NC Systems Administrators FRIDAY lecture series -- May 24, 3:3pm EDT

["Amy K. Kreiling" <kreiling@cs.unc.edu>]

	North Carolina System Administrators Friday Afternoon Lecture Series
 	
 Lecture:	Strategic Technology Planning for Higher Education Institutions

 Speaker:  	Dr. Jim Ptaszynski, Strategic Manager for the 
		Higher Education Group at Microsoft Corporation
 
 Date:   	Friday, May 24, 1996	
 Time:   	3:30PM  
 
 Location:  	Live at UNC-CH, 08 Peabody Hall 
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 The Department of Computer Science and the Office for Information
 Technology (OIT) at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are 
 pleased to announce the next presentation in its North Carolina System 
 Administrators Lecture Series.  This presentation, entitled 
 "Strategic Technology Planning for Higher Education Institutions" 
 will be given by Dr. Jim Ptaszynski, Strategic Manager for the Higher 
 Education Group at Microsoft Corporation.  The lecture will be held 
 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on Friday, 
 May 24, 1996 from  3:30-4:30 p.m.  The System Administrators Lecture 
 series originates from room 08 of Peabody Hall at UNC-CH and is 
 broadcast over the NC-REN video network to most sites. Please check 
 with your site coordinator for information on receiving this program at 
 your location.


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ABOUT THE PROGRAM...
 
Abstract of the session:

This program will focus on strategic technology planning for higher
education institutions.  Key managerial and tactical issues critical for
institutional success will be discussed.  Illustrations of leading-edge
educational applications of technology, as well as examples of how
Microsoft uses technology to run its own business will be presented.


Speaker's biography:

James Garner Ptaszynski, Ph.D.

Jim Ptaszynski is the Strategic Relations Manager for the Higher
Education Group at Microsoft Corporation.  In this position he focuses
on helping to fulfill the promise of technology in higher education.
Jim designs, and implements, special programs which assist institutions
in improving their capabilities and utilization of technology.

Jim joined Microsoft in October, having spent the past 16 years in
higher education.  For the six years prior to Microsoft, Jim was the
Associate Dean at the Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest
University.  His new position allows him to combine three of his
professional passions: technology, strategic planning and higher
education.

Jim believes that there exists a great opportunity to significantly
advance the use of technology in higher education.  He is passionate
that, in order for America to remain competitive in an increasingly
information-based economy, higher education must adopt, and better
integrate, information technologies.  While such a scenario obviously is
in Microsoft's best interests, he believes that, as good corporate
citizens, we must invest in helping higher education achieve these
goals.

Jim received his BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, his Master of Science from Shippensburg University and his Ph.D.
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He is on the
editorial board of "On the Horizon" a higher education environmental
scanning newsletter published by Jossey-Bass. Also on the www at:
http://sunsite.unc.edu/horizon


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