Personnel
- Driving Google Apps for Education
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9/10/2008
A humble little old bus left Google's Mountain View, CA campus Monday for a 5,000-mile trek across the US to visit 10 college campuses, beginning with southern California's USC. Of course, the 30-year-old bus was converted to biodiesel, updated with solar panels and other green features, stocked with tons of technology and wireless Internet, and given an adorable "Google" paint job. It departed on schedule, chock full of Google Apps for Education demos and tech experts (riding along or flying to meet the bus) with new ideas to discuss with students and faculty.
- NSBA '20 To Watch' Nomination Deadline Nears
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8/18/2008
Nominations for the National School Boards Association's "20 To Watch" program are coming to a close within the next two weeks. The program aims to recognize innovators in the field of education technology in both higher education and K-12.
- DeVry Inc. Hires New CIO
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6/11/2008
Eric Dirst will be the new chief information officer at the parent company for DeVry University and the Keller Graduate School of Management.
- U of O's New Director of Academic Information Services
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2/13/2008
Helen Chu is the new director of academic information services at the University of Oregon.
- New CTO at University of Puget Sound
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12/12/2007
In March, 2008, Molly Tamarkin will become the new Chief Technology Officer at the University of Puget Sound in the state of Washington.
- WGU Appoints New CTO
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12/12/2007
Dave Wilson has been named as the new Chief Technology Officer for Western Governors University.
- Colleges Look Outside for IT Management
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12/5/2007
Three North American colleges have signed on with CampusWorks to supply IT personnel, management, and strategic planning. Through the deals, CampusWorks will supply the colleges with everything from a CIO to planning for technological investments using its "Learner-Centered Technology Management Co-Source Model."
- Coconino Outsources CIO, IT Development
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11/29/2007
Coconino Community College in Arizona has signed a five-year deal with information technology management firm CampusWorks, which will supply the college with a CIO and various technical personnel to oversee IT staff development.
- IBM To Nab BI Tech Firm Cognos
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11/12/2007
IBM said today it's entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cognos, a firm that provides business intelligence technologies to K-12 and higher education and other sectors. The deal is still dependent on shareholder and regulatory approval and other conditions but is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008 and is valued at about $5 billion.
- SIIA Elects Ed Tech Board Members
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11/12/2007
The Software & Information Industry Association has elected eight new members to its Education Division Board of Directors and appointed six others to serve one-year terms on the board. The new members, along with seven currently serving, will represent 160 member companies in the SIIA that provide technology for education.
- Women Lose Ground in IT, Computer Science
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11/7/2007
Women are falling further behind in information technology and computer science, according to a new report released by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). The study, the NCWIT Scorecard, compiled data on girls and women in computer science and IT as students at the K-12 and post-secondary levels, as well as women working as professionals in IT and as faculty in computer science in higher education. It painted a fairly bleak picture of the situation in the United States, where women make up the drastic minority of participants in science- and technology-related studies and where that minority shrinks further the higher one looks up the academic and corporate ladder.
- An Executive Director for TU's iSec
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10/10/2007
The University of Tulsa has announced the appointment David Greer as the first executive director for its newly formed Institute for Information Security.
- U Arizona Names First Chief Information Security Officer
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9/18/2007
The University of Arizona named Sylvia Johnson, an attorney working in its Office of the General Counsel, as the university's first information security officer.
- New CIO Staff Credential: Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics
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9/17/2007
Duke University named John Board, an associate professor and associate chair of electrical and computer engineering, as its associate chief information officer, Duke Chief Information Officer Tracy Futhey said.
- WITI Inducts U Colorado's Sanders
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9/17/2007
Women in Technology International, a professional organization for tech-savvy women, inducted Lucy Sanders, Executive in Residence at the University of Colorado's Atlas Institute, into its Hall of Fame. Sanders is also CEO and Co-founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology.
- ASU Opens Health Informatics Dept., Picks Chair
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9/5/2007
Arizona State University named Robert Greenes, an expert in the field of medical information technology, to head its new Department of Biomedical Informatics. Greenes, who is 67, joins ASU after four decades at Harvard University.
- Computer Science Pioneer Wulf Returns to U Virginia
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8/28/2007
William Wulf, who received the University of Virginia's first doctorate in computer science and who spent 11 years as president of the National Academy of Engineering, is returning to U.Va.'s Charlottesville campus to teach.
- MIT OpenCourseWare Chief Named Massachusetts CIO
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8/14/2007
Anne, Margulies, the executive director of MIT's groundbreaking OpenCourseWare initiative, has been named chief information officer and assistant secretary of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- CLIR Appoints Michael Keller Senior Presidential Fellow
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8/8/2007
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has announced the appointment of Stanford University librarian Michael Keller as CLIR Senior Presidential Fellow.
- Emporia State Names Chief Information Officer
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7/31/2007
Emporia State University, whose slogan is "The Center of IT All," has named a new IT chief: Leon Lewis.
- UW Madison Goes with Campus Insider as Next CIO
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7/30/2007
The University of Wisconsin-Madison picked an insider as its next chief information officer after narrowing the field to three candidates. Ronald Kraemer will become CIO and vice provost for information technology, the university announced, stepping up from his role as deputy CIO and associate director of the Division of Information Technology.
- Wharton, Gartner School CIOs
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7/27/2007
Recognizing IT's increasing stature as a key element to any business strategy, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) has partnered with technology consulting and market research firm Gartner (Stamford, CT) to launch a Chief Information Officer (CIO) as Full Business Partner program from Oct. 28 to Nov. 2.
- New DSpace Foundation Names Executive Director
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7/25/2007
Michele Kimpton will lead the new DSpace Foundation, formed by MIT and HP, as its executive director.
- New Ohio U CIO Knocks Out Strategic Plan in 75 Days
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7/24/2007
Bruce Bible, Ohio University's recently appointed chief information officer, has completed an initial 75-day review of OU's information technology needs. The result is a new IT-management strategy to restructure the central office, designate advisory groups, and identify opportunities to collaborate with IT workers across the university's Athens and regional campuses.
- Schnabel Takes Over Indiana U Informatics School
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7/16/2007
Computer scientist and researcher Robert B. Schnabel has been named dean of Indiana University's School of Informatics. He has succeeded J. Michael Dunn, who retired at the end of June and remains as dean emeritus.
