Europe and Asia because they do not have the infrastructure. Information, including a list of universities that use Eduroam, is available at www.lsu.edu/eduroam. —- Contact Jacob Most at jmost@lsureveille.com