In 2019, the University’s security awareness training was completely transformed with the introduction of a new training module. Since then, the Information Security Office within ITS has made significant progress in expanding the program to groups across campus. So far, … Read more

ITS Enterprise Application’s Mechelle Clayton has been named Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of the ITS division. Clayton, whose permanent role is director of non-PeopleSoft applications in support of Finance and Operations, the Friday Center and ITS, took the helm of … Read more

Leader. Partner. Learner. When her campus partners, peers and staff talk about Fran Dykstra, those three words are spoken time and again. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to have a conversation about Fran and not hear those words come … Read more

ITS Infrastructure & Operations completed its first tabletop exercise to test the efficacy of the ConnectCarolina Service Recovery Plan on February 22. This was the imaginary scenario: the ITS Manning data center suffered a failure and was inoperable for an … Read more

Internal and external audits are an important part of a continuous IT improvement cycle and successfully completing an audit is always a celebrated milestone. During the fiscal year, an ITS project team and many staff members across the organization contributed … Read more

“Making the Connections” was not just the theme of the 2018 ConnectCarolina User Conference, it proved to be the aspect participants found most meaningful. As Payroll Director Walter Miller said, “The ConnectCarolina User Conference was an immensely valuable time to … Read more

ITS Enterprise Applications has launched another round of “Most” Lunches to recognize hands-on users of ConnectCarolina and to learn from attendees what works and what can be improved in the ConnectCarolina system. The monthly lunches also enable peer-to-peer sharing of … Read more

During the 2016-2017 fiscal year, ITS Enterprise Applications’ ConnectCarolina team shifted its focus from stabilizing the HR, payroll and finance components to delivering new features. Some of Enterprise Applications’ accomplishments include rolling out Slate to additional schools and programs, launching … Read more

In this post, Frances Dykstra, Assistant Vice Chancellor for ITS Enterprise Applications, discusses the ConnectCarolina Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and the expected ConnectCarolina changes during the 2017-2018 fiscal year. ConnectCarolina provides the University and UNC General Administration with an … Read more

On Cinco de Mayo, Information Technology Services retired the University’s mainframe computer, the environment that housed Carolina’s legacy student information, financial reporting and payroll systems. Mainframe used for more than 40 years The computer was used for large-scale computing for … Read more

While still a work in progress, ConnectCarolina continues to improve steadily. In May, the ConnectCarolina team, a collaborative group made up of ITS staff members and representatives from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Finance & Administration department, announced the newest updates made to … Read more

  Some 100-plus days have passed since ConnectCarolina went live on October 1. Frances Dykstra, Assistant Vice Chancellor for ITS Enterprise Applications, led the tremendous University-wide effort to develop finance and human resources/payroll modules to enable the campus to benefit … Read more