Fort Hays State University is hosting the Conference on Higher Education Computing in Kansas (CHECK) Wednesday-Thursday, May 26-27, in Hays. Online registration is available at www.check.gen.ks.us, where you can also find the conference agenda, presentation abstracts, lodging, and additional conference information.
This year’s registration fee is $35 and covers two meals, continental breakfast, refreshments, and all conference items. The early registration deadline is May 12.
The keynote speaker this year is Louis Fox, senior advisor of Global Information Technology at Duke University. As Duke extends its reach as a global “campus,” long-standing assumptions about academic “community” and physical presence are evolving. From Durham to New Delhi, Singapore to St. Petersburg, the combination of infrastructure technologies with existing and emerging collaboration tools — telepresence, video podcasting, blogs, LMS — are central to supporting a global campus strategy. These technologies will help to facilitate the growth and coherence of our community by extending educational opportunities across distances and cultures.
If you have any questions, e-mail check@fhsu.edu.
by Derek Johnson, chair of the Information Technology and Services Advisory (ITSA) subcommittee of the Regents Information Technology Council
