Dear SAC Colleagues,

As part of our ongoing commitment to maintaining a secure and reliable technology environment at San Antonio College, the Office of Technology Services (OTS) team will be conducting brief, in-person walk-throughs across campus buildings to survey and comply with State of Texas Prohibited Technology List that includes specific prohibited hardware/software.  Team members will be moving from one building to the next over the coming days. These visits will be brief and designed to minimize disruption to your work.

This effort is proactive and supportive in nature. Our goal is to ensure alignment with our State Security Standards, protect our network infrastructure, and safeguard institutional data. It is not intended to single out individuals, but to help us identify and address potential risks early as a college.

At this stage, we are simply identifying and documenting technology. We are not taking action on removal, replacement, or disposal during these visits. Any next steps, if needed, would be communicated clearly and handled collaboratively.

If your department is aware of any hardware or software that appears on the Prohibited Technology list, please contact our IT Security Specialist, Patrick Daniels via email – pdaniels5@alamo.edu so he can assist you.

We appreciate your cooperation and partnership in maintaining a secure technology environment for our students, faculty, and staff.

Thank you for your continued support.

Usha Venkat

Good afternoon, everyone,

This email is provided to inform everyone that the planned electrical impairment for Friday, December 19 until 6pm on Saturday, December 20 HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED to begin at 6am on Monday, December 22 until 6pm on Monday, December 22.

What: Electrical Power outage for NAHC and Science Building (whole building)
Why: to perform preventative maintenance activities on the electrical distribution switchgear which provides power to the entire NAHC building.

When: outage is now scheduled for Monday, December 22 from 6am to 6pm

Building Impacts for both Nursing and Allied Health Building or the Science Building:

• There will be NO electrical power or lighting.
• Elevators will NOT function.
• Refrigerators will not function.
• There may be an impact to exterior site lighting around either/both buildings

Impact Mitigation Planning (Recommended actions for occupants):

• Remove all food from refrigerators/freezers and empty all ice bins. Set ice bin to off so that new ice is not produced.
• Proactively relocate any refrigerated medicines to another facility.
• Proactively relocate any refrigerated lab specimens, specimens in centrifuges, etc. to another facility
• Shutdown and disconnect all classroom/lab equipment, etc.
• Shutdown and disconnect all computers.

Sincerely,