Awards, Publications,  and other Activities

Awards

2017 ACM SIGUCCS Penny Crane Award for Distinguished Service

2011 ACM SIGUCCS Hall of Fame Award

2005 Lehigh University Distinguished Service Award

2004 EDUCAUSE Award for “Systematic Progress in Teaching and Learning” in
recognition of the Lehigh Lab virtual campus learning model. Institutional Award, Primary author.

2004 Center for Digital Education “Best of the Web Award” for Lehigh’s three tier web
design. Institutional Award, Primary author.

1999 Lehigh University, S.T.A.R Academy, Most Favorable Faculty/Staff Award

1984 Charter member of Pi Mu Epsilon Moravian College's Honorary National Mathematics Society 

Papers and presentations

Presentation at ACM SIGUCCS 2018,"The Who, What, and Why of IT Governance and Data Analytics, co-presented with Yenny Anderson, and Colin Foley, October 2018.

Presentation at Campus Technology Forum 2014, "Applying Presidential Leadership Principles to Managing Information Technology", April 2014.

Presentation at ACM SIGUCCS Fall Conference 2013, "Securing the Enterprise", co-presented with Keith Hartranft, and Richard Nelson, November 2013.

Presentation at ACM SIGUCCS Fall Conference 2012, "Cars. Elephants, and Geeks - Leading to Innovate and Change", co-presented with Gale Fritsche, and Cindy Dooling, October 2012.

Presentation at ACM SIGUCCS Fall Conference 2011, "Strategic Planning, Development, Marketing, and Implementations", co-presented with Stacey Kimmel, November 2011.

Presentation at SunGard Higher Education Summit 2011 Annual Conference, "Applying Lincoln Leadership Principles to IT", March 2011.

Presentation at ACM SIGUCCS Management Symposium, "Second Life: An Innovation in Higher Education", co-presented with Johanna Brams, Melody Buckner, and Natalie Foster, April 2010.

Presentation at ACM SIGUCCS Management Symposium, "Managing in troubled times: Lincoln, Kennedy, and Eisenhower leadership principles and IT", co-presented with Allan Chen, April 2010.

Presentation at the ACM SIGUCCS Management Symposium, "Lincoln’s Leadership principles applied to IT", March 2009.

Panel participation at the ACM SIGUCCS Management Symposium, "Orchestrating an Identity and Access Management Implementation”, co-presented with Sara Rodgers, Bruce Taggart, and Aaron Perry, March 2009.

Presentation at EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference,"PGP Whole Disk Encryption Implementation." co-presented with Gale Fritsche, October 2008.

Paper published and presented at the 2008 ACM SIGUCCS Fall Conference entitled "Library Resources to Enhance the Undergraduate Experience”, paper co-authored with Christine Roysdon,  October 2008.

Presentation at the SunGard Higher Education Executive Summit entitled "Library Resources to Enhance the Student Experience", March 2008.

Presentation at EDUCAUSE 2006 Annual Conference, "Stay Out of the News: Encrypt Your Files", co-presented with Gale Fritsche,  October 2006.

Presentation at the ACM Computer Services Management Symposium, "Securing Sensitive Information Across Campus", co-presented with Gale Fritsche and Ron Nichols, April 2006.

"Paper and presentation at the Syllabus 2005 Annual Conference,"Lehigh Lab: A support model for systemic progress in teaching and learning", co-presented with Bruce Taggart, July 2005.

Presentation at the ACM Computer Services Management Symposium,"Herding Cats: Managing Cross Functional Teams", co-presented with Christy Roysdon, March 2005.

Presentation at the Sungard Summit 2005 Annual Conference, "Building the Campus Portal", co-presented with Bruce Taggart, March 2005.

Presentation at the EDUCAUSE 2004 Annual Conference, "The Personalized Portal" co-presented with Christy Roysdon and Bruce Taggart, October 2004.

Paper and presentation at the Syllabus 2004 Annual Conference, "The New Information Frontier - The Personalized Portal"    co-presented with Bruce Taggart, July 2004.

Paper presented at the ACM SIGUCCS Computer Services Management Symposium, "Portals Selection, Implementation, and Content Development"

Paper published in The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, "Design Principles for Online Instruction: A New Kind of Classroom" co-authored with Neil Toporski, January 2004.

Poster session at Educause 2002, "Redesigning freshmen courses for the web", co-presented with Sherri Yerk-Zwickl, October 2002.

