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CUMREC '99
Conference Proposes to Look to 2000 and Beyond
The CUMREC (College and University Computer Users Association) annual conference is the longest running continuing conference devoted to promoting the understanding and use of information technology in higher education. This year's conference, scheduled May 9-12 in San Antonio, Texas, has a an impressive lineup of speakers, presenters, corporate participants, and social activities. Here's a sample of what you can expect.
Presentations
There are more than 55 presentations. Topics include:
- Building Information Out of Data
- Partnerships for Creating an Online Learning Environment
- Infrastructure for the Intranet
- Grading Programs for Instructors
- Functional Reengineering of a Purchasing Card System
- Collaboration Among Faculty, Students, Information Systems, and Administration
- Accessing Legacy Data for the Web Applications
- Privacy Policies: Who Needs Them?
- Facilitating Access to Management Information
- Developing and Implementing a Web-based Teaching and Learning Experience.
Featured Speakers
- Brian L. Hawkins, president of EDUCAUSE, will open the conference with future expectations for technology in higher education and CUMREC members' roles in that future.
- John E. Bucher, director of computing at Oberlin College, will explore the reasons behind rising customer expectations and how our technology staffs can work to shape these expectations in positive ways.
- Carl W. Jacobson, director of MIS at the University of Delaware, will focus on the issues of Web refreshment, institutional presentation, and the ways in which the Web changes how we do business and how our customers make decisions.
- Concluding the conference will be Baylor Professor Richard Couey with a lighthearted look at how to reduce stress in "today's high-tech society."
Online registration: http://www.cumrec.com/cumrec99/
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