Liberal Arts and Sciences, UIT partner to manage IT services

On December 1, 2025, Colleges and Schools of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) IT staff met with senior UIT and LAS leadership to discuss a new coordinated LAS IT service model, which will develop through a multiphase effort designed to enhance the quality of LAS IT services and ensure full compliance with university-wide IT security policies and requirements. During the meeting, LAS and UIT leaders explained the model’s principles and that the design will be determined through ongoing close collaboration between UIT and LAS. LAS IT staff will remain in their current ORG IDs until the transition to the new model has further developed.

Within UIT, the collaborative design and implementation effort is led by Dean Keyek-Franssen, director for the new UIT University Technology Management unit in Jim Livingston’s Chief Technology Officer organization. Keyek-Franssen will work closely with Vice Provost and Senior Dean of LAS Peter Trapa; LAS Director of Strategic Initiatives Cassie Slattery; and a new UIT University Technology Management associate director (applications are open to current U employees).

If you have questions about the new UIT-LAS partnership, please contact Keyek-Franssen at d.keyekfranssen@utah.edu.