Damian Doyle, former UMBC Deputy CIO and former MDREN Board Chair, retired in August 2024. Damian has moved on to assume the role of Deputy CIO at the University of … Read More

The MDREN is pleased to announce that it has approved the following member campuses as Principal members of the MDREN with full voting privileges:   · Community College of Baltimore … Read More

Most of you know that MDREN is deep into a major upgrade project that will increase throughput for most member campuses to 100GB. MDREN selected ARISTA routers for the edge … Read More

MDREN is growing.  MDREN recently onboarded Corey Williams as an Associate WAN Engineer.  Corey was selected from a strong field of candidates. He recently completed his A.A. degree at Prince … Read More

Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, is rejoining MDREN! Washington College will be rejoining MDREN this summer.  CIO Irv Bruckstein and his team are re-creating their IT team after outsourcing most … Read More

The MDREN board will experience changes in leadership at the top in July 2024. Ken Kundell (Salisbury University) will complete his term, and Thomas Smith (Coppin State University) will step … Read More

The MDREN Board is currently evaluating the organization’s bylaws to better reflect the current services, committee structure, and goals. The board is considering reconstituting the Finance Committee, the Technology Committee, … Read More

MDREN has been planning a major network upgrade for some time. When completed the network will be able to provide up to 100GB of service to each campus. Phase one … Read More

Most of you know that MDREN is planning a major upgrade over the next few years. An RFP was completed in December 2023 with the assistance of Salisbury University. The … Read More

The NSF recently released the solicitation for the 2024 program. The program includes five areas of focus this year. These include (1) Data Driven Networking for the Campus, (2) Computing … Read More