The fall issue of the Technology Services quarterly newsletter, TechNews, is out!
Topics include faculty use of Moodle, TS staff who got their start as student staff, the new Project Management Office, the January 1 go-live of the Human Resources module in PeopleSoft, and planning for the March go-live of PeopleSoft Campus Solutions.
The next issue of TechNews is scheduled for distribution in February. Please send ideas for articles and other suggestions to technews@pugetsound.edu.
Beginning Thursday, December 6, hours at the Technology Service Desk in the lower level of Collins Memorial Library will be as follows:
Thursday-Friday, December 6-7, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, December 8-9, noon to 10:00 p.m.
Monday-Thursday, December 10-13, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday, December 14, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Between semesters, the Technology Service Desk will be open 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with the exception of December 24 through January 1 when it will be closed for the holiday break.
Jessica Snyder joined the TS team November 1 as the new project assistant for Optimize Puget Sound. She will work with the Optimize project plan and schedule and will assist in other project tasks as well. A native of Tacoma, Jessica earned a degree in English from Bucknell University. She recently returned from Thailand, where she served for five months as a Peace Corps volunteer. Jessica enjoys reading, writing, baking, and yoga.
With the successful summer installation of the new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system, the time has come for the official retirement of the university’s old telephone and voice mail systems. Yesterday members of the Network and Server Systems team, including Director Mark Young, Telephony Manager Larry Wussow, and Network Manager Dave Hamwey, shut down power to these systems, parts of which were almost 20 years old.
“Congratulations to Larry, Dave, Mark and the many others on the TS team who participated in this momentous achievement,” stated CTO William Morse. “The old system served us very well, and I fully expect our new VoIP system will serve us equally well for the future.”
The September issue of Business Officer magazine features an article by Sherry Mondou, vice president for finance and administration, on the benefits of the disaster recovery partnership established recently between Puget Sound and Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Business Officer is published monthly by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), a membership organization representing more than 2,500 colleges, universities, and higher education service providers across the country and around the world.
Garrett Dieckmann ’12 has been named the new PeopleSoft Administrator for the campus. Garrett has been a member of the Optimize Puget Sound team since the project launched in Fall 2011. As a student, he spent his senior year working as a project assistant, and after graduation he became a full-time developer involved in the Financials implementation. According to Steve Renker, director of Enterprise Information Systems, Garrett has impressed the Optimize and EIS teams with his “can-do attitude and talent for quickly picking up new technology.”
Congratulations, Garrett!
Technology Services is pleased to welcome Aaron Goff, who joins the TS team as a desktop support specialist. Aaron is a graduate of the University of Washington, where he majored in political science and worked in tech support for the College of Education. A native of Marysville, Aaron has an impressive range of technical skills and enjoys collecting retro video games (Space Invaders, anyone??).
Welcome to Puget Sound, Aaron! We’re glad you’re here.
For Orientation 2012, Technology Services was pleased to present incoming students with a very fun informational video created by TS student staff members Alicia Cohn, Andrew Kittrell, Abe Landa, Josef Lange, Megan Lundquist, and Kyle Whitcomb.
Jimmy Gets Technology covers the location and availability of computer labs on campus, the importance of password security, sustainability efforts through PrintGreen, and the anytime, anywhere computing and file storage made possible by vDesk.
PrintGreen, the university’s new printing program for students, will begin with the start of fall semester on Monday, August 27. See more information on this exciting initiative to help make campus printers as sustainable as possible!
Technology Services is excited to participate in Orientation 2012! For assistance, please stop by the Technology Service Desk in the Tech Center in Collins Memorial Library, or visit us at one of the following times and places:
Friday, August 17
8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. – Technology Services Table in Wheelock Rotunda
Saturday, August 18
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Technology Services Table in Wheelock Student Center
9 to 10:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. – Presentation for Parents in Library 020
To learn more, see Technology Services for Puget Sound Students (PDF).