The desert around Earl Lewis’ vacation home in northeastern Utah — a yurt in Vernal, his wife’s hometown — teems with life. Nestled among slickrock and sagebrush, the yurt sits on a 375-acre family property near Moonshine Arch, about 30 miles west of the Colorado border.
Despite being delayed a month due to a winter storm, this year’s Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO) organization’s team-building and morale events got off to a sweet start.
The University of Utah has earmarked approximately $3.7 million next fiscal year for student-related technologies and services. The funding is the result of the annual Learning Spaces-Student Computing Fee process.
The Enterprise Web Advisory Council met on April 11 and will return on June 13; the Teaching and Learning Portfolio met on April 16 and next meets on June 21; and the IT Architecture and New Technology Committee met on April 22 and will meet again on July 22. The Strategic Information Technology Committee didn't meet in April but reconvenes on May 14.
UIT staff recognized for their excellent work.
Allen, whose leadership style focuses on mentoring staff, encouraging professional growth, and celebrating even the smallest successes, says no problem is insurmountable at the university.
On March 26, the U's Information Security Office upgraded to Duo Universal Prompt, which includes more authentication options and a new interface for the Duo Management Portal, web browsers, and mobile app.
The UIT system administrator worked in a veterinary clinic for two years. The experience taught him “to get started without waiting for confidence to kick in” and inspired him to pivot into a health care-supporting role at the university.
C1Conversations, a cloud-based contact center platform, will be the university’s new automatic contact distribution system for routing inbound contacts to available agents. The platform is scheduled to go live in May.
The Strategic Information Technology Committee (SITC) met on March 12, and the Teaching and Learning Portfolio (TLP) regrouped on March 19. The Enterprise Web Advisory Council will reconvene on April 11. TLP will regroup on April 16. SITC will meet again on May 14. The next IT Architecture and New Technology Committee meeting is to be determined.
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