57 Going Green by Drinking Water ITS has saved waste from over 20,858 water bottles by encouraging usage of water fountains in the Hardymon building. The fountain shows a live count of water bottle waste saved while in use. Women in IT Outreach In Spring of 2018, the Women in IT group was founded, bringing the opportunity to capitalize on women’s innovative thinking and leadership potential, and explore key activities or roles in shaping the organization’s future. On Saturday, April 21st, three members of the Women in IT Planning Committee participated in the Opportunity Fair during the 2nd Annual Expanding Your Horizons 2018 Conference. The members met with middle school girls and presented an overview of IT and highlighted three career areas along with skills necessary for such professions. Expanding Your Horizons Conference targets middle school girls across Kentucky to acquaint them with the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The conference provides hands-on science workshops and the opportunity to interact with professionals during the fair. Networking Session for BSCTC Students Joe Tietyen, of the ITS Network Engineering team, hosted Dr. Kathryn Miller and her students from Big Sandy Community and Technical College for a presentation on UK’s network architecture. Joe discussed how the ITS network team programs and installs switches and routers around UK’s campus, HealthCare facilities and UK facilities throughout the state. He provided a show-and-tell with cabling and hardware used by UK, discussed past and current network projects, and demonstrated the Orion network reporting tool. He also threw in a bit of network education and trivia which made the event a full learning experience for the attendees. The students, ranging from high school seniors getting a college head start to retired coal miners seeking a new career, plan to pursue professions in the computing and networking fields.