Hi Everyone
Below are the activities of the last month related to the MSU campuses work to adopt an institutionally recognized name.
April
In April we finished up our second round of meetings intended to familiarize all of the major stakeholder groups with the project and take our first steps at identifying reports, processes and integrations which must be reviewed.
April 8th – Held four-campus Finance/AR conference call with Macalester College and discussed the name solution as well as module specific considerations.
April 14th – Held four-campus Admissions and Financial Aid conference call with Macalester College and discussed the name solution, as well as module specific considerations.
April 19th – attended Ellucian Live sessions on supporting an institutionally recognized name and gender.
· One session was presented by Macalester College who is the model for MSU’s solution.
· Ellucian presented upcoming baseline support for “Display Name”. Upcoming baseline changes leverage the use of multiple name types and are in alignment with the design we are moving forward with. Support includes
o Setup form to define name display hierarchy rules which can be used in Banner XE apps such as class roster, student profile and others.
o Deployment of a function call which can be used to call the display hierarchy rules for reports and integrations.
o Setup form and function are currently available in Banner 8.8.5
o Baseline support for apps such as class roster, student profile is schedule for Q4 2016.
o Ellucian plans to follow-up their “Display Name” project with baseline support for gender and pronoun.
April 26th – Held four-campus HR conference call, provided a demonstration of the name solution and examples of reports and processes such as W-2’s and pay stubs.
April 26th – Held four-campus Institutional Research conference call with Macalester College. The group briefly discussed the name solution and reporting.
April 27th – Held four-campus Registrars conference call with Macalester College. The group discussed the name solution, procedures in use at Macalester post implementation experiences and reporting.
Next Steps
· Continue to fill the review document with reports, processes and integrations.
· Work with module area representatives to review the reports, processes and integrations.
Please let me know if you have questions or need additional information.
Kind Regards
Eric
Eric Wold
Student Systems Specialist
Division of Student Success
Montana State University
Ph: 406.994.7497
