Admissions is debating the importance of converting applications from the current Plus system to PeopleSoft before their Fall, 2009, go live date. Processes could be more efficient with all of the data in one place, namely PeopleSoft, but time is running short, so alternatives are under review. The applications could be converted later rather than sooner.
ITS has scheduled a hardware installation for the week of July 20. As soon as new hardware is in place, both StarRez, the housing application, and Image Now, the document imaging system, will be installed. StarRez and Image Now consultants will be on site in Kearney during the week of August 3.
Training for WebFocus, the reporting tool selected for the PeopleSoft project, is also scheduled for the week of August 3.
There is no Portal news this week. Paul Swenson, our UNK Portal guy, is out of the office for three weeks of National Guard training/duty. We look forward to his return—and he’s only been gone a week!
