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Arizona Daily Wildcat Articles
Arizona Daily Wildcat Articles
Daily Wildcat
April 28, 2009
4/27 - Co-director shares thoughts on future of WebReg -- As one of the co-directors of the student administration part of the Mosaic project, I would like to respond to Paul Cervantes' April 23 column, "The problem with WebReg." Paul's article makes a number of good points that I'd like to remark on.
4/23 - The Problem with WebReg -- WebReg's viability usually comes down to a single question: Were you able to register for the courses you wanted or needed? And much like any analysis of under-supply and over-demand, those able to register are happy, while those who aren't are furious. However, the utility (or disutility) in either case is drastically different. One group graduates on time as "expected," while the other must bear the explicit costs of additional semesters and the implicit opportunity costs of lost potential wages.
Universities of Arizona, Connecticut and Minnesota Moving Forward on Oracle Implementations and Enhancements
Universities of Arizona, Connecticut and Minnesota Moving Forward on Oracle Implementations and Enhancements
The Higher Education User Group
April 27, 2009
Over the coming 30 months the University of Arizona's Mosaic Project continues the process of replacing aging administrative systems in four key areas - Student, Financials, HR/Payroll, and Research- as well as implementing a new Business Intelligence solution using Enterprise Performance Management with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Hyperion as their primary access vehicles. The University of Arizona is implementing PeopleSoft applications to handle student administration and human resources. In addition, the project is also implementing new systems for financials and research administration. This multi-million dollar 5 year project encompasses both the implementation project and ongoing support.
At the University of Connecticut, paper fee bills for undergraduates will be a thing of the past by Fall 2009. Glen O'Keefe, the university's bursar, called electronic billing a ˜greener" process because it helps the university conserve a significant amount of paper each semester. It also allows the bursar's office to save money on bank fees and paper supplies, which will keep tuition and fee costs low. E-bills can be paid online through PeopleSoft.
Meanwhile, the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and St. Paul has deployed Oracle Universal Content Management to allow those departments that have adopted it to manage content on their public Web sites. "By improving the contribution process for our business users while offering more flexibility for our designers, Oracle Universal Content Management has helped enable the University of Minnesota to create a more vibrant, timely and informative online environment," said Steve Cawley, vice president and CIO.
New Student Recruiting Tool Going Live May 4
New Student Recruiting Tool Going Live May 4
UA News
April 15, 2009
Instant messaging, virtual advising and application checklists are among the features that will be available to prospective UA students through the Hobsons Enrollment Management Technology Connect system.
Mosaic Newsletter 4-14-09
Mosaic Newsletter 4-14-09
Mosaic Newsletter
April 14, 2009
Student Recruiting Go Live May 4th!
This May, the Office of Admissions will have a new approach and tool to recruit undergraduate students for the Spring and Fall classes of 2010. The Office of Admissions needed to find a state of the art recruitment system to complement our new campus-wide Mosaic implementation, and Hobsons Enrollment Management Technology (EMT) Connect was chosen. The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution team comprised of representatives from Admissions recruitment and processing, members of the Mosaic project, and EMSG considered all options carefully when reviewing potential providers and choosing Hobsons EMT as our CRM provider. ...
Retooling Campus Technology
Retooling Campus Technology
Daily Wildcat
April 3, 2009
Anyone vexed by the UA's current information technology infrastructure can breathe a digital sigh of relief. University Information Technology Services is in the midst of the Mosaic Project, which will slowly replace a broad swath of outdated IT systems such as payroll and WebReg with new, better software.
Mosaic Newsletter 3-16-09
Mosaic Newsletter 3-16-09
Mosaic Newsletter
March 16, 2009
Breaking News!
Business Intelligence Implementation Plan Approved
Campus Using Six Sigma to Improve Business Operations
Campus Using Six Sigma to Improve Business Operations
Lo Que Pasa
February 25, 2009
Officials at The University of Arizona are turning to a widely used business tool to help guide the current Transformation process.
Several campus teams are using "Lean Six Sigma," originally developed to streamline manufacturing companies, to help identify ways to make both the academic and the business sides of the University function more efficiently.
Lean Six Sigma also is a component of the Mosaic Project, the UA program that has begun to replace outdated campus technology infrastructure over the next three years.
KFS Initiative Go Live Delayed
KFS Initiative Go Live Delayed
Mosaic Newsletter 2-18-09
February 18, 2009
The Mosaic Executive Steering Committee, along with the leadership of the Mosaic Financial Systems team, and with the support of the UA senior leadership, has decided to delay the Kuali Financial System (KFS) implementation Go Live date of July 13, 2009 until January 2010. This decision is based primarily on the fact that the official release of KFS 3.0 software from the Kuali Foundation has been delayed from its original date of December 2008.
Mosaic Project Team Preparing Training Programs for New Computer Applications
Mosaic Project Team Preparing Training Programs for New Computer Applications
Lo Que Pasa
January 28, 2009
As The University of Arizona prepares for the replacement of its outdated administrative computer systems through the Mosaic Project, training programs are emerging to help the campus community prepare for the transition...
Mosaic Newsletter 1-13-09
Mosaic Newsletter 1-13-09
January 13, 2009
2009 is shaping up to be another milestone year for the University of Arizona and the Mosaic Project! The MOSAIC timeline is fast paced and the first three phases of the project (Financial System, Research Administration, and Human Resources) are well underway. In December, the Arizona Board of Regents Technology Oversight Committee, the group charged with reviewing plans for major campus investments to ensure that they are effectively planned and managed, approved the implementation plan for Student Administration...
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