2016
December
New staff
Maureen Saringer, IT programmer analyst III, Student Success Information Technology
“The Student Success Technology team is pleased to welcome Maureen Saringer as the newest addition to its team. Maureen comes to us with more than 11 years of experience in the Office of Admissions, having served as the manager of the recruitment processing team. She was a key member of the recent Salesforce implementation project for UNT Admissions and URCM. Maureen brings with her almost 20 years of higher education experience specializing in IT and student data in areas such as advancement, IT and admissions. She was a member of the original EIS Implementation team. Over the years, she has worked with a variety of technical and functional staff at UNT, UNT Health Science Center and UNT Dallas. We are excited to have Maureen as a member of the UIT family. Her experience and knowledge will be a great asset to the team.” ~ Jennifer Lee, director, Student Success Technology
October
Professional Development
Jennifer Lee, director, Student Success Technology Services: Dreamforce, an annual Salesforce® conference in San Francisco, where she made a presentation about the advising notes system.
Ray Banks, IT manager, and Yonathan Khoe, IT specialist, Desktop Services Department of Instructional IT Services: JAMF Nation User Conference in Minneapolis, Minn., to discover new and better ways to manage Apple® devices.
Carrie Stoeckert, director, planning, budget and communication, and Jennifer Spillman, IT programmer and analyst: Annual EDUCAUSE Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
August
Professional Development
Carrie Stoeckert: Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications 2016 Annual Conference, Galveston, Texas
July
Professional Development
Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner: Governor’s Center for Management Development, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
May
New Staff
Yuguang Ma: IT manager, High-Performance Computing, Research IT Services, General Academic Building,
Robin Melendez-Martin: administrative coordinator, University IT, Sage Hall
Graduations
Katrina Carpenter: IT Specialist, UIT Help Desk and Adaptive Computer Lab – Bachelor of Arts in Professional and Technical Communication
Rene Hernandez: UIT Help Desk, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Andrew Hoyt: UIT Help Desk, Bachelor of Science in Geography
Amanda Johnson: Sage Hall Adaptive Computer Lab, Bachelor of Science in Biology
Katie Welch: UIT Help Desk, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Energy Engineering
April
New Staff
Sharukh Mithani: IT manager, UIT Help Desk
Katrina Carpenter: IT specialist III, assistant manager, UIT Help Desk
Clarissa Hutkowski: administrative specialist, Data Management Services
Departures
Cody Hardi: administrative coordinator, late April
Changes
Yonathan Khoe: changed positions from manager, Adaptive Computer Lab, ITUS, to IT Specialist IV, CTDS
January
New Staff
Monica Scott-Taliaferro: marketing, web development, Benchmarks Online editor
Changes
Ray Banks: promoted to IT Manager II
Richard Sanzone: promoted to director, IT User Services