The University of St. Thomas

All Projects

All Projects

Here are the active projects currently being managed in IRT's project portfolio. For more information on any of these project, please contact the Project Manager. Also, check out the Project Spotlight for IRT's featured projects.

Project Name Project Manager Target Date
Banner 8 Upgrade
UST is planning a major upgrade to the Banner Unified Product Release 8.  This release includes new versions of INB, Self Service/Murphy Online, ODS, and EDW.
Amy Schwartz & Shaun Faricy

Aug-09

Controller's Office Workflow
The UST auditors have indicated that the Controller's Office needs to provide an audit trail that shows that financial documents have followed a designated workflow. This project will identify the specific needs and implement a solution.
Lori Christianson

On Hold

SharePoint Roll Out
This project will enable IRT to address issues associated with an enterprise implementation of SharePoint.  It will include designing and depolying site collections that offer the functionality that departments are seeking.
Jean Hockman

Jun-09

eBilling Phase 2
The Business Office would like to move to an online billing statement by fall 09. The selected TouchNet solution includes; eBilling, parental access control, credit card payment, online student payment agreement acceptance, and off site PCI compliant hosting.

Amy Schwartz

Aug-09

Enterprise Anti-Virus Review

Review requirements for enterprise anti-virus software to ensure the appropriate option is being used at UST.

Lori Christianson

June-09

Laptop Security & Encryption

Educate users and implement technology to secure UST laptops against data loss should they be lost or stolen.

Chris Gregg

July-09

Libraries Streaming Audio & Video
Evaluate options for implementing streaming Audio and Video of the Libraries Digital Media Collections.  Conduct a trial and make a reccomendation at the end of the test period.
John Heintz

August-09

Student Clubs and Orgs Event Tracking

Create a system Student Affairs can use for tracking student program participation.

Carolyn Edwards

June-09

25LIVE Implementation

Upgrade R25 application for resource scheduling to 25LIVE.

Marie Aho

July-09

PCI Compliance
This project will analyze the NetSPI findings and propose ways to cost effectively achieve PCI compliance.

Marie Morzenti

Oct-09

Student Employment Form Automation

Automate the Student Employment Form within Murphy Online to improve the overall user experience and business workflow.

Shaun Faricy

May-09

Digital Convergence Initiative Phase II

Upgrade network wiring and hardware to prepare for future Digital Convergence Initiative project phases.

Dave Naugle

Jun-10

Vista and MS Office 2007 Rollout Planning

Plan the rollout of Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 for desktop computing.

Lori Christianson

Jun-09

Mail Services SQL Database to Data Center
The three individual databases in the St. Paul Service Center, St. Paul Mailing Services and Mpls Service Center will be combined into one sql database on the sql server in the data center.

Greg Wilmer

May-09

Enterprise Desktop Management Exploration
The purpose of the project is to replace the functionality of the Altiris products with those from Microsoft.  There is currently a shortage of expertise on the NS, and due to the nature of the product there is not much documentation available.
Greg Wilmer

Jun-09

OCB GAM Redesign/Automation
Revisit GAM to the appearance to have it better match our website, to simplify the instructions, to reduce the quantity of questions, and to overall simplify the application process.  This will include automating the datat feed of data from GAM to Banner.
Tracie Hathaway

Aug-09

Active Sync
This project will enable and offer the Exchange ActiveSync Service (EAS) to all UST email account holders, starting with a test pilot group. An important aspect of the configuration is that the security policy mirrors BES.
Tim Silverthorn

Aug-09

Digital Yearbook
Explore options for creating an online version of the Aquinas Yearbook that will be accessible to students, faculty/staff, alumni and the university community.Jean Hockman
Jean Hockman

On Hold

Online Housing List
Rebuilding the online housing and roommate listing program for greater functionality and usability for all constituents.
Jenn Haas

On Hold

Luna 6
This project aims to explore the new features in Luna 6 to investigate their ability to integrate Luna content (as well as Flickr content) with UST web systems (specifically Collage and Blackboard).
John Kinsella

Aug-09

Family Weekend Online Reservations
Develop and design a Collage web page which parents of currently enrolled St. Thomas students can access to sign up for various events offered throughout Family Weekend - functionality includes the ability to take payments via  ACH  or credit cards.
Jean Hockman

Sept-09

125 Year Timeline
This project is to collect and record a 125 history of UST in an electronic format. Collect and document pictures, events, news articles, etc. of the beginning of the College of St. Thomas 125 years ago through University of St Thomas and forwad.
Jean Hockman

Jun-09

SOE Website Redesign
The purpose of the project is the redesign of the SOE website including new navigation, new look and feel, integration of form applications under the College umbrella  and the addition of site specific google search.
Jean Hockman

Jul-09

Lock Down Distribution Lists
The purpose of this project is to lock UST distribution lists so that they may be used by authorized personnel only, as defined by the owners of the lists. A mechanism (WHD ticket) to accommodate authorization changes will also be part of the project.
Jenn Haas

Oct-09

Public Print Server
The purpose of the project is to create a public print server for students so they only will see the printers and MFDs that they have access to print instead of having to sort through all of the printers and MFDs on the network.

Lori  Christianson

Aug-09

WebTrends
WebTrends Analytics is tool that collects web activity data, analyzes data specified by the user, and creates reports based on that data.  We are currently at version 8.0d and propose an upgrade to version 8.5, released in June 2008.
Tracie Hathaway

Aug-09

Optix Scanning Arts and Science Programs
Implement Optix document management for Arts & Sciences Graduate Programs.
Marie Aho

Jun-09

Facility Wizard
The purpose of this project is to install the software product - Facility Wizard for the Physical Plant.  The product will replace the current RFS program.
Jean Hockman

Aug-09 

IT Summer Lease Cycle Replacement
IRT will be replacing from 2/3 to all of the multi-function devices (MFDs) used across campus. The analog fax cards ($500/ea) will be replaced by a fax server that will route incoming faxes to the appropriate MFD.
Marie Morzenti

Aug-09

BossCars
The complexity of parking and records management at St. Thomas necessitates an enhanced, automated system to increase revenues and Public Safety’s efficiencies. BOSS SOFTWARE provides a comprehensive real-time Banner-integrated solution.
Shaun Faricy

Jun-09

SHS Optix

Storing the documents digitally will drastically reduce the need for SHS (Student Health Service) to keep paper files. The purpose of this project is to implement document scanning, indexing and retrieval process for current SHS files.

Marie Aho

Oct-09

Podcast Producer

Podcast Producer automates the process of recording events and making them available via the Web. This project would create a test pilot of Podcast Producer in 3-5 classrooms on campus.

Eric Larson

Feb-10

Mentor Match

Alumni and Constituent Relations would like to implement a process where students and alumni interested in the alumni mentoring program or Take a Tommie to Lunch sign up using the Quad, where they can run a report that matches metors and populates Banner.

Marie Morzenti

Sept-09

MFD Planning and Rollout

This project is to review the current MFD fleet, plan which MFDs need replaced and/or reassigned, and to implement the additions/changes.

Farrah Friedrich

Sep-09

Mentor Logs 3

Create an addition to the Mentor Log for data entry of mentor contact and historical mentor information, pairings and requirements tables and to facilitate mentor/student pairings and to facilitate the collection of mentor and student feedback.

Kelly Evans

Jun-10

Fax Server

IRT will be replacing from 2/3 to all of the multi-function devices (MFDs) used across campus. The analog fax cards ($500/ea) will be replaced by a fax server that will route incoming faxes to the appropriate MFD.

Farrah Friedrich

Sep-09