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 Outages Scheduled
The outage of an ITS database server will occur from 12:01 - 4 a.m. Sunday, July 27 in order to complete upgrades. As a result,
multiple applications that are dependent on database information will be unavailable, including but not limited to: Production
ERP (CSS and FMS), DARS, e-Time for Students, Rhythmyx, CMS, BG1 Card, Xythos, MyFiles, Pinnacle, Onbase, Remedy, Math Placement
Test, English Placement Test, Schedule of Classes, Course Catalog information, Change Password, Pyramed, and Digital Assets.
Please direct any questions regarding these outages to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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Network Outages Scheduled
In order to complete system maintenance, the following outages have been scheduled:
- From 7 p.m. Monday, July 21 through 2 a.m. on Tuesday, July 22 network hardware upgrades will result in computers in the Administration
Building, Moore Musical Arts Center and OVerman Hall having no communication to other systems either on or off campus.
- From 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 23 through 2 a.m. on Thursday, July 24 network hardware upgrades will result in the McFall Center,
Physical Sciences, Psychology and Business Administration Building having no communication to other system either on or off
campus.
Any questions regarding these outages may be directed to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu
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Outages Scheduled
The following outages have been scheduled in order to complete system maintenance.
- The OnBase document imaging system and the Digital Media Resource Center will be unavailable on Sunday, July 20 from 12:05
- 1:05 a.m. During the time of this outage invoice viewing through PeopleSoft will be unavailable.
- The Bowen-Thompson Student Union Virtual Calendar available at: ems.bgsu.edu and the BGSU Master calendar available at calendar.bgsu.edu
will be unavailable on Sunday, July 20 from 12:05 - 2 a.m.
- Listserv available at lists.bgsu.edu will be unavailable on Sunday, July 20 from 2 - 3 a.m.
- On Sunday, July 20 from 12:05 - 6 a.m. Jaws, Quark, AutoCAD and Autodesk, Renderman and SPSS will be unavailable. Also during
this time Reserve.bgsu.edu which accesses the BGSU University Libraries E-Reserves will be unavailable.
Any questions regarding these scheduled outages may be directed to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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Network Outages Scheduled
In order to complete system maintenance, the following outages have been scheduled:
- From 7 p.m. Monday, July 14 through 2 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15, network hardware upgrades will result in the Alumni Center,
Administration Building, and Overman Hall having no communication to other systems either on or off campus.
- From 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 15 through 2 a.m. on Thursday, July 17, network hardware upgrades will result in the McFall Center,
Physical Sciences, Psychology and Moore Musical Arts having no communication to other systems either on or off campus.
Any questions regarding these scheduled outages may be directed to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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BG@100 Open Forum - CSS Learning the Basics
The next BG@100 Open Forum scheduled for Thursday, July 10 at 1:30 p.m. will feature a presentation entitled "Campus Solutions
(CSS)-Learning the Basics".
All interested faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend this open forum to be introduced to:
1) how to identify CSS components, pages, and types of data fields;
2) how to sign in, navigate the main menu, and how to appropriately sign out;
3) types of basic and advance searches;
4) how to set user defaults and add to favorites; and
5) how to search match, search criteria, and search results.
This presentation will provide essential information for all who plan to use and navigate the Campus Solutions (CSS) system.
The CSS system will be the student administration system of record that will begin a phased implementation beginning in August.
Anyone who will be using the CSS system is encouraged to attend.
The open forum is scheduled for one hour and will be held in 314 Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Any questions may be directed
to BGat100@bgsu.edu and further information about the BG@100 project can be referenced at: www.bgsu.edu/bgat100.
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Exchange Project
During the first half of 2008 BGSU will be migrating to Exchange for email and calendaring. Project updates will continue
to be provided at the Exchange project web page. Questions about the project may be submitted via the Rumor Mill form on the
project web page.
