January 12, 2022
Tech News January 2022 Top News $3 million in Student Technology Fee One-Time Funds awarded to units who advance learning spaces, student digital life: In December, the Student Technology Fee Committee awarded approximately $3 million in one-time STF funding to units across UGA to advance next generation learning spaces and improve student digital life. Advancing virtual and physical learning spaces and improving the availability of personalized digital services are two of the six goals identified in the UGA IT Strategic Plan. The student-led committee awarded funds as part of the FY22 one-time funding process to initiatives supporting improvements to classroom technology and enhancements to student computing resources, as well as to provide new tools for faculty-student and student-student collaboration. Some of the units receiving funding include the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, and the College of Engineering. For more information, contact Toby Graham at tgraham@uga.edu. IT Services in Action 2021 EITS efforts improve technology services for UGA community: In 2021, EITS continued to support the University’s missions of teaching, learning and research through improvements to campus technology systems and processes. The 255 projects completed over the year ranged wide, including improvements to administrative and student systems, continued support for collaborative tools and UGA’s COVID-19 response, an expansion of our research computing resources and major upgrades to the campus network. The focus for many of these projects was streamlining older, outdated processes and finding ways to improve existing services to better serve students, faculty, researchers, and staff. Projects scheduled for 2022 will build on this progress. Some of the planned efforts include continued improvements to the UGA Mobile App, continued Banner and Athena enhancements, upgrades to our identity management system and UGA Single Sign-On, data literary programs and initiatives, continued improvements to campus wireless, a ransomware tabletop exercise, a Zoom phone pilot and more. Work under way to upgrade wireless equipment in University Housing: EITS network technicians are in the process of installing new wireless access points throughout University Housing to improve wireless service in each building. The work is part of a $5 million project spanning five years to replace and upgrade equipment in 18 residence halls on the Athens campus. Technicians completed work in Mary Lyndon Hall, Lipscomb Hall, Mell
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