Accomplishments: Office of Information Technology
Lindsay Couzens (Academic Affairs) and Jennifer Tison (Information Technology) presented at the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington, on November 21. The presentation, titled "Continuous Innovation for Continuous Improvement: Weaving a Data Web to Inform Student Success Initiatives,"…
Jesse Taylor (Information Technology) is a recipient of the VEGAS INC and Cox Business 2024 Top Tech Awards for the category of Education. Taylor oversees the Identity Management and Middleware Services team and is responsible for managing the central identity access system for over 40,000 students and staff. Taylor…
Tradition-Innovations in Art, Design, and Media Education Panel
Kimberly G. James (Music), Kymberly Mellen (Theatre), Phillip Zawarus (Architecture), Olga Townsend (51ԹϺ Art Alumna), Adam Paul (Film), Julian Kilker (JMS), Timothy Jones (Music), Morgan Iommi (NSC), Alethea Inns (OIT), and Yvonne Houy (College of Fine Arts) presented on "tradition…
Trauma-Informed Performing Arts Education Workshop
Kymberly Mellen (Theatre), Alethea Inns (OIT), Morgan Iommi (NSC), Olga Townsend (51ԹϺ Art Alumna), and Yvonne Houy (College of Fine Arts) facilitated the most requested workshop for the 2022 Art Schools Network national conference. Trauma — an emotional response to disturbing events —…
Kimberly James, Timothy Jones, Phillip Zawarus, Sean Slattery, Olga Townsend, Genevieve Tremblay, Francisco Menendez, Adam Paul (all Fine Arts), Althea Inns, Ted Weisman (OIT), and Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) contributed to a national online conversation about Envisioning a Post-pandemic Future for Arts and Media Higher Education…
Shellie Brattain (OIT) and Dana Angioni (Business) co-chairs of the Family Advocacy Committee recently presented in the 2020 National Association of College Auxiliary Services/Association of College Unions - International-sponsored webinar "Why Lactation Suites are Important for Supporting Families." Attendees learned about lactation…
Scott Menter and Frank Alaimo (both Office of Information Technology) will present at the Integrated Systems Europe conference in Amsterdam next month. They will discuss the classroom technology services team's experience building an enterprise audiovisual system for the university as part of the "What's Next ... Higher Education Integrated…
The Classroom Technology Services department within the Office of Information Technology has been featured in an AVIXA case study for their innovative use of data that has saved the university an estimated $77,000 annually.
The case study, 51ԹϺ Uses Data to Highlight the Value of a Well-managed AV Operation, explores how the department used data…
Matt Bernacki (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) and Cam Johnson (Office of Information Technology) headed a research team of 51ԹϺ staff and students that has won a 2016 Splunk Public Sector Innovation Award.
The group received the Mission Award for Education during the Splunk GovSummit Conference in Washington, D.C., last month.
The…
The Classroom Technology Services (CTS) department of the office of information technology has been featured in a higher education case study by Crestron. The case study explores how CTS has helped minimize “lost” class time due to technological issues by standardizing equipment, implementing monitoring tools, and developing a custom-made touch-…
Frank Alaimo (Office of Information Technology) coordinated the development and installation of a new video wall in the cardio area of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). The new wall implements cutting-edge technology that is beautiful to look at while offering diverse functionality and reduced maintenance costs. It would be an…