Jason Schmidt has decided to resign from ICIT. He has accepted a position with Department of Workforce Development as a Network Engineer. In this role, Jason will focus on the data center and security . His last day at UW-Whitewater will be Friday, August 23rd.
Since joining ICIT in 2006, Jason has significantly expanded the wireless coverage on campus, including service expansions to cover many outdoor areas around campus. Jason was also instrumental in deploying advanced network security hardware both in the data center environment and on the campus network. Jason recently worked to expand our wireless guest network to enable UW-W to provide wireless services to large conferences including the InterActiv Conference, a meeting of over 600 regional educators that came to UW-W to learn about instructional technology and its application in the K12 classroom.
We thank Jason for his many contributions to UW-Whitewater and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors!
We are evaluating various options to get us through our critical projects and tasks and will keep you posted on the progress as we figure things out. For any network related issues please contact Nick Ciesinski. For any additional inquiries, please contact Tom Jordan.
Erica Mendez has announced she will be leaving UW-Whitewater to join Enterprise Magazine, Inc. as an Account Representative in Milwaukee, WI. In this role, Erica will be in charge of their social media marketing, account management, and ad sales for both of their quarterly publications. Erica’s last day at UW-Whitewater will be Friday, August 16th.
Erica officially joined the ICIT team in January, but has been a student employee since Spring 2011. She started in the Media Lab and moved into the LTC during Winterim 2012. While in the LTC she has provided D2L Support, and trained instructors on many of the instructional technologies supported by the Learning Technology Center (LTC). Erica also produced training videos for both students and faculty.
We wish Erica the best of luck in all future endeavors!