University operators featured in Raleigh News and Observer

November 24, 2008 | In News , Spotlight On , Bulletin Board
The work of University operators Cynthia Snipes, Cynthia Haymer and Phyllis Alston is featured in today’s Raleigh News and Observer. Calmly answering the call at UNC highlights some of the straightforward, quirky and heartwarming experiences that occur when answering 12,000 telephone calls a month.

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CTC Update: The Social Web

November 24, 2008 | In Events
The December meeting of the Carolina Technology Consultants (CTC) will feature Tola Oguntoyinbo of Sonecast, Inc. speaking on "The Social Web" on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. in room 08 of Gardner Hall. He will speak about understanding and leveraging social and content networks and sites and will provide insight into ways the University community might begin to unravel and harness the power behind these content networks for its own purposes.

Carolina Conversations

November 24, 2008 | In Events
The next Carolina Conversations will be an interview in Second Life with Jeannie M. Walsh from the Department of Computer Science on Monday, Dec. 1 at 12:30 p.m. For more details and a link to the Second Life SLurl, go to http://its.unc.edu/tl/conversations/.

ITS in the News

November 21, 2008 | In News , Spotlight On , Bulletin Board
An article by Kim Eke, manager of ITS Teaching and Learning Interactive, was recently published in Online Classroom.

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IAIG: UNC CAUSE 2008 Conference Presentations

November 21, 2008 | In Events
The topic for the December Instructional Applications Interest Group (IAIG) meeting will be "UNC CAUSE 2008 Conference Presentation Reports." UNC-Chapel Hill IAIG members who presented at the recent UNC CAUSE conference will recap their sessions at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4 in room 328 of the Health Sciences Library.

The Road to ITS

November 19, 2008 | In News , Bulletin Board
He’s a musician and sound engineer. He arranged and played keyboards for a song that hit No. 1 in Germany and charted in the top 10 in 14 European countries and has the platinum records to prove it. While on the road and in the studio, he met Kurt Cobain, Hootie & the Blowfish, Public Enemy and Etta James.

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Webmasters: "Carolina on iTunes U"

November 18, 2008 | In Events
The December Webmasters meeting will explore the “Carolina on iTunes U” project. Join Doug Edmunds and Brian Payst to learn more about this initiative on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. in room 2400 at ITS Manning.

ITS creates SOA Center for Excellence

November 18, 2008 | In News , Spotlight On , Bulletin Board
ITS has announced the creation of the SOA Center for Excellence, representing ITS’ commitment to service oriented architecture (SOA) for future application development. The Center will be led by Patrick Casey, SOA program manager, with support from Ashley Willis and John McGarrigle. All three previously worked in ITS Enterprise Applications.

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2008 SECC Chili Cookoff breaks record

November 17, 2008 | In News , Spotlight On , Bulletin Board
Thanks to the generosity of ITS staff, the 2008 SECC Chili Cookoff raised $855 for the State Employees Combined Campaign, exceeding last year’s total by more than $200.

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ITS' Cameron to chair new UNC IT Security Council

November 14, 2008 | In News , Spotlight On , Bulletin Board
William Cameron, assistant vice chancellor for information security at UNC-Chapel Hill, has been designated chair of the newly created UNC IT Security Council. The Council was formed to facilitate greater information sharing and to develop common approaches among UNC institutions to shared information security challenges.

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