Bruce Petryshak
Chief Information Officer
Bowling Green State University

• Office: 213 Hayes Hall
• Phone: 419-372-7712
• Email: cio@bgsu.edu

The Office of the CIO provides leadership, direction, and advocacy for information systems and information technology for the University. The Office of the CIO is comprised of the following areas:

• BG@100
  • Bill Gerwin
• Client Services / Web Development
  • Deb Wells
• Enterprise Systems
  • Brian Rellinger
• IT Security and Networking
  • Matt Haschak

Office of the CIO Documents

• Connect CIO Newsletter - Aug '08
• Connect CIO Newsletter - Mar '08

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The following outages have been scheduled for Wednesday, November 26 from 11 p.m. - 12 a.m. in order to complete system maintenance.

• MyFiles will be unavailable during the time of this scheduled outage.
• The web application for eTime for Students will be unavailable for use; however, card readers will remain operational.

Any questions regarding these outages may be directed to the Technology Support Center at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu

Digital Copyright Safeguards is a layered, proactive approach to peer-to-peer (P2P) and digital copyright issues at BGSU.  On October 10, a new technology will be implemented that will allow legal use of P2P at BGSU while detecting attempts to obtain copyrighted content in violation of the DMCA.  For more information and further details, please see:  www.bgsu.edu/dmca-safeguards.

Test the new BGSU wiki system

You are invited to test the new BGSU wiki system.  This system is currently in beta version and provides an excellent opportunity for new users to learn about wikis as well as a chance for those experienced in using wikis to test the site.  To use, visit wiki.bgsu.edu and login using your BGSU username and password.  Be sure the drop down menu for domain is set to bgsu.edu.  Once you have logged in, you may access the users guide or help on using the wiki at http://meta.wikimedi.org/wiki/Help:Contents.

Computer Purchases

The University Bookstore offers computer hardware and select Microsoft software for personal purchase at discounted prices.  Students may reference the RCC (Residential Computing Connection) web site for guidelines on hardware specifications.

Items for purchase or lease using BGSU funds, or systems for use on campus for University business purposes, should see the purchasing process for specifying, ordering, and installing this equipment.  

Information about the BG@100 project to implement administrative systems with PeopleSoft is available at the project web site: www.bgsu.edu/BGat100.

The BGSU ITS Information Security Office provides information regarding protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of technology resources at BGSU.  This includes providing BGSU community members with best practices and tools to take preventive measures to secure information technology resources.  This includes alerts regarding relevant security threats and tips for protecting data and systems.  For more information please see:

ITS Information Security

If you need assistance protecting your computer, please contact the Technology Support Center (TSC) tsc@bgsu.edu or 2-0999.

Residential students should contact Residential Computing Connection (RCC) at 37-BGRCC or 2-4722 or rcchelp@bgsu.edu for assistance