The Purdue Veterinary Medicine Information Technology department (PVMIT) is the onsite exclusive IT department for the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. That responsibility proved to be challenging over the past year, after the global COVID-19 pandemic was declared last March.
PVMIT has undergone several transformations during the past 12 months. Guided by new leadership, the PVMIT team has adapted to the special needs of the college brought on by the pandemic while continuing to serve the PVM community and their day-to-day needs.
The team as a whole is made up of four sub-teams. They are led by Nancy Allrich, who joined PVMIT last year in a new leadership capacity. She provides oversight of daily and strategic IT operations and also directs and manages the application development, systems, support services, and instructional design teams. Additionally, Nancy leads PVMIT’s efforts in development and implementation of integrated technology.
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In the interest of bettering the current state of online courses, the University of California Office of the President made Remote Course Conversion (RCC) grants available for certain instructors. The grants were awarded to professors who were teaching classes that had already been adapted to an online platform, but especially to those who teach undergraduate courses that satisfy general education or major requirements and/or courses that tend to have large waitlists.
According to UCR Keep Teaching, based on “the investments in technologies, such as Canvas, YuJa, Slack, and Gradescope,” UCR is now able to support more in-depth and higher quality online courses. Thus, last month, the Office of the Provost, Undergraduate Education and Exploration Center for Innovative Teaching & Engagement (XCITE) announced 19 UCR faculty recipients of the RCC grants, allotting $8,000 per awardee.