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Please join us in welcoming three new employees to the ICIT Team – Elizabeth Simpson, Robert Turner and Mitchum Senior! All three started yesterday. 

Elizabeth joins the LTC Team as an Instructional Design Specialist, replacing Karen Skibba. She comes to us from Herzing University, most recently as a Curriculum Management Specialist. Elizabeth brings with her a strong background in both instructional design and online education. In this role, her main responsibilities include supporting instructors in course design and development, faculty training and development in the implementation of online/blended courses, consulting instructors on the effective use of technology in teaching and learning, and managing our Quality Matters program. Elizabeth’s office is located in McGraw 120C. 

Robert replaces Dan Baker as a Web Front End Developer. He comes to ICIT Team from Inet-Web as a Video/Multimedia Designer. He has experience in Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, CSS, Actionscript 2&3, Javascript and JQuery. In this role, Robert will be responsible for applying his advanced knowledge of modern web development standards to implement UWW website designs. In addition he will be updating and maintaining existing HTML, CSS and JavaScript templates for campus websites. Robert is located in the Web Team Office in Andersen, where Lydia Statz used to sit. 

Many of you met Mitchum at the ICIT Divisional Meeting in April. He replaces Betty Thompson as an IS Systems Specialist. Mitchum graduated from UW-Whitewater this past spring with a BS degree in Business Administration (emphasis in IT Network Security and Business) and has worked at the university as both an Undergraduate Researcher and a General Access Computer Lab Assistant. Mitchum will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining functionality that comprise the UWW’s Campus Solutions system. In addition, he will be analyzing customer requests for design and programming alternatives; develop the logic; document; test and implement the changes. Mitchum is located in the lower level of Andersen, next to Brittany Clark.

Please stop by and welcome them to ICIT!

The Web Coordinator will develop and drive a comprehensive Web strategy for UWW that effectively aligns the digital strategy to support University’s mission. This position’s responsibility is to provide consultative web project management involving both strategic thinking and collaborative partnerships with UWW stakeholders. As part of the ICIT division, this customer-focused position provides direction and expertise in the development of UWW’s Web architecture by aligning web needs of the UWW stakeholders with the comprehensive Web strategy. This position will work under the direction of Director of Administration Information Systems (AIS).

An ideal candidate would have the following qualifications:

• Knowledge in web site design, management and CMS systems to guide the future development and enhancements of the university web sites
• Demonstrated experience in establishing strategy for search engine optimization for web pages
• Demonstrated experience using current versions of web authoring and publishing tools: MS Office suite,Dreamweaver, Composer, Acrobat
• Knowledge of current web presentation languages (HTML, SHTML, XHTML, XML)
• Experience with cascading style sheets (CSS)
• Familiarity with web infrastructure, server environment (Apache, IIS, etc.) and site development
• Experience supporting web environments for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Aptitude for problem-solving
• Ability to work with a diverse set of customers with a variety of skill levels
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Ability to work effectively in a team with other technology specialists
• Experience in a higher education environment a plus
• A four-year degree in a technology-related field and/or four (4) or more years experience with web-related technologies is preferred

We encourage those who are interested or know someone that may be interested to go to http://www.uww.edu/employment/jobs/4231.html for a full description of the position and information on how to apply.

Congratulations to Ryan and his family! They welcomed a new addition – Scarlett Elizabeth Wenzel on March 4 at 1:52 PM. She weighs in at 8 lbs and is  21 inches.

Rochelle Day, ICIT Training Coordinator, is currently being featured in a video about non traditional students! Check her out – http://www.uww.edu/aso

Doug Brown will be out for an extended period of time due to personal reasons. In his absence, Ray Beebe will pick up T2 tickets. Any additional questions please direct them to Kent Steinike at steinikk@uww.edu.