Texas A&M University blends creative promotion with technology to increase undergraduate voter turnout by 47%. The right to vote is foundational for a representative government. That representation for Texas A&M University students was threatened by a declining number of students who exercised that right. The percentage of undergraduate students voting in student body elections dropped by [...]
Akarsh Kosanam (center) and Manoj Vuppuluri (right) well into a 24-hour hackathon. Wanted: Wizard skills. Water bottles. Working Internet. Worthy cause. Last month three of the graduate assistant (GA) software developers in Technology Services - Student Affairs participated in TAMUhack 2022, a 24-hour challenge to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems. The student-run [...]
With the cameras rolling during production of the 1942 classic movie Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart improvised when he delivered his iconic line to Ingrid Bergman, “Here’s looking at you, kid.” Eighty years later there are many more cameras rolling. Much of what they capture is also improvised. A video security system with more than 900 cameras [...]
DoIT’s “Always On” virtual private network simplifies remote work for efficiency and peace of mind. Ever feel the quality of food from a restaurant is not the same when you get it to go as when you dine in? In the same way, when you need to work away from the office, you would like [...]
As a kid growing up under the wide-open skies of Wakita, Oklahoma, Mark Lacy enjoyed watching the stars at night. That fascination carried with him into college. On the first day of a physical science course, the professor announced, “We will not be discussing astronomy in this class.” With a twinkle in his eye, Mark [...]
Last year Freshman Leadership Organizations (FLOs) were excited to set a new record. Despite the need to figure out how to connect freshmen who felt disconnected in a largely virtual world, the number of applications submitted was up 4.6% over the previous year. Little did they know that record would be obliterated this year with [...]
When cadets first arrived on campus in October 1876, the intake process was simple. They registered as students on their first class day. All students were required to participate in the Corps of Cadets. The day the doors first opened at the A&M College of Texas, only six students registered, so the start of classes [...]
You wish you could go home at five o’clock each day, but students expect to have access to your services 24/7. Increasingly, student services have been moved online so our computers can support the services while you take a break. We host more than 70 customer-facing custom and vendor-supported applications on our servers. Staff and [...]
Are You an E-Commerce Merchant at Texas A&M? TouchNet is Transitioning to FlyWire Here's What You Need to Know The Transition from TouchNet to Flywire will begin in the Fall of 2021. All new Payments must be off TouchNet by the end of 2021. Access to TouchNet [...]
Try to “crack the code” on this problem: You have one month to find a way to safely welcome 27,000 people to campus, but no vendor has a solution that can be delivered in time. That was the problem confronting New Student & Family Programs (NSFP), an office in the Offices of the Dean of [...]