Information Technology
Advisory Meeting
Spring 2012 Invitation
Dear Travis,
The Information Technology faculty at M|State
(Minnesota State Community and Technical College) invites you to
our Advisory Meeting. The meeting will be held on February 27 @
6:30 pm in room B150. Please contact us if you wish to have a
campus map with the room numbers.
The Advisory Meeting consists of Information Technology
professionals guiding the curriculum and instructional direction
of our Information Technology programs. Our current program
offering is Computer Programming – AAS, Information Technology –
AS and Information Technology – Diploma. Please contact us if
you wish to have a copy of any or all of our curriculum
offerings.
We very much need your input to our programs. We would
be grateful for a reply to this invitation, so we may accurately
plan enough food for the meeting. You may extend this to other
professionals you think would help us improve our curriculum and
instruction. The meeting agenda is provided below.
We look forward to seeing you.
Yours,
Minnesota State Community and
Technical College Information Technology Faculty
Chris Goltz, Computer Programming Instructor,
Chris.Goltz@minnesota.edu
Deb Flaskerud, Computer Programming Instructor,
Deb.Flaskerud@minnesota.edu
Dave Hjalmquist, Computer Programming Instructor,
Dave.Hjalmquist@minnesota.edu
Randy Johnson, Microcomputer and Network,
Randall.Johnson@minnesota.edu
Tim Preuss, Microcomputer & Networking Technology,
Tim.Preuss@minnesota.edu
Agenda for
Spring 2012
- MSCTC welcome
- Discussion: Should MSCTC pursue an educational
relationship with Vmware, EMC, NetApps, etc ..
- Discussion: Should MSCTC add formal change
management in classes? If so, what guidelines should we
follow?
- Discussion: Should MSCTC intentionally mix majors
to encourage DevOps ? DevOps is defined “better
collaboration, integration and automation among software
development teams and IT operations “
- Discussion: What does a student graduating in two
years need to know and be able to do completely to get a
job?
- Discussion: Identify current and future processes
and technologies
- Announcement: Request for M State Foundation Golf
tournament golfers and/or prize donation.
- Computer Programming AAS degree updates
- Information Technology AS, Diploma, and AAS degree
updates
- Questions and Answers
Advisory Member Functions
(MSCTC Advisory Committee Guide)
- Identify specific subject areas of program
inclusion
- Prioritizing the recommend subject areas
- Specifying appropriate program content level
- Reviewing program outcomes on an ongoing basis
- Assessment of program quality
- Specifying appropriate foundational skill standards
for local needs
- Identifying general education and related technical
skills needed by graduates
- Recommending equipment to support the program
content
-- _________________ Tim Preuss Information Technology Instructor 1900 28th Ave South Moorhead, MN 56560 tim.preuss@minnesota.edu www.minnesota.edu 218-299-6614 One College. Four Campuses. Online.