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MATC ANNOUNCES
STUDENT REGISTRATION AND RECORDS SERVICES
UNAVAILABLE JULY 9-14 DURING UPGRADE OF COMPUTER SYSTEM
Madison
Area Technical College (MATC) has announced that its student administration
system, which stores all student registration, enrollment, academic and
financial records and information, will be unavailable Friday July 9 through
Wednesday July 14. The college will remain open during this period but
college employees will be able to provide only limited assistance to students
and the public who require information maintained on its student administration
computer system.
According
to Debra Derr, MATC executive dean for Student Development and Success,
the college planned this system transition period during a window in the
academic year when student registration activities typically are not scheduled
and the college experiences its least amount of student activity.
“Most
summer classes began in June and our open registration period for fall
degree classes does not start until July 26,” stated Derr. “This
transition period allows MATC to upgrade our system with confidence. It
is a precautionary measure to ensure the integrity of our student records
as we move from the old to the new system.”
MATC
staff will be available to answer general questions from the public but
will recommend to individuals with more detailed registration needs that
they contact the college for these services during the following week.
The types of services that will be “on hold” during these four
business days will include class registration, class schedule changes,
transcript retrieval and inquiries regarding the status of admission applications
and financial aid processing.
MATC
is currently operating version 7.6 of the PeopleSoft Student Administration
System and will upgrade to version 8 in July. Version 8 provides the necessary
foundation for the college to offer web-based services such as online
registration and grade, transcript and schedule access for students and
the public. These web-based services will begin to be phased in during
late fall of 2004 with full implementation planned for spring 2005.
“Our upgrade to version 8 of PeopleSoft is an important step for
us. While all systems changes are challenging and not to be underestimated,
this change should be relatively smooth for us since we have been using
the PeopleSoft system for two years and our employees are extremely familiar
with its operation,” stated Derr. “We have built precautions
and testing into this upgrade to ensure a smooth and successful transition
with as little stress and disruption as possible for everyone – our
students, public and staff.”
MATC
is one of the largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System’s
16 colleges and serves about 50,000 individuals each year. It provides
a comprehensive curriculum of technical, liberal arts and science, adult
basic education and life enrichment studies and activities, as well as
customized employee training. MATC provides training in more than 100
career programs. It awards associate degrees, vocational diplomas and
certificates, and offers non-degree courses. The college offers instruction
through five campuses and various other locations throughout the district.
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Last
Modified:
July 1, 2004
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