News
What's Happening in IT
10/21/11: Faculty Advising Module released for the mobile portal iGFU allowing advisors to efficiently keep tabs on their studnet's progress.
10/19/11: Budget Review Module released for the mobile portal iGFU designed for monitoring by smartphones, pads or computer.
6/1/11: New Web version of the mobile portal iGFU released with responseware survey tool
3/1/11: Sean McKay becomes the new Director of Administrative Computing
2/1/11: Josh Nauman becomes the new Director of Academic Computing
11/5/10: The CAC program will be elimated with funding earmarked for improving technology infrastructure (WiFi, Media Enabled Classrooms)
8/26/10: The last year of the CAC begins with approx. 600 MacBooks and 67 iPads distributed, we will watch the iPad utilization with great interest.
8/25/10: New Video Quick Guides released by IT for support of new Google GFU integration features.
8/24/10: CashNET goes live for processing student fees, many E-Market options being planned
8/6/10: Integration of MyGFU with FoxTALE for auto class creation launched by GFU developers
7/29/10: Wireless printing option extended to new Xerox ColorQube printer copiers
6/22/10: FoxFiles upgraded to Xythos 7.2 with many new features
6/1/10: Migration of GFU email to Google Gmail completed ove Memorial Day weekend
2/19/10: Students 2010-11 academic year will get a choice: iPad or MacBook
10/21/09: WiFi access now available on the Quad with antenna's placed on clock tower
8/15/09: New Aruba Based WiFi "foxwifi" introduced with GFU Login for authentication.
7/6/09: By popular demand Google Calendars are turned on for all of the GFU Google Accounts
6/01/09: http://sites.georgefox.edu launched to offer GFU Collaboration Options
5/01/09: GFU Email Account is now a Google Account (not a Google Email - just a Google Account)
4/30/09: GFU Technology standardization on Apple mentioned in University Business Magazine Article
4/15/09: New students to get iTouches with their MacBooks while quantities last.
4/6/09: MIS, Inc publishes Case Study about the GFU Oracle PeopleSoft implementation
3/30/09: CAC MacBooks arrive in time for Genesis distribution
3/21/09: GFU Lady Bruins win NCAA National Basketball Championship
12/30/08: FoxTALE (Moodle) upgraded to version 1.9.3 - It is Good
12/01/08: IT sets up Live Video Streaming for Bruin Basketball Games
09/15/08: IT & CSIS launch Center for Mobile Computing focusing on iPhone application development
08/21/08: Engineering Labs add new iMacs to replace PCs.07/21/08: GFU joins Oregon University Systems to deploy Connect-ED Emergency Response Communication System
12/12/06: First IT Donut Give-A-Away was a great success. Thanks to a generous contribution from HP and Matrix Integration we were able to give away 100 dozen Krispy Kreme donuts to the students to help them start their finals week.