Corning executive named new CIO at WCU

Craig A. Fowler (pictured), an information technology executive with more than 20 years of private-sector experience with several Fortune 500 companies, is Western Carolina University’s next chief information officer. A resident of Hickory, Fowler will succeed Wilson...

Identity management a major goal in 2009-10

By Newton Smith, Associate CIO; Stan Hammer, Assistant CIO; and Al Sanders, IT Project Coordinator. Identity management will take the spotlight as a major IT goal in 2009-10 due to its importance to campus communication, effective business practices, information...

IT “front door” about to open to WCU

By Newton Smith, Associate CIO One of the major IT projects of the 2009-10 academic year is the development of an online entry point, a “front door,” to IT services. The new front door will launch this summer at DoIT.wcu.edu, a destination with a name that plays on...

eBriefcase project takes off with pilot phase

By Newton Smith, Associate CIO, and Shandon Bates, Director of Systems and Operations Carol Burton During the fall 2008 semester, Western piloted the Education Briefcase (eBriefcase), a component of the WCU Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), with the help of consultant...

Ten IT projects to have high visibility on campus

By Al Sanders, IT Project Coordinator The Division of IT (DoIT) currently has about 80 projects under way. While all of these will have a positive impact on some portion of WCU’s activities, the following 10 projects will be most visible to the campus. 1. Identity...