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Downtown Data Center tour recap

Data Center Manager Chris Pedersen, center, leads a tour of the Downtown Data Center on June 18, 2025.

On June 18, 2025, about 40 UIT employees received a guided tour of the impressive operations inside the unassuming building that houses the University of Utah’s Downtown Data Center.

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UIT Spring Party: Boondocks Food & Fun lives up to its name

Kim Tanner, director for UIT Platform Services, waves while taking a spin around the go-kart track at Boondocks Food & Fun in Draper

Besides go-karts, Boondocks’ Draper location, site of this year’s UIT Spring Party, gave UIT staff unlimited access to mini golf, bumper boats, a ropes course, bowling, laser tag, and XD Dark Ride.

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IT governance roundup

IT Governance

The Strategic Information Technology Committee (SITC) will next meet on July 8; the Architecture and New Technology Committee (ANTC) will reconvene on July 28; the Enterprise Web Advisory Council (EWAC) will next gather on August 14; and the Teaching and Learning Portfolio (TLP) will meet on August 19.

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Matt Schroeder named director for ISO Enterprise Security

Matt Schroeder, director, Enterprise Security

The retired U.S. Air Force colonel brings more than two decades of cybersecurity, information technology, and engineering experience at the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Senate, and U.S. Department of Energy to the position.

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UIT's Liechty lends creative talents to 'Operation Babylift' archive and exhibit

Stella Liechty, senior organizational change manager/process analyst, UIT Strategic Planning and Process Team

Stella Liechty and Devaki Murch’s friendship evolved into a partnership around Operation Babylift, a U.S. government initiative that connected an infant Murch to adoptive American parents at the end of the Vietnam War. The Operation Babylift Collection features an online archive, traveling exhibit, and fledgling database.

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University establishes Organizational Change Community of Practice

During the growing season, students and volunteers harvest a variety of vegetables and greens to donate to the Feed U Pantry. (Photos courtesy of the Sustainability Office)

The university’s inaugural Organizational Change Community of Practice meeting on April 28 served as an introductory session for 41 organizational change leaders across the U and included a service mapping exercise around the themes of leadership, strategic communication, and training. 

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Last Updated: 4/11/22