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SAP Concur Travel System – Entering the Next Phase

Dear UMBC Community, We’re excited to share that the SAP Concur Travel Implementation Project is entering its next major phase: testing and change management planning. As we move forward, we...

Posted: May 28, 2025, 9:35 AM

UMBC Student experience at The Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics

Event Recap: Spring 2025 “Clinic of Clinics”

By Tejas Ramlal Walke, Student, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | May 15, 2025 On April 24, 2025, the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics held the Spring 2025 “Clinic of Clinics”...

Posted: May 28, 2025, 8:34 AM

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May Gritty Award Winners: The High Performance Computing Team!

Congratulations Greg, Roy and Andy!

The HPC team, down two staff, performed a large upgrade of the High Performance Computing (HPC) environment. Over $1.7 million in new hardware was purchased, including new HPC CPU nodes, new GPU...

Posted: May 27, 2025, 10:58 AM

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Legacy RT Forms Outage - May 22, 2025

Earlier today, we experienced a technical issue with legacy RT forms in which submissions were not resulting in a ticket. We believe this issue started within the past day. Modern RT forms built...

Posted: May 22, 2025, 8:50 PM

Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

Congratulations to DoIT's graduating student employees!  We are so proud of all of your accomplishments and can't wait to see what amazing adventures you will have in the future! Anna...

Posted: May 21, 2025, 11:56 AM

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Downtime THURSDAY - PS Finance, Approx. 3 hours on 5/22/25

To All PeopleSoft Finance / PAW / Travel System Users, Please note that the Finance system will be down for quarterly system maintenance.  The system will be down Thursday, May 22nd, between 5:00...

Posted: May 21, 2025, 9:25 AM

DoIT Student Digital Stories: Courtney Burkett

Career Growth & Cybersecurity Journey in Desktop Support

Courtney shares her 8-year journey in desktop support at UMBC, highlighting career growth, technical skills, and future goals in cybersecurity. Navigating a Career in IT Support: Lessons from...

Posted: May 20, 2025, 8:53 AM

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May HPCF Newsletter

Hi everyone, I’m writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF, particularly the new Retriever Research Storage System (RRStor). System Status The chip HPC is operating normally...

Posted: May 19, 2025, 3:06 PM