Workday Training Opportunities for Faculty and Staff

Announcements | Apr 03, 2018 at 11:23 am

Wake Forest will launch Workday as the University’s financial and Human Resources system on July 2. Instructor-led offerings begin May 14, with several opportunities to attend each course. Additionally, on-demand material will be available May 7.

Visit the Workday section of the PDC website to register for training opportunities.

Check out the Learning section of the Workday website for additional information, including a chart outlining courses to consider, based on ways you will interact with the system.

Thanks for joining us for TechXploration 2018

Announcements | Mar 22, 2018 at 2:11 pm

Thanks to all of you that attended TechXploration! We hope you found the event to be a great time for idea sharing and engagement among colleagues. Congratulations to Katherine Hunzinger, the lucky winner of the GoPro6.

Please forward any feedback or ideas for future TechXplorations to techxploration@wfu.edu. Hope you can all join us again next year!

TechXploration 2018

Announcements | Mar 21, 2018 at 9:00 am

Please join us today, Wednesday, March 21, 2018, between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., in Benson 401, to learn how your colleagues are using technology across campus. Presentations will be in poster session format, so join us for any portion of the event.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to come by TechXploration to view and experience the look and feel of the different computing options for 2018!

Register to win a GoPro Hero6. Refreshments provided.

Additionally, join us at 2 p.m. in 410 Benson as we welcome guests from the Learning Technology Consortium, a national collaborative with common interests and challenges in learning and teaching with technology. There will be a panel and open discussion on “Learning Space Design: From Process to Pedagogy”. Leading experts from across the country will be looking at how their institutions are assessing room selection, learning outcomes, and everything in between.

3/08/18 – Campus telephone maintenance between 8PM and 11PM

Announcements | Mar 07, 2018 at 9:48 am

On Thursday, March 8, 2018, between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., Information Systems will perform emergency maintenance on the campus telephone system.

What you need to know:

• For approximately 15 minutes, starting at 8:00 p.m.:

  • All University telephone services will be unavailable.

  • No voicemail may be left or retrieved for campus phone extensions.

  • Voicemail will NOT queue for later delivery.

  • No existing voicemail messages will be lost.

• After the 15 minute outage, there may be brief interruptions in telephone and voicemail services while maintenance continues until 11:00 p.m.

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Workday Go-Live – July 2, 2018!

Announcements | Mar 06, 2018 at 3:53 pm

Check out “The Journey to Workday,” featuring The Deacon!

Changes Coming to Wake Downtown Wireless

Announcements | Mar 01, 2018 at 3:23 pm

Information Systems is making changes to the configuration of our wireless network to provide a seamless user experience for the entire Wake Forest community across the Reynolda Campus, Wake Downtown, Wake Washington, and Wake Charlotte.

Beginning Tuesday, March 6, 2018, faculty, staff and students at Wake Downtown/Innovation Quarter will see WFUWireless in their list of wireless networks in addition to WakeDowntown, which will be phased out at the end of the academic year. Users should select WFUwireless and authenticate using their WFU username and password.

New antivirus/malware software

Announcements | Feb 20, 2018 at 12:08 pm

Beginning Wednesday, February 21, 2018, Information Systems will upgrade the antivirus software on Wake Forest University issued computers to Cisco’s Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) through the campus network. This upgrade replaces Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) and provides a higher level of protection from viruses and malware. This will protect Wake Forest University issued Windows and/or Apple computers.

The automated installation process will vary based on your computer model.

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Time is running out!

Announcements | Feb 15, 2018 at 2:12 pm

Students, set up Google 2-Step Verification by March 12, 2018, to avoid being locked out of your WFU account.

A drawing for cool technology prizes will be held for all students who set up Google 2-Step Verification before the deadline!

Enable 2-Step Verification

TechXploration – March 21, 2018

Announcements | Jan 31, 2018 at 12:15 pm

Mark your calendar now! TechXploration 2018 will take place on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. in room 401 of the Benson University Center. This event brings together faculty and staff who want to share their experiences with current technology efforts underway. TechXploration allows faculty, staff and students to see how technologies are being leveraged in teaching, learning, research, engagement and creative endeavors at Wake Forest University.

Have you discovered a use of technology that helps with teaching, learning, or scholarship that you would like to share with your colleagues?

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University-Wide Initiative: Google 2-Step Verification Deadline Approaching

Announcements | Jan 18, 2018 at 12:07 pm

Students! The following is a reminder about the University-wide initiative to better protect Wake Forest University user accounts and reduce the risk for security breaches. The University-wide initiative requires all students to set-up Google 2-Step Verification for their university accounts by March 12, 2018. Read the email sent to campus on September 13, 2017.

Many of you have already set up Google 2-Step Verification. We thank you! A drawing for cool technology prizes will be held for all students who set up Google 2-Step Verification before the deadline!

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