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In the past 12 years, University Information Technology (UIT) has transformed a fairly homogenous workforce into a more diverse one. Yet closing the gender gap in the IT industry — and UIT — remains a challenge.

ISO kicked off its Security Champs Program with an information security training and luncheon. Volunteers are helping to evangelize best practices in their departments, colleges, offices, research groups, and centers.

Gartner Inc. has built a reputation as one of the world’s leading IT think tanks. But Gartner research has academic and non-IT business applications, too.

Several UIT employees traveled to Tucson, Arizona, last month to discuss their ideas, initiatives, and innovations with other IT professionals in the Westnet Education and Research Consortium.

The Enterprise Web Advisory Council met on February 13. The Teaching and Learning Portfolio will meet on March 10. EWAC will meet on March 13. The Strategic Information Technology Committee will reconvene on March 17, and the IT Architecture and New Technology Committee will meet on March 23.

UIT staff recognized for their excellent work.

Before becoming a UIT associate director, Kim Tanner worked as a microsystems analyst, database engineer, manager for numerous IT infrastructure teams, and much more.

Craig Bennion, IT Service Management Process Support manager, said Udemy provides professional development opportunities that staff would otherwise seek out from other online platforms, conferences, or alternate off-site providers.

In 2019, the Network Services team focused on three fronts — network operations, engineering design and automation, and project coordination. Accomplishments include an upgrade of the TOAST platform and a migration of the Clinical Data Center firewall.

The Enterprise Web Advisory Council (EWAC) met on January 9 and the Teaching and Learning Portfolio (TLP) met on January 16. The Strategic Information Technology Committee (SITC) met on January 21, and the IT Architecture and New Technology Committee (ANTC) met on January 27. EWAC will meet again on February 13. SITC will next meet on March 17. ANTC will reconvene on March 23.