Associate Director Graduates from UNC School of Government CIO Program
On Tuesday, November 17, 2011, Associate Director of Technology Services, 
Tony Burrus, graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Government Chief Information Officers program. A year-long course of study aimed at providing professional education and mentoring to state, education, and local government technology leadership, Mr. Burrus successfully completed this program in order to further develop his leadership abilities in providing services to the UCPS Technology Services Department. Pictured at the right, Dr. David Kafitz (left), Director of Technology Services and Dr. Mike Webb (right), Associate Superintendent for UCPS, congratulate Mr. Burrus on this achievement at his graduation.
Union County Public School Technology Services manages the largest network in Union County serving 60 locations, managing 22,000 individual personal computers, 45,000 end-users, and a data center for enterprise applications.
UCPS Gearing Up for Google Apps for Education
UCPS Technology Services is busy gearing up for students and staff to have
access to Google Apps for Education beginning this fall. With this roll-out, UCPS becomes the largest North Carolina school system to adopt Google Apps for Education for use with students.
With the success of the 1:1 initiative in 6th grade, and its expantion into the 7th grade this coming school year, Technology Services is working to provide teachers and students access to resources that will promote greater student learning.
Currently, some 190 UCPS staff have been using a "team" site with Google Docs. This site is being transition into a Google Apps for Education site and upgraded to the latest version which will allow access to a greater number of Google tools. This will also allow UCPS Technology Services the ability to manage and monitor this environment.
For current users, please review the two following documents. If you have used your UCPS email address to establish a Google account in the past, the second link will provide directions for you to clear up this conflict so that your UCPS Google account and your personal Google account can remain seperate.
- Google Apps Transition Letter July 2011
- Google Apps Transition Letter – Accounts with Email Address Conflicts July 2011
Revised Smartphone Connection Information...
For UCPS employees who want to connect their smartphones to the UCPS system to retrieve their work email, please use the directions posted at the link below. This information has been updated to conform to the new email system.
The Technology Services Department is providing these instructions as a courtesy only. We cannot and do not provide assistance for connection issues that you may run into. For this assistance, please see your mobile phone service provider.