2021 Fall IIPS Conference: Full Schedule

1:00pm EDT

Greeting

Speakers

Sherri Davis

Assistant Director Information Technology Services, Randolph Community College

Monday October 18, 2021 1:00pm - 1:10pm EDT
Ballroom B

All

1:10pm EDT

Welcome

Speakers

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Monday October 18, 2021 1:10pm - 1:20pm EDT
Ballroom B

All

1:20pm EDT

Keynote

Moderators

Rod Brower

Network Analyst, Sandhills CC

Speakers

Dr. Saundra Wall Williams

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Monday October 18, 2021 1:20pm - 2:30pm EDT
Ballroom B

All

2:30pm EDT

Introduce Vendors

Introduction of vendors. Vendors have an opportunity to introduce the company they represent.

Monday October 18, 2021 2:30pm - 3:15pm EDT
Ballroom B

All

3:15pm EDT

Break

Monday October 18, 2021 3:15pm - 3:30pm EDT
New Bern Riverfront Convention Center 203 S Front St, New Bern, NC 28560, USA

Social

3:30pm EDT

Security Session with Rod and Stephen

An update will be given on the progress of the review of the State IT Standards. An overview of the tasks and next steps for the combined IT Standards Committee. Updates on any cyber related incidents that have occurred recently.

Moderators

Rod Brower

Network Analyst, Sandhills CC

Speakers

Stephen Reeves

AVP, Chief Information Security Officer, NC Community College System

Monday October 18, 2021 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Ballroom B

All

4:30pm EDT

Fall IIPS Business Meeting

IIPS Business Meeting - IIPS Business Updates and Treasurer Update

Speakers

Sherri Davis

Assistant Director Information Technology Services, Randolph Community College

Monday October 18, 2021 4:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Ballroom B

All

5:30pm EDT

Reception

Monday October 18, 2021 5:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
New Bern Riverfront Convention Center 203 S Front St, New Bern, NC 28560, USA

Social

7:00am EDT

Breakfast

Mini Elegant Pastries
Cherry Cheese Danish
Chocolate Bear Claw
Almond Pastry
Assorted Muffins & Sweet Breads with Whipped Butter
Assortment of Bagels with Cream Cheese
Blueberry, Plain, Cinnamon Raisin
Assortment of Mini Muffins

Regular & Decaffeinated Coffee
Assorted Fruit Juices
Hot Tea

Tuesday October 19, 2021 7:00am - 8:30am EDT
Ballroom A

Social

8:30am EDT

Data Governance

Join us in a discussion of why Data Governance should be an integral part of your IT Security policy. We'll discuss how Data Governance helps to gain college wide support of IT security processes as well as valuable resources to get started at your own college.

Moderators

Kara Bosch

Director Financial Information Systems and Business Intelligence Solutions, Central Piedmont Community College

Speakers

Rod Brower

Network Analyst, Sandhills CC

Tuesday October 19, 2021 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Ballroom B

Colleague

8:30am EDT

Remote Access - How we do it

Discussion and Demonstrations of Remote Access solutions

Moderators

Jonathan Edwards

Security Engineer, Robeson Community College

Speakers

Eugene Pressley

Infrastructure System Administrator, A-B Tech. Comm. College

Keith Strand

Network Administrator, Western Piedmont Community College

Tuesday October 19, 2021 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Ballroom C

Network

8:30am EDT

Help Desk - Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion of Help Desk issues and solutions for a variety of topics

Moderators

Tyler Burrow

Technology Specialist Help Desk, Randolph Community College

Speakers

James Osika-Michales

IT Specialist II, Carteret Community College

Jason Cobb

Joshua Davis

Nick Goodwin

Tuesday October 19, 2021 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Berne Room

PC Tech

9:30am EDT

SharePoint Automate Patch Approvals

Wake Tech requires its business owners to review, test and sign off on Colleague (UI, Self Service, etc…) patches. This process requires extensive coordination / communication across the institution and careful record keeping. Learn how Wake Tech leverages the powerful and friendly tooling of Office 365 to automate this process.

Moderators

Sharon Jarman

System Administrator, James Sprunt Community College

Speakers

Richie Larison

Manager of Enterprise Application Services, Wake Technical Community College

Melissa Black

Applications Analyst III, Wake Tech Community College

Tuesday October 19, 2021 9:30am - 10:20am EDT
Ballroom B

Colleague

9:30am EDT

Does your campus have a layered security path?

Presentation will discuss layered security options. Discussion will include total email protection and endpoint protection. Open Discussion is encouraged for this session. Please bring your questions or solutions that you may have.

