Curative Analysis: ‘Own IT’ for May 2017
The Curative Analysis team in IT is tasked with finding the causes of significant IT issues that affect campus. In this news update, we draw your attention to some of the problems being investigated or issues handled recently. WCUid Management: Recently, some WCU...
Summer Excel Courses for Faculty and Staff
Continuing this summer, the Division of IT will be offering a professional development service in Microsoft Excel. This is your opportunity to increase your efficiency and productivity and save time by learning many of the features and functionalities of Microsoft...
IT Service of the Month: Institutional Computer Purchases
Western Carolina University is required to participate in the UNC General Administration (UNC-GA) Combined Pricing Initiative (CPI) for bulk IT purchasing. The purpose of the program is to reduce the cost of equipment and support. All IT purchases for institutional...
Curative Analysis: ‘Own IT’ for April 2017
The Curative Analysis team in IT is tasked with finding the causes of significant IT issues that affect campus. In this news update, we draw your attention to some of the problems being investigated or issues handled recently. Classwork VM Pool for VCAT: On several...
IT Service of the Month: ITV Teleconferencing and Video Conferencing
Service Description We provide standard video conferencing for virtual business meetings, and interactive video classes allowing place-bound students to attend WCU classes in a video environment. Instructional Television is two-way audio and/or video conferencing....
Information Security Awareness: Security Tips for Traveling at Home and Abroad
Summer will be here soon! We all like to travel with our mobile devices (smartphones, laptops, or tablets) — whether it’s to the coffee shop around the corner or to a café in Paris. These devices make it easy for us to stay connected while on the go, but they...
Curative Analysis: ‘Own IT’ for March 2017
The Curative Analysis team in IT is tasked with finding the causes of significant IT issues that affect campus. In this news update, we draw your attention to some of the problems being investigated or issues handled recently. Classwork VM Pool for VCAT: On several...
IT Service of the Month: Physical Computer Security
The Division of IT (DoIT) offers assistance to identify and procure appropriate security methods for University-owned or personal computers. We will help install and implement the selected security devices or systems for University-owned computers. University-owned...
NEW! Professional Development Courses for Faculty and Staff
Continuing this semester, the Division of IT will be offering a professional development service in the core applications of the Microsoft Office 2016 suite: Word, Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, and Skype for Business. This is your opportunity to increase your efficiency...
Information Security Awareness: Learn What It Takes to Refuse the Phishing Bait!
According to IBM’s 2014 Cyber Security Intelligence Index, human error is a factor in 95% of security incidents. Following are a few ways to identify various types of social engineering attacks. What do they want? They want to lure you into exposing sensitive...