IT Orientation Follow-up Sessions

Follow-up sessions cover important, but less time sensitive, information about Penn's computing policies, projects and structures.

Next Follow-up Session is:

ORIENTATION TO... Computing Special Interest Groups at Penn

Penn provides a number of opportunities for IT Professionals to network with colleagues around campus.  Special Interest Groups and mailing lists help facilitate information sharing with people you may not otherwise ever have the chance to meet with the added benefit of learning about new and various technologies.  As a new IT staff member at Penn, how do you know which groups apply to you and which may help you in your job?

The leaders of some of Penn’s computing Special Interest Groups will provide an orientation to these groups.  You’ll learn more about the charter of the group, recent topics of discussion, the format of meetings, and you’ll get to meet the group coordinators who collectively have over 70 years experience at the University.  Scheduled to participate in this orientation session are:

• MacNet – Macintosh Networking – Tony Olejnik
• Mobile Computing  Special Interest Group – Bob DeSilets
• PAC-SIG – Public Area Computing – Rob Short
• PCNet – Windows Networking - Tony Olejnik
• Security-SIG – Information Security – John Lupton
• Super User Group – Steve Strawser
• WEB-SIG - Web Special Interest Group – Jen Yuan

This IT Orientation follow-up session will be held:

Thursday, August 21, 2008
9:00 - 10:30 AM
Sansom Place West, 37th & Chestnut
Room 306, the "Bits & Pieces Room"

Registration:

To reserve your seat for any of the IT Orientation sessions, please use the Registration form located at: http://www.tts.isc.upenn.edu/oncampus.asp
Search for “orientation” in the upcoming classes.
 
For additional information about IT Orientation @ Penn, visit: http://www.upenn.edu/computing/provider/orientation/ or direct questions to learnit@isc

Recent Sessions:

ORIENTATION TO... Telecommunicatons & VOIP at Penn (July 16, 2008 - Dawn Augustino)

ORIENTATION TO... Finance at Penn for IT Staff (June 18, 2008 - Julie Shuttleworth)

ORIENTATION TO... Making End of Year Technology Purchases for FY2008 (May 14, 2008 - John Mulhern III)

ORIENTATION TO... IT Purchases at Penn (April 16, 2008 - ISC, Computer Connection, Software Licensing, Purchasing Services)

ORIENTATION TO... the Data Warehouse (February 27, 2008 - ISC Data Administration)

ORIENTATION TO... IT Audits at Penn (December 5, 2007 - Dan Hill & Dominic Pasqualino)

ORIENTATION TO... PennKey & PennCommunity (October 18, 2007 - Lisa Campeau & John Lupton)

Follow-up Sessions have included:

• Assignments Application Overview
• Videoconferencing 101: Methods Introduction
• Hi-Bandwidth Videoconferencing and Webcasting
• Introduction to FAST
• Introduction to the Supported Products Process
• What is Kerberos?
• Networking Operations Overview
• Videoconferencing and Webcasting
• MAGPI and Internet2