Moderators

Sherri Davis

Assistant Director Information Technology Services, Randolph Community College

Speakers

Sherry Johnson

Tuesday October 19, 2021 9:30am - 10:20am EDT
Ballroom C

Network

9:30am EDT

Microsoft Windows 365 (&11)

Moderators

Curtis McGrady

Network Specialist - Systems, Randolph Community College

Speakers

Ed Chase

Tuesday October 19, 2021 9:30am - 10:20am EDT
Berne Room

PC Tech

10:20am EDT

Break

Tuesday October 19, 2021 10:20am - 10:40am EDT
New Bern Riverfront Convention Center 203 S Front St, New Bern, NC 28560, USA

Social

10:40am EDT

AWS - Best Practices

Best Practices soutions for AWS environment

Moderators

Suzanne Baker

IT Performance Manager, NCCCS

Speakers

Dawn Rountree

ERP Solutions Specialist, NCCCS

Billy Bennett

Senior Cloud Systems Architect, NC Community College System

Solaris, RHEL, AWS. Also working on other projects as they arise. Personal hobbies are Music and Chess.

Shawn Rudd

Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineer, NC Community College System

Tuesday October 19, 2021 10:40am - 11:30am EDT
Ballroom B

Colleague

10:40am EDT

AWS - Best Practices

Best Practices soutions for AWS environment

Moderators

Suzanne Baker

IT Performance Manager, NCCCS

Speakers

Dawn Rountree

ERP Solutions Specialist, NCCCS

Billy Bennett

Senior Cloud Systems Architect, NC Community College System

Solaris, RHEL, AWS. Also working on other projects as they arise. Personal hobbies are Music and Chess.

Shawn Rudd

Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineer, NC Community College System

Tuesday October 19, 2021 10:40am - 11:30am EDT
Ballroom B

Network

10:40am EDT

Endpoint Manager - Solutions

Open discussion about endpoint management solutions. Please come and join in on discussion and share your solution and ideas.

Moderators

Curtis McGrady

Network Specialist - Systems, Randolph Community College

Speakers

Sherry Johnson

Tuesday October 19, 2021 10:40am - 11:30am EDT
Ballroom C

PC Tech

11:30am EDT

Lunch

Tuesday October 19, 2021 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Ballroom A

Social

1:00pm EDT

Are you compliant? EAGLE

What is Eagle? How does it affect you? Come see an example from one college on how Technology is involved in helping the Business Office stay Eagle compliant.

Moderators

Valerie Jones

MIS Analyst, Western Piedmont Community College

Speakers

Nancy Norris

Management Information Systems Administrator, Western Piedmont Community College

Tuesday October 19, 2021 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Ballroom B

Colleague

1:00pm EDT

Are you compliant? EAGLE

What is Eagle? How does it affect you? Come see an example from one college on how Technology is involved in helping the Business Office stay Eagle compliant.

Moderators

Valerie Jones

MIS Analyst, Western Piedmont Community College

Speakers

Nancy Norris

Management Information Systems Administrator, Western Piedmont Community College

Tuesday October 19, 2021 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Ballroom B

Network

1:00pm EDT

Endpoint Manager - Intune

Microsoft Intune Overview

Moderators

Curtis McGrady

Network Specialist - Systems, Randolph Community College

Speakers

Ed Chase

Tuesday October 19, 2021 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Ballroom C

PC Tech

2:00pm EDT

Colleague Editors: Documented and Undocumented Commands

An overview, comparison, and tips concerning Colleague's various record editors (AE, ED, ELE, CONF, EDRC, and SLED) that includes information not found in the standard documentation.

Moderators

Kara Bosch

Director Financial Information Systems and Business Intelligence Solutions, Central Piedmont Community College

Speakers

Chuck Hauser

Application Developer III, Johnston Community College

Tuesday October 19, 2021 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Berne Room

Colleague

2:00pm EDT

Teams - Q&A with Microsoft

Q&A session with Microsoft SLE to discuss Teams and all it has to offer.

Moderators

Sherri Davis

Assistant Director Information Technology Services, Randolph Community College

Speakers

Ed Chase

Tuesday October 19, 2021 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Ballroom B

Colleague

2:00pm EDT

Teams - Q&A with Microsoft

Q&A session with Microsoft SLE to discuss Teams and all it has to offer.

Moderators

Sherri Davis

Assistant Director Information Technology Services, Randolph Community College

Speakers

Ed Chase

Tuesday October 19, 2021 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Ballroom B

Network

2:00pm EDT

Teams - Q&A with Microsoft

Q&A session with Microsoft SLE to discuss Teams and all it has to offer.

