Message from the Vice President

Welcome to ISC’s web site. Here you will find information about our systems and services which connect faculty, staff, and students to one another and to colleagues, alumni, and suppliers world-wide; provide "anytime/anywhere" access to information; protect Penn's IT assets; and deliver ever more effective online services to the Penn community. You will also learn about Penn’s Computing Model, which defines how IT services are delivered in order to effectively leverage local and central resources in Penn's decentralized environment.

Information technology touches everyone at Penn and facilitates the University's commitment to eminence. You can learn about the IT Principles that guide how we deploy information technology at Penn, share best practices, inform decisions makers, and integrate technical choices to meet the needs of both our external and internal constituencies.

I am proud of the values shared across ISC: teamwork, customer service, results orientation, innovation, and creativity. Come back to learn about current initiatives and where to find the services you need. And please let me know how we can better serve you.

Robin Beck
Vice President, Information Systems and Computing

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Robin H. Beck is the Vice President for Information Systems and Computing (ISC). Under her leadership, ISC is responsible for providing core administrative information systems; the campus voice, data and video networks; and developing and promulgating University-wide technology standards. The Vice President advises the Provost and Executive Vice President on issues involving information technology and serves as facilitator for addressing information technology service issues shared by Penn's schools and central administrative units. Vice President Beck reports to both the Provost and the Executive Vice President, helping link the academic and administrative domains.