IT partners with WCU’s physical therapy department on a data encryption pilot.

Join CIO Craig Fowler and the Division of Information Technology for one of two IT Open Forums that will address questions concerning new security policies and the new Computer Pricing Initiative (CPI).

In an effort to meet contractual, regulatory and statutory obligations to protect certain types of data, automatic e-mail forwarding to external addresses from WCU email will be retired Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010.

In order to reduce security risk to university accounts, the connection protocol known as IMAP will be retired Monday, January 17, 2011.

As of October 1, new purchasing procedures cover all desktop and laptop computers through WCU’s approved vendor Dell.

Beginning Monday, Sept. 13, three university divisions (IT, athletics, and student affairs) will begin a pilot of the Mobile Communication Device Program.

After months of planning and behind-the-scenes work, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) launched its new website, DoIT.wcu.edu, on Tuesday, August 3. DoIT.wcu.edu provides WCU students, faculty, staff, families and guests with a main point of entry to IT services and help, and reflects recent changes to support services.

Students enrolled in English 101 classes this fall (2010) will be the first participants in Western Carolina University’s Education Briefcase (eBriefcase).

After months of planning and behind-the-scenes work, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is scheduled to launch a new IT website in early August.