Poster session at Educause 2001, s new roman,times,serif;"Implementing Wireless on Campus: A Collaboration", co-presented with Leila Lyons and Elizabeth Mackenzie (University of Delaware), October 2001.

Paper published and presented at the Syllabus 2001 Conference entitled "The Clipper Project Takes Off" co-authored by Stephen Bronack, July 2001.

Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Technology in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education entitled "Design Principles for Online Instruction: A New Kind Of Classroom" co-authored with Neil Toporski, June 2001.
 
Presented paper entitled "Getting IT Off the Ground" at Syllabus 2000 Educational Technology Conference, March 2000.

Paper published in the Proceedings of ACM SIGUCCS '99 Conference entitled  “Implementing Service Standards to Manage Client Expectations”, November 1999.

Co-presented with Roy Gruver and Sharon Wiles-Young paper entitled, "Articulation and Implementation of Information Resources Service Standards" at  EDUCOM '98, October 1998.

Paper published in the Proceedings of CUMREC '98 Conference entitled "The Metamorphosis of Libraries, Computing, and Telecommunications into a Cohesive Whole", May 1998.

Paper published in Proceedings of ACM SIGUCCS '97 Conference entitled  "Combining Libraries, Computing, and Telecommunications: A Work in Progress", November 1997.

Presented paper entitled , "Longitudinal Surveys of Residential Networking Students" at RESNET Symposium 1997 sponsored by Wellesley College, July 1997.

Developed and co-presented with Blair Bernhardt a 1/2 day pre-conference workshop entitled  "Legal, Social, and Ethical Issues in Developing Information Resources Policy" at CAUSE96, December 1996.

Developed and co-presented with Robin Deily and Suzanne Cole a concurrent session entitled  "Merging Computing, Telecommunications, and Libraries: A Customer Services Approach at Educom'96, October 1996.

Presented  paper entitled "Untangling the Web: Taking Advantage of WWW Technology" at the CAUSE (Association for the Management of Information Technology in Higher Education) National Conference, November 1995. Paper published in proceedings and co-authored by Roy Gruver.

Presented CASE Study"Lehigh's Residential Networking Project:WIRED" at the RESNET Symposium 1995 sponsored by Stanford University, July 1995.

Presented paper entitled "Getting the Right Fit: Institutional Downsizing without Capsizing" at the CAUSE (Association for the Management of Information Technology in Higher Education) National Conference, November 1994. Paper published in proceedings.

Presented paper entitled  "WIRED: World-wide Information Resources in Every Dorm" at the RESNET Symposium 1994 sponsored by Stanford University, July 1994.

Presented paper entitled "Traffic Control and Management on Today's Evolving Information Highways" at the EDUCOM '93 Conference, October 1993. Paper published in proceedings.

Other papers, presentations and professional activities

Awards Committee Chair for the ACM SIGUCCS 2013 Fall Conference, November 2013. 

Track chair for the Management Symposiun at the ACM SIGUCCS Fall Conference 2012 & Awards Committee member, October 2012. 

Track chair for the Management Symposium at the  ACM SIGUCCS Fall Conference 2011, November 2011.

Symposium Liaison, ACM SIGUCCS Computer Services Management Symposium 2011, April 2011. 

Symposium Liaison, ACM SIGUCCS Computer Services Management Symposium 2010, April 2010.

Presentation at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference entitled "Applying Lincoln's Leadership Styles to IT", January 2010.

Presentation at ACM SIGUCCS Fall Conference entitled "Fostering Best Practices in Teaching and Learning",  October  2009.

Symposium Liaison, ACM SIGUCCS Computer Services Management Symposium 2009, March 2009. See
Elected to a three year term on the ACM SIGUCCS Executive Board, June 2008.

Symposium Chair, ACM SIGUCCS Computer Services Management Symposium 2008, March 2008. 

Pre-symposium Executive Seminar at ACM SIGUCCS Computer Services Management Symposium, entitled "Issues in IT Leadership - Change Management, Managing & Mentoring Staff, and Dealing with President's, Provosts, and VPs ", co-presented with John Lateulere, March 2008.

Program Chair, ACM SIGUCCS Computer Services Management Symposium 2007, March 2007.

Track chair for the ACM SIGUCCS Computer Services Management Symposium, April 2006. Presentation at "The Eleventh Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN)"  entitled "Lehigh Lab - A University-Wide Experiment in Technology-Enhanced Learning"  co-presented with Christine Roysdon,  November 2005.

