Community Briefing Series
October 23, 2007
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Innovative Educational Solutions
Agenda
• Welcome & Opening Remarks
• What’s New at CPE
• Campus Updates
•Q&A
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WPI’s Life Sciences & Bioengineering
Center
• WPI Occupants
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Took occupancy May 2007
~125,000 sf research facility
Open lab design
Investigators grouped by research
focus – interdisciplinary approach
BEI (Bioengineering Institute)
Biology/Biotechnology
Biomedical Engineering
Chemistry/Biochemistry
Chemical Engineering
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• Commercial Research Labs
- MBI Biotech incubator
4 Startup companies
- RXi Pharmaceuticals
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The LSBC Team
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October 16, 2007
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Education
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Market Demands
Content-Specific
Education Programs
Workforce
Development
New Idea
Stimulation
Access to Applied
Research
CPE
Customer
Access to Experts
Access to Peer
Networks
Consulting on
Management/
Technical
Processes
Understanding
of Best
Practices
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A Portfolio of Solutions
Public Programs
Executive
Forums
Undergraduate
Certificate
Programs
Industry-specific
Workshops
Custom
Programs
Corporate &
Professional
Education
Graduate
Certificate/Degree
Programs
Academic/
Industry
Partnerships
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Project Synergy
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Sungard Initiative
aka Banner Redeployment
aka Unified Digital Campus (UDC)
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Work in Progress
• Baselining current environment
• Reviewing completed assessments
• Conducting strategic business process
mapping
• Implementing transition architecture
– Advancement first, with others to follow
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Enterprise Architecture Update
UDC Governance
Committee
Data Stewardship
Working Group
(tactics & standards)
Administrative Systems
Working Group
(priorities & process)
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Supporting Roles
• Information Analysts
– Student Affairs, Development, Academic
Affairs, HR/Finance
• Director of Institutional Research
• WPI Project Manager
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Web Communications Update
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Two-Phase Strategy for WPI Website
Phase I: Implementation of Content
Management System
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RED DOT
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Content Management System
Purpose:
• Provide departments and divisions with access
and ability to update and edit content without
Web Office bottleneck
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Enable Web Communications team to transition
from technical focus to marketing and
communications focus
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Content Management System
Key Needs (as expressed by the community):
– Increase training support
– Add technical web resources
– Establish “web squad” for on-site services
– Create Help Desk approach
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Phase II
• Re-Development of Overall Web Architecture
and Design
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Big Bad
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Web Re-Development Project
Purpose:
• To create a Website design that supports WPI’s
strategic vision and serves as a communication
tool for key outside audiences and the internal
WPI Community
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Web Re-Development Project
Multi-Step Process:
1.Strategic Analysis - in progress
2.Design
3.Build
4.QA and Delivery
5.Implement WPI Content Migration Plan
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Thank you!
Questions?
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