It’s been a busy few weeks in the Office of the Chief Information Officer! So many projects have been completed or are in progress, just in time for #new2osu students showing up this weekend!

• In case you haven’t been blinded by the shiny new Service Catalog yet, be sure to check it out! The Self Service site and catalog of OCIO services has been totally revamped to better fit with OSU branding standards, and in the process, we’ve made it much more user-friendly…and frankly, prettier!
• The official Ohio State app has been improving as well! The (formerly OSU Mobile) app has tons of new features, including Carmen grades, Student Evaluations of Instruction (SEIs), parking garage capacity information, advising notes and *gasp* your statement of account (AKA how much money you owe the university). You can even search the entire course catalog on the go! (We know you love looking for sweet classes!) As always, the app is free–download it from your app store today!
• Next week, we’re also announcing a change to the password policy…drum roll please…you will be required to change your password every 180 days instead of every 90! Students will hopefully rejoice knowing they can keep their passwords twice as long. In case they don’t, Bob Gribben will be serving up some useful tips for creating unique passwords!

That’s everything for now! Stay tuned as the autumn semester gets rolling…