DoIT Vision
As an organization, DoIT aspires to serve and reflect UMBC’s distinctive mission of inclusive excellence by providing great, reliable information technology. As staff partners, we aim to help solve problems or create new opportunities through collaboration that affirms and empowers our campus colleagues. As professionals, we share with and learn from our peers in higher education’s research, instruction, and business communities. Finally, as mentors, not just supervisors, we seek to give our student employees real-world experiences that both advance their professional goals and positively impact UMBC.
DoIT Mission
DoIT provides robust, secure IT environments that enable solutions for advancing the UMBC community. We do this through a team of exceptional student staff and nationally recognized technology professionals who are dedicated to serving the UMBC and larger higher education communities. We advance UMBC’s mission and strategy by partnering with the colleges and divisions to support excellence in teaching, research, and services. Through our efforts, technology solutions will continue to contribute to UMBC’s national reputation as one of the most innovative universities.
Guiding Principles for UMBC’s Digital Strategy
- Mission-Driven Foundation: Grounded directly in UMBC’s vision, mission, and values.
- Strategic & Collaborative Alignment: Extends the goals of the UMBC Strategic Plan and AI Report, partnering with shared and administrative governance groups to advance research, education, and administrative excellence.
- Integrated Enterprise Ecosystem: Delivers robust core enterprise services integrated with our data analytics environment, providing the community with a unified, seamless view across campus systems.
- Cybersecurity & Privacy Commitment: Embeds cybersecurity, enterprise risk management, and privacy principles into the foundation and continuous review of all services.
Supporting Objectives
- Securing Campus & Privacy: Maintain a safe digital environment that protects the university community from cybersecurity threats while safeguarding individual privacy.
- Enhancing Student Experience: Deliver an intuitive, integrated digital platform that anticipates student needs and supports their academic success.
- Empowering Faculty: Support faculty with innovative technology tools to enrich teaching, learning, and research.
- Streamlining Operations: Modernize campus business units using cloud computing, system integration, workflow automation, and AI to operate efficiently and proactively.
- Advancing Research: Collaborate closely with faculty and university research centers to provide the specialized technologies and systems that drive discovery.
- Developing Student Talent: Embed student employees into IT teams to foster their professional and technical growth while delivering high-quality campus services.
- Guiding Data Decisions: Enable the ethical and effective use of information to support transparent, data-informed decision-making across the institution.
Digital Foundations We Build Our Strategy On
- Ubiquitous Campus Connectivity: Provide seamless, reliable connectivity across campus, nationally, and internationally so faculty and staff can effortlessly access the digital tools and resources they need.
- Unified & Secure Access: Simplify digital workflows with a single login identity that delivers secure, hassle-free access to all university systems.
- Enterprise-Grade Security: Safeguard campus data and systems through an enterprise security architecture informed by comprehensive risk management.
- Resilient & Scalable Infrastructure: Drive technology decisions through an enterprise architecture strategy focused on reliability, security, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.