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One IT Picnic 2025: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Future

On June 5, the One IT community gathered at Faculty Glade for an annual picnic that doubled as a major milestone celebration. The event honored our retiring colleagues and toasted the one-year anniversary of Tracy Shinn’s leadership as UC Berkeley’s AVC for IT and CIO.

One IT PIcnic volunteers sit at the check-in table and smile for the camera

Campus Tech Resources Students Should Know About

Megan Sacyat, Berkeley IT Communications Assistant, shared her experience volunteering at the Fall Student Tech Experience Event, hosted by Campus IT Experience (CITE). The goal of the event was to inform students of campus technology resources and to learn more about their technology needs.

From L-R: Candy Skinner, Gabriel Gonzalez, Tracy Shinn, and Wes Johnson

A Lovely Day On the Glade with One IT

Megan Sacyat, Berkeley IT Communications Assistant, shared her experience as a first-time attendee of the One IT Picnic. She also spoke with incoming CIO, Tracy Shinn, and outgoing Interim CIO, Gabriel Gonzalez, about their transitions and what the picnic means to them.

Attendees eating lunch at the 2024 One IT Picnic on the Faculty Club Glade at UC Berkeley

From Student to Staff: Finley Golightly

Finley worked on campus throughout their time as an undergrad student. After graduating with a degree in Applied Mathematics, they now work full-time at Berkeley D-Lab! Learn how Finley’s hard work and dedication led to a full-time position at UC Berkeley.

Finley Golightly dons a cap and gown at their UC Berkeley graduation

ICYMI: Watch the UC Womxn in Tech Speaker Series featuring AI, the hot topic of the year!

In honor of Women's History Month and International Women’s Day, the UC Womxn in Technology Committee (UC WIT) hosted a speaker series with Brandie Nonnecke, PhD., and Dr. Lauren K. Klein to address a hot topic on all of our minds, the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

University of California Womxn in Tech. Illustration of women of all shapes and sizes standing in front of a yellow-striped background.