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Network Outage
A campus network outage will occur on Sunday, June 29 from 3 - 6 a.m. During the time of this outage computer systems in
all campus buildings will have no communication to other systems, either on or off campus. If there are any questions regarding
this outage, please contact the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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PGP Outage
PGP will be unavailable between 12:01 and 5 a.m. on Friday, June 27 in order to complete system maintenance. During this
time users will not be able to search the keyserver for new keys to encrypt files. Users will be able to use whole disk encryption
(WDE) and will be able to encrypt and decrypt files local to their system. Please direct any questions regarding this outage
to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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System Maintenance
Maintenance to the production CSS and FMS Oracle/PeopleSoft applications will be performed between 12:01 and 6 a.m. on Monday,
June 16. It is anticipated that there will be no impact on the availability of CSS and FMS applications used in the "back
office" as well as CSS applications such as "View My Paycheck", "My Compensation History", and "Manager Information", however
some unusual behavior may be seen by users during this time period as system maintenance is performed. If there are any questions,
please direct them to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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Listserv Application Outage
Listserv available at lists.bgsu.edu will be unavailable on Thursday, June 5 from 12:01 - 2 a.m. in order to complete system
maintenance. Any questions regarding this outage may be directed to the Technology Support Center (TSC), 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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BG@100 Open Forum
The June BG@100 Open Forum scheduled for Thursday, June 5 at 1:30 p.m. in 315 Bowen-Thompson Student Union will feature an
introduction to the BG@100 Campus Solutions Academic Structure.
Academic Structure is the foundation of the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions modules and their functions. It encompasses the institution's
schools and colleges, academic programs and departments, and subject areas. The Academic Structure serves as the basis for
the course catalog and schedule, grading scheme, and all related tables that must be created prior to implementation. In the
presentation BG@100 project team members will explain the primary components of BGSU's Academic Structure, explain the relationship
of these components, and compare these components to the current Student Information System (SIS) components.
All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend this open forum. In addition to this presentation, project team members
will be available to answer questions regarding BG@100 and the Campus Solutions implementation.
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Migration from Meeting Maker to Exchange for calendaring
As a part of the project to migrate BGSU to the Exchange system, the current calendaring software, Meeting Maker will be migrating
to Exchange. This migration will occur between May 15 and May 19, 2008. Once completed, Exchange calendaring will be the supported
calendaring solution for BGSU. Details about the migration, documentation, and training are available.
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OnBase and Digital Media Resource Center Outage
In order to complete system maintenance, the OnBase document imaging system and the Digital Media Resource Center will be
unavailable on Sunday, May 24 from 10 p.m. - 11 p.m. During the time of this outage invoice viewing through PeopleSoft will
be unavailable. Please direct any questions regarding this outage to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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MyBGSU Outage Scheduled
An outage of MyBGSU has been scheduled on Monday, May 19 from 2:00 - 6:00 a.m. in order to complete system maintenance. During
this outage time access to the MyBGSU portal and MyServices will be unavailable. Any questions regarding this scheduled outage
may be directed to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu
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Outages Scheduled
On Saturday, May 17 from 10 p.m. until Sunday, May 18 at 2 a.m. the mainframe will be unavailable in order to complete an
upgrade. As a result, multiple applications may be unavailable, including but not limited to: ePortfolio, DVSS, English and
Math Placement Tests.
The production CSS Oracle/PeopleSoft application will be unavailable from 11 p.m. on Saturday, May 17 through 6 a.m. on Sunday,
May 18 in order to perform system maintenance. Access to CSS self-service applications such as "View My Paycheck", "My Compensation
History", and "Manager Information" as well as CSS applications used in the "back office" will be unavailable during the time
of this outage.
Please direct any questions regarding these outages to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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Network Outages/Upgrades
On Monday, May 12 at 6 p.m. through Tuesday, May 13 at 2 a.m. work to complete a network upgrade will result in an outage
for the Field House, Memorial Hall and the Centrex Building. During the time of this outage, network access both on and off
campus will be unavailable.
On Wednesday, May 14 at 6 p.m. through Thursday, May 15 at 2 a.m. work to complete a network upgrade will result in an outage
for Tech Annex (Airport) and East Hall. During the time of this outage, network access both on and off campus will be unavailable.
