Campus-wide Network Outage Scheduled for March 1
All network and telecommunications services will be unavailable Saturday, March 1, from 5am-4pm, due to upgrades to the electrical system in the campus server room. more...
SUVON Voice Network to Shut Down
The State University Voice Network (SUVON) will be discontinued on May 31, 2008 as the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System (IHETS) refocuses its mission on providing data network services. SUVON allows for faculty and staff to place free long distance phone calls throughout Indiana. more...
Get a Great Deal on Microsoft Office Ultimate
Microsoft recently announced a new program, "The Ultimate Steal," that lets students purchase Office Ultimate for only $59.95. This is a great deal, and considerably less than Office costs through our already discounted Student Select store or other retail outlets. more...
New! Student Mac User Group
Whether you use Macintosh computers for school, work, or play, join us at the Student Mac User Group! (Non-Mac users are welcome, too.) We cover topics of particular interest to students, ranging from the joys of moviemaking to the geekitude of Unix commands. more...
From the Help Desk: Opening Office 2007 Files
 For the first time in many years, Microsoft changed the default file format in the newest version of Microsoft Office: Office 2007. While this change has many long-term benefits, in the short term it creates some issues with opening these files in older versions of Office. more...
Service Spotlight: Checkout Equipment
 IT Services maintains a collection of equipment that students, faculty and staff may borrow for use on specific technology projects. We have projectors, digital still cameras, digital video cameras, and laptop computers. more...
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month
Cryptographer and computer security specialist Bruce Schneier once wrote "The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time." And who can blame them? It's hard to get excited about computer security, which is one reason October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. IT Services has several resources available for the Wabash community to help keep you--and your computer--safe and secure. more...
2007 OLAB Students Hit the Home Stretch
The 60 rising high school seniors participating in the 2007 Opportunities to Learn About Business program have hit the stretch run. They’ll wake Friday morning with an overwhelming list of projects to finish as the business and marketing simulation games comes to a conclusion. more...
Wabash-DePauw Ink Three-Year TV Deal
The Monon Bell Classic, one of America’s oldest and richest college football rivalries, will be nationally telecast on HDNet for the next three years. The three-year contract calls for HDNet, which has televised the 2003 and 2006 games, to broadcast the November 10, 2007 contest from Blackstock Stadium in Greencastle, as well as the 2008 and 2009 battles for the Bell. more...
Computer Lab Hours - Final Exams and Week Prior
Wabash computer labs will have special hours for final exams and the week prior, April 22nd-May 3rd. more...
Wireless Network At Wabash to Be Updated
If you want to carry around your laptop and stay connected to the internet from Detchon to the football field to any of the fraternities and everywhere in between, that will all be possible soon. more...
Changes to Daylight Savings Time Requires Computer Updates
A year after Indiana first started to observe daylight savings time, further complications arise this year, as the 2005 Energy Policy Act changes the starting and ending dates for DST. In 2007, DST begins March 11. Computers and handheld devices must be updated to account for this change. more...
Virtual Media Reserves for Spring Semester
Now is the time for Wabash faculty to consider any media assets you want made available on the Virtual Media Reserves for your Spring classes. To request that multimedia assets from the Lilly Library Collection be made available for your spring course please fill out the attached request form and return it to the Media Center as soon as possible. more...
IT Services Conducting Student Technology Survey
IT Services is conducting it's annual student technology survey, through December 8 2006. The student technology survey is one of our best tools for measuring how well we are meeting our student’s technology needs and expectations. The survey is also extremely valuable in helping us prioritize future technology initiatives. more...
Service Spotlight: Remote Access
 Heading home for Thanksgiving break? Many of the College's network resources are available from off-campus, so you can stay connected anywhere on the Internet. In addition to web-based services such as Webmail and Blackboard, you can also get to files stored on the Wilson or Caleb server and search library databases when you are away from Wabash. See our remote access information page to learn more. more...
From the Help Desk: Emailing Large Files
The Wabash email system can handle attachments up to 25Mb. That's pretty big, but not always big enough. What to do if you face this problem? Try yousendit.com and send files up to 100Mb for free. more...
Coming Soon: Student Technology Survey
This year we will distribute our student technology survey just after Thanksgiving break, instead of April. The earlier survey date fits better with our project planning and implementation cycle, and will give us more time to plan and respond to campus technology needs that are identified by the technology survey. Watch your email and the web site for the survey announcement, and please give a few minutes of your time to let us know how things are going with technology at Wabash. By completing the survey, you'll also have a chance to win a great prize! If you haven't seen the results of our spring 2006 survey, you can find a summary here. more...
Internet Upgrade Doubles Bandwidth
 On November 6, Wabash IT Services and AT&T engineers upgraded Wabash's Internet connection, more than doubling our bandwidth from 20Mb to 45Mb. This level of service puts Wabash very near the top of national liberal arts colleges in Internet bandwidth per student. Along with the bandwidth increase, we also changed the way we "shape" our Internet traffic, moving to a user, rather than protocol model. Those using Internet services other than the world-wide web (such as online gaming) should see a noticeable improvement in service. more...
Friends to Remember O'Drobinak at Saturday Service
Friends, classmates, former teachers, and coaches of the late David O’Drobinak ’86 will gather Saturday morning in the Tuttle Chapel in Center Hall for a brief memorial service. more...
2006 Technology Survey Results
Our 2006 student technology survey was administered in April 2006. We were pleased to receive completed surveys from 585 students, or nearly 65% of the student body. IT Services would like to extend our thanks to all of the students who took the time to take the survey, and to the fraternity presidents, RAs, the Sphinx Club, and everyone else who helped promote and encourage participation in the survey.
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