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February 28, 2023

Date/Time
Tuesday, 02/28/2023
Location
Reaud 202 and Teams
Submitted By:
Sujing Wang

 

Starting Time: Members began joining the meeting at 10:50 AM.

Attending: Sujing Wang, Elizabeth Sanders, Poornima Gunasekaran, Tony DeMars, Samuel Jator, Brett Welch, Jing Zhang, Daryl Ann Borel. Don Warren, Jane Liu, Purnendu Manda, Dale Fontenot, Krystal Hinerman, Steven Veron.

Call to Order:  11:02 AM

  1. Committee members self-introduction 
  2. Approval of February 2022 Committee Minutes

A motion was made by Don Warren to accept the minutes of the February 2022 meeting. It was seconded by Daryl Ann Borel. The motion passed.

  1. Approval of April 2022 Committee Minutes

A motion was made by Daryl Ann Borel to accept the minutes of the April 2022 meeting. It was seconded by Jane Liu. The motion passed.4

   4. Invited Speaker:  Steven Veron from Information Technology 

  • PC refresh update
    • PC refresh will be deployed during Summer 2023
    • Visiting each department in March about PC usage
    • Prioritized by use and classroom use: suggestions to consider faculty laptop for teaching online classes during night time at home.  
  • Contract with new company about surplus recycling
  • Suggestions to hire student technicians to work as IT support during night time for classroom support

 

  1. Committee website update

Nomination and election process will be conducted by faculty senate in March 2023. Committee website will be updated after that.

  1. Next Meeting in April 2023: time and date TBD 

    7.Open Discussion  

  • ChatGPT: Students start to use it to complete required course work.
  • Online form submission and approval/signature: already under discussion, may update on our next meeting.
  • Suggestions for subscription Microsoft Azure, Amazon or somewhere else for virtual Linux machine on the cloud: under discussion, may update on our next meeting.
  1. Other/New Business 

Possible to provide alumina ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Email address.

Adjournment

Motion to adjourn the meeting by Elizabeth Sanders, second by Jane Liu. The motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 12:10 PM.