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The UIT/ITS golf tournament got back into the swing of things this year, as staff from the two organizations, past and present, met at Forest Dale Golf Course in September to join in friendly competition.

The Strategic Information Technology Committee (SITC) met on September 14. The Architecture and New Technology Committee (ANTC) regrouped on September 27. The Enterprise Web Advisory Council (EWAC) will meet on October 14. SITC will meet again on November 9. ANTC will reconvene on November 22.

UIT staff recognized for their excellent work.

More than a million audits in the Degree Audit Reporting System, or DARS, have been processed at the U since January 2021. It’s little wonder, then, that DARS was recently rolled into the U’s IT disaster recovery efforts.

The Utah native is a hands-on supervisor who likes to work closely with his team to identify and troubleshoot issues, define new enhancements, and make the university a better place.

The due diligence of UIT’s start-of-semester planning team paid off again as the U community entered fall semester without incident.

The CARES Act opened new possibilities for connectivity outside at the U — funding 118 new Wi-Fi access points in outdoor spaces and bringing the U's total number of APs from 8,910 to 12,263.

UIT's Rachael Sheedy was desperate to get out the house, so she mapped out a gradual return to running. Her efforts culminated in the completion of her first half-marathon held in Beaver, Utah, on August 14.

The one-stop digital tool, full of information curated directly by departments, supports undergraduate students in “identifying, planning, navigating, and summarizing their educational experience.”

If the university and its community members don’t comply with Rule 4-004C: Data Classification and Encryption, they not only open the door for potential malicious attacks, they can also be held liable for not safeguarding the data.