Improving tuition and fee management

Here's a project team with ♪our minds on our money and our money on our minds♫. ASR is working with the Office of Budget & Finance and key financial contacts throughout the University to improve the process of requesting and reviewing fees. The tuition and fee management system (TFMS) project aims to improve financial decision-making, automate some data entry, and provide better tuition and fee information to the University community (including parents and students). The team has completed data modeling and requirements gathering and is now consulting with users to sketch out the interface. The project is notable in that the ASR Web Team will be doing the development work on this enterprise system in partnership with the Office of Information Technology. The new TFMS system is planned for an October 2012 launch to coincide with the next fiscal year. For more information, visit the TFMS project site.

Professional skills courses that may interest you

The Office of Human Resources offers a number of professional skills courses ranging from "Leading Effective Meetings," to "Communicating Across Cultures," to "Conflict Fluency." Check out the courses on OHR's website. If you want to register for one, speak with your supervisor and complete a professional development request form.

Become a Gmail ninja

Well, perhaps a padawan. Paula Seeger (OCM Support) would like to share these handy Gmail tips with the rest of us. Anyone who masters all the keyboard shortcuts deserves some pie.

New online transcript ordering system

The new online system for ordering official transcripts will go live on February 1, 2012. The new system will expedite both ordering and processing and will offer an option for an electronic official transcript that can be delivered minutes after it is ordered. A new pricing structure for official transcripts will also take effect when this new system is launched. Read more on The Ledger.

New TXT-U vendor

The University has partnered with a new vendor to host its emergency notification system (TXT-U). If you haven't already, you may want to sign up for TXT -U to stay informed about critical campus safety information.

"ASR Team" video now available

As anticipated as the next Hollywood blockbuster (or, perhaps, even more so), the "ASR Team" video is now available on the ASR website. Use the pause button with reckless abandon to learn the names of your colleagues and match them to their fabulous faces.

Employee survey results

The results and recommendations from the second 2011-12 ASR employee survey are now available. The survey team (Anya Norton, Ingrid Nuttall, Maggie O'Neill, and Travis Trautman) reviewed and analyzed the responses from the survey, developed tag clouds from the responses to the qualitative questions, and presented recommendations to the ASR directors based on the data. The third mini-survey will be sent at the end of January and will include these recommendations for you to review and select which one(s) you believe are most important to implement.