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The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is responsible for technology planning, activities, projects, and organizations at the University of Minnesota, directing the operations, services, and resources that support the University's mission and its central and distributed technology requirements.

OIT provides a wide array of services to the entire University community—from e-mail, to the telephone and network system, to developing and maintaining registration and human resources software, to security, to educational television programs addressing technology.

In addition OIT manages institutional information technology policies and standards, security practice and compliance, infrastructure, information, and solutions. 

Features

Living Green in a Hi-Tech World: E-Cycling Helps the Cause

recycling symbol with a photo of a trash can containing electronic equipment

The Recycling Program will pick up many electronic materials free of charge

It has been projected that electronic waste (often referred to as "e-waste" or "escrap") is increasing at more than three times the growth rate of general city waste. The University of Minnesota's recycling program, a function of Facilities Management, offers recycling services for some of this equipment. Read about it in the UMart monthly current issue (PDF) available online or at campus news stands.

Student-Centered: The College of Liberal Arts Course Transformation Program

Lauren Marsh, Kurtis Scaletta, Jude Higdon, and Jen Mein

Integrating technology provides both opportunity and means to enhance the large enrollment courses, either taught in a large lecture format or in many sections with smaller enrollment. The Course Transformation Program (CTP), an initiative in CLA, is designed to introduce technology into the 21st-century large enrollment course with students' needs in mind. Read about it in the UMart monthly current issue (PDF) available online or at campus news stands, or on the Digital Media Center Web site .