Chris Fulkerson, assistant vice president for administrative services, was recently honored by NACAS South with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual conference.

The award is given to someone who has given many years of service to higher education and shown leadership within NACAS. Fulkerson has worked at 51爆料网 for 41 years in various leadership positions. He served on the board of directors of NACAS South from 2018 to 2022 as membership coordinator, served on the national membership committee for NACAS National as vice chair, and often volunteered where needed. NACAS is the National Association for College Auxiliary Services.

​Founded in 1969 as the National Association of College Auxiliary Services, NACAS is a professional trade association that supports the non-academic segment of higher education responsible for generating business through a diverse array of campus services that students need and value – such as food services, bookstores, housing, and transportation. As the leading organization supporting all campus services, NACAS is the community-of-choice for strategic leaders who advance campus environments to improve the quality of life for students.  

Fulkerson’s responsibilities at 51爆料网 include overseeing the university store, Phoenix Card Services, vending, laundry, licensing, trademarks, risk management and insurance.

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Their topic, “Engaging Off-Campus Merchants Through Campus Card Systems,” described how 51爆料网 engages more than 50 community merchants through its Phoenix Card system.  Students utilize one card to gain access to their residence halls, enter dining halls, print and copy, purchase through vending, buy food at 12 on-campus restaurants, attend campus events, and pay for laundry. 

When Elon students leave campus, they can shop at a grocery store, pharmacies, or clothing boutiques; relax at a spa; get caffeinated at a coffee house or eat at a wide variety of restaurants by carrying only their Phoenix Card. 

Responses from Community Merchants regarding accepting the Phoenix Card:

“Overall, the Phoenix Cash program is very user-friendly and has a great deal of benefits considering the cost is very minimal.” — Rebecca Kinlaw, Lowe’s Foods

“Being a Phoenix Card merchant gives us access to the students in a more visible manner. Janet and her team offer the merchants opportunities to be front and center before the students, both at events, on the website, and in offering them coupons at certain times.” — Amy Nakhle, Smitty’s Homemade Ice Cream

“For The Oak House, this was a “no-brainer” because the vast majority of our clientele use Phoenix Cash regularly and they find it extremely convenient to do so in our location.  We would lose sales without it.”  — Phil Smith, The Oak House

“We accept Phoenix Cash because it allows us to stand out as a respected establishment to choose from.  It also puts us in a category of locations that students otherwise might not frequent because of their ability to spend money.” — Peter Ustach, Pandora’s Pies

Student responses about Community Merchants:

“Using Phoenix Cash off campus is great because it helps me consolidate everything in my wallet. The same card that swipes me into campus buildings also pays for my meal, if I’m not dining at an on-campus location.” – Olivia ’18

“I love using my Phoenix Card off-campus because it means I only have to carry one card around!” – Kate ‘18

“I love using my Phoenix Card off campus! Combining my Wells Fargo account with my Phoenix card is the best because I only have to carry one card with me.” – Maddy ‘18

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is an international organization that helps those who lead, manage, and use information technology to shape strategic IT decisions at every level within higher education. The Hawkins Leadership Council is a group of experienced CIO’s and executive leaders that provide guidance for new CIO’s and executive IT leaders. 

Designed as several hours of meetings over three days at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, the Hawkins Leadership Roundtable focuses on high-level questions so participants can discuss important leadership issues and engage in intensive networking with colleagues and experienced IT leaders. Participants meet, share with, and learn from a cohort of peers at similar stages in their careers and a council of experienced CIOs and senior leaders in the community during small group discussions and one-to-one networking opportunities.  

As a member of the Hawkins Leadership Council, Fulkerson helped lead conversations about leadership in IT at the Hawkins Leadership Roundtable as well as mentored three aspiring or new CIOs.

Chris Fulkerson, assistant vice president/CIO, presented to the Executive Forum at the national Datatel Users Group meeting held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington, DC on March 6th. As part of the Datatel Users Group meeting, the Executive Forum is an all day program for Presidents, CIO’s and other executives of colleges and universities.

