Weekly Tech Update: Your IT News Digest!
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Weekly Tech Update: Your IT News Digest!
Welcome to the weekly newsletter dedicated to everything IT! Newsy, fun, informational—get your quick digest of tech content and then go about your day.
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April 14
Google "Pending Delete" Reminder
Files that include a "Pending Delete" label have been shared with you by someone whose account will be deleted in the near future. This may include the files of former faculty, staff members, or student employees who you have worked with in the past.
When a “Pending Delete” label is applied to a document, the owner will lose access to their accounts within 45 days of their departure, but you will be able to see and interact with their Google documents (Sheets, Docs, Slides, etc.) for 180 days after they leave. Learn more about the "Pending Delete" label by reading our article here or checking out our article in our Knowledge Base.
We will start the process of deleting old accounts on September 15, 2025. After this date, we will follow through with removing access to Drive documents 180 days after that person leaves Miami.
Learn more by reading our newest article here.
Reminder: ShredFest Partnering with ShareFest
This May, ShredFest and ShareFest are combining forces to help the Miami and Oxford communities.
At ShredFest in Middletown and Hamilton, we will have containers where you can drop off your electronic waste and we will bring it to ShareFest for you, and at every ShredFest location, we will have receptacles this year for you to bring in your old household batteries and printer cartridges for proper disposal.
As a reminder, a mobile shredder will visit the regional campuses on Monday, May 12. It will be at Middletown in the parking lot outside of Johnston Hall from 9-11 a.m. and at Hamilton in the parking lot outside Wilks Conference Center from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
The shredder will be on the Oxford campus on Tuesday, May 13, between 12 and 4 p.m. at Cook Field (near Pulley Tower).
For more information on the ShredFest event, please visit MiamiOH.edu/ShredFest or contact: Randy Hollowell (IT Services).
Fire & Ice Chili Challenge Article Out Now!
Our full recap of the Fire & Ice Chili Challenge is out now! Read all about it on our news site here.
Once again, congratulations to this year's winner was David Hummel, the director of digital services for Advancement!
Congratulations to John Virden for winning one of the top 100 CISOs!
Our very own CISO, John Virden, was once again selected as a winner for Security Current's top 100 CISOs for 2025! We are so happy that John's hard work continues to be recognized and we are honored to have him as one of the leaders at IT Services!
Congratulations, John!
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