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Scrum Methodology Explained

Scrum Methodology Explained What is a Scrum? What is Agile? Have you ever been to a meeting full of professionals using buzzwords like ‘Agile,’ ‘Scrum,’ or ‘Product Owner’ and wondered what those terminologies are? By definition, Agile means “able to move quickly and easily”. Agile in management [...]

Accessing Your Adobe Creative Cloud License

Accessing Your Adobe Creative Cloud License Licenses for Full Time Employees Texas A&M University is funding Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Creative Cloud licenses, for up to two devices, for all TAMU main campus, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, and School of Dentistry part-time and full-time employees for [...]

Please Let Me In

Texas A&M monitors cybersecurity threats 24 hours a day. There are many ways an unauthorized person might be able to enter your access-controlled facility. One way is to check for a door that is propped open or a window that is not latched properly, especially when you are not watching. Another technique is [...]

By |2022-08-25T04:01:48-05:00August 24th, 2022|Newsletter Article, Stories|0 Comments

A New Home

A lot of work goes into planning a move to a new home. As students prepare to move into on-campus residence halls, it takes a team to make it happen well. A year ago, the Department of Residence Life began planning a big move—not the living quarters for students, rather the location of an online [...]

By |2022-08-01T10:40:15-05:00July 28th, 2022|Newsletter Article, Stories|0 Comments

Brick By Brick

Mark Matusek and his son Kyle discover a brick remembering his uncle Marvin Matusek ’51. For 30 years the plaza outside the Sanders Corps of Cadet Center has been systematically paved brick by inscribed brick. Each brick has a story, and each makes other stories possible. But finding a particular brick in the [...]

By |2022-06-30T22:32:56-05:00June 27th, 2022|Newsletter Article, Stories|0 Comments

AIMing for Student Success

The Disability Resources staff administered 2,233 final exams in May 2022 using AIM software. Federal data indicates only 34% of students with disabilities finish a four-year degree within eight years, a rate far lower than their peers. Disability Resources (DR) staff work relentlessly to defy those odds and to enable equity at Texas [...]

By |2022-05-24T19:54:13-05:00May 23rd, 2022|Newsletter Article, Stories|0 Comments

The Big Education

Texas A&M offers excellent educational opportunities to its students. As an example, the undergraduate program in Texas A&M’s Department of Management is ranked #7 nationally by U.S. News & World Report in 2022. However, the opportunities to develop management skills go far beyond the classroom. Often Student Affairs IT gets to be a part of [...]

By |2022-04-28T08:08:49-05:00April 26th, 2022|Newsletter Article, Stories|0 Comments

Business Impact Analysis

Business Impact Analysis What is a Business Impact Analysis? Our business is impacted by events that are beyond our control. These events may be natural or manufactured, but they still can significantly impact the smooth functioning of our business processes. Preparing for these events and managing their impact [...]

By |2022-04-21T15:01:33-05:00April 21st, 2022|Stories, Uncategorized|0 Comments

A Big Service and a Big Success

Japanese poet Ryunosuke Satoro wrote, "Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” That’s true when 13,200 students come together in selfless service. It’s also true when a variety of IT staff use their skills to serve a common purpose. When The Big Event started forty years ago, the logistics were pretty easy to [...]

By |2022-04-21T22:30:53-05:00April 21st, 2022|Stories|0 Comments

Microsoft Viva Training

Using Microsoft Viva to Improve Team Productivity Enhance your Teams Experience! Microsoft Viva is a new in-app experience used primarily in Teams and is useful in improving team productivity. It allows you to manage communications, knowledge, learning, resources, and insights! You can add it to Teams by selecting [...]

By |2022-04-21T15:02:15-05:00April 20th, 2022|Stories, Training|0 Comments
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