The Digital Corps has been hard at work collaborating with the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs to launch the Spring 2020 Ball State Writing Challenge. This challenge is meant to encourage the Ball State faculty to start writing! Through a new web platform, participants will be able to easily track their writing […]
Hey there, IT managers and supervisors! Have you found yourself suddenly managing a team now working remotely and spread across multiple locations? Meetings are now on WebEx and you no longer have face-to-face contact with your staff? The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many supervisors to adjust quickly to remote work and its challenges. The Tambellini […]
President Mearns will be on air again tomorrow morning, Friday, March 20, on Indiana PublicRadio with Stan Sollars, sharing updates about the ways Ball State faculty, staff, and students are rising to the challenge of responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Tune in at 7:34 a.m. at indianapublicradio.org.
Colleagues, I have received several requests about how to further help our community in this time of crisis. This morning, Ro-Anne Royer Engle, Vice President for Student Affairs, shared the message below from Jason Rogers, Executive Director of Delaware County Emergency Management Agency, that includes a link to a site where you can register to […]
The Office of Information Security Services is working to keep your information safe from cyber criminals. With the recent surge in employees nationwide working remotely, the National Cybersecurity Alliance has released a set of tips regarding online security practices to protect individuals and the university from these security risks. Think Before You Click. Cyber criminals […]
Effective for the 2020-21 school year, Ball State Parking Services will be transitioning to a License Plate Recognition system (LPR) for parking enforcement. LPR is more than just a license plate capture. The system converts an image (picture of the license) to computer data that can be checked against a database. LPR systems for parking […]
Update: These sessions will be conducted remotely via WebEx. More details will be forthcoming. In early January, President Mearns announced his initiative to host campus conversations with each vice presidential unit and academic college. As the president indicated in his communication, these discussions will allow the him to directly share more information about some of […]
Take Control Books, a technology book publisher, has released a new ebook, Take Control of Working from Home Temporarily, and is offering it for free. If you’ve never worked remotely, or have little experience at it, this book can help you maintain your productivity—and sanity. From the publisher: “We’re here to take at some stress out of […]
Working remotely can require a different set of habits than working in an office environment, especially if you’ve never done it before. Here are some recommendations for effectively working remotely, even if you’re experienced at it. Shower, get dressed, and eat breakfast as if you were going into the office. This may seem subtle, but […]
With the recent university decision to conduct classes online in order to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, Information Technology has begun preparations to allow non-essential IT employees to work remotely. The Vice President and CIO, Loren Malm, and the IT leadership team have given IT supervisors a set of guidelines to use for […]
