Loaner laptops & hotspots available for SP21 students

Students entering Cincinnati State in Spring Semester 2021 will continue to have access to on-loan laptop computers and personal Wi-Fi hotspots.

Students who are registered for Spring classes and don’t already have a computer and/or hotspot can request loaned equipment by following these steps:

• First log into MyCState/Blackboard
   
• Then click this link: COVID-19 Student Technology Loaner Program
   
• Students who were enrolled in Fall 2020 and are continuing to take classes have the option to renew their loan agreement by filling out the eForm for the new semester

Students should allow 2 days for form processing.

• Students will be notified by email when their requested equipment is available
   
• The student who reserved the equipment must pick it up in person, in ATLC Room 315.

For help completing the eForm, call the IT Help Desk at (513) 569-1234.

Student requests for loaner equipment have grown steadily since the program started in Spring Semester 2020.

• In Fall Semester 2020, 213 laptop computers and 146 Wi-Fi hotspots were distributed to students.
   
• In Summer Semester 2020, 129 computers and 120 hotspots were distributed.
   
• In Spring Semester 2020, when the loaner program began, distributed equipment included 95 laptops and 7 hotspots.