2010 annual report - Texas Southern University

RenaISSance campus & CommunityGoogle Goes to SchoolIn July, the TSU campus hosted the Apps Education road team from Google, who were here to discuss the benefits of Google Appsfor Education with other regional universities. “TSU hosting this event was a great opportunity,” expressed Billy Rector, chief informationofficer at Texas Southern. “Being one of the first universities in our region to successfully implement Google Apps in a studentcommunity was historic.” Google Apps Education Edition is a free web-based suite of hosted communication and collaborationapplications designed for schools and universities and features services such as email (Gmail) and shared calendars (Google Calendar),as well as online documents, spreadsheets and presentations (Google Docs).Faculty-Staff Fundraising Campaign a SuccessA significant milestone was achieved during this year’s 2010Faculty and Staff Annual Fundraising Campaign that raisedmore than $106,000 with 833 donors representing 69%employee participation. A total of 15 schools and departmentsreached the 100% participation level. The average giftreported was $128 per employee with $37,144 designatedtoward university scholarships. Several employees, schools,and departments were recognized at a victory celebrationfor their support of the campaign. Director of DevelopmentCarolyn Oliver acknowledges the success of the campaign.“It is an exciting time to be a part of Texas SouthernUniversity” she says. “This just shows what we can do whenwe work together for the greater good.”John Rudley and staff from Buildings and Grounds and FacilitiesMaintenance celebrate at the 2010 Victory Celebration. Thedepartment had the highest percentage of participation for the2010 Faculty Staff Campaign.TSU administrators, alumni, faculty and students visitedthe Texas State Capitol in Austin to demonstrate supportfor Texas Southern University’s legislative agenda during“TSU Day at the Capitol.” While there, participants visitedoffices, met with state legislators to discuss priorities of theUniversity and were recognized in the chamber during thelegislative session.21