Shared Governance at Detroit Mercy: Information Technology Team

Thirteen-member team which reports to the Provost/VPAA and the Vice President for Business and Finance would include:

• one representative of the Corktown campus
• one representative of the Riverfront campus
• one library representative from the Libraries who report to the Dean of University
• one Instructional Designer from CETL
• two administrative or staff representatives (one from ITS, and one of which is to be from the Corktown campus or Riverfront campus IT departments)
• one faculty member selected by the MFA from among its members
• four elected representative from the McNichols  campus faculty with in-classroom technology experience, and at least two of which have taught a hybrid or online course within the last two academic years
• two student representatives, one from resident advisors in the dorms and one graduate student from the colleges/school (rotates in order of when college/school was established). Student representatives may serve up to two one-year terms.

Corktown Campus
Eliana Sanchez-Castano (term expires 8/26)*

Riverfront Campus
Zachary Turk (term expires 8/28)

Libraries
Sandra Wilson (term expires 8/26)

Instructional Designer from CETL
Abigail Youngerman (term expires 8/28)

Administrative/Staff Representatives
Ranard Bynum, ITS (term expires 8/26)*
Phillip Olla, CHP (term expires 8/28)

MFA Representative
Emily Dowgwillow (term expires 8/26)

McNichols Faculty (with in-classroom technology experience)
Barb Ciotta, CHP (term expires 8/26)*
Joshua Budiongan, SCAD (term expires 8/26)
OPEN (term expires 8/26)
Kelli Frost, CHP (term expires 8/27)

Student Representatives
OPEN, Resident Advisor (term expires 8/28)
OPEN, Graduate Student (term expires 8/28)
 

*Ineligible to serve a fourth term.

2025-2026 Information Technology Team Charges

• Review the university’s use of specialized licensed software applications to determine which should be maintained and which may be discontinued. The review should include, but not be limited to:
  • Blackboard
  • Lime Survey
  • Lumivero (formerly NVivo)
  • SPSS
  • Yuja
• Review and recommend processes and communication practices for ITS service disruptions that significantly impact the University’s academic mission, operations, or daily work. Recommendations should address key services/systems, communication channels, distinctions between maintenance outages and unexpected disruptions, and essential information to include in messages.
• Explore the potential of AI-based mixed- and virtual-reality tools to support teaching and clinical training in the health sciences.
  • Gather needs from each health-science discipline.
  • Explore and compare technological approaches.
  • Outline deployment models and five-year costs.
  • Recommend a 2026–27 pilot project with learning-outcome metrics (if feasible).
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies that could benefit the university and assess their potential impact and feasibility.
• Review the content delivered in the my.udmercy.edu portal experience and make recommendations for additional items.
• Review the email listserv policy and make any necessary changes. Post a working, updated policy to be made available for the UDM community to access.