ACUTA supports higher education information communications technology professionals in contributing to the achievement of the strategic mission of their institution.

IUGA is a nonprofit, incorporated group, made up of corporations, hospitals and universities that own and operate Aastra products

ATAC is a group of University of Minnesota collegiate and coordinate campus faculty, staff, and student representatives who explore the use of, implement, evaluate, and support technologies that are or might be used for teaching and learning at the University.

ASQ helps people learn more about quality and use what they learn to create better workplaces and communities worldwide.

Boreas Ops group is comprised of technical members from all of the participants in BOREAS, the Broadband Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network (BOREAS). The ops group is charged by the BOMC group to do certain tasks and provide recommendations on upgrades, distribution of costs, technical direction, etc.

The Broadband Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network (BOREAS) is a group that intends to build and operate a Regional Optical Network (RON) in the upper Midwest. BOMC members interact with the BOREAS Operations group, assign tasks to the group, receive direction from the BOREAS Oversight Group, and work on vision and operational issues, budget oversight, and approvals.

The CIC is a consortium of the Big Ten universities plus the University of Chicago. Governed and funded by the Provosts of the member universities, CIC mandates are coordinated by a staff from its Champaign, Illinois headquarters. 

The CIC is a consortium of the Big Ten universities plus the University of Chicago. Governed and funded by the Provosts of the member universities, CIC mandates are coordinated by a staff from its Champaign, Illinois headquarters. 

The CIC is a consortium of the Big Ten universities plus the University of Chicago. Governed and funded by the Provosts of the member universities, CIC mandates are coordinated by a staff from its Champaign, Illinois headquarters. 

The CIC is a consortium of the Big Ten universities plus the University of Chicago. Governed and funded by the Provosts of the member universities, CIC mandates are coordinated by a staff from its Champaign, Illinois headquarters.

The CIC is a consortium of the Big Ten universities plus the University of Chicago. Governed and funded by the Provosts of the member universities, CIC mandates are coordinated by a staff from its Champaign, Illinois headquarters.

The CIC is a consortium of the Big Ten universities plus the University of Chicago. Governed and funded by the Provosts of the member universities, CIC mandates are coordinated by a staff from its Champaign, Illinois headquarters. The Learning Technology group is comprised primarily of individuals responsible for overseeing university course management systems and providing support to faculty who use these systems on the CIC campuses.

The CIC is a consortium of the Big Ten universities plus the University of Chicago. Governed and funded by the Provosts of the member universities, CIC mandates are coordinated by a staff from its Champaign, Illinois headquarters.

The CIC is a consortium of the Big Ten universities plus the University of Chicago. Governed and funded by the Provosts of the member universities, CIC mandates are coordinated by a staff from its Champaign, Illinois headquarters.

The committee meets during the academic year about 4-6 times a semester. The committee is responsible for reviewing grant proposals and making recommendations to the CLA Dean's Office on which projects are worthy of info tech fee funding.

The CESP is student program that integrates community engagement into an educational experience.

The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) is a community of higher education institutions and organizations committed to advancing learning through IT innovation.

Data custodians for human resources, student administration, finance, and research, along with a representative from OIT Data Security, meet on a regular basis to discuss common problems and solutions regarding access to enterprise applications.

The goal is to inform the group of current GIS activity in various areas and brainstorm how we can collectively work together towards coordinated GIS program development and service delivery at the University. 2008 topics included GIS usage on campus, training, support, software licensing, and GIS Days. Participants: Geography, Libraries, Minnesota Population Center, University Services, OIT.

The Help Desk Consortium brings together representatives from nearly 40 campus IT help desks who provide direct computing support to their customers across the University and Fairview Health Services.

The IT Directors Group is comprised of collegiate, unit, and coordinate campus information technology (IT) directors who advise OIT and share information about University IT issues.

Internet2 is a not-for-profit advanced networking consortium of U.S. universities, corporations, government agencies, laboratories, other institutions of higher learning, and international partner organizations. It provides leading-edge network capabilities and partnership opportunities that facilitate the development, deployment, and use of revolutionary Internet technologies.

METNET is a distance learning network consisting of eleven Twin Cities metro area community colleges, technical colleges, Metropolitan State University and the University of Minnesota. It is one of the six higher education telecommunications networks that comprise the Learning Network of Minnesota.

The MHEC is one of four statutorily-created interstate compacts created for the purpose of advancing higher education through cooperation and resource sharing. 

National LambdaRail is advancing the research, clinical, and educational goals of members and other institutions by establishing and maintaining a unique nationwide network infrastructure that is owned and controlled by the U.S. research community.

OIT is a member of the New Media Consortium (NMC), an international 501(c)3 not-for-profit consortium of nearly 300 learning-focused organizations dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies.

This regional network initiative is an attempt to provide a robust research network connection for educational institutions in the upper-northwestern states by creating a national backbone route across the northern U.S.

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) Student Advisory Board will serve as the student voice to the University's associate vice president and associate chief information officer on matters of information technology needs for University students. It is in the planning stages.

PMI supports and encourages all project professionals to pursue a new balance of global and local best practices, relationship building and sharing resources. 

PMI-MN is a dynamic, diverse organization recognized for professionalism in project management.

The University of Minnesota President's Award for Outstanding Service was established in 1997 to recognize faculty and staff who have provided exceptional service to the University.

The Privacy Committee discusses the classification of data, changes in laws and policies, risk, training, and procedures regarding access and abuse of access to private data.

OIT staff serve on working groups of the Provost's Council for Enhancing Student Learning (CESL), a representative body that seeks to enhance educational effectiveness in the colleges and schools, departments, and classrooms on the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota: the Work Group on Data and the Work Group on Faculty Resources Related to SLOs.

The Research Cyberinfrastructure Alliance (RCA) functions as a virtual organization of research support and information technology service providers, working to identify, align, advise and leverage a portfolio of research technology resources and support services throughout the University.

The REN-ISAC receives, analyzes and acts on operational, threat, warning and actual attack information derived from network instrumentation and information sharing relationships.

SANS develops, maintains, and makes available at no cost, a collection of research documents about various aspects of information security, and it operates the Internet's early warning system.

OIT is a member of the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), an institutional and professional leadership organization dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education, helping institutions and individual educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of online education.

The SMART Learning Commons supports and enhances student learning, writing, research, numeracy, and use of technology at the University of Minnesota.

The SCIT represents faculty, academic professional, civil service and student interests in the development, implementation, and distribution of information technologies at the University.

The Technology Enhanced Learning group provides strategic leadership in the area of academic technology at the University of Minnesota.

An advisory board and other groups meet in-person and virtually to advise OIT about the use of the UMContent content management system on campus and to discuss common issues and best practices.

The University Senate is an elected body of faculty, academic professionals, civil services staff, and students, which discusses and approves matters that affect the entire University.

The Benefits Advisory Committee advises the University administration on benefit offerings common to non-represented employee groups. The BAC also collaborates with the benefits advisory committees of the several represented groups on issues of common interest.

The Classroom Advisory Subcommittee (CAS) is an advisory group for the Office of Classroom Management (OCM) in the execution of its broad responsibilities as the single point of contact and responsibility for all classroom issues.

The Retirement Subcommittee oversees the Faculty Retirement plans and makes recommendations to the Committee on Faculty Affairs about any changes that should be made in the plan.

The CSC supports the overall mission of the University of Minnesota by representing the interests of civil service employees and participating in the shared governance structure of the University.