A little over four months ago, Saint Mary’s was in the Go Dark period while switching between the university’s old student information system (SIS) and the new system, Jenzabar.
Since that time, significant improvements have been made. Here are a few of the major accomplishments:
- Distributed financial aid to over 2,300 students
- Registered over 3,000 students for the Spring 2024 semester
- Implemented a single portal for students and employees (The Nest)
- Integrated and automated enrollment information into Canvas
- Implemented a new Early Alert system at the college
- Improved the course search, registration, and advising processes
- Made payment plans available to students across the institution
- Moved several forms online
- Started snapshots of our data for future data analytics dashboards
- Created stronger security around our student data
Throughout the next year, more integrations, reports, and optimizations will happen in the system. Here’s a short list of what to expect in the next few months:
- Additional reports available to deans, program directors, and department chairs (December)
- Student registration data integrating back into our CRM (TargetX) from the SIS (Jenzabar) to complete a full cycle (December)
- Online SGPP Graduation application form (January)
- Improved individualized communications direct to students that are tracked within the system (March)
These additional integrations are also on our roadmap but we haven’t determined the exact ETA yet:
- ERezlife (residence life housing)
- Maxient (student affairs judicial)
- Raiser’s Edge (development)
- Handshake (career services)
- UConnect (career services)
- PyraMed (wellness center)
If you see any of our Jenzabar module managers or the IT application team, please show your support. A significant amount of time has been invested in this implementation, and without this team, it would not be possible. Module Managers include Alison Block, Kelly Boice, Tricia Dobrient, Michelle Dougherty, Colin Malay, Niki Peterson, Amanda Schock, Erika Kim, Kara Wener, and Chris Verch. Application Team members are Long Dao, Chris DuRose, Patrick Garry, Ryan Kenaga, and Jeff Wanger.
