Welcome to the first issue of CollegiateLink - Technology in Student Affairs. Each month, we'll feature news and analysis of new technologies and best practices for use - particularly in the areas of student engagement, involvement, and assessment.
Proposed Web forum to aid student groups From Penn State's The Daily Collegian - an interesting project to offer new ways for student organizations to collaborate
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, President - CollegiateLink Corp.
Web-based technology services have been almost uniformly embraced by higher education institutions and students across the world. In fact, your students probably expect an online component to almost every course or academic program. This expectation can be attributed to both the high utilization of systems such as Blackboard, web portals, as well as students' overwhelming preference for online communication - IM, Facebook, the Daily Jolt, and other messaging / social networking tools.
For Co-curricular Involvement, Service Learning, and Leadership Development professionals, this expectation gives rise to a new challenge - the information technology (IT) infrastructure of most colleges and universities focuses primarily on addressing the needs of academic departments and auxiliary services such as course management, student information, and facilities. More often than not, co-curricular programming departments will need to look outside of their campus IT division to address their needs...
The updated SA LINK 2.0 has recently been released with a new design layout, accessible interface, and new features. Student clubs and organizations can track feeds of recent activity in "My Organizations" and access multiple event views including My Events and Upcoming Events.
Other upgrades include a customizable financial request approval process and new integration capabilities to support CAS, PubCookie, and other campus authentication sources in addition to the previously supported LDAP and Active Directory.
New Implementations! Working with 40 Schools - 400,000 Students
Recently launched implementations include:
Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia
Ithaca College
Maryville University
Muhlenberg College
SUNY Oneonta
Western Carolina University
NOVEMBER 2007 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Regional Conferences 2007 NASPA Western Regional Conference: Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV Nov 1st - 4th
ACUI Region 5 Conference College of Charleston, NC Nov 1st - 3rd ACUI Regions 8 & 9 Conference Northwestern University, IL Nov 2nd - 4th
NASPA Region 1 Conference Burlington, VT Nov 4th - 7th
To schedule a time to meet with us at one of these conferences, click the links above.
I hope you found our first newsletter helpful as you refine your strategy for reaching students and evaluating the success of your initiatives. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the chosen topics or with suggestions for future articles.
Best regards,
Aaron Severs
___________________ AARON J. SEVERS President CollegiateLink +1 877.733.8335 tel +1 617.250.7054 direct +1 617.661.0244 fax 1698 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02138 www.collegiatelink.net
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