Tag Archive: ITS
UC IT Blog
June 9, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, accessible technology, experience design, ITS, Rujuta Swadi, technology, UC Santa Cruz
By Cheyenne Matthews-Hoffman. Last month, the Information Technology Services (ITS) team at UC Santa Cruz created a Digital Accessibility Awareness web page. Accessible Technology Intern Rujuta Swadi, led this project, among many of her accomplishments since joining last summer….
Read more about Transforming the accessibility landscape – meet Rujuta Swadi, UC Santa Cruz accessible technology intern
UC IT Blog
November 24, 2021
All ArticlesCommunity, connections, gratitude, Happy Thanksgiving, ITS, Thanksgiving, UC Tech Exec, UCOP, UCOP ITS, University of California, Van Williams, Vice President of IT, VP
“UC Tech Exec” is a new series to give blog readers the opportunity to hear from executives from throughout the UC Tech community. The series is being launched with a heartfelt Thanksgiving message from Van Williams, the vice president for…
Read more about UC Tech Exec: A Thanksgiving Message from VP of IT Van Williams
UC IT Blog
April 7, 2021
All ArticlesBrandon Ayers, COVID-19, David Gracey, Dr. Isgouhi Kaloshian, Dr. Katherine Borkovich, Dr. Kenneth Han, Information Technology Solutions, ITS, Josh Witbeck, testing, UC Riverside, UCR, UCR ITS Blog
By Alexandra Chrystal. COVID-19 presented UCR with many new challenges. Access to technology that allows us to continue to learn, teach, and work remotely is now a requirement rather than a convenience, and ITS is proud to have helped mobilize…
Read more about Supporting the Tech behind Campus COVID-19 Testing
UC IT Blog
October 28, 2020
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID-19, Information Technology Services, ITS, Jay Olson, Jim Phillips, pandemic, Student Corps, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
By Jim Phillips. In response to the shelter-in-place order that was instituted in California due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jay Olson, divisional liaison for the Humanities Division, Information Technology Services (ITS), brought together a group of UCSC student workers to offer…
Read more about UC Santa Cruz Student Corps
UC IT Blog
May 27, 2020
All ArticlesCruzHacks, CruzHacks 2020, CSU Monterey Bay, Hackathon, Information Technology Services, ITS, Jim Phillips, makerspace, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
By Jim Phillips. Stevenson College at UC Santa Cruz overlooks the Monterey Bay, offering one of the most impressive views our campus has to offer (and that is saying a lot). Each year, on the three-day Martin Luther King day weekend,…
Read more about CruzHacks 2020: A Student-Led, High Energy Weekend
UC IT Blog
May 20, 2020
All Articlescoronavirus, COVID-19, Imran Ghori, Information Technology Solutions, Inside UCR, ITS, pandemic, remote learning, remote work, UC Riverside, UCR
By Imran Ghori. Ensuring that UC Riverside students, faculty, and staff members can access proper equipment and technology has been a key part of the campus’ transition to remote learning and working. Information Technology Solutions, or ITS,…
Read more about How ITS Has Helped UCR Transition to Remote Learning
UC IT Blog
February 19, 2020
All ArticlesBlack History Month, Chief Information Officer, CIO, diversity, ITS, Jeané Blunt, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC, Van Williams
By Jeané Blunt. In recognition of Black History Month, I interviewed Van Williams, the chief information officer (CIO) and vice chancellor of information technology at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC). Williams is a strong proponent of diversity and inclusion initiatives and…
Read more about UC Santa Cruz CIO, Van Williams, Talks Diversity
UC IT Blog
December 18, 2019
All Articlescollaboration, ITS, Nick Endsley, Promapp, Rick Greene, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UCB, UCOP, UCSD, Yvonne Tevis
By Yvonne Tevis. This is the story of how three UC employees – from three separate campuses – got what they wanted because they worked together. What did they want? As process improvement people, they wanted tools. Specifically, a tool…
Read more about A Map for Collaboration
UC IT Blog
November 20, 2019
All ArticlesInformation Technology Services, ITS, Jim Phillips, Jim Williamson, reorganization, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
By Jim Phillips and Jim Williamson. Over a decade ago, the Information Technology Services (ITS) Division at UC Santa Cruz had a structure that was fairly typical in higher education. The ITS Division was organized around a set of central…
Read more about A Product Mindset and Joy at Work: UCSC ITS Reorganizes
UC IT Blog
September 25, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesapplyUC, Communications, Information Technology Services, ITS, Judy Thai, Student Affairs, Systemwide, UCOP
By Judy Thai. In November 2018, over 217,000 high school and transfer students submitted undergraduate applications to the University of California. 75,000 of them submitted their applications on the last day — and 11,000 in the last hour. That’s a…
Read more about Redesigning the UC Undergraduate Application – with Students in Mind
