The University of Iowa

Faculty Senate

Charter Committee Annual Report to the Shared Governance Council

Committee: Information Technology Advisory Committee
Report Year: FY 2025

Committee Members

Committee Chair(s)	J. Toby Mordkoff, Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Committee Members	Faculty J Toby Mordkoff, Psychological & Brain Sciences, 2022 to 2025 Micah S. Bateman, School of Library and Information Science, 2022 to 2025 June Tai, Law, 2020 to 2026 Jessica Goetz, Orthopedics and Rehab, 2023 to 2026 Lemuel Non, Internal medicine, 2024 to 2027 Boxiang Wang, Statistics & Actuarial Science, 2024 to 2027 Giovanni Zimotti, Spanish & Portuguese, 2021 to 2027 Staff Maggie K Halterman-Dess, Library Annex Coordinator, Library Administration, 2022 to 2025 Students Kay McDowell, 2024 to 2025 Jack Mcgrane, 2024 to 2025 Administrative Liaisons Steve Fleagle, Chief Information Officer-ITS Katie Kahler, Chief of Staff-ITS Kevin Kregel, Office of the Provost
Committee Charge	From Operations Manual The Committee shall be governed by the terms of the General Charter. In addition, the Committee shall: Advise on the present and future needs of faculty, staff, and students for computing services and formulate recommendations for meeting these needs and for maintaining a proper balance among all academic computer needs and services in the university; Provide a forum to which faculty, staff, and students may refer questions and recommendations concerning university computer policies, services, and development; Advise in the development of general policies concerning the university's acceptance of computer funds from sources external to the university and the university's provision of computer services to users external to the university; Advise on procedures for proposals by faculty, staff, and students for funds to support computing of an extraordinary and innovative nature; Review from time to time the activities and recommendations made by working committees established by the designated administrative officer. (These working committees may be established for the purpose of advising the officer on specific administrative questions concerning the operation, development, and utilization of computer resources for teaching and research.)
Current Year Meeting Dates	10/23/2024 12/10/2024 3/3/2025 5/14/2025 All via Zoom
Please indicate the typical frequency of meetings (e.g., first Tuesday of month at 4 pm). If there are subcommittees, please indicate the frequency of those meetings, too.	The Committee meets twice in each the fall and spring semesters. Meeting times vary to accommodate committee members teaching and work schedules.
Current Year Activities	Identified and explored topics of major concern Expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) in all aspects of academia, including remote instruction Spot Review process & optimization discussion Plans for the future of collaboration tools such as Teams, Zoom, etc. Regulations surrounding DeepSeek & Red Note (with UI CISO) Provided feedback and guidance on the above topics, as well as: Microsoft CoPilot 365 Forecasting changes in IT in upcoming years Proposing updates to the ITAC charter Title II Accessibility Project and representing the faculty perspective AI Steering Committee updates & coordination, including guiding principles and AI action plan
Topics your committee anticipates addressing during the coming year	Continuing evolution and strategic implementation of AI at the University of Iowa, including providing feedback and coordination on the AI action plan Transition to use of Microsoft Teams
Other issues of concern	Microsoft Teams rollout to campus Education and development of AI tools and resources for faculty, staff, and students.
What should we tell applicants for this committee regarding expectations of members (anticipated workload, existence of subcommittees, etc.)?	The majority of the Committee’s work is completed during the scheduled meetings. Attendance and participation at meetings is critical to assuring all aspects of an IT issue are addressed for the campus and that all voices have contributed. Some review of documents prior to meetings is necessary on occasion. All meetings are conducted remotely.
The Faculty Senate Office collects agendas and minutes from the charter committees to send to the university archives. Please let us know the best way to get that information from you (e.g., direct us to a website, put us on the committee’s distribution list, etc.).	These have been emailed to Laura Zaper.
Recommendations, if any, to the shared governance groups.	Not at this time.