ANNOUNCEMENT:  The first phase of Talisma/CRM for Macon Undergraduate Admissions went live on June 1st 2010.  The undergraduate admissions office will be using this system for their recruiting campaigns for the incoming Freshman class for Fall 2011.

See below for other upcoming project milestone dates.

Letter from the President...

Mercer University is engaged in a project to implement a new administrative computer system that will replace SIS, FRS. and HRS.  We have asked Collegiate Project Services to help us plan and manage the implementation project, and Campus Management has been selected as our software vendor. To be successful, this project will require the effort, ingenuity and commitment of a large number of stakeholder groups throughout the University.

This important new system will significantly improve service to our students, faculty and staff and provide greater reliability university wide.  We will be able to employ new and improved technology and review and improve policies and procedures.  This project has the full support of the trustees, members of the president’s executive council and the deans.  I invite you to participate with us in this important project.

It is important for us to deliver the highest level of technical services and support to enable our students and faculty to be successful.  Our current systems have served us well, but the technology is dated and is reaching the stage when it will no longer be supported.  With the help of leading experts at Collegiate Project Services and Campus Management and the full involvement of the University community, it is time for us to take the service we provide to a higher level.  This is important to our students as well as our faculty and staff who teach and serve our students in many ways.

This website was created to describe the plans we have for preparing for this implementation project.  It will outline what, when, where and how long.  I hope you will read this material and pass this link along to others.

Thank you for your commitment to this important endeavor.

William D. Underwood
President

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Mercer University will be implementing the entire suite of products from Campus Management:

Talisma/CRM – student marketing, recruiting, and admissions

CampusVue – admissions, registration, student accounts, and financial planning

CampusPortal – Student: online registration, course and schedule information, degree process audit, GPA calculator, billing and financial aid information; Faculty: course information and grade book, student rosters and contact manager

CampusVantage – finance/accounting, human resources, payroll

CampusCornerstone – alumni and university development

PROJECT GOVERNING PRINCIPLES

1.      We will rethink the way we are doing things in order to take maximum advantage of the new software.

2.      We will reconcile codes and business processes so that they are consistent across colleges and campuses.

3.      Wherever possible, we will identify opportunities for automating business processes.

4.      We will minimize modifications to the current PLUS system during the implementation.

5.      We will minimize exceptions to standard business processes by colleges and campuses.

6.      We understand that this project will cause disruptions in our offices and we will work together to minimize those disruptions.

7.      We will take project deadlines seriously and will provide resources to ensure that they are successfully met.

8.      When asked to make a decision that will impact the project, we will make the decision in a timely matter so as not to negatively impact the project timeline.