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Departments: Only two weeks left until Shred Day Tuesday, Oct. 15

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

Documents to shred include scantron forms; greenbar grade sheets; rosters printed from K-State Online, iSIS, etc.; student papers with personal identity information and grades; data with credit card information; personnel files; other sensitive papers with identity or financial informationDepartments on the Manhattan and Salina campuses have about two weeks to finish collecting papers for free, secure disposal on K-State Shred Day. The event is Tuesday, Oct. 15: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Manhattan campus, and 10 a.m.–noon Salina campus.

Departmental contacts must bring a signed authorization document giving permission to Document Resources, Inc. to accept, destroy and recycle materials. Electronic media and wet or contaminated paper will not be accepted. See below for drop-off and pickup times.   Continue reading “Departments: Only two weeks left until Shred Day Tuesday, Oct. 15” →

Departments: Need help putting a computer quote together? iTAC can help

Posted on by Eric Dover

The Client Services team in iTAC can assist in putting together quotes for K-State departmental computer purchases. Let us help you navigate through all of the options to find the best match for you and your department’s needs.  Continue reading “Departments: Need help putting a computer quote together? iTAC can help” →

Graduate students: Invite an ETDR consultant to your meetings

Posted on by Martin Courtois

Does your department have a weekly seminar for graduate students? Does your graduate student association have regular meetings? If so, plan to invite an ETDR consultant to one of your meetings to review the best ways to use Microsoft Word to format your  electronic thesis, dissertation, or report (ETDR).  Continue reading “Graduate students: Invite an ETDR consultant to your meetings” →

Departments: Need a quick tech tip or demo?

Posted on by Cathy Rodriguez

Need a quick tech tip at your next department meeting? Request a session with technology staff from the Information Technology Assistance Center (iTAC). They can give a 15- to 30-minute presentation on topics such as:

Departments: Dell discount pricing via bulk-purchase initiative

Posted on by Eric Dover

This year, Information Technology Services has negotiated low-cost computers from Dell as part of the bulk-purchase initiative that is conducted twice a year. We are pleased to be able to provide one desktop, one laptop, and two monitor options at aggressive pricing.

As in past years, each department will be able to order the computers directly through Dell using the provided quotes. The following is a breakdown of the specs:

Desktop for $538.00 (Quote_513513540 in PDF format)

  • Processor – Core 2 Duo E7500/2.93GHz, 3M, 1066MHz, FSB
  • Memory – 4GB, Non-ECC, 800MHz DDR2, 2x2GB
  • Video Card – Integrated Video, GMA3100
  • Hard Drive – 160GB SATA 3.0GB/s and 8MB Data Burst Cache
  • Optical Drive – 16X DVD+/-RW SATA
  • Monitor  – None Included
  • Warranty – 4-Year Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite

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Dell computer quotes for department purchases

Posted on by Eric Dover

This spring, IT staff from across campus worked on the annual bundled pricing of Dell computers. The team negotiated a total of five different computer packages, with two packages below $1,000. As in past years, each department is free to use the included quotes to purchase directly from Dell. Ordering instructions are at the bottom of each quote. This year’s packages and quotes are as follows:

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Reminder to departments: PGP encryption purchase commitments due Dec. 5

Posted on by Harvard Townsend (harv@ksu.edu)

The impending bulk purchase of PGP Whole Disk Encryption software for K-State laptop and desktop computers was announced in last week’s InfoTech Tuesday.  K-Staters are reminded that this Friday, Dec. 5, is the deadline for reserving licenses for your department at $38 each.  Campus departments interesting in purchasing licenses must send the following information to Harvard Townsend (harv@k-state.edu) via e-mail by 5 p.m. Friday: Continue reading “Reminder to departments: PGP encryption purchase commitments due Dec. 5” →