Surplus Sale Next Week!

ICIT will hold a Surplus SALE on Thursday, May 8th from noon – 4:00 p.m. AND Friday, May 9th from 9:00 a.m. – noon in the TDC office, Andersen 1213. Faculty and staff, students and members of the Whitewater community are invited to take advantage of great pricing on used computing equipment for their home or personal use.

Here’s a sampling of what to expect at the sale:

  • Functioning Systems (imaged PC, power cable) – $75 (30-day warranty *)
  • Other working Systems (non-imaged blank drive) – $50 (guaranteed not DOA *)
  • Unknown systems (non-imaged systems, sold AS IS) – $10
  • Mice and Keyboards – $2 each.
  • Memory chips – $1
  • 19″ monitors – $30
  • 17″ monitors – $20
  • 15″monitors – $10
  • Other and CRT monitors – $5
  • Miscellaneous AV Equipment – $25
  • Projectors – $100 (working at time of sale)

*  Exchange for like items only

Method of payment is limited to cash or check, payable to UW-Whitewater (no
credit cards).

Visit http://www.uww.edu/icit/services/comp_surplus.html for more information.

Personnel Announcement – Joel Herron

It is with regret that we announce the resignation of Joel Herron. Joel has been instrumental in advancing many ICIT strategic initiatives, particularly in the areas of collaboration, voice and video technology and web architecture. Joel eased the campus wide transition to VoIP by delivering training to 500+ customers. He guided adoption of Show&Share for instructional needs, and was an integral part of ICIT’s IT strategic planning process. He played a key role in the transformation of the web team, providing technology expertise and guidance. Joel also was a key driver in designing and developing our new website. We deeply appreciate all his contributions to ICIT and to the university.

Joel took a job with UW-Milwaukee as a Mobile Designer/Developer in their App Brewery. His last day with ICIT will be Friday, May 9. Please join us in wishing him much success in his new position.

We are making transition plans to get us through our critical projects and tasks and will keep you posted on the progress. We appreciate everyone’s effort in helping us during this challenging period. For any questions, please contact Elena Pokot.

Welcome Jessica Eddy!

Please join us in welcoming Jessica Eddy as our new Technology Training & Advancement Advocate. In this role, Jessica will coordinate the development and delivery of training solutions and methodologies to support the technology skills advancement of university staff, as well as consult on software best practices for improved productivity. She will provide campus with a training approach that focus on departmental business processes, rather than software features. She will be located in the Learning Technology Center and will report to Renee Pfeifer-Luckett.

Jessica is an experienced IT professional with thirteen years of combined IT experience in software training, network design, project/systems management and systems analyst. Most recently at CDW/Singlewire Software, LLC, Jessica trained users on business hardware and software systems along with performing IT systems management and policy implementation. In addition, she provided internal hardware and software support for employees running Windows, Mac and Linux systems.

Please welcome Jessica to the team!

Uptimes Spotlight – Kevin Behringer

KB profile picKevin Behringer
behringk@uww.edu
(262) 472-5010

Spotlight                                                                                                                              

What do you do? – explain how you fit into ICIT

  • I am the Web Content Specialist. My role is to act as a resource to help people create the best possible content for the various UWW websites.

Something people don’t know about you?

  • Probably a lot because I’ve only been here a month. I guess the fact that I drive a car with over 400,000 miles on it.

Favorite hobby?

  • With two small kids, things like “hobbies” are but fuzzy memories. I seem to remember enjoying golf at one point, though.

What was your first job?

  • I was a dishwasher at a lakeside restaurant near Slinger when I was 15.

What’s your favorite piece of technology?

  • Probably my iPhone. It’s the one piece of tech that I use every day in some fashion. Plus, on more than one occasion, bringing up an Elmo video on it has helped entertain an impatient child while waiting at a doctor’s office.

Tell me something interesting about yourself.

  • I delivered my second son (I guess my wife had something to do with it) in our bathroom. It was by no means intentional or desired, but it ended up working out in the end. Even so, I’d recommend a more traditional route – or at least having someone who knows what they’re doing there with you.

What are you passionate about?

  • I’m most passionate about my family and my faith. There are other things that catch my interest from time to time, but those are the two constants.

Do you have a special talent?

  • I don’t know if they’re special, but I play guitar and (foreshadowing my next answer) roast my own coffee.

What is your guilty pleasure?

  • I am a total coffee nut.

Favorite TV Show?

  • That’s a tough one because my wife and I have a running joke that whenever we really get into a show it ends up getting cancelled. But, I do enjoy re-watching some of my favorites from the past like Seinfeld and The West Wing.

Music genre?

  • Very wide-ranging, tough to nail down to just one.

Do you have a famous look-a-like?

  • I’ve had people tell me that I look like Kiefer Sutherland. I don’t necessarily see it and I’m certainly no Jack Bauer, but that’s the closest I’ve come to having a look-a-like.

kb lookalike

What is your theme song?

  • I don’t know that I’d say I have one, but a song that has stuck with me since high school is Eye of the Tiger. It was my hockey team’s theme song, so I guess it’s always held a special place with me.

Favorite vacation?

  • That’s a toss up for me. Until this past June it would have been Washington D.C. about five years ago. It really was an amazing trip to see the rich history of our country. But, this past June we went to Disney World with our two sons and watching them enjoy themselves so much and experience it for the first time quickly elevated that trip to the top of the list.

Favorite food?

  • No run-away winners, but high on the list is a steak from Coerper’s 5 O’Clock Club in Milwaukee.

Least favorite food?

  • I don’t have one specific least favorite, but cauliflower is up there.

Biggest fear?

  • Something happening to one of my kids – followed closely by heights.

kb heights

One place you must visit at least once?

  • It’s tough to narrow to just one. I’d really like to see Hawaii, as well as Italy.

hawaii  italy

Personnel Announcement – Tom Jordan

We are sad to announce that Tom Jordan has decided to move on from UWW. He has taken a Middleware Technologist Position with UW-Madison Division of Information Technology (DoIT). In his new role he will be working on identity and access management integration for systems both on the Madison campus and those used by UW System.

ICIT and DoIT are still working out a transition plan, but expect he will begin his new position at the end of this month. He may occasionally be on campus after that to help wrap up a few projects.

Since joining in 2005 as a NOC Manager, Tom has been an integral part of the ICIT organization. Tom led the NOC team in delivering robust, flexible and reliable infrastructure. He worked closely with other ICIT Managers to develop,  improve and integrate our internal processes.  In his role of IT Security Officer he spearheaded many campus initiatives, including on-going PCI compliance process and staff and student security awareness training. Over the past 8 years Tom was instrumental in helping our organization grow, develop and mature. We will be eternally grateful to Tom  for everything he has done to help ICIT reach this next level of professionalism.

We wish him the best both professionally and personally. While we will miss him, we know he will continue to do well and achieve success in his future endeavors.