{"id":22656,"date":"2021-01-30T17:41:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T22:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?page_id=22656&#038;preview_id=22656"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:12:55","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top ticss-9393c76a is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subscriptions &amp; Submissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Want&nbsp;to receive a summary of the latest news from the Michigan Technology Community?<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/signup.e2ma.net\/signup\/1881897\/1892197\">Subscribe to the Michigan Technology News Email Digest<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.e2ma.net\/signup\/1881897\/1892197\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Subscribe-MichIT.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Subscribe-MichIT.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Subscribe-MichIT-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Subscribe-MichIT-200x43.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Have questions, feedback, or a story idea?<\/strong>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/a\/umich.edu\/mail\/?view=cm&amp;fs=1&amp;tf=1&amp;to=umit-cio-newsletter@umich.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Please let us know<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1LPTVuMYqYbSMeme7-DddHfSU8bZ6snJn1jY__zPmTRY\/edit?usp=sharing\">writing guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/michigan-it-news-publication-deadline-calendar\/\">View our publication &amp; deadline calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/umich.edu\/forms\/d\/1JN5lOe8H5e4bpp2Sb2CQVRYMX3lAN5EWY0x6067yPLg\/viewform\">submission form<\/a>&nbsp;to send content.&nbsp;(Log in with your UMICH password to access the form.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Obituaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Michigan Technology Community News accepts submitted obituaries for active or retired faculty or staff members that are provided by family, colleagues, a university department, or funeral homes within three months of the faculty or staff member\u2019s death. They should not exceed 600 words and can include a high-resolution image that will be cropped to a headshot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The submission deadline is noon on the last Wednesday of the month preceding the publication of the Michigan Technology Community News\u2019 next publication. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/umich.edu\/forms\/d\/1JN5lOe8H5e4bpp2Sb2CQVRYMX3lAN5EWY0x6067yPLg\/viewform\">Obituaries should be submitted via Google Doc or a plain-text format via the submission form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obituaries are published in the Michigan Technology Community News newsletter and are included on the Michigan Technology Community News website. Links to obituaries or memorial articles for active faculty or staff only, and which are published on another university unit\u2019s website, may be included in the Michigan Technology Community News when the editors are made aware of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Michigan Technology Community is guided by a dedicated working group of Michigan Technology Community staff&nbsp;who make sure we keep focused on the issues, interests, and developments that are important to the community. They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tom Burns (ITS\/Office of the CIO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annaliese Gottschalk (ITS Marketing &amp; Communications)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lisa Leutheuser (Co-Chair, Ross IT)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brian Simko (Co-Chair, HITS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kat Hanchon (ITS Marketing and Communications)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew Martin (ITS Information Assurance)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chase Masters (Library Health Sciences)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lisa Nu\u00f1ez (HITS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steve Sarrica (Library Information Technology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Josh Simon (LSA Technology Services)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bridget Weise Knyal (ITS Information Assurance)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in contributing your expertise to the Michigan Technology Community News?&nbsp;Consider joining the Outreach Committee!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/a\/umich.edu\/mail\/?view=cm&amp;fs=1&amp;tf=1&amp;to=michigan.it.newsletter.WG@umich.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact the working group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Administration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Michigan Technology Community News is published by and for the U-M technology community to provide updates, build community, and spark conversation about how to support U-M\u2019s current and future needs through the innovative use of technology. This site is sponsored by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cio.umich.edu\/\">Office of the VPIT-CIO<\/a> and maintained by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/\">ITS<\/a>&nbsp;Marketing &amp; Communications staff. The Michigan Technology Community News follows The University Record\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/record.umich.edu\/guidelines-online-comments-university-record\">guidelines for online comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscriptions &amp; Submissions Want&nbsp;to receive a summary of the latest news from the Michigan Technology Community?&nbsp;Subscribe to the Michigan Technology News Email Digest. Have questions, feedback, or a story idea?&nbsp;Please let us know! Obituaries The Michigan Technology Community News accepts submitted obituaries for active or retired faculty or staff members that are provided by family, colleagues, a university\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/about-2\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-title-full-width.php","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22656","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"excerpt-thumbnail":false,"themonic-thumbnail":false,"ioslider-thumbnail":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"400x250-crop":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Rita Girardi, ITS Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/girardi\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Subscriptions &amp; Submissions Want&nbsp;to receive a summary of the latest news from the Michigan Technology Community?&nbsp;Subscribe to the Michigan Technology News Email Digest. 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