ITCC

Information Technology Career Community

ITCC Newsletter November – December 2021

by wylieks

November – December, 2021

Information Technology Career Community

Illustration of a green tree with computer circuitry in the branches.

The ITCC at Virginia Commonwealth University serves to enhance technical knowledge and promote career development by facilitating networking, mentoring, and learning activities within the University. The elected Leadership Team serves as the ITCC’s voice to university administration in matters related to the execution of all community activities.

Our current Chair, Jason Jacobus, has accepted a new position and will be leaving the university. Scottie Wylie will be officially stepping into the role of Chair effective November 9, 2021. We are excited for Jason and thank him for all of the hard work he has done for the ITCC and the university and we wish him the best.

Your IT Career Community Leaders:

  • Chair: Scottie Wylie
  • Administrative Coordinator: Lionel Vennie
  • Communications Coordinator: Stone Frangowlakis
  • Finance & Operations Coordinator: Felita Tucker-Battle
  • Mentorship Coordinator: Andrew Craig
  • Professional Development Coordinator: Srilakshmi “Shree” Sagiraju

Events Coming up Soon!

Resume Building

November 17, 2021, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Tanya-Lee Giscombe from HR will be providing a presentation on Resume Building discussing how to get started with building a resume, some helpful resources that are available, then finally a Q/A session.

Register in Talent@VCU at: https://go.vcu.edu/itcc-events.

Join via Zoom: https://go.vcu.edu/itcc-events-remote.

University Computer Center (UCC) Tour

First week of December, Date TBD

Join us as Jason Jacobus gives us a video-recorded inside look at the University Computer Center.

Register in Talent@VCU at: https://go.vcu.edu/itcc-events.

Join via Zoom: https://go.vcu.edu/itcc-events-remote.

Mentorship Program

We’re happy to announce that the Mentorship Program has returned for 2021-2022. Sign up as a mentor or mentee. 

Student-worker and hourly employees who work for departments under the IT Career Community job family can also now sign up as mentees as well. Since we don’t have a full roster of which departments have student- and hourly workers, please forward this email to those who may be interested in participating. 

More information about how to sign up can be found in our blog post here: ITCC Mentorship Program 2021-2022

If you or they have any questions, feel free to reach out to the Mentorship Coordinator directly by emailing Andrew Craig at craiga3@vcu.edu.

Special Interest Group (SIG)

SIG Chairs

Here are your Chairs for the 2021-2022 SIGs:

  • Applications and Customer Support: Lucy Hulunko and Katie Shedden
  • Desktop / Endpoint support: Unfilled
  • Instructional Technology: Houston Griffith
  • Research Support: Brian Bush and James Percy
  • Server Administration: Jovan Quinones-Morales and Paula Freeman
  • Women in IT: Rochelle Clarke and Warren Mays
  • LGBTQIA+: Unfilled

Interested in becoming a chair for an unfilled SIG chair position? Please email us at itcareer@vcu.edu.

ITCC Resources

ITCC Wiki

Our wiki has been updated to include helpful information about the ITCC.  Please utilize this resource to learn about who we are and how we are working to provide new and creative career development opportunities for you.  You’ll also find links to our monthly newsletters, blog, listserv, mentorship, special interest groups, events and more.

ITCC Blog

Subscribe to our blog for the ITCC information, events and ITCC opportunities. To subscribe, go to the blog and scroll down. The subscribe option will be on the right-hand side of the page. We are working on updating and expanding our blog to make it an even better resource for current information.

ITCC Event Recordings

These are located in our ITCC Kaltura Channel.

ITCC Listserv

You are automatically subscribed to the IT_CAREER_COMMUNITY listserv based on your HR job family. (If you unsubscribe, the automated process HR has provided will re-subscribe you.) The listserv is used to communicate events and important information related to the ITCC.

Contact Us

Email: itcareer@vcu.edu

Other Resources

TUG (Technician’s User Group)

https://wiki.vcu.edu/display/TUG/Home

The Technician’s Users Group (TUG) at VCU serves as a resource and a gathering for technologists across the university to share their findings, collaborate with others, and provide feedback to service providers. 

WUG (Web Users Group)

The Web Users Group provides updates about T4, VCU’s web community, and other web-related information. WUG meets twice per year. 

ACCS VA (Association of Collegiate Computing Services of Virginia)

ACCS is a statewide organization made up of IT professionals from colleges and universities from across the state. They hold a yearly conference in the spring and people are invited to submit presentations on various topics. There are also numerous SIGs that you can sign up for that have active email listservs and some non-conference meetings. There is a call for presentation proposals that are open until November 29th. If your presentation is accepted, your entire 3 day registration is covered for free. More information can be found at http://www.accsva.org/.

Hope Adams, adamsh@vcu.edu, works for Technology Services and may also be contacted directly for more information, she is the ACCS Board Co-Chair and Conference Logistics Coordinator.

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