About the University IT Committee

Special Note: Dr. Marc Hoit has been named NC State's first vice chancellor for information technology and CIO. Dr. Hoit will be joining the university in this new role in September, 2008. For more informaiton, see http://www.ncsu.edu/admin-searches/cio/

The University Information Technology Committee has been charged with facilitating the development of campus-wide strategies that will continue to improve the university’s delivery of information technology (IT) services to the campus for administrative and academic purposes.The committee reviews current implementation of information technology, recommends appropriate university-wide computing standards to maintain the currency of IT on the campus, and serves as a primary communication liaison among NC State colleges and central IT service providers. University academic departments and colleges are "free to choose" the computing hardware and software that best meets their needs within the approved baseline standards.

The committee's recommendations are presented to the Provost and to the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business, and when appropriate, to the Chancellor for final approval and implementation.

The University IT Committee meets six times a year. Unless otherwise announced, meetings are held 9:30-11 a.m. on the second Wednesday of every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November) in the Faculty Senate Chambers, DH Hill Library. All interested individuals are welcome to attend.

The dates scheduled for FY 2008-09 are:
July 09, 2008 (The July meeting was canceled; reports posted.)
September 10, 2008
November 12, 2008
January 14, 2009
March 11, 2009
May 13, 2009

At the May 10 2006 meeting, the University IT Committee agreed to start a series of informal UIT Committee meetings to be held on the second Wednesday of months when the formal UIT meetings are not regularly scheduled. The intention is to share information and improve collaboration on IT activities on campus.

The tentative dates for informal meetings for FY 2007-08 are:
August 13, 2008 - Faculty Senate room
October 8, 2008
December 10, 2008
February 11, 2009
April 8, 2009
June 10, 2009

For information about the CIO study and IT Scoping Team commissioned by the Provost and the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business, see the IT Scoping Team website.

To join the University IT Committee mailing list, go to http://lists.ncsu.edu/ and enter the Mailing List Name: universityit.