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Access has been restored to the Student Perceptions of Learning Survey (SPLS); the tool used to gather end-of-course feedback. The service provider issues reported earlier this week have been resolved.  

What do you need to do? 

• Students: Please finish any end-of-course surveys you have been invited to complete. 

• Instructors and Administrators: Management panels, reports, and dashboards are available. 

Picture a vibrant college campus, buzzing with activity. Now, imagine this campus without a network connecting computers to servers, students to educational resources, or researchers to colleagues. The network, often overlooked, is the invisible force that powers everything on MSU’s campus.  

As part of its commitment to achieving stewardship and sustainability goals, MSU IT has invested in a multi-year network infrastructure and improvement plan that enhances the user experience.  Read Full Article →

Over recent years, MSU IT has collaborated with our campus partners to better understand how identity and access management support each Spartan’s journey. These insights helped us envision opportunities to better align technology services with the needs and goals of campus stakeholders. 

The Identify and Access Management (IAM) Modernization Program is a significant step towards a future where every Spartan has seamless access to the right technology at the right moments throughout their MSU experience. Read Full Article →

MSU IT welcomes Andrew (Andy) Weisskopf as chief information security officer on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. 

Andy joins us from the University of Delaware where he served as chief information security officer and developed and implemented their information security program to protect the institution’s systems and data.  

As CISO, he administered their first-ever, campus-wide information security strategic plan to expand the security program and roll out common tools to the entire university. Read Full Article →

Beginning on March 31, 2024, users will notice a new, updated Microsoft Teams. Microsoft will make this change automatically, so no action is required. New Microsoft Teams will more closely align with other Microsoft applications and introduce some new features and remarkable performance and security improvements, including 2x faster speeds and 50% reduced memory usage, providing a smoother and more responsive experience. Read Full Article →

There’s an upcoming change to the email retention policy for MSU Spartan Mail accounts. Effective April 3, 2024, the duration deleted items are retained within your mailbox will be reduced. You only need to act in response to this change if there are items in your Deleted Items folder you want to save.  Read Full Article →

The MSU IT Speaker Series features a variety of influential and informative speakers in support of IT’s mission to provide exceptional experiences to MSU through education and outreach. Presentations are offered at no cost for all of campus. Please share this series with your MSU peers and be sure to check back here for details about upcoming speakers.  Read Full Article →

Whether you’re an experienced Geographic Information Systems user or new to the world of GIS, you’ll find something at the MSU GIS Users Group’s annual GIS Day on November 15. This free, one-day hybrid event features presentations and demonstrations from academic researchers and other professionals about GIS technology, which is used throughout MSU to enhance the work and user experience of students, faculty, and staff.   Read Full Article →

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and MSU IT is putting Spartans’ cybersecurity knowledge to the test! Join us each week in October as we launch a new episode of MSU IT Street Trivia where Spartans play to win prizes from the MSU Tech Store! 

Watch 

• Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5

Win 

• Follow us on Instagram and like MSU IT Street Trivia content for a chance to win an iPad Mini*!

University provides important information for potentially affected students, employees to protect personal information

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Third-party service providers National Student Clearinghouse, or NSC, and TIAA recently informed Michigan State University that they were affected by a data breach resulting in the potential exposure of MSU community members’ personal data.  Read Full Article →