Office of the Provost
Academic Information and Technology
Welcome!The Office of Academic Information and Technology is a support-oriented office reporting to the Vice Provost. The office's primary role is to provide analyst/programmer services in the development of Web based applications used by office staff and university wide staff, such as the Web based EPA Personnel Action Form - PD7; provide support to Academic Affairs in the implementation of enterprise systems such as Banner Human Resources, including interfaces to other systems; coordinate and provide leadership in the development and maintenance of a comprehensive web-based infrastructure; operation of the Provost's intranet and Internet Web sites; provide information technology services in direct support to Academic Affairs including assisting with business intelligence retrieval and analysis; and serve as liaison to the Division of Information Technology Services.
The Director also serves on special project teams and committees that may be university-wide in scope including the Web3 technical sub-committee to the Web Oversight Committee, the University Web Developers Group, the Academic Technology Coordinating Committee, the Administrative Systems Technology Group, the Data Standards Committee and the Academic IT Staff Committee.
Additional responsibilities and services provided include but are not limited to:
- Determines administrative computing priorities within Academic Affairs, and provides guidance to Information Technology Services in its institutional technology support role.
- Leads development of the campus' wireless technology infrastructure, and coordinates Academic Affairs' activities related to the Laptop Computing Project.
- Provides oversight for the Academic Technology Coordination Committee (ATCC), which includes representatives from each of the academic units.
- Coordinates and provides leadership in the development and maintenance of a comprehensive web-based infrastructure.
- Provides information technology services in support of Academic Affairs.
- Develops annual and periodic statistical reports related to Academic Affairs.
- Serves as Webmaster for the Provost’s web site.
Services provided by the office Internet and intranet Websites include:
- Academic Administration Website
- Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Website
- Faculty Senate Website
- Office of Space Management Website
- Policies and Publications Library
- Deans Council Information
- The Provost’s Daily Calendar
- EPA personnel position search information
- Personnel Action Form PD-7 for EPA Faculty and Staff
- EPA Form PD-7a for EPA Faculty and Staff
- Personnel Action Form PAS-5 for EPA exception pay actions
- EPA Vacancy Listing
Current major initiatives underway include:
- Office of Space Management Website development
- Banner Human Resources implementation
- Provost position search public and private Websites
- Evaluate job search systems
- WebFocus environment upgrade testing process
- Enterprise Document Imaging Project
- Develop data entry standards for Banner
- EPA Human Resources Website development
- Business continuity planning