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news:
CSULB receives
new software
By Priscilla Gutierrez
On-line Summer Forty-Niner
Cal State Long
Beach will join with other California State Universities in
implementing the first phase of a new software system on July
2.
CSULB is one of
11 CSU campuses to be selected as the first wave to implement
the new Common Management System, said Janet Foster, the CMS
project director.
Eventually all
23 CSU campuses will upgrade to the new system.
A collaborative
effort by all of the CSU campuses went in to developing a
common system that each could use, Foster said.
Project planning
for the Common Management System began in 1998, according
to Foster. It will be more effective, providing access to
current technology and improved services for students and
faculty.
"The Legacy
System that we have now is about 20 years old and really outdated,"
said Shawn McCown, project manager of the CMS financial team.
"It doesn't allow us to take advantage of some of the
newer technologies that are out there."
The first phase
of the CMS project at CSULB will upgrade the human resources
and financial system to PeopleSoft software, according Foster.
In the fall of
2001 CSULB will implement the PeopleSoft student administration
software that should be completed by 2003.
"It will provide
more functionality and increased service for both students
and administrative users," Foster said.
Other high quality
services for students provided by the new CMS system will
include:
- More timely
information on admission requirements.
- On-line admission
and on-line checking of admission status.
- Electronic
grade reporting.
- Electronic
access to financial aid information and status.
- Timely graduation
checks.
- Instantaneous
information about course requirements.
Training sessions began in mid-May for faculty and administrators,
Foster said. They will continue throughout the rest of the
year, with a few sessions in the beginning of next year.
Committees and
their training is being scheduled based on priority for those
that will have immediate access to the system, Foster said.
"It's a very
good thing for our campus," Foster said. "The current
maintenance on our system is not the best, so we have to do
something."
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