Please direct any questions regarding these outages/upgrades to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu
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Rhythmyx CMS Outage Announced
The Rhythmyx Web Content Management (CMS) system will be unavailable from 12:01 - 2 a.m. on Monday, May 12 in order to complete
system maintenance. Rhythmyx CMS will not be accessible for use in creating, editing, and publishing web pages; however, BGSU
web pages will remain accessible for viewing and reference. Any questions regarding this outage may be directed to the Technology
Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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Outages Scheduled
The outage of an ITS database server will occur from 12:01 - 4 a.m. Sunday, April 27 in order to complete upgrades. As a result,
multiple applications that are dependent on database information will be unavailable, including but not limited to; Production
ERP (CSS and FMS), DARS, e-Time for Students, Rhythmyx CMS, BG1 Card (2-4am), Xythos MyFiles, Pinnacle, Onbase, Remedy, Math
Placement Test, English Placement Test, Schedule of Classes, Course Catalog information, and Change Password. Please direct
any questions regarding these outages to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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SNAP Software Outage
On Monday, April 21 from 1 - 3 a.m. the SNAP survey software will be unavailable in order to complete system upgrades. During
the time of this outage the software will be unavailable, however the web site survey.bgsu.edu will continue to be accessible.
Please direct any questions regarding this outage to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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Outages Scheduled
In order to complete system maintenance on Friday, April 11 from 5 - 6 a.m., there may be interruptions to service for the
following services: MyBGSU (My.bgsu.edu), Blackboard (eLearning.bgsu.edu), FMS and CSS Oracle/PeopleSoft and LDAP. Please
direct any questions regarding these outages to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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BG@100 Open Forum - cancelled
The BG@100 Open Forum scheduled for Thursday, April 10 has been cancelled. The next Open Forum is scheduled for Thursday,
May 8, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. in 315 Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Please reference the BG@100 web site at www.bgsu.edu/BGat100
for information about the project and direct any questions to BGat100@bgsu.edu.
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Outages Scheduled
The following outages have been scheduled in order to perform system maintenance:
- The production CSS Oracle/PeopleSoft application will be unavailable from 10-11 p.m. on Saturday, April 5. Access to CSS self-service
applications such as 'View My Paycheck", "My Compensation History", and "Manager Information" as well as CSS applications
used in the "back office" will be unavailable during the time of this outage.
- The production FMS Oracle/PeopleSoft application will be unavailable from 10 p.m. Sat, April 5 through 6 a.m. Sun, April 6.
- On Saturday, April 5 between 12:01 and 1 a.m. there may be brief interruptions in the ability to access the Exchange spam
quarantine application available at junkmail.bgsu.edu.
- On Monday, April 7 from 3-4 a.m. the Rhythmyx Web Content Management (CMS) will be unavailable for creating, editing, and
publishing web pages; however, BGSU web pages will remain accessible for viewing and reference.
Please contact the Technology Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu with any questions regarding this outage.
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CSS Outage Scheduled
The production CSS Oracle/PeopleSoft application will be unavailable from 10 p.m. on Saturday, March 29 through 8 a.m. on
Sunday, March 30 in order to perform system maintenance. Access to CSS self-service applications such as "View My Paycheck",
"My Compensation History", and "Manager Information" as well as CSS applications used in the "back office" will be unavailable
during the time of this outage. Please contact the Technology Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu with any questions regarding
this outage.
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MyFiles Outage Scheduled
MyFiles will be unavailable on Sunday, March 23 from 12:05 a.m. - 2 a.m. in order to complete system maintenance. Access to
MyFiles will be unavailable during the time of this outage. Please contact he Technology Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu
with any questions regarding this outage.
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Outages Scheduled
In order to complete system upgrades, the following outages have been scheduled:
- The SNAP survey software will be unavailable from 11 p.m. Friday, March 14 through 6 a.m. Saturday, March 15. The web site
survey.bgsu.edu will continue to be accessible
- The Bowen-Thompson Student Union Virtual Calendar available at: ems.bgsu.edu and the BGSU Master calendar available at calendar.bgsu.edu
will be unavailable on Saturday, March 15 from 12:05 - 1:05 a.m.
- Listserv available at lists.bgsu.edu will be unavailable on Saturday March 15 from 12:05 – 1:05 a.m.
- OnBase will be unavailable from 12:05 - 1:05 a.m. Saturday, March 15. This outage will affect the "View Invoice" link within
FMS.
Any questions regarding these outages may be directed to the Technology Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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BG@100 Open Forum
BG@100 Open Forums are held monthly to provide an update regarding progress on the PeopleSoft implementation. During the open
forum, a project update is followed by the opportunity for attendees to ask a project team member questions regarding the
BG@100 project. The next open forum is scheduled for Thursday, March 13 at 1:30 p.m. in 315 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.
