Technology Services is pleased to welcome Jason Owings, our new server systems administrator. Born and raised in West Texas, Jason has worked for 10 years in the field of information technology with a focus on healthcare and higher education. His wife, Casey, works in women’s health and family medicine at Multicare in Tacoma. Jason and Casey have an 8-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son. Favorite family activities include hiking, camping, snow skiing, and playing video games.

Please join us in welcoming Jason and family to the Pacific Northwest! We’re very glad to have him on campus as part of the Technology Services team.

Every summer, the Technology Services (TS) team gathers together for a retreat to reflect on the accomplishments of the past year and prepare for what is to come. It is a chance to celebrate goals met, hear stories directly from fellow team members, and learn about the many services the department provides to the community. In an effort to make accomplishments tangible for all to see, the team produces a Wonder Wall. What is a “Wonder Wall,” you ask? It is a place where each team member is invited to post key achievements for the past year. For the next few weeks, we invite you to stop by our offices located in the garden level of McIntyre Hall to check out this year’s Wonder Wall.

Josie Lomax has joined the Technology Services staff as Business Analyst in the Project Management Office. She previously served a two year stint as Technology Coordinator for Career and Employment Services.

Josie has a B.A. in History and a Master’s in Teaching from Puget Sound, which she used in teaching middle school science and math. Her other career adventures include jaunts as an English language teacher in Japan through the JET Program and a low-voltage electrician.

Josie’s hobbies have primarily been (unsuccessfully) learning the banjo, leading raid groups in online video games, and semi-reluctant trips to the YMCA. Josie says she’s always up for a chat about education, social justice, or reality television and is grateful that her husband, Jeremy, tolerates her notoriously bad taste in music.

Welcome to TS, Josie!

Technology Services has recently completed updates to our Online Security – Protect Your Personal Information & Devices page. Please check out this important information on email phishing scams and how to secure or encrypt your mobile devices. For assistance with encryption on a university-owned device, contact the Technology Service Desk at 253.879.8585 or servicedesk@pugetsound.edu.

Chief Information Officer William Morse was recently interviewed by University Business magazine to provide insight on selecting the right cloud computing partner. In the article, Morse, who has a law degree from Emory University, notes that during the contract negotiation phase, “Everything must be negotiated. Spending the proper amount of time at this stage is key to the university protecting itself.” In his time at Puget Sound, Morse has lead the successful multi-year effort to implement Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to replace the previous legacy, homegrown solution.

Links to myPugetSound have replaced those to Cascade in prominent locations on the university’s website, including the standard footer and gateway dropdown menus for students, faculty, and staff. The change was announced in a recent email to campus from William Morse, CIO and Associate VP for Technology Services.

“With the addition of staff access earlier this week, myPugetSound is now available to the entire campus community,” Morse reported on Friday, March 13. “I am pleased to say that, in reaching this important milestone, myPugetSound will become the university’s official portal for accessing academic and administrative information.”

Morse noted that Cascade is still available, but myPugetSound will serve most campus members as their sole portal for accessing university systems.

For questions or assistance using myPugetSound, please contact the Technology Service Desk at 253.879.8585 or servicedesk@pugetsound.edu.

The Tech Center in Collins Memorial Library will observe these hours
over Spring Break:
Saturday-Sunday, 3/14-3/15 – CLOSED
Monday-Friday, 3/16-3/20 – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, 3/21-3/22 – CLOSED

Regular hours will resume on Monday, March 23.
Have a happy and safe spring break!

Technology Services is pleased to welcome Jeremy Cucco as the new Deputy CIO for Enterprise Information Services/Network and Server Systems. Jeremy comes to Puget Sound after an extensive career in the public and private sectors in Washington, DC, and more recently, the Seattle area. His educational background includes music performance studies and a bachelor’s degree in network security from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a passionate advocate for technology and innovation, Jeremy has also obtained numerous certifications related to information technology, business strategy, and project management.

Jeremy’s wife of 18 years, Olivia, is a financial manager for the Federal Aviation Administration, a top-performing consultant with The Pampered Chef, and a reluctant cyclist.  His 9-year-old son, William, excels at math and science and is starting a promising career as a professional junior cyclist.  In his free time, Jeremy performs the French horn with the Seattle Philharmonic, the New York Opera Society, and any other group that will let him. He can also be found riding his bike whenever and wherever he can.

Jeremy can be reached at 253.879.2710 or jcucco@pugetsound.edu. Please join TS in welcoming Jeremy to Puget Sound!

myPugetSound, the university’s new PeopleSoft portal for accessing academic and administrative information, is now available to faculty. Located at https://my.pugetsound.edu, myPugetSound provides streamlined access to tools related to teaching and advising as well as HR pages for viewing paychecks, approving time, and managing the hiring process.

Students gained access to myPugetSound October 28 and staff access is planned for early spring term. Read more information on myPugetSound.