NEW STAFF
Rod Jackson -
Undergraduate Admission
STAFF LEAVING
Cheryl Swift - Bursar's Office
Birthdays
Cruz Lopez -
May 3
Mini Chihuahua - May 4
Stephen Forrest - May 7
Jeremy Parrish - May 15
Walter Jimenez - May 16
Patricia May - May 20
Braunshay Pertile - May 21
Irma Herrera - May 21
Shereeta Robertson - May 22
Cheryl Swift - May 24
Stephany Coleman - May 24
Allie Bures - May 24
Joann Martinez - May 26
Jean Porter - May 27
Rick Diaz - May 29
Randy Trevino - May
31
Anniversaries
Joe Papari
Monica Gomez - 10 years
Lori Atkinson - 5 years
Kelly
Milazzo - 3 years
Another New Feature in ACCESS.SMU
The June 2011 release of Access.SMU
9.0 is fast approaching! One, if not the most exciting newly delivered
features is the administrative view of the Student Center, also known as the
Advisee 360 View. The Advisee 360 View allows an advisor and
administrative staff to finally see the student’s academic record…as the student
sees it! With the 360 view, a user can review a student’s---
version 9.0
¨Personal
Information (biographical, demographic, and address data, emergency contacts,
directory restrictions, medical health history, student organizations
§
¨Transfer and Test
Credits
§
Academics (academic
program details, term and cumulative scholastic totals)
¨Academic Requirements
(advisement report)
Those with administrative access to maintain Personal Information, General Information, Transfer and Test Credits, and Academics, will have the ability to view and make changes on the spot alleviating the need to navigate through multiple menus!
Also part of the 360 View, the 9.0 Degree Progress Report (DPR) used to track a student’s progress towards graduation is brand new! Users can view the results online as well as generate a printer friendly .pdf report in real time. The online DPR provides interactive links to course details including sorting courses within a requirement. In addition, when the Interactive first displays online, satisfied requirements are collapsed and unsatisfied requirements are expanded, but all requirements can be collapsed or expanded as needed. In 9.0, the DPR will no longer be sent to the user’s campus email address, but will be accessible in a .pdf printable format. Unlike 8.9, where undergraduate and graduate students have separate DPR formats, all students will share the same format in 9.0.
The Undergraduate Summary Report is yet another great feature, which will provide a one-page, at-a-glance, status of a student’s progress toward satisfying the degree requirements. This report is a new SMU customization replacing the first page of the 8.9 DPR and will also be available in a .pdf, printer friendly format.
VIPs -
Very Important Ponies
Some of our VIPs this month are:
Mary Ann Frye - Thank you so much! As a result, my aid has been disbursed. You were very kind to take the time to help me, even if I was transferred to the wrong person. See everything does happen for a reason. Happy student.
Damon Wilkins, Kelly Milazzo, Jeremy Parrish, and Paley Wu - Special thanks for putting together, editing, and getting online the Bursar's Website Usability Survey. The Bursar's Website Project Team will review the results of the survey at our next meeting at assist with our redesign project.
Cindy Castro - Congratulations on your graduations and receipt of your Master's of Liberal Studies degree. Great job.
Mirjan Laci and Angie Flores - My daughter is scheduled to graduate in May, and I wanted to express my appreciation to both of you for your assistance over the past four years with her financial account, billing to the Alabama pre-paid program, and answering my questions from time to time. We believe our daughter has had a very positive experience at SMU, and has enjoyed her time there in all respects. From my perspective, I want to say it has been a pleasure working with each of you, and your assistance and responsiveness has been welcome. Perhaps we will need to communicate again before graduation, but I wanted to share these comments with you now before I forget. Thank you very, very much. Happy Mom
Kelly Milazzo - You were awesome today. SMU really has you in the right place . . . thank you for calling me. Again, Thank you for amazing personal attention - I copied Deanie [Kepler] so she can give you a shout-out to all the big-time SMU folks that should know that you represent them so well . . . Grateful Parent
Gretchen Voight, Adrienne
Montgomery, Darrah Rippy, Monica Gomez, Barbara Dilbeck, Cate Hamilton, and
Damon Wilkins - Thank you so much for all of your good work on the Tau Sigma
ceremony! Because of your efforts, I think we had a nice event for the
transfers and their families, and I know that President Turner and Ambassador
Phillips greatly enjoyed it. Once again, your've helped out in a pinch
with smiles on your faces and I greatly appreciate working with such committed
co-workers! Bursar's Project Team
Improving Website Under the leadership
of Damon Wilkins, the University Bursar has appointed a project team to
investigate the effectiveness of the Bursar's website. In conjunction with
the Communication Project Team, the Website group is assessing the content and
usability of the site. Students were sent an online survey asking how
often they used the site and for what type of information. It also asked
how student obtained information other than the website. Another tool that
the Project Team will use is Google Analytics which provide data on the number
of visitors to the site, the number of clicks the visitor makes, how long they
stay on a page, and how often specific features are used. After the survey is
completed and analyzed in conjunction with the Analytics, the Project Team with
the assistance of Senior Web Designer Paley Wu, will begin to implement the
changes needed. The target is for the redesign site to be available by the
beginning of the fall term.
Important Dates
Bursar - May Term 2011 IEP Payment Due
Date - May 16
Study Abroad Payment
Due Date - May 20
Mark your calendar
May 25, 2011
Bursar - Summer 2011 UG/GR/Hart/All MBA/All
May Term Ends - May 28
USA
– Memorial Day Holiday – May 30
Summer School - Full Summer and Summer I Term Begins -
May 31
Bursar - Summer 2011 Law/Theology
Payment Due Date - June 1
Summer School - Last Day to Enroll Full Summer and Summer I -
June 3
Bursar - Summer 2011 EHD (SEHD - DR & Counseling
only ) Payment Due Date - June 16
Summer School - Last Day of Summer I - June 29
Bursar -Perkins Loan Year End - June 30
Summer School - First Day of Summer II -
June 30
Summer School - Last Day to Enroll for Summer II - July 1
USA - Fourth
of July Holiday - July 4
Bursar - Summer 2011 IEP Payment
Due Date - July 5
Summer School - Last Day of Summer II - Aug. 1
Summer School - Last Day of Full Summer
Quotation of the Month
Education should be
as gradual as the moonrise, perceptible not in progress, but in result.
Author
Unknown
SMU Trivia
Question
Who was the first woman employee at SMU?
Answer
She was hired by President Hyer in 1913 as his secretary. She first officed with Dr. Hyer, Bursar Frank Reedy and two bookkeepers in the Methodist Publishing House in downtown Dallas. This group moved into Dallas Hall before it was completed with no sewage connection, heat or water. Before the University opened, Dorothy Amann became the librarian, overseeing the full collection of 7,000 books. An award was named in her honor in the 1990s, given by the Division of Student Affairs to recognize the contribution of graduating seniors to the work of the Division. The award is presented the day before graduation.
Joan Gosnell, University Archivist
THANK YOU
to all who made the 96th Commencement and Graduation ceremonies memorable for our graduates and their families and friends.
