Kevin Hill’s final day with ICIT will be on Friday, June 11th. On behalf of the entire ICIT organization, we would like to wish Kevin the very best in his next opportunity.
A UW-W graduate, Kevin joined ICIT in February of 2018 as a Front End Developer for the Web Team. His main duties consisted of implementing new website designs, website maintenance, and monitoring/improving site accessibility
Some of Kevin’s proudest accomplishments included helping build and launch the UW-W online programs website, redesigning the program pages, and improving UW-W’s website accessibility.
In his new opportunity, Kevin will be working with Crescendo Collective, a digital marketing agency based out of Milwaukee, WI. As their Front End Developer, he’ll be responsible for building and designing landing pages for clients, in addition to developing templates through a CMS.
Kevin would like to say “thank you to the entire ICIT family for such a memorable and rewarding experience. I’ve grown so much as a developer in this role, and I’m really grateful for my time here. I wish you all the best, and I’ll still be living in Whitewater, so don’t be a stranger!”
Please take some time this week to congratulate Kevin on his new opportunity. He will be missed!
Mitchell McGlinn’s final day with ICIT will be Friday, May 14th. On behalf of the entire ICIT organization, we would like to wish Mitchell the very best in his next opportunity.
Mitchell first started with ICIT as a student in September of 2017 where his main duties were assisting the front office with chargebacks and reorganization. He then accepted an LTE position in July where he took on additional responsibility, mainly working on budget analysis.
In November of 2018, Mitchell transitioned into the role of Financial Specialist. His main responsibilities included reviewing financial accounts, creating and reviewing budgets, and maximizing ICIT’s overall financial productivity.
Perhaps his most vital contribution came over the last few years where he worked to navigate our budget during some of the most volatile financial times for UW-Whitewater.
In his new opportunity, Mitchell will be working for an organization called Intervarsity, an international Christian ministry headquartered in Madison. As the Reporting Analyst/Staff Accountant he will be doing part accounting mixed with design and improvement of their financial reporting systems.
Mitchell would like to say “thank you all so much for allowing me to be a part of your team for the past few years. I have learned so much from my time here and I am incredibly grateful to have worked alongside each of you!”
Please take some time to congratulate Mitchell on his new opportunity. He will be missed!
The newest member of the ICIT team, baby Amelia Michelle Baldridge, was born on March 30th. She weighs 8.6 lbs. Proud Dad, Jacob, and family are doing great!
Andy will be retiring and his final day with ICIT will be Friday, March 12th. On behalf of the entire ICIT organization, we would like to say thank you for 35 years of service and dedication to UW-Whitewater. With 2 years at UW-Osh Kosh, that is a total of 37 years with UW-System!
Andy’s first position at UW-Whitewater was being a Cobol Applications programmer for the Financial Aid Office. He was responsible for the installation and integration of one of the campus’s first large third party software products that processed student financial aid information. The software was from the company, Sigma Systems, and called Student Aid Management (SAM).
The second position Andy undertook at UW-Whitewater was what was called System Programming. This position was a technical support position and at the time UWW was still using computer punch cards and lots of green & white bar paper. His position was created when two of the three key punch people left just as UWW was to migrate away from punch cards. He is probably the only person to help migrate two UW campuses away from computer punch cards. His position spent much time expanding the IBM green screen/3270 terminal environment, this eventually gave way to integrating IBM, DEC, Wang, Gandalf, token ring, fddi, atm, and Ethernet systems. Eventually Ethernet became the unifying environment and replaced all others. This is the position that he is currently involved in as he has gone from 80 character punch cards to 40 Gig Ethernet while working here.
Among some of Andy’s many accomplishments while here at Whitewater:
The SAM system integration was a gigantic accomplishment and its successful deployment removed the campus away from having to stay abreast, interpret, and successfully program ever changing federal regulations.
The successful migration of the campus network from the Cabletron vendor to the Cisco vendor. There were many hoops to jump through for the migration and establishing the routed environment.
What Andy is most proud of is the many student workers that he has had over the years that have gone on to be successful in what they have chosen to do once they left UWW. A number of the students still send him cards during the holidays.
Andy’s advice, “Just keep an open mind as leadership all the way up to the UW-System President sets a direction that you may or may not agree with, decide to embrace it as an opportunity to better serve the students and to preserve their transcripts. After all, if it wasn’t for the students and their transcripts there would be no need for us.”
After retirement Andy and his wife plan to continue to provide encouragement to their daughter who enrolled in Vet. school in the Caribbean.
Please take a moment to wish Andy well on his retirement and thank him for his many years of hard work, service and dedication to UW-Whitewater. We will miss you Andy!
