WUPD Therapy Pup Visits STS

One of WashU Police Department’s two future therapy dogs made a recent visit to Student Technology Services. Brookie, one of two Labrador mixes sponsored by Stray Rescue of St. Louis, received some love and cuddles from the student techs and a few of their friends. Brookie and her counterpart, Bear, have forever homes and will serve as […]

Student Tech Services (STS): Meet The STS Techs

Name: Dorian Marr  Grade: Class of 2026  Major: Computer Science Major, Anthropology Minor  Hometown: Columbia, Missouri  Position: incoming Park Mudd Student Technology Coordinator  What made you want to join STS? Transitioning to living and learning at a university is a daunting task for anyone. Technology can be one of the biggest stressors in this, as […]

A Warm Welcome to Our New WashU IT Team Members

As we greet the new spring season and warmer temperatures, we also offer a warm welcome to the newest members of the WashU IT team.  January 2023 Jessica Haas, IT Project Manager I – End User Services Tammy Wickware, IT Project Manager II – Enterprise Applications Hannu Turri, Information Security Architect – Information Security Madeline […]

Message from CIO Jessie Minton: Join Us Wednesday for the Unveiling of ImpacT

At 10:00 a.m. tomorrow we will launch our highly anticipated new IT Strategic Plan, ImpacT, during our monthly IT All Hands meeting. I hope you will join us for this historic occasion. Before that meeting, I invite you to explore our new webpages showcasing this plan and what it means to each one of you. […]

WashU IT Enterprise Applications Announces New Interim Leader

Craig Named Interim Executive Director of Enterprise Applications for WashU IT I would like to take this opportunity to make you aware of an interim change in our WashU IT Enterprise Applications (EA) structure. I’m excited to share that effective immediately, Mark Craig has assumed the role of Interim Executive Director of EA reporting directly […]

Message from the Chief Information Officer Announcing Interim EA Leadership Changes

Earlier this month Amy Walter was selected from a nationwide search for the role of Deputy Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Clinical, and Medical Education Technologies within WashU IT. This appointment leaves a key leadership position open within Enterprise Applications. Effective immediately, Mark Craig, Senior Director, will serve as the Interim […]

Student Tech Services (STS): Meet Your STS Techs – Gabe Squitieri

Name: Gabe Squitieri Grade: Senior Major: History Hometown: New York, New York Position: Rosedale STC How long have you work at STS? Since Spring 2021 What do you enjoy most about working at STS? Opening laptops for maintenance, talking to my lovely coworkers, and doing my impression of Peeti.   What has been your favorite class […]

WashU IT Welcomes Microsoft 365 (M365) Apps on February 8th, 2023.

WashU IT became the first department at WashU to adopt Microsoft 365 (M365) Apps, Washington University’s cloud-based productivity platform. All the latest productivity apps are included in M365, such as Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneDrive.   Microsoft has made a major change to the branding of its Microsoft Office product. Microsoft Office is […]

Enterprise Applications (EA): Accomplishments – January 2023

Submitted by Veleria Boaten Domain Project Title Project Team Implementation Date Lifecycle Management EA-T4 – EA-9855 – Autosys Upgrade Jobs Migration – ADIS Lifecycle Team –Bill Bernickus, Brett Blackwell, Josh Kelahan, Maarten Houthuijzen, Melissa Zarf, Mike Jens, Raj Parihar, Roger Portillo, Tim Souers, Tommy Thompson 11/28/2022 Student Core EA-T3 – EA-12645 – OLLI Fire Marshall […]

WashU IT: Disaster Recovery Tabletop 2022

Submitted by Harold Mack Recovery from the loss of a data center was the focus of a recently completed WashU IT tabletop exercise. If you have been in WashU IT long enough, you might remember several years ago when power went out in the primary WashU IT data center. Services were restored in 4 hours.  Is […]