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Peripheral device recommendations

March 18, 2020

…azon.com/Rain-Design-mStand360-Laptop-Patented/dp/B008JIGL08 Steklo Laptop Stand Standard – $25 – https://www.amazon.com/Steklo-MacBook-Pro-Stand-Adjustable/dp/B00VIZ60QY Amazon Laptop Stand Basic – $21 – https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Ventilated-Adjustable-Laptop-Stand Printer/MFP HP Printer/Scanner – $108 – https://www.amazon.com/HP-Laserjet-Wireless-Printer-Y5S53A/dp/B07DLWM1JQ Brother Printer/Scanner – $130 – https://www.amazon.com/Brothe…

Digital Accessibility Office hires new consultants

June 12, 2023

…s of digital accessibility identification and remediation. One of my greatest strengths lies in my ability to meet individuals at their current level of understanding and effectively guide them towards their desired goals. My passion drives me to continuously stay updated with the latest advancements and best practices in the field, enabling me to bring fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to the table. What is your professional background? I h…

A future without passwords: Part I

October 27, 2022

…t. That’s led to a familiar, and annoying, sort of arms race of advice and strategies. Strategies like changing your password often, not reusing passwords, making passwords very long, using passphrases, incorporating numbers and symbols, using a password manager and automatically generating random passwords. It’s all good advice but it’s understandably frustrating to feel like good security is a lot of work. It’s like knowing the lock on your door…

What to expect in November

November 3, 2014

…campus. In addition, we hear from ITS managers who are working with those student developers. The managers greatly value the students’ ingenuity, insights and energy, and they are pleased to provide the students with real-world experience for taking an idea and making it scalable and sustainable. Later this month, you can read about two remarkable students who are pursuing cool IT projects. Speaking of cool, look for some engaging videos by stude…

Women in IT spotlight: Cindy Reifsnider

March 14, 2024

…wledge and even wisdom, there is a great need for people to be data scientists/analysts, database administrators and database developers. About Cindy Reifsnider Cindy Reifsnider Cindy Reifsnider leads data, research and impact services for Innovate Carolina. She is lead developer and database administrator for the Innovate Carolina Operations and Metrics Platform (two databases and add-on apps), which manages programs and tracks progress of innova…

Digital Services creates Arts Everywhere website

March 16, 2018

…e, which was focused on the Arts Everywhere kick-off event in April 2017. Established in 2016 with the support of Chancellor Carol Folt, Arts Everywhere collaborates with diverse departments, units and organizations to embed creative expression, live arts experiences and arts learning into students’ Carolina education. Website is adaptable Kim Vassiliadis This new, entirely modular-based website required a lot of work on the back end to create, bu…

Women in IT spotlight: Keriayn Smith

March 11, 2024

…ent, which serves geographically diverse, underserved and underrepresented students in STEM fields. What does your role as a leader mean to you? Being a leader means that it is important that I provide support that is tailored to the needs of the target audience — whether these are trainees, mentees or colleagues, since individuals’ needs differ. At times, it means I get to be a mirror, so that someone else may see what could be possible in themse…

Participants appreciate connecting at ConnectCarolina User Conference

November 1, 2018

…e theme was “making the connections,” and the app helped participants do just that. In the post-conference feedback survey, more than 90 percent of participants said the conference met its goals and that they would attend the next conference. Beyond appreciating the opportunity to connect with coworkers, participants mentioned learning about ConnectCarolina best practices and Chief Information Security Officer Dennis Schmidt’s keynote address, “Da…

Adobe Creative Cloud – Promotional Resources

September 7, 2016

…be available for free to all students and 2,000 instructional faculty and staff. In support of the initial launch, ITS has an extensive communications and outreach plan. Additionally, we are making materials available to campus IT partners who wish to assist in promoting this great new resource to students. Something missing from this page that would help you promote? Send a note to kelly_johnson@unc.edu and we’ll get it added! Key Promotional Da…

Research Computing’s Mike Waldron to retire this month

June 10, 2022

…ok forward to making those plans while being free of the stress of an IT System Administrator’s life.” Mutual admiration Waldron was absolute, though, about his desire to highlight his time at UNC-Chapel Hill and what it meant to him. “The people at UNC are good and the work that is being done is much more rewarding to support than in my corporate jobs.” he said. “My teammates are also great to work with and I feel like I have good relationships w…

A Look at 2015: Frances Dykstra talks ConnectCarolina

January 15, 2015

…s to figure out how to make ConnectCarolina more efficient so it is less costly to support and it “provides the kind of efficiencies this University needs to have so [that] fewer funds go to administrative functions and more funds go to the educational mission of the institution.” Then next step is to determine how to use and extend the functionality “to provide new services or enhance the services or streamline business processes that we already…

ITS ramps up server consolidation, reduces clients’ bills

August 10, 2016

…rvice for its own needs, with the remaining 20 percent for external campus customers. The split used to be more like 70 percent, ITS, and 30 percent, campus users. Big customers, however, left in an attempt to save money by investing in their own equipment. But as a result of that bulk purchase of UCS, ITS was able to reduce its prices in spring 2016. Some schools and departments saw their bills cut by as much as 75 percent. Next steps “We will co…