All interested faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend.
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Network Outage
Internet connections to or from campus will be unavailable for up to a 15 minute period on Thursday, March 13 from 12:01 -
1:00 a.m. to allow for the completion of system maintenance. During the time of this outage computers on campus will continue
to have access to other systems on campus. Please direct any questions regarding this outage to the Technology Support Center,
2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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Outages Scheduled
In order to complete system upgrades, the following outages have been scheduled:
- Internet connections across the campus network may be unavailable for short period of time between 5 and 7 a.m. on Sunday,
March 2. Systems on campus will experience issues connecting to systems on or off campus.
- MyBGSU (My.bgsu.edu) and Blackboard (eLearning.bgsu.edu) will experience an outage on Monday, March 3 from 3 - 6 a.m. During
this time access to MyBGSU, MyServices, and Blackboard will be unavailable.
- On Monday, March 3 at 6 p.m. thru Tuesday, March 4 at 2 a.m. the Bowen-Thompson Student Union, East Hall, and Centrex will
experience a network outage in order to complete network hardware upgrades. During the outage time systems in these buildings
will have no communication to other systems either on or off campus.
- On Wednesday, March 5 at 6 p.m. thru Thursday, March 6 at 2 a.m. South Hall, Moseley, Math Science, Fine Arts, and Memorial
Hall will experience a network outage in order to complete network hardware upgrades. During the outage time systems in these
buildings will have no communication to other systems either on or off campus.
- On Friday, March 7 from 12:05 - 1:05 a.m. the survey.bgsu.edu website used by the SNAP survey software will be unavailable.
- On Friday, March 7 from 11 - 11:30 p.m. ePortfolio will be unavailable.
Any questions regarding these outages may be directed to the Technology Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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Tech Trends
The next presentation in the Tech Trends series is scheduled for Tuesday, February 26 at 2:30 p.m. in 206 Bowen-Thompson Student
Union. In this presentation entitled Vista and Office 2007: Your Gateway to Productivity, DeVaris Brown, Academic Relations
Manager for the Heartland Region of Microsoft Corporation will provide an overview of Vista and Office 2007. He will be demonstrating
the capabilities of Vista and Office 2007 and the extended functionality and increased productivity provided to users by this
software partnership. Further details about this presentation and DeVaris Brown are available at the Tech Trends web page.
Vista implementation at BGSU is anticipated to be on a fall 2009 timeline.
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ASAC Software Requests
The Academic Software Advisory Committee (ASAC) has established the application process for this year's requests for instructional
software. Beginning January 14 and continuing through February 15 at 5 p.m. faculty may complete software requests online.
Applications are available at the ASAC web site. This project web page also provides details regarding the project timeline,
application process, review criteria and ASAC committee members.
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BG@100 Open Forum
BG@100 Open Forums are held monthly to provide an update regarding progress on the PeopleSoft implementation. During the open
forum, a project update is followed by the opportunity for attendees to ask a project team member questions regarding BG@100.
The next open forum is scheduled for Thursday, February 14 at 1:30 p.m. in 315 Bowen-Thompson Student Union. All interested
faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend.
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FMS Outage Scheduled
The production FMS Oracle/PeopleSoft application will be unavailable from 12:01 a.m. - 6 a.m. Sunday, February 10 in order
to perform system maintenance. The FMS system will be unavailable during the time of this outage. Please contact the Technology
Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu with any questions regarding these outages.
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Brief Blackboard Outage Scheduled
A brief outage of Blackboard services will occur from 6 - 6:15 a.m. on Friday, February 8 in order to complete system maintenance.
Any questions regarding this outage may be directed to the Technology Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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CSS Outage Scheduled
The production CSS Oracle/PeopleSoft application will be unavailable from 12:01 a.m. - 6 a.m. Sunday, February 3 in order
to perform system maintenance. The FMS system outage originally scheduled for February 3 has been rescheduled for February
10. Access to CSS self-service applications such as "View My Paycheck", "My Compensation History", and "Manager Information"
as well as CSS applications used in the "back office" will be unavailable during the time of this outage. Please contact the
Technology Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu with any questions regarding this outage.
