UMW provides shared servers where individuals and departments can share files for network retrieval. Most UMW employees will automatically have access to the common shared space (New-Shares), as well as to the space that is shared by your department (for example, Mathematics).  Please take a moment to read the information as a refresher about each of these two drives below. “New Share” The “New Share”, commonly referred to as the U-drive, is open to all UMW employees.  All university employees can view documents in this folder.  Documents and forms that all university employees need access to can be placed here.  Individual documents should not be placed in this drive.  Users should not delete content on this drive that is not their own. It is a violation of the Electronic Storage of Highly Sensitive Data Policy to place highly sensitive data in this location.  If you have concerns about content on this page please contact Information Security. Department … [Read more...]

From left to right: Suzan Mastin, Shaun Melendy, Samantha Bergeron Suzan Mastin joined the UMW community in July as the Executive Administrative Assistant within the Information Technologies Division.  Suzan comes with a background and experience in the field of education as well as technology having taught in the public schools system followed by an IT career with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) as a Senior Quality Management Specialist for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery. As the Executive Administrative Assistant to the CIO, Suzan is responsible for the management and oversight of the office functions of the CIO and acts as a liaison between the CIO’s office and the campus community in regards to IT initiatives. Shaun Melendy was hired for the position of Sr. Linux/Unix Administrator in August. He previously supported  the data enters at Dahlgren and Quantico for the Dept. of Defense . As the Linux administrator Shaun is … [Read more...]

We are pleased to announce a change to wireless network access intended to make connecting to guest access easier for internal users.  Available later today, we have created a “UMW” SSID which will provide guest access to internal users by using your NETID and password.  UMW users who choose to use guest wireless can do so without completing the registration process by selecting the “UMW” network. It is important to note that guest wireless is not encrypted and does not provide access to the internal network.  This means that users will still need to use UMW-Secured to access Banner INB, Shared Drives, Exchange, and other services. Detailed information on the new wireless connection option and our existing connections is available at: http://technology.umw.edu/connecting/connecting-my-laptop/. We hope you find this additional wireless network helpful for your basic uses. … [Read more...]

UMW has seen an increase in SPAM and suspicious messages circulating the campus community.  These include Twitter messages used to propagate SPAM.  Please do not click on links in suspicious messages and verify any message that is suspicious with senders. There are a few specific information security incidents we want to make you aware of: Twitter: “Someone has posted really bad things about you” This message or variants of it, sent via Twitter, directs users to click on a link.  This will install a virus.  Users who are sending this message or have clicked on such a link should immediately take the following steps. Change your Twitter password. Check the list of approved applications in Twitter. (Log in to Twitter.com, click on the drop down menu in the top right, select Settings and then Apps.) Sometimes an unknown or SPAM app is added to this list. If in doubt, you can err on the side of removing something as the worst that will happen if you wrongly remove a … [Read more...]

Information Technologies has successfully completed phase one of the wireless infrastructure upgrade.  Substantial features include both expanded coverage and responsive performance throughout academic and student services buildings. In addition to this upgrade, students will now be able to use their Apogee credentials in both academic and student services buildings without having to authenticate through a clean-access client.  This login change provides time efficient access for residential students to the internet. Thank you for your patience during the completion of this project and we hope that you find these changes useful. Should you have any questions regarding the completion of this project or any related inquiries, please contact Deborah Hovey Boutchyard at dhovey@umw.edu or call 654-1217. … [Read more...]

Information Technologies will conduct maintenance tomorrow, Tuesday 5/15, on the following systems/applications: EagleNet/SharePoint will be down for maintenance starting at 7:00 am. This outage will last for approximately two hours. Department sites, MySites, and the UMW Reporting Center will be unavailable. Users will still be able to access Banner during this time. Wireless service will experience interruptions between 10:00 am and Noon.  VPN service may also experience periodic interruptions during this time. For status updates you may visit technology.umw.edu or twitter.com/umwIT. Thank you for your patience. … [Read more...]

EagleNet and Sharepoint will be down for emergency maintenance today, Tuesday 4/17 at 12:30 PM.  Department sites, MySites, and the UMW Reporting Center will be unavailable for approximately 4 hours. Users will still be able to access Banner during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. … [Read more...]