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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 |2024-06-04T11:41:50-05:00May 23rd, 2022|Newsletter Article|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 |2024-06-04T11:42:03-05:00April 26th, 2022|Newsletter Article|0 Comments

Turning the Tide of Student Elections

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 [...]

By |2024-06-04T11:42:33-05:00March 21st, 2022|Newsletter Article|0 Comments

Digital Poets

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 [...]

By |2024-06-04T11:42:42-05:00February 20th, 2022|Newsletter Article|0 Comments

Here’s Looking at You, Kid

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 [...]

By |2024-06-04T11:42:52-05:00January 22nd, 2022|Newsletter Article|0 Comments

I’d Like It To Go

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 [...]

By |2024-06-04T11:50:23-05:00November 28th, 2021|Newsletter Article|0 Comments

365 Cloud Migration Results

Welcome to the Cloud! The Experience of Moving the DSA Email to the Microsoft 365 Cloud As planned, the transition from Texas A&M Exchange email to Microsoft 365 was seamless! Many of Texas A&M’s Divisions and Departments were surprised and relieved of little-to-no issues during [...]

By |2022-01-27T13:15:47-06:00October 20th, 2021|Newsletter Article|0 Comments

Making You More Secure

Making You More Secure There have been a couple of changes that you may have noticed in your Outlook this month, and you may also have received some new alerts from Duo Mobile. These are both part of an ongoing effort by Texas A&M University to help keep us safe from cyber-attacks. [...]

By |2021-10-27T10:05:45-05:00October 20th, 2021|Newsletter Article|0 Comments

A Shining Star

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 [...]

By |2024-06-04T11:50:37-05:00October 18th, 2021|Newsletter Article|0 Comments
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