Community Briefing Series

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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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The LSBC Team

October 16, 2007

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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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Project Synergy

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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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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

• Enable Web Communications team to transition from technical focus to marketing and communications focus

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Content Management SystemKey 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 progress2.Design3.Build4.QA and Delivery5.Implement WPI Content Migration Plan

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Thank you!

Questions?