Thursday, June 24, 2021

Network Outage

The ITS networking team was able to quickly trace the root issue to an important piece of Network Hardware that is functional, but aging.

8:44AM 6/24/21: Issue is resolved.  Network service is back to normal operation.

8:40AM 6/24/21: ITS is aware of a network outage that may be affecting some services as of 8:35AM Thursday June 24, 2021.  We are working diligently to investigate and correct the issue.  We will provide further information as it becomes available.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

New Student Employment Opportunities with ITS!

 ITS is hiring and looking to fill the following 3 student positions ASAP: 

  • Technical Writer is responsible for helping the Technology Training Coordinator create documentation and training for various technologies, software, programs, devices, and equipment, etc. This position will also aid in monitoring the colleges first ever chatbot and its transcripts, weekly.  For a more detailed description please check the Student Employment website for this listing.

  • Client Services Technician The primary focus is to support the Manhattan College community's technology needs. The Client Services Technician (CST) performs daily operations of the Client Services office, including checking student email, checking ticketing, answering the phones, and greeting clients in the office. Other responsibilities include but are not limited to: consulting, training, supporting faculty and students; writing technology based documentation; self evaluation and assessment of client services skills and knowledge; assist colleagues; and troubleshooting. Additional responsibilities to be determined by Supervisors depending on the needs of the office. Training is provided. For a more detailed description please check the Student Employment website for this listing.

  • Operations Representative The primary focus is to support the Manhattan College community's technology needs. The Operations Technician performs the daily tasks of the Operations office. We are an escalation team that works to maintain ITS owned equipment in all classrooms and computer labs throughout the entire campus. Main day to day tasks include: checking ticketing, room checks for all classrooms and computer labs, troubleshooting any issues that are escalated to the team, projector maintenance, replacing cabling in the ceiling/wall between projector and wall port, updating inventory for any new equipment, imaging, control unit maintenance (Pixie, Hall Research, Crestron). Other responsibilities include but are not limited to: research, training, writing/updating technology based documentation (Knowledge Base articles), self evaluation and assessment of operations skills and knowledge, and assist colleagues. Additional responsibilities to be determined by Supervisors depending on the needs of the office. Training is provided. For a more detailed description please check the Student Employment website for this listing.

     Please feel free to pass this on to anyone at Manhattan College who is eligible to apply or advertise. Thank you! 

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Wireless Network Upgrade on July 2nd

UPDATE: This maintenance has been completed as of 2 pm.


 In order to maintain a safe, secure, and reliable wireless network, ITS will be upgrading core equipment of our wireless infrastructure. This will occur on July 2nd at 6am and is expected to last ALL DAY This maintenance will cause the wireless network to be down during the duration of the maintenance period and will affect devices that generally connect to the wireless network, including Kramer devices in classrooms. This maintenance will not affect the wired networks across campus.


We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact ITS by emailing its@manhattan.edu.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

COMPLETE - Lee Hall/Horan Hall - Brief Network Outage - 6/16 at 11am

UPDATE: As of 6/16/2021, at 1135am, this scheduled generator test was complete.

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Physical Plant will be conducting a generator test in Lee Hall and Horan Hall on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The generator test will commence in Lee Hall first at 11:00am, followed by Horan Hall at 11:30am.

There will be two brief outages, one while switching to generator power, the other while switching back to main power. Both wired and wireless will be affected during this generator test.

Only Lee and Horan Halls will be affected during this generator test. This will not affect the rest of campus.

If you have any questions, please contact ITS at its@manhattan.edu. We apologize for this inconvenience.

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

New Student Employment Opportunities with ITS!

ITS is hiring and looking to fill the following 3 student positions ASAP: 

  • Technical Writer is responsible for helping the Technology Training Coordinator create documentation and training for various technologies, software, programs, devices, and equipment, etc. This position will also aid in monitoring the colleges first ever chatbot and its transcripts, weekly.  For a more detailed description please check the Student Employment website for this listing.

  • Client Services Technician The primary focus is to support the Manhattan College community's technology needs. The Client Services Technician (CST) performs daily operations of the Client Services office, including checking student email, checking ticketing, answering the phones, and greeting clients in the office. Other responsibilities include but are not limited to: consulting, training, supporting faculty and students; writing technology based documentation; self evaluation and assessment of client services skills and knowledge; assist colleagues; and troubleshooting. Additional responsibilities to be determined by Supervisors depending on the needs of the office. Training is provided. For a more detailed description please check the Student Employment website for this listing.

  • Operations Representative The primary focus is to support the Manhattan College community's technology needs. The Operations Technician performs the daily tasks of the Operations office. We are an escalation team that works to maintain ITS owned equipment in all classrooms and computer labs throughout the entire campus. Main day to day tasks include: checking ticketing, room checks for all classrooms and computer labs, troubleshooting any issues that are escalated to the team, projector maintenance, replacing cabling in the ceiling/wall between projector and wall port, updating inventory for any new equipment, imaging, control unit maintenance (Pixie, Hall Research, Crestron). Other responsibilities include but are not limited to: research, training, writing/updating technology based documentation (Knowledge Base articles), self evaluation and assessment of operations skills and knowledge, and assist colleagues. Additional responsibilities to be determined by Supervisors depending on the needs of the office. Training is provided. For a more detailed description please check the Student Employment website for this listing.

     Please feel free to pass this on to anyone at Manhattan College who is eligible to apply or advertise. Thank you!