ITCC

Information Technology Career Community

ITCC Newsletter – February – March 2022

by wylieks

February – March, 2022

Information Technology Career Community

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.

This month we’re announcing our “Bridging the Gap” event, in which we will be joined by Bobby Keener of Civilian Cyber. We’ve also shared some news from our friends in the Staff Senate, including Employee Appreciation Week and the T.E.A.M. conference which started today! 

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!

Panel discussion  – The future of technology Workforce.

March 23, 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

ITCC will host Bobby Keener and a panel from Civilian Cyber. Further details coming soon.


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

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

Staff Senate News

Below we’ve included some highlights from our friends in the VCU Staff Senate.

VCU Staff Senate Awards for Excellence

Open until March 15, 2022

Please take the time and nominate your colleagues in TS (and elsewhere) for the amazing work that they do! Nominations are open until March 15th, and each winner receives a $1,000 award. These awards are the premier university awards offered within VCU, for staff members, by staff members. Please make us proud and nominate as many of your colleagues as you can….we want to see more IT winners this year…it’s up to us to get our nominations/names out there!

See more information: https://staffsenate.vcu.edu/awards/

“Together Everyone Achieves More (T.E.A.M)” Career Development Conference

March 7 – 11, 2022

Taking place during Spring Break March 7-11; this is free for all VCU and VCU Health System staff members to register and attend. Check out the site to view the agenda/speaker info and you can register individually for the sessions you want to attend. Everything is virtual via Zoom, and free to attend. 

See more information: https://staffsenateconference.vcu.edu/

Employee Appreciation Week

March 7 – 11, 2022

Also taking place during Spring Break March 7-11; different in person and virtual events for staff appreciation (free donut days, virtual mindfulness classes, and a Friday food truck event at the Commons with free food for staff). 

See more information: https://staffsenate.vcu.edu/employee-appreciation/

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. 

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