Calvin Information Technology

Calvin being spammed with phishing attacks

Calvin faculty, staff, emeriti, retirees, and students have been receiving spam emails the past several weeks that appear to come from an official Calvin entity. The subject lines have titles such as:
“UPGRADE YOUR CALVIN WEBMAIL ACCOUNT NOW”
“UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT"
"PLEASE PROTECT YOUR CALVIN.EDU ACCOUNT FROM BEING CLOSED"

These emails are phishing attacks and not from Calvin.

Please note the Calvin HelpDesk (or any other Calvin entity) would never ask you to verify your passphrase and providing your username and password to another person is a violation of Calvin's Acceptable Use Policy. In order to protect your information and Calvin's IT systems, if CIT detects that your account has been compromised it will disable your account and contact you so you can change your passphrase.

If you receive any other emails asking for personal information please delete them and DO NOT RESPOND. Responding to these emails could compromise personal or college information.

Now available: Mac Office 2008

This summer CIT is updating all Mac computers to Microsoft Office version 2008. This version contains many feature enhancements along with a completely remodeled look and feel making Office products easier to use. It also saves documents in the XML format so it can share documents with Windows Office 2007.

Faculty & Staff Quick Links

General technology information for faculty and staff

CIT dates that are important to the faculty and staff of Calvin College.

Faculty Checklist: What faculty need to think about before teaching classes

Moving offices and/or changing departments (Please read this information BEFORE you physically move to your new office.)

Request new accounts: If you have new faculty or staff coming to your department don't forget to request IT (computer and telephone) accounts. CIT requires 5 business days to process these requests.

Add someone to your KV course

Reserve the "Clickers" (classroom performance system)

Reserve a computer classroom

Submit a T&L Project proposal

Student Quick Links

General technology information for admitted students

*Activate Your Novell Account

Check Your Print Accounting Balance

Your Technology and Activities Fee - what does it cover?

Free antivirus software
Symantec Endpoint is available for download to all Calvin College students.

Student Network Services: Connecting your computer to ResNet and Wireless

Your IT accounts