OSF director job posted

The search for a new Office of Student Finance director is underway with the job officially posted to the UMN employment/job openings page. Current UMN employees can view the posting through the Employment/Job Openings resource in the Employee Center of MyU, or by clicking here.

We encourage you to share the posting with qualified, external applicants using the following:

• Job posting, or
• Go to the UMN Employment Opportunities page and search for Director, Office of Student Finance, or by job ID 304869

Destiny One Registration System update

The Destiny One Registration System (DORS) is live and the rollout continues across the University community. There has been $395,000 in registration revenue with 1,423 enrollments in 107 different courses and 179 sections.There are currently nine units live in production with 12 more testing and soon to be live. There have been more than 200 users trained in the system and the interest keeps growing. Duluth will be the first system campus to utilize the Destiny One Registration System.

One Stop Student Services begins with a busy start of the term

One Stop's fall traffic has been feeling the effects of Upgrade-related changes in business processes and the system’s early-term problems. Within the week prior and the first week of classes there were 6,058 calls answered, 6,566 walk-ins, and 6,677 emails sent to customers. Overall, this is approximately a 15% increase in traffic from last year at the start of the term.

A new structure to meet ASR’s student data reporting needs

To meet the reporting needs of ASR, Ingrid Nuttall, Emily Holt, and Justin Pouliot have been working to develop a process for the intake, review, and prioritization of requests to help ensure they are put in the appropriate work queue.

The ASR Student Records Training & Support team will continue to be the main point of contact for staff who have reporting-related questions and requests. From there Ingrid, Emily and Justin will quickly assess the requests and work with functional areas to review and prioritize the work. This process is a work in progress, please contact Ingrid, Emily or Justin if you have any questions or comments.

Save the date for the ASR Fall Staff Event

This year’s ASR Fall Staff Event will be held from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. on October 28, 2015 in the Humphrey School Atrium and Auditorium (301 19th Ave S). Please remember to block off time for the event!

U of M's official Constitution Day 2015 event

The University of Minnesota celebrated Constitution Day on September 17 with higher education institutions around the United States to honor the U.S Constitution and fulfill a requirement to maintain eligible for Title IX federal funding opportunities. But, the celebration didn’t end there, as the Twin Cities campus will be hosting an event to further celebrate the U.S. Constitution and its impact on October 23, 2015 with the Immigrant American Conference.

Upcoming PCMC event on Project Initiation

The Project & Change Management Collaborators (PCMC) are excited to kick off the 2015/2016 Academic Year with a session on Project Initiation next Wednesday, September 30 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m in Walter Library room 101. If you are interested in project work, work on projects daily, or lead a project from time to time this is a good opportunity to connect with others who have similar interests or do similar work while learning a bit more about this important step.

The Project Initiation Phase is the 1st phase in the Project Management Life Cycle. Here you start a project by defining its objectives, scope, purpose and deliverables. You'll also secure project resources and gain approval to move on to the next phase. During this session you'll hear from a Senior Project Manager in OIT, Lisa Zinnel. She will also share details about the University strategy for IT Capital Planning and the work they are doing to create a solid methodology, best practices and resources within OIT. The PCMC group will also share details about a resource library that we are working to build that will provide templates for managing various stages of a project and process delivery.

Date and Time: Wednesday, September 30th @ 1:00 to 2:00PM

Location: Walter 101

To RSVP: please Click Here for the Google Event