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ITS Database Server Outage
The outage of an ITS database server will occur from 12:01 - 4 a.m. Sunday January 27 in order to complete upgrades. As a
result, multiple applications that are dependent on database information will be unavailable. Including, but not limited to,
Production ERP (CSS and FMS), DARS, e-Time for Students, Rhythmyx CMS, BG1 Card, Xythos, Pinnacle, Onbase, Remedy, Math Placement
Test, English Placement Test, Schedule of Classes, Course Catalog Information, and Change Password. If there are any questions,
please contact the Technology Support Center at 2-0999 or tsc@bgsu.edu.
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Calendar Outages Scheduled
The Bowen-Thompson Student Union Virtual Calendar available at ems.bgsu.edu and the BGSU Master calendar available at calendar.bgsu.edu
will be unavailable on Thursday, Jan 24 from 5 - 7 a.m. in order to complete system maintenance. Please contact the Technology
Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu with any questions regarding these outages.
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Outages Scheduled
The following outages have been scheduled in order to complete system maintenance.
- Thursday, January 17 from 5 - 5:30 a.m. MyBGSU will be unavailable. During this outage time access to the MyBGSU portal and
MyServices will be unavailable.
- Saturday, January 19 from 12:01 - 5 a.m. Algor, IDRISI Kilimanjaro, SPSS and SNAP survey software will be unavailable. While
the SNAP software is unavailable during this time, the survey.bgsu.edu website will remain accessible.
Please contact the Technology Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu with any questions regarding these outages.
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ITS Database Outage to affect several applicaiton
The outage of an ITS database server will occur from 12:01 - 1 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 13 in order to complete upgrades. As a
result, multiple applications that are dependent on database information will be unavailable including, but not limited to,
DARS (Darwin), Pinnacle, Rhythmyx CMS, MyFiles, and the following MyBGSU services; Grades, Student Insurance Requirement,
Financial Responsibility, Change Password, and Add Server. Any questions regarding this outage may be directed to the Technology
Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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BG@100 Open Forum
BG@100 open forums are held monthly to provide an update regarding progress on the PeopleSoft implementation. During the open
forum, a project update is followed by the opportunity for attendees to ask a project team member questions regarding BG@100.
The next open forum is scheduled for Thursday, January 10 at 1:30 p.m. in 315 Bowen-Thompson Student Union. All interested
faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend.
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MyBGSU Extended Hours
To provide additional access to online services, MyBGSU will be available for extended hours the weekend prior to the start
of spring semester. The extended hours are
- Sat. Jan 5 - 7:30 am - 7:30 pm
- Sun Jan 6 - 7:30 am - 11:59 pm
- Mon Jan 7 - midnight - 9 pm
MyBGSU may be unavailable for up to a 60-minute period beginning at about 5:30 pm. on Sun Jan 6 and for a 30-minute period
beginning at 6 am on Sun Jan 7 in order to complete system functions. Applications for "Parking", "Change of Home Address",
"My Financial Aid Status" and "Hire a Student Employee" will not be available beyond their normal schedule.
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TSC Extended Hours
The Technology Support Center (TSC) will be open from 11 am to 5 pm on Sat. Jan 5 and Sun Jan 6 prior to the start of spring
semester classes.
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PeopleSoft CSS Outage
The production PeopleSoft CSS application will be unavailable on Sunday, January 6 from 12:01 - 6 a.m. in order to perform
system maintenance. Access to CSS self-service applications such as "View My Paycheck", "My Compensation History", and "Manager
Information" as well as CSS applications used in the "back office" will be unavailable. Please direct any questions regarding
this outage to the Technology Support Center, 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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eTime for Students Outage Announced
The eTime for Students system will experience an outage on Saturday, January 5 from 6 a.m. to noon in order to complete system
maintenance. The web application will be unavailable for use; however, card readers will remain operational. Any questions
regarding this outage may be directed to the Technology Support Center at 2-0999, tsc@bgsu.edu.
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Network Outage Scheduled
In order to complete network software upgrades, a campus network outage has been scheduled for Thursday, January 3 from 5:30
a.m. - 6 a.m. This outage will affect all academic and administrative buildings on campus. During the time of the outage,
computer systems in affected buildings will have no communication to other systems, either on or off campus. Please direct
any questions regarding this outage to the Technology Support Center (TSC) at tsc@bgsu.edu, 2-0999.
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