Participated in a panel discussion with Debbie Fulton,  Mississippi State University, and Wendy Dibean, the University of Miami entitled "SCT Luminis: the commercial option for uPortal success" at the JA-SIG uPortal Conference, June 2003.  

Portal Presentations on Selecting and Implementing a Campus-wide portal, for Campus Pipeline in June 2002 and August 2002

TLT webcast, “Integrating Faculty Development, Library, and Technology Services: Principles, Practices, and Examples from Lehigh University”,  with Bruce Taggart, Dina Wills, and Christy Roysdon,  February 26, 2002

CAUSE98 Conference presented a current issues round table with Olivia Williamson from Stanford University on "Doing More with Less: Using Non-Technical Staff to Provide Technical Support.", December, 1998.

Co-presented and co-authored a paper with John Supra, Melissa Wong, and Christy Roysdon for ACM SIGUCCS 98 entitled "The Road to Integration: Efforts to Combine Computing, Libraries & Telecommunications", October 1998.

Participated in debate at ACM SIGUCCS 98 entitled "Library/Computing Center Mergers:
The Shape of the Future, or an Evil Fad?", October 1998.

Gave Internet Policy presentation with Blair Bernhardt at symposium entitled "Policy, Pornography, and the Law: Libraries and the Internet" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Library Association College and Research Division, May 1997.

"Developing Information Resource Policies: Legal, Social, and Ethical Issues" with Blair Bernhardt at Technology Day sponsored by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Special Libraries Association, April 1997.

Developed and co-presented with Blair Bernhardt and Margie Hodges a 1/2 day pre-conference workshop entitled "Legal, Social, and Ethical Issues in Developing Information Resources Policy at EDUCOM'96, October 1996.

Presented a talk entitled "Using Today's Information Highways" for the Allentown Rotary Club, June 1996.

Presented a concurrent session entitled "Information Resources Policy: Social, Legal, and Ethical Considerations" at CAUSE Northeast Regional Conference, May 1996.

Developed and co-presented with Bob Fisher a workshop on "Home uses of the Internet" for the Alumni Association", May 1996.

Co-presented with Roy Gruver "Untangling the Web" for the Greater Philadelphia a Chapter of AFCOM, April 1996.

Presented paper (with W. Harris) entitled, "Managing the Transition to UNIX" at the ACM SIGUCCS Computer Services Management Symposium XXI, March 1994.

Presented paper entitled, "Campus-wide Information Systems: Information Navigation Facilities for the 90's" at the VALA (Victorian Association for Library Automation) 7th Biennial Conference and Exhibition, November 1993. Paper co-authored by Joseph P. Lucia and published in proceedings.

Published paper entitled, "Developing a Computing and Information Policy" in EDUCOM's The Ethics Kit, June 1993.

Presented paper entitled, "IBM RISC Technology in Open Systems: Client Server Solutions at Lehigh" at the 6th Annual Maryland, Virginia & Washington College & University Conference sponsored by IBM, March 1993.

Presented paper entitled, "CWIS: Policies and Procedures" at ACM SIGUCCS Computer Services Management Symposium XX, March 1993.

Presented paper entitled, "Developing and Implementing 'Rules of the Road' for Today's Electronic Highways" at the 4th Annual Connectivity and Technology Symposium held by the Center for the Study of Connectivity and Data Bases, January 1993. Paper published in proceedings.

Presented paper entitled, "Information Navigation for the 90's" at the EDUCOM '92 Conference, November 1992.

Wrote chapter, with co-author Kevin Weiner, for book entitled, Campus-wide Information Systems and Networks: Case Studies in Design and Implementation, Summer 1992.

Presented paper entitled, "Building a Second Generation Campus-wide Information System" at the INFORMA 1992 Conference, May 1992.

Presented paper entitled, "Electronic Highways: Defining the Rules of the Road" at The Ninth International Conference on Technology and Education, March 1992. Paper published in proceedings.

Published article entitled, "Developing a Campus Computing and Information Policy: Issues and Concerns" in CAUSE/EFFECT magazine, Winter 1991 issue.

Led round table discussion on campus-wide information systems at the CAUSE (Association for the Management of Information Technology in Higher Education) National Conference, December 1991.

