Two weeks ago today, our ITS:Team gathered at the Stewart House for a little bit of food and fun to celebrate the end of a successful (and very busy!) 2013-2014. A few of the highlights from the year include (and they are in no particular order):
1) Bringing our new VP/CTO, Brian Young, on board. Welcome, Brian…we hope you’ve enjoyed your first nine months here at CC!
2) Hired Don Herbst, Janet Martino, Dave McCann, and Jim Schulz. What a great group of new hires!
3) Re-branded our division from Information Technology Services to ITS:. ITS:Fun! ITS:New! ITS:Awesome!
4) Purchased a new ticketing and workflow system, Cherwell, to replace HEAT.
The fabulous venue for the evening – Stewart House.
5) Successfully implemented an unmanned aerial vehicle program.
6) Successfully addressed the audit concerns.
7) Created a Change Control Board.
8) Successfully migrated our ITS:Team to Office 365. Also have successfully migrated many individual departments across campus – including the President’s Office, Communications, Education, Advancement, Music, Tutt Library, Outdoor Education, Collaborative for Community Engagement, Dean of Students, State of the Rockies, International Programs, Math and Computer Science, and the Ombuds Office – to Office 365.
Dave McCann’s wife, Shanna; Dave McCann; Darryl’s friend, Sandy; Darryl; Mike; and Mike’s wife, Kathy all enjoy a good laugh and good food during the event.
9) Purchased a new learning management system, Canvas, to replace PROWL.
10) Added three new positions – Information Security Officer; Instructional Technologist, Trainer (including the learning management system); and another Network Engineer – to our team. All three positions are in the process of being filled.
11) Added several new smart classrooms across campus.
12) Successfully supported hundreds of events across campus, including Fall Conference, Opening Convocation, Board of Trustees’ meetings, and Commencement.
One of Joseph’s little girls (who turned 5 that night!); Katharina; and her husband, Craig relax in the beautiful surroundings of Stewart House’s backyard.
13) Began the process of creating a better wireless and wired network infrastructure. Work on this is on-going, but much of the groundwork for where we’ll be heading was laid in 2013-2014.
14) Successfully selected PaperCut, a new system that will make it easier for students and employees to print across campus.
15) Began a stronger social media presence for the ITS:Team.
16) Changed our Electronics Recycling Day from the second Tuesday of every block to every weekday.
Liz; Jim’s significant other, Sandy; and Garrett, Liz’s husband spend a little quality time together enjoying the evening.
17) Redesigned the ITS:Team website.
18) Successfully upgraded Banner for several of the modules used.
19) Implemented an Information Security Policy.
20) Began working on a single sign-on solution which will officially roll out to campus at the end of this month.
Vish and Andrew give a thumb’s up to a fun night; Rossie smiles to show his approval.
21) Replaced our emergency notification system with Rave.
22) Began working on a college events makeover by looking closely at our Kx system, as well as other systems, to share event information in a timely way.
23) Installed approximately 50% of an innovative sound system for Bemis Great Hall.
24) And many, many more things including job description and JAQ makeovers, inventory updates, budget calculations, numerous communication initiatives, phone changes, individual computer issues, etc., etc. We were a busy group this past year!
Our view for the evening…and the rain held off until our fun was complete!
We had much to celebrate…thanks to each and every one of you for your hard work and dedication this year. It did not go unnoticed! I know we have lots more to accomplish for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, but if we can tackle all of these things, we can do anything! Here’s to another amazing year!
Thanks to Jim for providing the photos for the event!
ITS:Always fun, never boring
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Petro
