Communications News Archive

Housing and Residence Life is currently working with Marshall University Information Technology (IT) in an effort to expand and strengthen the Wi-Fi coverage in the residence halls.  We have ordered new equipment, which we will begin installing in student rooms later this month.  This equipment will provide each residence hall room with its own in-room

Information Technology will be hosting unified communications workshops for faculty and staff Tuesday, Sept. 19, and Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 11 a.m. in Drinko Library and Information Center Room 402, highlighting an improved phone interface that will be updated Oct. 1. Attendees will learn how Skype for Business (SFB) integrates all of our communication needs

ATTENTION NEW FACULTY: The computers for all new faculty have been ordered and are beginning to arrive on campus.  For those new members of the faculty in tenure track positions who are already on campus, we’ll begin deployment to you Thursday July 27th .  The IT Service Desk will be reaching out to you to

Welcome to the Marshall University class of 2021!  The IT staff would like to welcome you to campus during your orientation sessions and once you’re on campus attending class or learning at a distance.  Information Technology has provided students with a Tech Tips sheet for student success that you will receive in our orientation packet.

Marshall University is collaborating with the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) to engage in the Annual Study of Students and Information Technology. Current undergraduate students and faculty members are invited to participate in the ECAR Technology Surveys. Marshall is dedicated to improving student and faculty experiences with information technology in higher education. The

Marshall University will be conducting a test of the MU Alert emergency messaging system on Wednesday, January 25, 2017.  This is an opt-in service available to MU community members.  Subscribers are asked to be sure they receive a message by noon on Wednesday, and if necessary update their contact information via the myMU interface.  If

On January 15th, 2017, MU Information Technology will be eliminating the self-service feature for creating/managing group aliases and vanity email addresses.  These features, (group aliases and vanity addresses) are being migrated to our Exchange Server environment.   Existing group aliases are being converted to Exchange distribution groups and will continue to function.   Beginning on 1/15/17,

Over the holiday break the IT Infrastructure Communications Team began upgrading the Wireless LAN Controllers and the radius authentication servers.  Those upgrades were completed early this morning.  Due to the nature of our authentication protocols you will now have to “accept” a new security certificate to connect to the WiFi network.  During this upgrade the