Category: General Announcements

On Friday, February 15, eSignature training within BuckeyeLearn will be replaced with an updated eSignature training course.

Ohio State is working to achieve full digital accessibility, an environment where everyone can use content on Ohio State’s websites, web applications and digital offerings.

As of December 2018, Ohio State AWS (Amazon Web Services) is available to Ohio State employees for university business. Grab your lunch and join Tracey Richardson, Sr. Director of Service Management, for the Ohio State AWS Lunch and Learn session on January 24 from Noon to 1 p.m. at Mount Hall Café. 

All are welcome to attend and learn more about Ohio State AWS offerings, and ask questions. 

Topics to be covered include:

The latest edition of the Enterprise Project Digest was shared with the Ohio State community to provide updates about the project’s work. Check out the EP Digest archive to read the full December issue. Highlights of this issue:

Highlights of this issue: (1) 2018 Year in Review summary of project accomplishments at year end; (2) Workday visits Ohio State; and (3) A look at the university and project contributions of our colleague John Wanzer as he retires from Ohio State after three decades of service.

The Enterprise Project Digest is distributed monthly, and those who are interested in additional information are encouraged to subscribe.

Ohio State made huge strides in the development of an Ohio State Privacy Program in 2018.  First, the team worked diligently to tackle a new European privacy regulation by training dozens of Ohio State staff members, launching a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) working group, and creating and piloting a new GDPR Inventory Tool. 

GDPR is a new data protection privacy standard for individuals within the European Union (EU) that went into effect on May 25, 2018. It also applies to the transfer of personal data to organizations outside the EU, including Ohio State.

The latest edition of the Enterprise Project Digest was shared with the Ohio State community to provide updates about the project’s work. Check out the EP Digest archive to read the full November issue. Highlights of this issue:

Highlights of this issue: (1) New project tagline and definition statement along with a new look for the EP Digest; (2) Workday 101 sessions; and (3) New project decision-making model.

The Enterprise Project Digest is distributed monthly, and those who are interested in additional information are encouraged to subscribe.

From Autumn 2018 to Summer 2020, wireless coverage will be expanding at Ohio State, including Columbus campus, regional campuses and extension locations. During this time, several new access points will be added to buildings as well as outdoor structures to expand overall square footage coverage.

The Information Security Executive® (ISE®) awards program recently recognized Chief Information Security Officer Helen Patton as ISE® North American Executive of the Year in the Academic/Public division. She was honored during the ISE® North America Leadership Summit and Awards held in Chicago on November 8-9.

On Oct. 29, Ohio State welcomed Holly Drake into the newly created position of Chief Privacy Officer. Data privacy needs are increasingly far reaching, spanning the worlds of both regulation and data ethics. In this new role, Drake will have a dual reporting relationship to both Chief Information Security Officer in Enterprise Security Helen Patton and Gates Garrity-Rokous, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for the Office of University Compliance and Integrity.

The latest edition of the Enterprise Project Digest was shared with the Ohio State community to provide updates about the project’s work. Check out the EP Digest archive to read the full October issue. Highlights of this issue:

(1) Ohio State demonstrated its leadership in business and technology transformation by leading several presentations during the annual Workday Rising conference; (2) A Town Hall meeting held on October 10 for the university’s Human Resources (HR) community focused on how Ohio State will transform its HR service delivery model to improve the employee experience. Provost and Executive Vice President Bruce McPheron gave opening remarks; and (3) The project team has connected with each college and unit to understand the local technology systems currently in use throughout the university. This outreach has informed the "system disposition" process. The list of known systems and disposition outcomes was updated this month.

The Enterprise Project Digest is distributed monthly, and those who are interested in additional information are encouraged to subscribe.