On March 16, 2020, Kate Hash became ITS’ Assistant Vice Chancellor for Customer Experience & Engagement after serving as interim AVC for a year. In this role, Hash oversees User Support & Engagement, which encompasses many groups and services. Among … Read more

The ITS Service Desk prides itself on adapting to change, so when it looked as though the COVID-19 pandemic was going to last longer than the state’s initial lockdown, the team already had multiple plans in place. One of those … Read more

When the ITS Service Desk decided to install contactless lockers to limit in-person interactions for computer service repairs, there was no way to know whether customers would respond favorably to the change in a well-established process. After a semester of … Read more

When COVID-19 necessitated a new safe way of dropping off and picking up laptops, the ITS Service Desk devised a creative solution for students — contactless lockers. ITS installed Luxer Lockers at Carolina’s Student Union during the first week of … Read more

Given the COVID-19 pandemic, students’ experience moving into their residence halls last Saturday and Sunday was like no other Carolina move-in weekend. Despite changed circumstances and physical distancing requirements, ITS ResNET team members exerted all their creativity and know-how to … Read more

Like all ITS Service Desk staffers, Tech Support Analyst Javier Cedeno is working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike any of his fellow staffers, he is working internationally. Cedeno is stuck in Tome, Chile, by border shut-downs. Since March, … Read more

When Assistant Director Ingrid Camacho took over the leadership of the ITS Service Desk on April 1, she was readily prepared for the responsibilities of the job. What came as a more unusual challenge, however, was taking on those responsibilities … Read more

Tech support analyst Chase Freedman has spent almost 10 years working at the ITS Service Desk in a variety of support roles. Six weeks ago, Freedman would have been found providing hands-on, face-to-face tech support for students, faculty and staff … Read more

Editor’s note: We sat down with Kate Hash, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Customer Experience & Engagement, at least virtually, over Zoom, to ask her how her ITS units have adjusted to serving customers’ needs via remote locations. Q: How has … Read more

Theresa Silsby, Director of the ITS Business Systems Help Desk, has been elected to serve as a delegate to the Employee Forum. Silsby will be sworn in — via Zoom — on May 6 as she begins serving her two-year … Read more

The IT Service Management team was grappling with a growing number of departmental requests for more ServiceNow features while struggling to hire developers to implement those features. The team chose an innovative solution: use one part of the problem to … Read more

The chief of the ITS Service Desk is retiring after 30 years at UNC-Chapel Hill. Sharon Glover, who has led the Service Desk for seven years — one year as interim director and six years permanent — will retire April … Read more