IT Service of the Month: File Collaboration
File Collaboration… Where do we go from here? OneDrive -Western Carolina University is a secure cloud storage solution for your file sharing and collaboration needs. Your WCUid has access to 1TB storage for your files. With multiple options for file storage, you may...
IT Service of the Month: Software Adoption Review
This service provides WCU Faculty and Staff with consultative support in the purchasing and/or acquisition of software to be used by WCU faculty, staff, or students on WCU-owned computers. This service is provided to enable compliance with University Policy 119....
Information Security Awareness Training: Guard Your Privacy Online
Use long and complex passwords or passphrases. These are often the first line of defense in protecting an online account. The length and complexity of your passwords can provide an extra level of protection for your personal information. What is the Password Policy...
Coming Soon: Microsoft Office 2016
The Division of IT (DoIT) has a project underway to test Microsoft Office 2016. Once testing is complete, our projection is to make Office 2016 available to current and newly purchased WCU-owned Dell/Apple faculty and staff computers during the Spring 2016...
Coming Soon: OS X El Capitan
Apple released the new operating system, El Capitan (v. 10.11) commercially on September 30, 2015. The Division of IT (DoIT) is currently evaluating WCU core systems and services for compatibility with El Capitan (v. 10.11). Once the new operating system has been...
Coming Soon: Windows 10
Microsoft commercially released Windows 10 on July 29, 2015. The Division of IT (DoIT) has a project underway to test the new Windows 10 operating system. Once testing is complete, our projection is to begin deployment to WCU-owned faculty and staff computers during...
IT Service of the Month: Accounts for Guests to Access Administrative Resources
Each month, the Division of IT hi-lights a service provided to the campus. This month’s service is: Accounts for Guests to Access Administrative Resources The Division of IT creates and maintains Active Directory accounts which provide access to university computing...
Mercury Rising
Your network storage is rising! The Division of IT is excited to announce that all faculty and staff storage space on the Mercury (H:) drive was increased over the holiday break to provide you with 40GB of network storage. Departmental folders were also increased to...
IT Service of the Month: Digital Media Support
Service Description Western Carolina University provides digital media support for faculty, staff, undergraduate, and graduate students both in and out of the classroom, including: Audio, Video, and Images This service includes support and facilities for recording and...
Redesigned WCU.edu website launch!
We are excited to announce the launch of a redesign of the university’s primary website, http://www.wcu.edu, on Thursday, December 10th, 2015. The launch will include a new design and navigation for the top level pages of the website, undergraduate admissions,...