UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 5, Page 1
September 30, 1993
Susan J. Foster named new information technology v.p.

     Susan J. Foster, associate vice president for computing and network
services since 1989, has been promoted to vice president for information
technologies, effective Jan. 1, University President David P. Roselle
announced today.
     "Susan Foster has presided over a great deal of technological
innovation at the University of Delaware, and we are pleased to recognize
her good service to the campus by way of a well-deserved promotion,"
Roselle said. "Information technology is an integral part of our
University, and leadership at this high level is essential. We are very
fortunate to have someone already at the University of Delaware with such
clearly demonstrated capabilities."
     This summer, for example, he said, was "an exceptionally busy one" for
Foster and her staff, as the latest in communication technology-from
television to computing to telephones- came to campus, providing students
with a wide range of new services.
     As vice president, Foster will continue to report to David E.
Hollowell, senior vice president, who said her promotion "recognizes Susan
Foster's accomplishments as an individual and the growing importance of
computing and technology to the University in general."
     In her position, Foster has responsibility for the planning, policy,
budget, acquisition and implementation of all central academic and
administrative computing and University-wide telecommunications services,
instructional and research applications, as well as the University's data,
voice and video communications on the campus and across the state.
     Reporting to her are

        * Network and Systems Services, which delivers telecommunications,
          time share and server technologies;
        * User Services, which delivers end-user support to researchers,
          instructors, staff, students and administrators through desktop
          and research data base management services;
        * Management Information Services, which delivers software services
          for access to University administrative and general information
          by students, faculty and staff and executive officers;
        * University Media Services, which delivers instructional video
          production, reception and broadcast services, as well as graphics
          design and classroom technology management;
        * Systems Security and Access, which is responsible for matters of
          access and security of University electronic information systems
          and resources; and
        * Planning and Special Projects, which assists departments and
          Computing and Network Services with planning, requirements
          analysis, re-engineering and work-flow analyses.

     In her four years at Delaware, Foster has overseen substantial
expansion of electronic mail, as well as implementation of a campuswide
data network and information service; remote interactive video service; new
on-line systems for payroll/personnel, student information and gifts
processing; ethernet and cable TV services to student residence halls;
digital switching and voice processing services; and a student computing
initiative to enhance their computing and electronic information access
through discounted resale of microcomputers and work stations, to name only
a few.
     "Recent technological innovations enhance academic and campus life,"
Foster said. "The upgrading of the information network at the University
will streamline communications and expand academic opportunities for larger
audiences, both on and off the campus."
     Foster, who directed Temple University's computing and information
services functions before coming to Delaware, holds a bachelor's degree in
psychology and a master's degree in psychoeducational processes, both from
Temple. She also is a Ph.D. candidate there in psychoeducational processes.
     A member of numerous professional organizations, she has done
consulting work in the U.S. and China on software engineering, facilities
planning and management, computer education in primary and secondary
schools, management techniques for introducing computing technologies in
the office and selecting and applying office systems technologies.
     She also has taught a course at Temple on "Computers in Society," has
been a trainer in interpersonal communication and has conducted
assertiveness training programs.