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Building Constituent Portals - Get Your Hardhat Ready!. Presented by: Debbie Feldman, Sara Rodgers, Sherri Yerk-Zwickl. Lehigh Overview. Founded in 1865 4600 undergraduates, 2000 graduate students, 600 Faculty, 1100 Staff 4 Colleges (Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Business, Education)
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Building Constituent Portals - Get Your Hardhat Ready! Presented by: Debbie Feldman, Sara Rodgers, Sherri Yerk-Zwickl
Lehigh Overview • Founded in 1865 • 4600 undergraduates, 2000 graduate students, 600 Faculty, 1100 Staff • 4 Colleges (Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Business, Education) • Research Intensive University • January 2003 - SunGard Luminis Portal live
Computing Consultant Colleges and AdministrativeDepartments Instr.Tech. Consultant Librarian Lehigh Library & Technology Services IT Team CC Team Help Desk Enterprise Systems Systems & Networking Library Team
Overview • Admitted Student Portal • First Year Student Portal • Alumni Portal
Admitted Student Portal • Idea • Purpose • Development Team • Content • Technical • Timeline
Channels • Targeted • Banner • Other
Admitted Student - Next Steps • Solicit feedback • Review and revise • Future enhancements • International channel • Virtual faculty and staff ambassadors • Special programs
First Year Student Portal • Initiated in Summer, 2003 • Replaced July on-campus sessions • Available when deposit is paid (typically early May) • Provides critical information & preparatory tasks • Development team
FYS Features • Access to email, targeted announcements • Housing application • Course Request process • Calculus Readiness Assessment • Language survey (among others!) • Health information forms • e-versions of mailings, FAQ’s • College Curriculum/Program info • Orientation info
FYS Future • What’s Next? • Dedicated Orientation tab (evoLUtion:2) • Stay with FY students until December • Create video tutorials • Add more functionality
Alumni • Graduates stay connected • Access to alumni resources & services • Network – career, relationships • Maintain Lehigh identity • Keep email account • Extend recognition of Lehigh
Process • Alumni Focus Group • Introduce Campus Portal • Survey • Mock up • Channel content pulled from existing sources • Presented to Alumni Board • Test accounts to select alumni • Gradual roll out • Graduates • Active Alumni
Alumni *Connected * Engaged * Involved
Coming soon… • Online community – iModules online directory • MyLibrary for Alumni – 2 popular ProQuest databases
Challenges • Communication (internal and external) • Effectiveness • Coordination • Timing • Support • Content decisions • Technical Issues
Benefits • Increased connection with constituents • Convenience • Save time, $$$ • Increased communication across university
Coming Soon… Parent MBA Distance Education
Conclusion • Our Advice… • Communication • Timing "There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors." ~Jim Morrison~
Thank You! Debbie Feldman df04@lehigh.edu Sara Rodgers skr5@lehigh.edu Sherri Yerk-Zwickl shy2@lehigh.edu