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Events

Notes from Thursday, September 13, 2018 ITS: Division Meeting

The team invited Virgil Ortiz, CC’s Artist in Residence, to the divisional meeting. Mr. Ortiz presented a powerful set of images and talked about the history and meaning behind his art. The four Horizontal Teams updated the division on progress. The teams are: Transitions Team – chaired by Tulio Wolford Budget Accountability Team – chaired … Continue reading »

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Notes from the Monday, August 6, 2018 ITS: Division Meeting

Brian discussed the reorganization of ITS: division. The update was followed by questions and friendly discussion.

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Notes from the Thursday, May 10, 2018 ITS: Division Meeting

Guest Speaker – Tammy Terwelp, the General Manager of KRCC, visited and talked about exciting updates in KRCC’s programming. She shared the future plans for KRCC with the ITS: division. Reorg Update – Linda spoke on Brian’s behalf and gave an update on the upcoming reorg. Brian thanked the division through Linda for sharing ideas and is … Continue reading »

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TED O’Clock – The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen – April 27, 2018

Jeff H. presented a talk by Takaharu Tezuka: “The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen”. The talk showed a kindergarten in Japan that was designed with kids (and teacher’s sanity) in mind. The interactive kindergarten encourages imagination and physical activity; it lets kids be kids. “At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows … Continue reading »

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ITS: Attends Educause Live! Webinar

A group of interested men and women of ITS: gathered yesterday to attend a webinar hosted by Educause: ‘Gender Identity in Higher Education: How Technology Can Support (or Limit) Inclusiveness on Campus.’ The archived webinar and supporting documents can be accessed here.    In attendance: Sean R., Jeff H., Liz S., Mel R., Lucie T., … Continue reading »

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Notes from the Thursday, April 12, 2018 ITS: Division Meeting

Message from Brian – Brian thanked the division for ideas that have been shared with him and encouraged staff to schedule 1 on 1 meeting with him through the end of April to discuss reorg. Guest Speaker Beka Adair ‘16 – Beka Adair, the Assistant Director of QUAD Innovation Partnership and CC Alumna, discussed her experiences prior … Continue reading »

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TED O’Clock – Build a tower, build a team – March 30, 2018

Matt G. had a challenging activity prepared for the division. Using the marshmallow and spaghetti challenge from Tom Wujec’s “Build a tower, build a team” TED  talk, Matt had three teams compete in building the highest spaghetti tower that is able to hold a marshmallow for longer than few seconds. All teams had fun and … Continue reading »

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Notes from the Thursday, March 8, 2018 ITS: Division Meeting

Introduction of New Staff – Katharina introduced Narendher Takkarsu, who has filled the Mobile Systems Administrator position on Katharina’s team. Matt introduced Mike Palamara, the new Instructional Technologist on the Educational Solutions team. Transition Strategy – Brian discussed the transition strategy following the departure of Vish Paradkar. Brian invited the men and women of ITS: to meet … Continue reading »

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TED O’Clock – How I became 100 artists – February 23, 2018

Linda presented a wonderful TED talk – “How I became 100 artists” – about staging an international art show with work from 100 different artists – by Shea Hembrey. Mr Hembrey didn’t like the art he saw around him, so he created his own. Each of the 100 artists are unique and vastly different, and yet the … Continue reading »

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Notes from the Thursday, February 8, 2018 ITS: Division Meeting

Dan talked about the most recent meeting of the Future Technology Team and encouraged the Division to attend future meetings. Dan’s team has decided not to continue with the charging stations in the Tutt library. The team is open to suggestions and questions. Brian discussed the satisfaction survey results, as well as an update on … Continue reading »

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