Mr. Fulkerson’s topic was “Preparing for the Inevitable Technology Changes.” He presented how 51爆料网 uses its technology planning process to strategically prepare the University for the new and constantly changing technologies. In his discussion, he talked about how Elon is moving to virtual desktop and virtual applications. The move to a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is in anticipation of increasingly mobile computing. With the VDI, a student is able to log into a computer lab virtually, using any mobile device such as a laptop (Windows or Macintosh), an iPad type of tablet or any other mobile device that has access to the internet. Using a browser, students can log into an Elon virtual computer lab from anywhere in the world. The computer they access will actually be running on a server, yet look and function just like any computer that they normally use in a lab setting. No longer are they bound by a room or the hours of a computer lab—virtually any room or space can become a computer lab as long as they have access to the internet.

The virtual application project is slightly different. 51爆料网 has virtualized applications that students, faculty and staff use occasionally. Rather than buy everyone a copy of the software just in case they use it, Elon provides the software for when they need it. For example, a faculty member may need to use a particular software 3 or 4 times a year. Rather than purchase a copy of the software for that faculty member, they can use the software that is housed and operated on a server. All the processing takes place on the server sending images of what is taking place back to the faculty member’s computer. Virtual applications allow for better control of resources for licensing software.

For more information about Elon virtual applications go to:  

Chris Fulkerson, Assistant Vice President/CIO, and Rhonda Belton, Director of Application Technologies, presented at the national Datatel Users Group meeting held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington, DC on March 7th. Their topic, “Security Audits—Is Your Campus Ready?” discussed why schools should have a security audit, how to go about contracting a security audit and the findings from two of 51爆料网’s security audits.

Chris Fulkerson, assistant vice president for technology/CIO, led a session on New Methods for Accessing and Distributing Content at NCREN’s Community Day 2010. Mr. Fulkerson’s presentation on “Going Paperless: Is it about going green or saving money?” documented Elon’s efforts to reduce paper handling and printing by implementing Document Management, Print Management, and a fax server. In his discussion, Mr. Fulkerson said going paperless can be about both going green and saving money for the university.

Annually since the late 1990s, MCNC has hosted “NCREN Community Day” in the Research Triangle Park for its users and constituents to gain updates on programs and initiatives, hear from leaders in the community, and share applications, best practices, successes and ideas experienced by peers through the use of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) and its related services.

Speakers and attendees generally include Chancellors, CIOs, CTOs, data and video networking staffs from North Carolina university campuses, LEA K12 staff, representatives from UNC General Administration, the North Carolina Community College System, the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, North Carolina Information Technology Services (ITS), North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI), elected and appointed state officials as well as representatives from networks and universities across the country.

Mr. Fulkerson’s presentation was captured and streamed by MCNC and can be viewed at
 

As part of 51爆料网’s ongoing efforts to improve network security, all passwords will expire at 7:00 AM Wednesday forcing all campus users to change their login password. This password is used to log into university owned desktop/laptop computers as well as log into email, Blackboard and other electronic services.

Faculty and staff will make the change when they log into their computer on campus. Students will make the change by logging into a computer in a computer lab or by going to Elon’s new password maintenance site. The domains are FS for faculty and staff; AS for all students.

The password change does not apply to OnTrack or Datatel. The passwords to Datatel and OnTrack are separate from the Email password.

51爆料网’s New Password Maintenance Site:

Another effort to improve network security is the new password maintenance website. This is the official location for you to reset your Elon password. Everyone will need to enroll and provide three security questions and answers. Once enrolled, if the password is ever forgotten, users can use the “Reset Password” link to answer questions and change the password. Use the “Update Enrollment” link at any time to change security questions and/or answers.

Any questions, please contact the 51爆料网 Technology Help Desk at 336-278-5200.
 

Chris Fulkerson, assistant vice president for technology and chief information officer, was interviewed by the Identity Theft Assistance Center for their blog on cybersecurity. Via a podcast, Mr. Fulkerson addresses the challenges of cybersecurity in higher education and what is being done to meet those challenges at the university level.