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Make a mean meat or vegetarian chili, a sweet dessert or tasty cornbread? Then share it with your friends and co-workers at the 10th Annual ITS Chili Cookoff!
Chili (and other) chefs interested in participating are asked to contact Kirsten Vollmer, Nancy Verboon or Karen Rowland.
The Chili Cookoff will be take place on Thursday, Nov.19 at 11:30 a.m. at ITS Franklin. A $4 suggested donation will be taken at the door and all proceeds will go to the North Carolina State Employees Combined Campaign which supports local charities.
Friends of ITS staff are welcomed, UNC-affiliated or not.
November 5, 2009 | In
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This fall has been a busy one for ITS Teaching and Learning Interactive (TLI).
TLI recently completed work on four multimedia modules for the UNC Institute on Aging. The Institute is based at UNC-Chapel Hill but is a state-wide organization. Faculty members who served as content experts for the modules hailed from numerous universities across the 17-campus system. The modules, each of which is approximately 20 minutes in length, provide continuing education and professional development on the following topics: dementia, successful aging, financial resources in retirement and evidenced-based program development. Participants can print a completion certificate for their records after finishing a module and passing a quiz.
November 2, 2009 | In
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The topic for the November meeting of the Instructional Applications Interest Group (IAIG) is IAIG in Transition. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 11:30 a.m. in Peabody Hall 08F.
November 2, 2009 | In
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The November Webmasters meeting will feature the presentation Designing Outside the Browser by Richard Powell, a freelance Web designer working in Chapel Hill. The meeting will be held on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. at the Graduate Student Center.
The presentation will look beyond the browser window, explore the techniques designers in other disciplines have used to solve their unique design problems and how to apply those lessons.
October 30, 2009 | In
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The University community has a unique opportunity to learn how the ConnectCarolina project will improve interaction with the University at a Town Hall meeting on Monday, Nov. 9, 2-3 p.m. at Gerrard Hall.
Members of the Stakeholder Committees will provide a project update on the student services, human resources, payroll and finance components of the fully integrated administrative system. The Executive Steering Committee members will speak to the importance of the ConnectCarolina project to their respective areas. Questions are welcomed.
Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact connectcarolina_info@unc.edu.
October 29, 2009 | In
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Implementing ConnectCarolina presents unique challenges. A huge, multi-faceted endeavor that will fundamentally transform the University’s administrative systems, ConnectCarolina requires a professional and disciplined approach to planning, organizing and managing resources. Project management is being utilized to help the ConnectCarolina team successfully complete specific project goals and objectives.
October 27, 2009 | In
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Want to learn more about the role ITS plays at the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute? Then be sure to visit the NC TraCS Open House on Friday, Oct. 30 from 1-6 p.m. on the second floor of the Brinkhouse-Bullitt Building.
ITS Research Analysis Consultants Jonathan Pletzke and Pallavi Pratapa will demonstrate the Carolina Data Warehouse for Health at the end of the 2:30 presentation Biomedical Informatics Tools for Researchers: Clinical Data Management and Carolina Data Warehouse-Health and throughout the afternoon. The Warehouse, which contains UNC Healthcare data collected since July 2004, is used for research and quality purposes for various health issues such as diabetes, smoking, asthma and pediatric end of life data.
As part of ITS Research Computing, Pletzke and Pratapa meet with investigators and researchers, learn of their needs and then determine whether or not the Warehouse has the requested data. If so, they then securely provide the necessary information for the investigators’ use. This collaboration represents one of ITS Research Computing’s first outreach efforts to support clinical research at UNC-Chapel Hill.
October 27, 2009 | In
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On Friday, Oct. 23, ITS staff members joined IT professionals from across the UNC-Chapel Hill campus for the 2009 Carolina Technology Consultants (CTC) Retreat at the Frank Porter Graham Student Union. The retreat offered participants the opportunity to share expertise and information on the constantly changing world of IT and its impact on Carolina.
October 26, 2009 | In
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Learn how the Internet has changed your ability to know and manage your professional reputation and what you can do about it on Friday, Nov. 6 by attending Professional Reputation Management at 9:30 a.m. in Toy Lounge, Dey Hall.
Jim Porto, director of the Executive Master’s Program and executive director of the Community Preparedness and Disaster Management Program in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, will lead the discussion.
Sponsored by ITS Teaching and Learning and The Center for Faculty Excellence, the event is free but registration is required.
October 26, 2009 | In
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He was fortunate to have been home that bright sunny Tuesday. Otherwise, he would have been in the city. He walked through the World Trade Center every morning on his way to work on Broad Street. But September 11, 2001 changed everything for him. Who is he? Read The Road to ITS to find out.
The Road to ITS appears monthly in ITS News. If you would like to suggest a colleague to be featured in The Road to ITS, please contact its_communications@unc.edu.
