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Academic Technology Services & Innovations

May 2022 Zoom Update

May 31, 2022

Another month means more updates, so please do not forget to make sure that your Zoom client is up to date. For more information on making updates, as well as an overview of new features for the month of May, please see our May 16th Techtalk Blog post.

Filed Under: 05-31-2022 Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations, Zoom

ATSI: VoiceThread Enables New Assignments Experience

June 30, 2021

VoiceThread’s new assignments experience launched for everyone on June 30. Visit ATSI’s TechTalk site to learn more about the changes and access training materials.

Filed Under: 07-06-2021, Academic Technology Services, Campus Services Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations

June Zoom Updates

June 3, 2021

Zoom has released its new updates for the month of June including a number of bug and security fixes. For more information on the newest features and how to ensure that your Zoom client has the most recent updates, visit ATSI’s monthly Zoom article on the Techtalk Blog. Questions about using Zoom? Contact ATSI

Filed Under: 06-07-2021, Academic Technology Services, Academics Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations

May Zoom Updates

May 7, 2021

Zoom has released a couple of exciting new features for the month of May, as well as standard monthly bug and security fixes. For more information on the newest features and how to ensure that your Zoom client has the most recent updates, visit ATSI’s monthly Zoom article on the Techtalk Blog.

Filed Under: 05-10-2021, Academic Technology Services, Academics Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations

Welcome Ryan Ingersoll, New Director of ATSI

April 16, 2021

Information services is pleased to welcome Ryan Ingersoll as director of academic technology and innovation. In this position he will oversee development of classroom and on-line academic technology, with an eye on innovation and digital literacy among our faculty. In addition, post COVID he will have the opportunity to re-imagine the student-run On The Bluff […]

Filed Under: 04-19-2021, Academic Technology Services, Academics, Information Services Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations, Ryan Ingersoll

April Zoom Update

April 9, 2021

With a new month comes new updates, and users should check their Zoom version now to make sure they apply these updates. For more information, including an important FYI for Mac users, please read ATSI’s newest TechTalk Article.  

Filed Under: 04-12-2021, Academic Technology Services, Academics Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations

New Features for Zoom and Poll Everywhere

January 8, 2021

Over the month of December, two of academic technology services and innovation’s key tools received updated functionality that will be beneficial to online course work. See ATSI’s December Techtalk post about the updates for more information. For additional resources or training for either platform, please feel free to reach out to ATSI via email (atsi@up.edu).

Filed Under: 01-11-2021, Academic Technology Services, Academics Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations

Zoom: Connect with Confidence!

November 6, 2020

Zoom has announced a two-part webinar series to take place this month. The series will be aimed at helping users increase their skill in building connection in online classrooms and meetings. For more information, or to sign up for the series, see Academic Technology Services and Innovation’s November 4th TechTalk post using this link. For […]

Filed Under: 11-09-2020, Academic Technology Services, Academics Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations, Dawn Lloyd

WordPress Downtime: 8-10 p.m., Oct. 29

October 23, 2020

Academic technology services and innovation (ATSI) will be performing maintenance on its WordPress platform to ensure best function and security. To enable technicians to complete this maintenance, pages on sites.up.edu will be unavailable from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, October 29. Please contact ATSI with any questions.

Filed Under: 10-26-2020, Academic Technology Services, Academics, Information Services Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations, Wordpress

New Features In ATSI Tools for Online Instruction

October 2, 2020

Both Zoom and TechSmith have recently announced key updates to their available features to enhance use in online instruction. To find out more about these new features, please see our post in the TechTalk Blog: New Features Coming to Zoom and TechSmith. We hope you will find these new features exciting and helpful! For more […]

Filed Under: 10-05-2020, Academic Technology Services, Academics Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations, Dawn Lloyd

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Nick McRee, Sociology and Social Work, published “Academic debate and civic engagement in adolescence and young adulthood: evidence from a national longitudinal study.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 61(3–4), 323–338. He also published “When Chairs Shield Faculty from Service Opportunities: Protecting Colleagues or Hindering Community?” The Department Chair, 36(3), 11-13.

Katie Danielson, Education, was awarded a grant from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $374,940.00 for the “Collaborating Towards Transformational Visions for Digital School Systems” project. Danielson also published “Learning to let go: Transformations in teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about classroom discussion.” Co-authors: Gotwalt, E., Kavanagh, S. Teaching and Teacher Education. January 2026

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “From monoamine deficits to multiscale plasticity: Twenty-five years of ketamine and the neurophysiology of depression.” Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00516.2025.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, facilitated a multi-day series of invited leadership development workshops for the staff team at Lutherhaven Ministries in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Houglum led six interactive sessions focused on DiSC-informed leadership, coaching-centered leadership, servant leadership and accompaniment, powerful feedback, and the co-creation of team commitments to support healthy culture and sustainable impact. In addition, Houglum provided multiple individual leadership coaching sessions for staff members throughout the engagement. January 2026.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published the following articles in VoiceAfrique.org: “The Saturated Wisdom of Saint Joseph: Relevant Virtues for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025). December 19, 2025. “The Gift of the Nativity is Grounded in an Ethics of Neighborliness.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025). December 24, 2025. “The Spirituality of Ambition and the Grace of the Incarnation.” Reflections on the Readings for the Vigil Mass of Christmas, 2025. December 24, 2025. “The Theotokos: A Mirror in Which We Discover Ourselves as Bearers of God’s Life to Each Other.” (Reflection on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.) December 31, 2025. “Jesus Christ: The Revealer of the Grace of Encounters and an Embrace of Difference.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. January 4, 2026.) January 3, 2026. “Christian Baptism as a Summon for Global Justice: What We Must Embrace for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. January 11, 2026.) January 10, 2026. Aihiokhai also published a review of The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza. Edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer. Orbis Books, 2025. Catholicbooksreview.org

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

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