Moderators

Sherri Davis

Assistant Director Information Technology Services, Randolph Community College

Speakers

Ed Chase

Tuesday October 19, 2021 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Ballroom B

PC Tech

2:50pm EDT

Break

Tuesday October 19, 2021 2:50pm - 3:10pm EDT
New Bern Riverfront Convention Center 203 S Front St, New Bern, NC 28560, USA

Social

3:10pm EDT

System Office State of Affairs

Discussion update on State of Affairs at System Office

Moderators

Rod Brower

Network Analyst, Sandhills CC

Speakers

Patrick Fleming

Interim SVP/CIO Information Technology Services, NCCCS System Office

The North Carolina Community College System is replacing the Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP). This session will explain how our system will define, approach, and schedule for this important system-wide project.

Tuesday October 19, 2021 3:10pm - 4:00pm EDT
Ballroom B

Colleague

3:10pm EDT

System Office State of Affairs

Discussion update on State of Affairs at System Office

Moderators

Rod Brower

Network Analyst, Sandhills CC

Speakers

Patrick Fleming

Interim SVP/CIO Information Technology Services, NCCCS System Office

Tuesday October 19, 2021 3:10pm - 4:00pm EDT
Ballroom B

Network

3:10pm EDT

System Office State of Affairs

Discussion update on State of Affairs at System Office

Moderators

Rod Brower

Network Analyst, Sandhills CC

Speakers

Patrick Fleming

Interim SVP/CIO Information Technology Services, NCCCS System Office

Tuesday October 19, 2021 3:10pm - 4:00pm EDT
Ballroom B

PC Tech

7:00am EDT

Breakfast

Scrambled Eggs
Sausage Patties
Sliced Bacon
Breakfast Potatoes with Sauteed Onions and Peppers
Texas Style French Toast
Fresh Fruit Salad
Assorted Buttermilk Biscuits and Sweet Breads
Served with Whipped Butter and Fruit Preserves
Assorted Muffins & Sweet Breads with Whipped Butter
Beverages Regular & Decaffeinated Coffee
Assorted Fruit Juices
Hot Tea

Wednesday October 20, 2021 7:00am - 8:30am EDT
Ballroom A

Social

8:30am EDT

Kourier for Data Warehousing and REST with Forsyth Tech CC

Showing how Forsyth Tech is leveraging Kore Kourier for both Data Warehousing and REST. Forsyth is using Kore's data warehousing for data feeds for third party integrations and with Power BI for daily informational needs. Forsyth has also worked with Kore to get subroutines/calculated column data into the data warehouse. This allows Forsyth to provide calculated data without having to use resources against the Colleague database. Lastly, Kore's Kourier REST technology is being used in an course substitution replacement process and to update/display the Forsyth Org Chart for HR.

Moderators

Richie Larison

Manager of Enterprise Application Services, Wake Technical Community College

Speakers

Jodi Dyson

Senior Systems Analyst, ERP Administrator, Forsyth Technical Community College

Kore Technologies

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Wednesday October 20, 2021 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Ballroom B

Colleague

8:30am EDT

Network/Security Issues? Let's Talk

What issues are colleges experiencing and how are they managing and correcting issues?

Speakers

Jonathan Edwards

Security Engineer, Robeson Community College

Sherri Davis

Assistant Director Information Technology Services, Randolph Community College

Wednesday October 20, 2021 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Ballroom C

Network

8:30am EDT

Digital Signage

Demonstration on the Digital Signage systems used at Richmond CC and Pitt CC.

Moderators

Akin Akinli

System Administrator, Durham Technical Community College

Speakers

Lee Montrose

CIO, Richmond Community College

Ernest Simons

Chief Information Officer, Pitt Community College

Wednesday October 20, 2021 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
Berne Room

PC Tech

9:30am EDT

What is CAB and how can your voice be heard

Ellucian’s Client Advisory Boards (CAB) are a vital partnership in which clients provide practical, intensive, and consistent input (directly to Ellucian) on specific domains (e.g. Technology, Financial Aid, etc…). In this session we’ll discuss the who, what, when, where, and why of CABs and invite participants to surface pressing questions / concerns.

Moderators

Nicole West

Director of Enterprise Solutions, Wake Tech Community College

Speakers

Richie Larison

Manager of Enterprise Application Services, Wake Technical Community College

Elluician

Wednesday October 20, 2021 9:30am - 10:20am EDT
Ballroom C

Colleague

9:30am EDT

IT and Campus Safety

Discussion and Demonstration of IT integrated campus safety equipment

Moderators

Sherri Davis

Assistant Director Information Technology Services, Randolph Community College

Speakers

Jonathan Edwards

Security Engineer, Robeson Community College

True IP Solutions

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Wednesday October 20, 2021 9:30am - 10:20am EDT
Ballroom B

Network