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OTHER CERTIFICATIONS
EARNED BY OIT EMPLOYEES
OIT employees hold over 130 certifications from the following: Microsoft
Office, CISSP, ACSP, CTS, PMP, CISM, CIPP, A+, ACMT, HDI, CCENT,
CCNA, CCNP, CISA, HP, Cisco, ITIL, Suse Linux, MTA, MCP, MCSE,
CAN, MSAA+,N+,OCP,MCTS, Adobe, Lean Six Sigma, Red Hat, Site-
core, Hootsuite Platform Certification, Social Marketing Certification,
and more.
AWARDS
Karie Conklin: CIO Student Advisory Board Service Award ݑ
(Student Senate)
Mike Gebreselassie: Cox School of Business Staff Recognition ݑ
Award
Eric Godat, Ph.D.: ASCE J. James R. Croes Medal ݑ
Michael Hites: SMU Student Senate Outstanding Administrator ݑ
Laurene Klassen: Certiport Innovation and Excellence Award ݑ
John LaGrone, Ph.D: President’s Award for Innovation ݑ
Tue Vu: ASCE award - J. James R. Croes Medal ݑ
Jason Warner, Ed.D.: Presidential Leadership Award ݑ
PRESENTATIONS &
PUBLICATIONS
Tommy Doan, “BaseCAMP: Building an Interoperable ࢱ
IAM Program.” https://learning.internet2.edu/
courses/270/modules/items/9765
৬ Mike Gebreselassie, Gebreselassie M. (2025, June 17).
Supporting faculty at SMU – How different SMU offices
support faculty [Conference panelist]. Instructional Designers
Network (IDN) Conference, Southern Methodist University.
৬ Lisa Gines, M.Ed., Gines, L. (2025, June 17). Supporting
faculty at SMU – How different SMU offices support faculty
[Conference panelist]. Instructional Designers Network
(IDN) Conference, Southern Methodist University.
ê Curt Herridge, Ed.D., Herridge, C. (2024, August). IT
centralization patterns and CIO reporting: An update.
EDUCAUSE Review. https://er.educause.edu/articles/2024/8/
it-centralization-patterns-and-cio-reporting-an-update
৬ Michael Hites, “Developing Diverse and Innovative
Next-Gen Technology Leaders in Higher Education”,
Educause Simulive, November 2024.
৬ Michael Hites, “Going Slower to Go Faster”, CIO 100 Leadership
Masterclass, Colorado Springs, CO, August 2024.
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