We just finished migrating the campus web server. With any luck, people will find no problems. Keeping fingers crossed...
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I don't think any more needs to be said.
Finally.
After many years. (OK, only two).
I can finally do this:
If you'd like to do it too, see the Web Office FAQ.
here's my horizon report!
Jack Ziegler turned off the last VAX and Alpha in our VMS cluster. It took Information Technology years to decommission VMS. Every time we got close, some department still had use for it.
The VAX played an important part in my life. It's how I met my husband, and most of my other friends (like Julie, Christine, Jim and Andru). Yes, that's pretty geeky, I admit. My friend Julie turned me on to Cafe Vax, a bulletin board of sorts using VAX Notes. It was run by Tim, who also authored the widely acclaimed "VAX for Virgins" and hosted many Cafe Vax f2f gatherings. And that's where I met Courtney.
The first thing I remember hearing about Courtney was from Julie: "You should meet Courtney - he wore my lipstick!"
here's an article on ALA that describes another of the many beneficial side effects of designing web sites to meet accessibility standards.
Thanks to the CSU Board of Trustees recent informational release, CSU Trustees Unveil Plan to Make Employee Compensation More Competitive with Other Universities, I will no longer suffer twangs of guilt when I hear faculty and students complain about SSU MPPs (of which I am one) being overpaid.
According to the California Postsecondary Education Commission, CSU faculty salaries lag 13.1 percent behind the CSU’s 20 “comparison institutions.” At the same time, CSU executive salaries are 49.5 percent lower than peers at these institutions. The CSU is having a difficult time recruiting and retaining CSU faculty and executives because of the salary differences. In addition, non-faculty employees in the CSU have salary lags ranging between 0 percent and 47 percent.
