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Community Briefing Series
October 23, 2007
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Agenda
• Welcome & Opening Remarks
• What’s New at CPE
• Campus Updates
• Q & A
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WPI’s Life Sciences & Bioengineering Center
• Took occupancy May 2007• ~125,000 sf research facility• Open lab design• Investigators grouped by research
focus – interdisciplinary approach
• WPI Occupants– BEI (Bioengineering Institute)
– Biology/Biotechnology– Biomedical Engineering – Chemistry/Biochemistry – Chemical Engineering– Corporate & Professional
Education
• Commercial Research Labs- MBI Biotech incubator 4 Startup companies- RXi Pharmaceuticals
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Market Demands
Access to Applied Research
Content-Specific Education Programs
Access to Experts
Access to Peer Networks
Understanding of Best
Practices
Consulting on Management/
Technical Processes
New Idea Stimulation
Workforce Development
CPECustomer
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A Portfolio of Solutions
Public Programs
Custom Programs
ExecutiveForums
Corporate &Professional
Education
Graduate Certificate/Degree
ProgramsAcademic/ Industry
Partnerships
Industry-specific Workshops
Undergraduate Certificate Programs
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Sungard Initiativeaka 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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Two-Phase Strategy for WPI Website
Phase I: Implementation of Content Management System
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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
• 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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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 progress2.Design3.Build4.QA and Delivery5.Implement WPI Content Migration Plan
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