UTPA Information Technology
Posted in General on Sep 30th, 2008
IT’s contributions to HESTEC, collectively called “The Microsoft Experience” were a success. Microsoft provided incredible support and was very generous loaning personnel and equipment, and donating many computer games and pieces of software which were used as giveaway prizes at the climax of the gaming tournament, and as thank-you gifts to the volunteers.
Here’s a summary [...]
Posted in General on Sep 25th, 2008
Today was the highlight of The Microsoft Experience: Game Day. Students from high schools all over the Valley converged on the UTPA campus to learn how technology and video games might figure into their career plans. Brad Jensen started the day off with a keynote address on those subjects, and afterwards it was Go Time [...]
Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2008
The highlight of today’s activities in The Microsoft Experience was a Town Hall held during Activity Period. Brad Jensen and Sam Stokes talked to students about tech trends and where they mean to today’s college students. Brad and Sam talked to the audience of several hundred students about what kinds of salaries technology fields are [...]
Posted in General on Sep 22nd, 2008
From The Microsoft Experience
Microsoft and UTPA Information Technology are all over the campus this week. One of the easiest places to spot us is in the Student Union Commons area. If you don’t find us at first, just listen for the rumble of Xbox games which can be heard all over the building! Stop by [...]
Posted in General on Sep 22nd, 2008
To help bring a little video game fun to HESTEC Week, The Division of Information Technology and Microsoft are providing Xbox 360 gaming in the Student Union Commons all week long (except Thursday). Stop by between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM on September 22, 23, 24, & 26 and play Halo 3, Gears of War, [...]
Posted in General on Sep 18th, 2008
What does it take to get a great career with a technology company?
Can video games prepare me for the work world?
Hear Brad Jensen of Microsoft at a Town Hall for all UTPA Students.
Bring your questions!
Tuesday, September 23
Activity Period 12:00 – 1:00
Student Union Theater
Sponsored by SGA and UTPA IT
Posted in Campus Technology, Cool Things, General on Sep 18th, 2008
How many times have you wondered when final exams begin? Or what day the twelfth day of class falls on? How about when the Christmas Holidays begin and end? This question seems to keep coming up year after year.
Last year, Information Technology developed a “holiday file” that made it simple for people to import all [...]
Posted in Campus Technology, General on Sep 17th, 2008
Network and System Status Updates
We are currently experiencing problems with our email servers sending and receiving emails. An email account was compromised on Sunday via a phishing email asking for the individual’s username and password. Unfortunately, one person responded back with their username and password. This issue is a top priority for us [...]
Posted in General on Sep 5th, 2008
You can always tell when Fall comes to UTPA. Students return to campus, parking lots fill to bursting, and we all get a little bit busier. Some of the busiest people on campus right now are the people preparing for the annual HESTEC event. HESTEC, the Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology program, is the biggest [...]
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