Wheaton Employees Participate in Cybersecurity Training
Wheaton College faculty and staff are currently participating in cybersecurity training as part of the College's response to data security risks identified by GreyCastle Security.
Read MoreSecurity Certificate Replacement for Campus Wireless
On Friday, March 10 at 1 PM, we will replace the security certificate for WC-Internet. Replacing security certificates is a routine process where we re-certify every three years that the wireless network is safe and belongs to Wheaton College.
Read MoreNetwork Unavailable During Maintenance
On March 6 from 8:30am to 2pm, we will perform maintenance on the campus network. During this time, Internet connections in some parts of campus will be disrupted. The maintenance will occur during spring break while students are not on campus.
Read MoreNetwork Unavailable During Maintenance
On March 9 and 10, starting at 7pm, we will perform network maintenance to improve network performance in two campus buildings. During maintenance, there will be intermittent network disruption.
Read MoreUpgrade of Malwarebytes Management Console
As part of ongoing security improvements, we are upgrading to the latest version of Malwarebytes, one of the security programs used on College-owned computers.
Read MorePhishing Alert | “Available Office Hours?”
Some employees recently received an email claiming to be coming to Wheaton College to buy unwanted textbooks. The email requests that the employee respond to the email with their availability and room number.
Read MoreDisk Encryption for College-Owned Computers
As part of an ongoing effort to enhance security and protect College data and student and employee personal information, we will begin encrypting the hard drives of College-owned computers issued to employees with access to sensitive data.
Read MoreImproving Your Memory
Does your memory sometimes fail you? Not sure how to remember a long list of dates or the 23 steps in your lab procedure? We're recommending the short ThunderCloud Training video course, "Improving Your Memory."
Read MoreAIT Consolidates in Billy Graham Center Lower Level
This spring, Academic and Institutional Technology relocated and consolidated some functions to improve efficiency and create better spaces for team collaboration and problem-solving.
Read MoreA Philosophy of Transparency for the New Wheaton Website
Wheaton College can look forward to the launch of a new website during the summer of 2017 that will ultimately bring together the public Wheaton website and the Intranet.
Read MoreKeychain Prompt Issues After Mac Updates
On February 21, Apple released a new version of the Apple Remote Desktop Client that improves compatibility, reliability, and usability.
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know About Cybersecurity
Learning basic cybersecurity practices--or brushing up on what you already know--can help you stay safe and avoid the stress and time it takes to recover from compromised data.
Read MoreSpring 2017 Schoology Training
Schoology training options for Spring 2017
Read MoreDepartment Files Moving to ThunderCloud Storage
In order to replace an outdated and inflexible system, department files will be moving to ThunderCloud Storage group shares by the end of June 2017. You may know department files as your "S drive" or "department share."
Read MoreACNET No Longer Available
As part of ongoing security improvements, the College’s ACNET file server will be shut down on February 22. This server was previously used for storing files for students working on projects.
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