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Jody Perry Executive Director, Technology Services What degrees do you hold? BBA – Management Information Systems / Math Minor MS – Industrial Employee Relations All obtained from Marshall University. How would you describe your role in 10 words or less? I assist the university community with all things IT What is your favorite thing about

Welcome to our newest employee, Azyn Chahryar. Azyn is our new Office Administrator and has a BBA in Management Information Systems from Marshall University.  Azyn says, “I love the opportunities to learn new things and technologies.  I am a naturally curious person and I’ve always wanted to learn how things work, so getting to see

This week is a “Double Feature Friday!” MUIT is spotlighting two of our employees, Ryan Adkins and Dave Daniel, that recently took part in the Highlands Museum & Discovery Center’s fifth annual “Dancing With Our Stars,” philanthropic event. During this event, local “celebrities” are paired with professional dancers to compete against each other for the

Welcome to the first installment of “Feature Fridays”. Where we sit down with employee of the Information Technology Department and learn about their favorite things about not only their positions, but Marshall University. Crystal Stewart, IT Client Engagement Manager What degrees do you hold? BBA – Accounting MS Adult Education All obtained from Marshall University How

                  Marshall University Information Technology (MUIT) wants to warn the Marshall community to be on the look-out for Tax Identity Theft scams. Many federal agencies are offering information and resources to help consumers learn to protect themselves from tax-related identity theft and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) imposter

The IBM/SPSS software starts alerting our campus software users about the upcoming expiration 30-days in advance each time the application is launched.  Marshall University users can ignore these alerts regarding our current SPSS license that has a renewal anniversary date of 2/28/2018.  The annual license renewal requisition process started several weeks ago and should be

All students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend a Tech-up Open House at Drinko Library & Information Center on the Huntington campus. Scheduled dates are Wednesday, January 3, 2018, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. (DL 138) Wednesday, January 10, 2018, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. (DL 138) Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a

The Marshall University IT team receives occasional questions from faculty and staff about the Microsoft Home Use Program (HUP for short). Hopefully this article will help answer a number of those questions. Several times a year, e-mail offers are sent out from the Microsoft Home Use Program advertising a $9.95 upgrade for Microsoft Office. These

Marshall University’s Information Technology Department’s continued partnership with Eduroam, a WiFi authentication service, allows Marshall students, faculty and staff to access wireless networks from other participating institutions while they are off-campus.  Eduroam is available at more than 12,000 locations worldwide, including more than 450 colleges and universities. In addition, it provides high speed roaming to over 69 countries.  If you

As of now, 99% of the WiFi network has been restored.  The 1% of access points remaining offline are located in multiple buildings across campus and are in areas where additional WiFi coverage exists or are in a physical location that is not immediately accessible.  We are continuing to work to get 100% coverage very soon.