Presented paper entitled, "Issues in the development of a campus computing and information policy" at the CAUSE National Conference, November 1990. Paper published in proceedings.

Presented paper entitled, "Developing a Computing and Information Policy" at the ACM SIGUCCS User Services Conference XVIII, October 1990. Paper published in proceedings.

Presented paper entitled, "Managing Campus-Wide Information Systems" at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), June 1990.

Presented paper entitled, "Managing Information Systems" at The Seventh International Conference on Technology and Education, March 1990. Paper published in proceedings.

Awarded $25,000 Apple hardware grant from Apple Computer for the Academic Development Donation Program. Proposal was entitled, "The Design and Development of a Macintosh Interface to Lehigh's Campus Information System", December 1989.

Presented paper entitled, "Managing Campus-Wide Information Systems: Issues and Problems" at the ACM SIGUCCS User Services Conference XVII, October 1989. Paper published in proceedings.

Presented paper entitled, "Results of a Two Year Study of the Effectiveness of a Campus-wide Electronic Information System" at The Sixth International Conference on Technology and Education, March 1989. Paper published in proceedings.

Presented paper entitled, "An Empirical Study of User Satisfaction with a Microcomputer-Based Campus-Wide Information System" at the ACM SIGUCCS User Services Conference XVI, October 1988. Paper co- authored by Monica A. Newman and published in proceedings.

Participated in round table discussion entitled "Networking" at the IBM Academic Computing Conference, June 1988.

Participated in panel discussion entitled "Networking" at the IACE '88 (International Association for Computing in Education), April 1988.

Presented paper entitled, "The Development and User Acceptance of a Microcomputer-Based Campus-Wide Electronic Information System" at The Fifth International Conference on Technology and Education, March 1988. Paper co-authored by K. R. Weiner and published in proceedings.

Presented paper entitled, "The Design, Development, and Implementation of a Microcomputer-Based Campus Automation System" at the Conference on Computing in Undergraduate Education held by C-CUE (Consortium for Computing in Undergraduate Education), October 1987.

Presented paper entitled, "A microcomputer-based campus-wide electronic information system" at the 1987 AMA (American Marketing Association) Microcomput ers in Marketing Workshop, October 1987. Paper co- authored with J. E. Hansz and published in proceedings.

Presented paper entitled, "Campus Networking at Lehigh University" at "The Computer in the Academic Community" IBM seminar, September 1987.

Presented paper entitled, "Campus Networking: The Lehigh University Experiment" at the International Business Schools Computer Users Group 1987 North American Conference, July 1987. Paper co-authored with J. E. Hansz and published in proceedings.

Made a project presentation entitled, "The Design, Development, and Implementation of a Microcomputer Based Campus Automation System" at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), June 1987. Abstract published in proceedings.

Wrote a case study entitled, "Lehigh's Acquisition and Support of Software" for the EDUCOM Software Initiative, June 1987.

Presented paper entitled, "Using MUSIC and PCWS to Create a Microcomputer Based Campus Automation System" at the MUSIC Users's Group meeting, May 1987.

Conducted demonstrations on Lehigh networking at the ASEE (American Society of Engineering Educators) Annual Conference, May 1987.

Presented workshops entitled, "Presentation Graphics" and "Campus Networking" at Lehigh University's Courseware Fair, March 1987.iu

Presented paper entitled, "Uses of Microcomputers in the Schools" at a "Computers the School's Response" workshop sponsored by the Lehigh University School Study Council, May 1983.

Conducted workshop entitled, "Computer Literacy" at a conference on computers in education at East Stroudsburg yyState College, August 1981 and 1982.

Conducted in-service workshop entitled, "Micro-Computers and Programming in BASIC" for the Washington Borough Public Schools, March 1981.

Conducted in-service workshop entitled, "Using Computers in the Classroom" for Pennridge High School, December 1980.

Conducted in-service workshop entitled, "Using Computers in the Classroom" for Bethlehem Area School District Mathematics teachers, November 1980.

Conducted in-service workshop entitled, "Using Apples to Program in BASIC" for the Oxford Central School District, August 1980.

Developed and wrote proposal for a Title 4 grant for the establishment of a computer-assisted instruction lab in the Bethlehem Area School District, 1977-78 academic year.

Developed the curriculum for the newly created Computer Science course in the Bethlehem Area School District, 1976-77 academic year.

Send comments to Timothy Foley at foleytim@gmail.com