'Tis the Season for Tech Maintenance; SharePoint, Blackboard Learn, Echo360, Other Services Affected
Blackboard Learn will be unavailable for 24 hours starting at 11:30 p.m. Dec. 24, for a system upgrade. SharePoint, MyDocs, Gizmo, Echo360 and other services will be also affected during maintenance scheduled throughout the month. Details are available on the Alert Calendar.
Stay informed with the new IT Status Monitor home page for information about network and service availability, planned maintenance and unexpected outages. Announcements are also posted at twitter.com/uarkalerts.
Contacts
Erin C. Griffin, content strategy and IA specialist
Information Technology Services
479-575-2901,
ecgriff@uark.edu
Headlines
PetSmart CEO J.K. Symancyk to Speak at Walton College Commencement
J.K. Symancyk is an alumnus of the Sam M. Walton College of Business and serves on the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board.
Faulkner Center, Arkansas PBS Partner to Screen Documentary 'Gospel'
The Faulkner Performing Arts Center will host a screening of Gospel, a documentary exploring the origin of Black spirituality through sermon and song, in partnership with Arkansas PBS at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
UAPD Officers Mills and Edwards Honored With New Roles
Veterans of the U of A Police Department, Matt Mills has been promoted to assistant chief, and Crandall Edwards has been promoted to administrative captain.
Community Design Center's Greenway Urbanism Project Wins LIV Hospitality Design Award
"Greenway Urbanism" is one of six urban strategies proposed under the Framework Plan for Cherokee Village, a project that received funding through an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Spring Bike Drive Refurbishes Old Bikes for New Students
All donated bikes will be given to Pedal It Forward, a local nonprofit that will refurbish your bike and return it to the U of A campus to be gifted to a student in need. Hundreds of students have already benefited.