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New Year, New Opportunities for Growth and Development

New Year, New Opportunities for Growth and Development

Looking to get a jumpstart on your 2022 professional development goals? Wherever you are in your IT career, here are two great growth opportunities you can explore to invest in yourself: the new IT Mentoring Program and the newly expanded IT Experiential Development Program.

Conversations with Extraordinary Leaders

Conversations with Extraordinary Leaders

Stanford’s first Vice Provost for Institutional Equity, Access and Community Patrick Dunkley and Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO of Year Up, spoke at the Dec. 2 Conversations with Extraordinary Leaders, a virtual event series sponsored by Stanford University IT, the CIO Council, and IDEAL IT affinity groups. The discussion and Q&A were moderated by Steve Gallagher, Stanford’s chief information officer.

Commit to Developing You in ’22

Commit to Developing You in ’22

Professional development, networking, knowledge-sharing — these benefits and more are available to you with the launch of an exciting new IT Mentoring Program in January 2022.

Ready to host a development opportunity? Let us know by Dec. 17

Ready to host a development opportunity? Let us know by Dec. 17

Before you log off for winter closure, consider starting 2022 with this win-win opportunity. The IT Experiential Development Program (IT EDP) seeks hosts for three types of development opportunities: Go-and-See, Job Shadowing, and Short-Term Development Assignments.

Get ExCITEd About Your Future

Get ExCITEd About Your Future

More than 90 attendees participated in the first-ever quarterly Explore Careers In Technology Event (ExCITE) sponsored by CIO Council and People of Color in Technology (POC-IT). 

Major Work Behind the Major Incident Process

Major Work Behind the Major Incident Process

When incidents escalate to a major incident, the UIT major incident process is immediately activated. Take a high-level look at the work done behind the scenes to help quickly triage, communicate about, and restore the affected service(s).

Campus IT Plan Highlights Enterprise System Strategies for 2021 and Beyond

Campus IT Plan Highlights Enterprise System Strategies for 2021 and Beyond

The 2021-22 Campus IT Plan (CITP) — now in its third year — captures the forward-looking IT strategies and technology efforts of 23 participating schools and units across our Stanford IT Community.

Ten Year Up Interns Join Stanford to Begin a Life-Changing Journey

Ten Year Up Interns Join Stanford to Begin a Life-Changing Journey

Please welcome this wonderful group of individuals as they soar to greater heights at Stanford. 

Update Your Apple Devices Now to Protect Against Spyware

Update Your Apple Devices Now to Protect Against Spyware

Apple issued emergency software updates for the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac computers after security researchers uncovered a flaw that allows highly invasive spyware to infect devices without a single click.

Ivy+ Cybersecurity & Privacy Festival: The Future of Work

Ivy+ Cybersecurity & Privacy Festival: The Future of Work

This year, Stanford has partnered with leading universities around the country to bring you the 2021 Cybersecurity & Privacy Festival.

Web Server Security Updates Require Latest Version of Web Browsers

Web Server Security Updates Require Latest Version of Web Browsers

Security updates to the shared web servers (web.stanford.edu) will begin at 6 a.m. Dec. 2, 2021. This update will enforce the use of TLS1.2 and affect all websites hosted on the central servers.

Short-Term Development Assignments Now Available Through IT EDP

Short-Term Development Assignments Now Available Through IT EDP

Participants wanted! Complete the form by Sept. 1 and start your IT EDP journey.