Information Technology

Central Michigan University has a wide variety of technology resources and technology support available for students, faculty, and staff. The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is responsible for providing the CMU community with a diverse and technically rich learning and research environment. CMU and OIT support innovative learning and teaching and maintain a planned investment strategy to keep CMU technology resources at their highest level possible and available to students and faculty. In addition, CMU is working to fully enable mobile computing for its students and faculty with efforts focused on these areas: 

  • CMU is expanding and strengthening an already robust wireless network.
  • CMU is building a campus-wide printing solution.
  • CMU is employing a number of strategies to deliver required software to its students and faculty.
  • CMU services are being designed for delivery to a variety of mobile devices.
  • CMU provides cross-platform text chat and automated remote support tools that allow students to access technical support directly from their personal computers.
  • CMU provides cost-effective student purchase plans for laptop computers and other mobile devices.

Email Services for Students: Upon acceptance to CMU, students are assigned a CMU e-mail address. This e-mail address is the official address to which course-related correspondence and billing notices are sent. It is very important that students check their CMU e-mail address regularly, and they will be held responsible for mailings issued to that address.

iCentral: Central Michigan University offers a web portal called iCentral located at: https://iCentral.cmich.edu. iCentral is designed with CMU students, faculty and staff in mind, and provides the CMU community comprehensive information in a number of different areas, such as activities, academics, employment, available services and access to a variety of individual records. iCentral extends the on-line experience by allowing students to create their own personal web space (https://my.cmich.edu) to store documents, share photos, and even subscribe to their friends' sites.

OIT Help Desk: The Office of Information Technology help desk is housed in the first floor of Park Library, and is the first point of contact for all technology related questions. The OIT Help Desk assists students, faculty, and staff with university-sponsored technology services, general computing questions, and computer repairs. Contact the Help Desk at 989-447-3662.

Media Services: A large collection of instructional videos and Mediated Equipment are available for use in CMU classes, and are also available for checkout by students. Media consultation and A/V equipment maintenance are also available. Contact Media services at 989-774-3891.

Public Computer Labs: State of the art instructional and student technology labs are strategically located throughout the campus to provide easy access for students and faculty. Many of the instructional and student labs operate extended daily hours and weekends. Find out more information by visiting the OIT web site (http://www.oit.cmich.edu) and choosing ‘Labs' under ‘Software & Hardware'.