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Information Technology Milestones
Table of Contents
2009
November
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Nadine Stern, the Vice President for Information Technology and Enrollment Services, presented "Examples of a Mid Size College's Experience with SaaS - Working in the Cloud" at the annual Educause conference in Denver, CO. Nadine Stern, the Vice President for Information Technology and Enrollment Services, and Nicole Parkman, Interim Director for Enterprise Applications, presented "On Time, On-Budget, and Beyond: Successful ERP Implementation and Budgeting Models" at the annual Educause conference in Denver, CO. Nadine Stern, VP for IT & ES, wrote "Privacy and Accountability - Holding Service Providers Accountable", an Educause - Center for Applied Research Bulletin - Volume 2009, Issue 22 |
August
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Packetshaper, Firewalls, SSLVPN Upgrade IDM go-live Network Access Control (NAC) in Resnet Internet upgrade to 200Mbps |
July
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Discussion List conversion to Mailman Upgrade CS faculty and lab Linux workstations New media classrooms added in Bliss 28 and Armstrong 154 bringing campus total to 135 Video displays and sound systems installed in Eickhoff and T/W dining facilities 3rd party application data conversion from SIS to PAWS |
May
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Offsite/emergency web server tested |
March
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Additional functionality available in PAWS to view your enrollment appointment, view advising and financial holds for Fall 2009, run your academic advising report, view your transfer credit and view your test credit First Peoplesoft servers (Financials) running on Linux New Housing system - StarRez - aka MyHousing Management goes live |
February
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SIS Enrollment History is taken from SIS/TESS and converted into the new PAWS system. PAWS Self Service Opens to Students to view and update personal information, view the course catalog, view your advisor’s information online, view financial aid “to do’s” and view course history with your enrollment and grades |
January
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Additional wireless locations in Armstrong, Holman and Science Complex |
2008
January |
new media rooms added in Packer 242 and 245, Kendall 134 and 136
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2007
December |
Zimbra calendaring option enabled for all students |
November
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In collaboration with Public Affairs and NJEdge.net, Information Technology implemented text messaging alerts for Emergency Notifications to augment our current notification plan. Brad Coburn and Betty DeMatto from IT were instrumental in the RFP and implementation process. For more information or to sign up for emergency text alerts, visit Critical Incidents at TCNJ. Ryan Gladysiewicz, User Support Services Manager with Information Technology, recently presented at the Fourth Annual NJEDge Technology in Education Conference in Plainsboro. His presentation topic was “Deploying a Productivity Suite and Operating System Campus Wide at The College of New Jersey”. For more information about NJEDge and the services offered, visit www.njedge.net. John Kuiphoff and Matthew Winkel from Enterprise Applications presented the "Lightweight Campus Portal" at HighEdWebDev in Rochester, NY , a national conference for higher education web development. |
October
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All academic buildings have wireless "hotspots". Some buildings have full coverage. For more informaiton about wireless at TCNJ, go to Wireless@TCNJ. |
September
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Migrate from webmail and meeting maker to Zimbra Collaboration Suite Nadine Stern, VP for Information Technology & Enrollment Support Services attended the Information Technology Governance Summit held in Denver, CO. For more information about the summit, visit http://www.educause.edu/InformationTechnologyGovernanceSummit/13753 |
August
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New media classroom added in the Science Complex (SCP319) New media conference room added in Green Hall, room 1 Remote Assist for desktop workstation support implemented |
July
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Information Technology call tracking system upgraded from Magic upgraded to Service Desk Express, version 9 Campus Wide software upgrade to Windows XP and Office 2007 for all faculty, staff and lab workstations |
2006
October
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The Admissions module for the new Student Administration System is fully operational. Students can now apply for admission, check the status of their application materials, and accept/decline admissions online. Nadine Stern, Vice President for Information Technology and Enrollment Support Services was interviewed by Higher Ed Tech magazine for an article concerning the budget cuts facing IT departments on college campuses. ITS releases its first version of the SOCS "Smart Cache" server. This service dramatically speeds up user access to heavily used modules in SOCS such as Grading, Dropbox and Assessments. |
September
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The Course Catalog, Schedule of Classes and Instructor Workload functionality for the new Student Administration System was moved into production. The Fall 2007 schedule is currently being built in the new system. |
August
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ITS releases a number of new features into SOCS such as letter grade support for the Grading module, "sign-up" events for office hour and presentation scheduling and the ability to share assessments between faculty members. |
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June
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Implement new tool to import and export computer inventory into Magic, the IT call tracking system. Matthew Winkel, webmaster, interviewed by University Business
magazine for an article concerning the use of RSS feeds on campus.
To view the article, go to http://www2.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=44
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May
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DNA implemented for new workstation deployment. Allows IT to transfer your desktop and other settings to your new or re-imaged machine. ITS hosts the 7th Annual Instructional Technology Workshop for faculty |
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April
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Admissions Recruiting. the first piece of the new Student Administration system, implemented. ITS releases its 'Syndication' module into SOCS. The module allows instructors to incorporate dynamic content such as RSS feeds and Podcasts directly into their classes. It also allows instructors to construct their own feeds and podcasts to be used in their classes or anywhere else in the world. |
| February
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Enabled Real-time block lists (RBL) to pre-filter SPAM emails ITS releases its 'Plagiarism Prevention' module into SOCS for students and faculty |
| January
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Kendall Hall 233 media room implemented Installed SSLVPN Upgraded Travers and Wolfe network equipment New Enterprise Backup system implemented |
2005
December
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iSCSI SAN implementation started Posted Academic Computing Plan Initiatives
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| November
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Completed campus-wide re-carding project eliminating the use of social security number as an individual's identification number. Over 7,000 students, faculty and staff received new cards. |
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September
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CS Faculty Suns upgraded to mix of SunBlade 1500 and W1100z Installed Redhat Satellite server Sun server "titanic" decommissioned Hitachi SAN array decommissioned RES.net restructures support and adds new services, including a student run help desk for students |
| August
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Instructional Technology Services (ITS) moves from Forcina to the New Library, room 002. New Library computer equipment move and installation Bliss 228/229 media rooms implemented Upgraded Internet connection from 15Mbps to 35Mbps State-of-the-art network brought on-line at the new Library Suns in Holman 370 lab upgraded to SunBlade 1500 running Solaris 9 Suns in Holman 117 lab upgraded with Sun W1100z running RedHat Linux Completed Summer 2005 upgrade. Fourteen pc labs upgraded; one macintosh lab upgraded
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July
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Scholar Laptop Program starts IT Call Tracking system "Magic" Upgraded |
May
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Installed new telecommunications trunk lines to support local and long distance telephone needs Installed caller ID software on our telephone switch Sixth Annual Instructional Technology Workshop
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| April |
Webmail Upgrade Minimum email quota increase from 75MB to 200MB |
| March
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Packeteer Packetshaper Upgrade PatchLink implemented |
| February
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Student Center Goes Wireless Resnet Internet Bandwidth Survey #2 Mcafee at Home-use program implemented for faculty and staff Virus outbreak contained - over 300 infected machines cleaned. |
| January
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New media rooms - Holman 317 and Loser 106 New computer lab - Holman 439 |
