Client services undergoes reorganization

Compiled by Amy P. Walker, Web Editor, Office of Web Services The IT division’s client services department has recently undergone a structural reorganization. In February, Anne Vail, director of IT client services department, left WCU. With Anne’s departure and an...

New faces, old faces and lots going on!

By Debbie Justice, Director of IT Planning, Office of the CIO This year, a former faculty member returned to WCU on sabbatical, new folks joined the division and a number of current staff moved to new positions. Elon professor spends sabbatical with IT Dr. Lynn R....

IT-supported e-classrooms get a refresh

By William Frady, Manager of Technology Management The IT Client Services team has been busy this year refreshing computer workstations in the electronic classrooms (e-classrooms) on campus. We have refreshed all the computers in one e-classroom and are preparing to...

Learning Management System (LMS) task force seeks input

By Anna McFadden, Director of the Coulter Faculty Center (CFC) This past spring, Provost Carter appointed a task force to make a recommendation on which Learning Management System (LMS) WCU will select since our contract with Blackboard expires July 1, 2011. This...

PAW Print system up and running at WCU

By Al Sanders, IT Project Coordinator More than two years in the planning, the PAW (Print Anywhere at Western) Print system is now in place at WCU. Over 150 multi-function devices (so-called because they print, copy and scan) have been deployed to locations around the...