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New LionPATH notifications to help students stay informed

7/17/18

Thanks to recent LionPATH enhancements, students will now receive an email notification whenever one of their course grades is posted or changed. In addition, students who were on a course waitlist will be emailed if they are subsequently enrolled in the waitlisted course. Emails will be sent to students’ University email without any additional actions required by or from the students.

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Technology on the farm

7/17/18

During his time in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, Simon Huntley, a 2004 graduate, found a way to blend his passion for technology with his interest in agriculture. He developed an online farmers market for a class project, which served as the framework for his current business Harvie, a web-based platform that brings nearly 1,000 farmers and consumers together through customizable share programs.

Redesigned UMG web page

User Managed Group management tool gets a redesign

7/17/18

Next month a redesigned User Managed Group (UMG) webpage within Account Management will be available for all members of the University to create and modify UMGs. Updated features will make creating and managing groups easy to do from all devices.

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Smart robot enhances kinesiology and speech classes at Scranton campus

7/6/18

A robotic video capture platform is well on its way to transforming kinesiology and speech education at Penn State Scranton. Previously piloted at other college campuses, including Penn State Berks, there are many uses for the robotic platform known as Swivl. The smart robot turns a tablet or smartphone into a video capture system that will scan a room at command and stop to focus where it is needed.

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A Broadband Challenge

6/28/18

A Penn State faculty member is leading an ambitious, yearlong effort to study broadband connectivity in the Commonwealth.

Workday has a new look.

Workday to launch updated look July 13

6/22/18

Workday, the University’s human resources and payroll system, will launch an updated and modernized look, which is designed with simplification and accessibility in mind. The refresh involves updating the appearance of Workday without changing the system’s functionality.

New voice communications management tools available starting July 1

6/22/18

Over the coming months Enterprise Networking and Communication Services will provide updates and expansions to the My.VoIP Voice Communications Management portal available at my.voip.psu.edu. Starting on July 1, voicemails will automatically be deleted 90 days after they have been listened to and saved. The policy does not affect saved messages that have not been listened to.

Penn State Data Center

Data Center migrations help free up resources, improve security, monitoring

6/14/18

Six months after migrating its information technology (IT) infrastructure from the Moore Building to the new Data Center, the College of the Liberal Arts IT staff is seeing the benefits of moving its systems into the state-of-the-art facility that offers power, cooling, monitoring and security benefits.

Media management and streaming platform service piloted

6/4/18

During spring semester 2018 students, faculty, and staff members throughout the University piloted a media management and streaming platform (MMSP) as a continuation of Penn State Information Technology’s (IT) Conferencing and Media Management (CMM) program.

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