The Office of Information Technologies (OIT) is the central IT organization for Washington College. Our mission is to provide strategic leadership and advocacy for the use of information technologies that facilitate the College's vision for excellence in teaching, scholarship, outreach, and lifelong learning.

OIT provides guidance in the development of computer polices that governs the College's access and use of technology. OIT provides and maintains a robust network architecture and infrastructure; ensures network security and educates the Washington College community in the uses of IT. OIT is responsible for assessing, designing, acquiring, and implementing service delivery of information technology systems. The overall goal of OIT is to help the College use technology in order to enhance the way professors teach, students learn and staff use information technology in their employment.

Billie Dodge, The Chief Information Officer, provides leadership for the 4 divisions, which comprise OIT. The four divisions are:

• Academic Computing and IT Support Services
• Administrative Systems
• Central Support Services
• Infrastructure Support

Each division is made up of dedicated Washington College employees whose main purpose is to assist student, faculty and staff in enhancing the learning environment through the use of technology.

OIT offers such things as technology training, video editing, network support, software support, hardware support, virus support, Computing Center Support, On-site Software Support, Support for technology in academic research and instruction, Web hosting services, management for the administrative server and software that support all administrative offices, Mail Distribution Service, Technical Support Services/Audio-Visual, Telecommunications...

Your first point of contact for any problems concerning technology, the network, and the telephone network is the Helpdesk. You can contact the help desk at extension x7777 or at helpdesk@washcoll.edu. The HelpDesk is located in William Smith Hall, Room 2.

Yes, OIT offers a variety of technology workshops for students, faculty, and staff. Some past workshop titles include Digital Video Training, Creating Dynamic Presentations with PowerPoint, Introduction to Video Editing, and Introduction to Photoshop. Check the Training and Tutorials page for upcoming Training opportunities.

OIT operates and maintains both Mac and Windows platform computer labs around campus. In addition, OIT offers such equipment as laptops, projectors, video equipment, editing equipment, scanners, printers, and digital cameras.