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As the reliance on technology continues to expand in offices, the role of the office professional has greatly evolved. Office automation and organizational restructuring have led secretaries and administrative assistants to increasingly assume responsibilities once reserved for managerial and professional staff. In spite of these changes, however, the core responsibilities for secretaries and administrative assistants have remained much the same: performing and coordinating an office's administrative activities and storing, retrieving, and integrating information for dissemination to staff and clients.

Typically under the direction of the Vice President of Information and Technology Resources, this position will work with faculty and administrators on the design and development of instructional content that will be used in traditional on-campus courses, blended, and on-line courses; plan, coordinate and conduct workshops on the use of new technologies, conduct research on emerging technologies for use in an academic setting, and provide instruction and support to faculty and staff to assist them in the development and/or improvement of technology skills.