Chris Fulkerson, Assistant Vice President for Technology and CIO, made a presentation at the Annual Conference of the Southern Region of National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS-South) on April 22, 2008. The name of the presentation was “Auxiliary Services & IT: A Marriage Made in Heaven?”
The focus of the presentation was on building relationships between a University’s Information Technology and Auxiliary Services to offer better service to students. Featured in the presentation were technology projects that ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has done in the areas of Auxiliary Services. Some of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s projects that were covered were:
• A link between class registration and buying books online
• A Web site to change meal plans
• Microfridge rentals
• Phoenix Card (a one-card ID system for meal plans, vending, convenience store, book store, restaurants, vendors, etc.)
• Vehicle Registration
• Online print services
• Online housing selection
• Print management
• Networked copiers
• Zip Cars
• Where’s My Bus?—a GPS on the buses for tracking and predicting arrival times
• Door security
• Emergency communication
• Digital signs
• Voice over IP