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The MSU IT Council met on March 2. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
High performance computing & researchSharan Kalwani, Director of the High Performance Computing Center, presented the services offered by the Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (iCER). iCER is designed to help all MSU researchers do their computational work, and when appropriate scale researchers up to a national lab. Read Full Article →
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The MSU IT Council met on November 4. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
Provost Youatt addresses the IT CouncilProvost June Youatt talked about how MSU’s momentum is increasing and the university is becoming more competitive globally. As a result, MSU is asking more of its employees. Read Full Article →
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The MSU IT Council met on October 7. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
Data center and network planning projectsMSU IT Chief Technology Officer Nishanth Rodrigues updated the IT Council on projects to build a new data center and upgrade the campus network.
A new data center would strengthen MSU’s technology environment for academic, administrative, and high performance computing. Read Full Article →
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Whether you are new to MSU D2L or an experienced user, we hope you find D2L Gradebook Tips useful. These tips highlight the various features and tools to set up and manage the gradebook more efficiently.
If you previously used the ANGEL gradebook, you will find that D2L provides many similar features for both points-based and weighted (percentage-based) grades. Read Full Article →
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The MSU IT Council met on September 2. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
President Simon addresses the IT CouncilPresident Lou Anna K. Simon talked to the MSU IT Council on September 2. She said that campus IT has stagnated over the last several years creating a technology deficit at MSU. Read Full Article →
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Did you know there are eight makerspaces spread across Michigan State University? A collective group of individuals have been working together since January in order to better inform you about them.
What is a makerspace?A makerspace traditionally is seen as a workshop with tools, machinery, supplies, and space to make things. Read Full Article →
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The MSU IT Council met on July 1. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
Project managementKevin Kuss, director of IT Services Project Management Office, gave an overview of the project status reporting system. Kuss will provide regular updates of high-level technology projects at future IT Council meetings. Read Full Article →
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The MSU IT Council met on June 3. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting. Read Full Article →
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The MSU IT Council met on May 6. At that meeting, outside speaker Ken Theis, CIO of Dental Dental and President of DewPoint, presented on IT project management to the council.
Below are the other high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
Salesforce customer relationship managementFred Sudler and Barb Dawson from IT Services are working with Salesforce on adoption of this customer relationship (CRM) tool for campus. Read Full Article →
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The MSU IT Council met on April 1. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
Microsoft campus licensingBarb Dawson and Rachel Zakhem from IT Services worked with Microsoft to secure a campus software agreement that will offer core services to departments and can be augmented with additional services. Read Full Article →