DoIT News

Western Carolina University Division of IT

Welcome to DoIT News 

From updates on major projects and initiatives to the professional and educational achievements of our staff, our goal is to keep you informed on how we’re working to better serve you today and in the future. We welcome your feedback. If you have a question, comment or suggestion, please contact us.

Greetings from the CIO

I joined your community 5 months ago and I really appreciate how welcoming and collaborative you’ve all been. Between the Catamount school and Helene, I’ve witnessed first hand your talent and dedication for this campus and our mission. I look forward to supporting you and our continued partnership as we continue to build upon past successes! I hope you have a safe and restful holiday!

Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!

Craig A. Fowler, Chief Information Officer

Latest Updates

New Password Change Option for Expired Passwords

The IT Division is enabling a new password change feature that will be available to WCU faculty and staff from the shared login page of many applications (Office 365, GradesFirst, Curriculog, Qualtrics, Atomic Learning, OmniUpdate, etc.). The next time your password...

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WCU Faculty/Staff Email Blocks Executable Files

To prevent the spread of malicious software, WCU's implementation of Exchange Online Protection (EOP) blocks emails that have files with executable content as attachments. Examples of file types that would be blocked are .exe, .dll and .bat files. This block also...

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Recent Email Phishing Scams

Email messages from compromised WCU faculty/staff accounts have recently been making the rounds, and these new phishing scams have affected WCU faculty, staff and students. In the most recent event which occurred on Thursday, March 5, the problem caused all on-campus...

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