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DoIT Student Employee Wins 2017 UMBC Hackathon

Three-student Team Focuses on Social Good

DoIT Student Employee Tristan Oetker, a senior Information Systems major working in DoIT’s Business Systems Group (BSG), was one of three students to win 1st Place at the 2017 UMBC Hackathon that...

Posted: October 25, 2017, 9:38 AM

9-28-2017 Downtime

DoIT systems group will be taking RT down for a few minutes at 10pm in order to perform a system patch. I apologize for the short notice as this was identified as important and time sensitive....

Posted: September 28, 2017, 9:12 PM

2017-08-23 RT Scheduled Downtime

As part of DoIT's ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching  for RT on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 between 7:30am - 8:30am. ...

Posted: August 22, 2017, 7:12 PM

Adobe Creative Cloud E-mail

Adobe Creative Cloud

During the afternoon of Tuesday, June 6th UMBC faculty and staff may have received an e-mail identical to the e-mail below.  This is a valid e-mail that is automatically generated when a user's...

Posted: June 7, 2017, 10:20 AM

SDS Revamps Their Test Submission Process With RT

Student Disability Services leveraged RT to create a better

Student Disability Services (SDS) has continued to transition to more digital processes. They recently converted their traditional “pink form” faculty filled out with details on how to administer...

Posted: June 2, 2017, 3:15 PM

2017-06-05 RT Scheduled Downtime

As part of DoIT's ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching  for RT on Monday, June 5, 2017 between 7:00am - 8:00am.  Please...

Posted: May 31, 2017, 12:53 PM

New Box Experience Now Available For UMBC Users

Box now has sidebar navigation, improved search, and more

Box, an online file sharing system that allows you to access your files from multiple devices and collaborate with others, recently released an update to its web interface. Some of the new changes...

Posted: May 2, 2017, 8:11 AM

Todd Haddaway & Stacy Long Generate Interest at Alliance

The two presented UMBC’s Developer Toolbox in Las Vegas

Alliance is an annual, user-driven conference that brings together PeopleSoft technical and functional users from around the world for three days. DoIT’s own Todd Haddaway, Director of Database...

Posted: April 13, 2017, 10:01 AM

Looking Back at Betty Blanchette and Her 24 Years at UMBC

“You can always count on her to get the job done”

After 24 years at UMBC, Betty Blanchette, Software Developer for DoIT, is retiring. Blanchette not only leaves behind a varied career, but a positive impact on UMBC and the many people she has...

Posted: March 30, 2017, 2:24 PM

2017-03-17 RT Scheduled Downtime

As part of DoIT's ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching  for RT on Friday, March 17th from 5pm to 6pm.   For more...

Posted: March 16, 2017, 7:58 AM