information technology

Planned network outage set for Jan. 10

Posted by on January 7, 2026

The S&T IT team continues to enhance the university’s network infrastructure and is tentatively planning a major network upgrade 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10. Some network services including the internet, phones, access systems and alarms will be intermittently unavailable.

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Help Me Print now available for macOS   

Posted by on January 7, 2026

Help Me Print is now available to campus macOS users. The tool allows you to quickly find and install printers by building and location, without manual configuration or IT assistance. Adding campus printers on a Mac is now faster and easier.

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Windows updates planned Nov. 15

Posted by on November 13, 2025

Windows will update 2-6 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15. If your computer stays on campus, please leave it powered on and connected to the S&T network.

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Blue evaluation platform outage scheduled Nov. 3-7

Posted by on October 30, 2025

Blue, the instructor evaluation software, will be down for maintenance and upgrades Monday, Nov. 3, through Friday, Nov. 7, and access to the software and reports will be unavailable. Service should be restored by Monday, Nov. 10.

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Celebrate Patrice Hatcher’s retirement Oct. 27

Posted by on October 16, 2025

Patrice Hatcher, senior office support assistant for information technology, will retire after 36 years of service at S&T. The campus community is invited to a reception to celebrate her retirement 2-4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, in Room E101 of the Phelps Health Annex.   

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Holding your work hostage

Posted by on October 13, 2025

October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a nationwide initiative aimed at educating individuals and organizations about the importance of digital safety. This article is the second in a series to help our campus community protect themselves against cybercrime. One of the most disruptive cyberattacks uses ransomware.

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AppsAnywhere server update scheduled Oct. 6

Posted by on October 2, 2025

AppsAnywhere will undergo maintenance 7-8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, to perform server upgrades. AppsAnywhere will be unavailable for approximately 30 minutes during the window, but applications loaded in Cloudpaging Player will remain installed on your computer and continue to work.

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Software updates scheduled starting Sept. 26

Posted by on September 22, 2025

Software updates will be applied to campus devices over the weekend of Friday, Sept. 26, to ensure systems remain secure and updated.

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Staff Council member spotlight: Austin Wall

Posted by on September 17, 2025

What is your role at S&T? I work on the IT desktop engineering team, primarily responsible for overseeing the software packaging team and managing the AppsAnywhere service on campus. I first came to S&T as a student in fall 2015, and then got a student position in IT.

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MacOS 13 support is ending

Posted by on September 17, 2025

Apple is ending support for macOS 13 (Ventura), so it will no longer be supported on campus systems.

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