Wake Forest University

Announcements

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Today, May 17, from 6-10pm – Network Upgrades

Today, between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., IS will be implementing network upgrades. During the maintenance window, on campus users may experience intermittent disruptions of the wired and wireless networks, the phone system, and printing capabilities.

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Adobe Pro Edition: Unlimited Access to Adobe Fonts, Adobe Stock, and more!

Information Systems is excited to announce new Adobe Pro Edition features. Over the last several months, we’ve observed elevated interest and requests for Adobe CC feature suites Fonts and Stock. Therefore, it is our pleasure to announce that both of these offerings are now included within the Wake Forest Adobe Creative Cloud Pro license. 

Chrome

Chrome Vulnerability – Update your Chrome Browser to 99.0.4844.84

Google has issued an emergency update to its Chrome browser due to an high threat level exploit known as CVE-2022-1096, a ‘zero-day’ vulnerability.

This emergency update (99.0.4844.84), for macOS, Windows and Linux devices, will roll out to users over the next few days/weeks. To ensure you are protected against this threat, we recommend you update your Chrome browser to release 99.0.4844.84 immediately.

Zoom

You can now add pronouns to your Zoom profile

Information Systems enabled a new domain-wide setting that allows users to enter pronouns in their Zoom profile and choose how they are shared. We encourage you to update your profile!

holiday ornaments with fishing hooks to symbolize phishing scams

Be aware of holiday phishing scams

It’s the holiday season but there are scrooges among us trying to ruin this festive time of year with new phishing scams. Learn more about how to stay safe.

Windows 11 screenshot

Introducing Windows 11

Windows 11 is the next client operating system, built on the same foundation as Windows 10. If you use Windows 10, then Windows 11 is a natural transition and basically an update to what you already know.

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SIGNUP BY OCTOBER 25 – Join our Halloween Film Contest

Want to partake in a ghoulish evening filled with creepy filmmaking fun, food, and prizes? Enter our second annual Halloween Film Contest sponsored by IS Academic Technology in conjunction with Adobe! Prizes and refreshments included!
Contact Brianna Healey at derrbh@wfu.edu to sign up by Friday, October 22!