2001 Progress Report
Recruitment & Retention of Students | Undergraduate Experience | Graduate Experience | Academic Programs & Faculty | Connection to the Greater Community | Infrastructure/Support Improvements
Infrastructure/Support Improvements
The implementation of the $75 technology fee resulted in upgrades
and expansions of open labs, PC-equipped classrooms, and specialized
PC labs. Departments such as Art and Design, Biology, Music, Nursing,
Nutrition, and Sociology used technology fee funds to provide
students access to new PC labs with the latest discipline-specific
software and network connections. Forty general classrooms were
converted to technology classrooms with an instructor PC, digital
projector, sound system and network connectivity. A new student
e-mail and web system was deployed providing each student a single,
computer center account with access to e-mail, open access labs,
network storage space and personal web page space. In addition
to technology fee-funded improvements, we continue to upgrade
the number and quality of media-equipped classrooms and three
PC-equipped classrooms were opened in Sparks Hall for fall 2001.
Management Administrative Information Infrastructure
Migration of administrative information systems from legacy programs
to a client-based environment continues. We enhanced several administrative
systems, in particular the PeopleSoft 7.5 upgrade and the PeopleSoft
Asset Management module. New Government Accounting Standards Board
(GASB) guidelines required institutions to record depreciation
of assets, which was not possible with the legacy system. Migration
of SIS to Banner, with campus-wide participation in this process,
continues on schedule with an expected completion date of December
2002. The payroll system moved toward 100% use of electronic fund
transfers to pay faculty, staff and student employees.
The campus was listed in the top 100 wired colleges nationally
by Yahoo Internet Life. Use of WebCT in courses continues to escalate
with 665 faculty in 1,396 courses in fall 2001 enrolling 26,000
students compared with 9 faculty in 12 courses and 148 students
in fall 1998.
A management Decision Support System is under development. The
multi-year plan to bring all buildings up to industry standards
for network connections is on-going as part of the foundation
for improved access to and communications with information resources.
The campus was listed in the top 100 wired colleges nationally
by Yahoo Internet Life. Use of WebCT in courses continues to escalate
with 665 faculty in 1,396 courses in fall 2001 enrolling 26,000
students compared with 9 faculty in 12 courses and 148 students
in fall 1998.
A management Decision Support System is under development. The
multi-year plan to bring all buildings up to industry standards
for network connections is on-going as part of the foundation
for improved access to and communications with information resources.
Improved Performance of Administrative Units
Use of the web as an information tool is being increased and a
project to provide updated policies and procedures readily accessible
via the web is underway. Quality of facilities in public areas
impacts recruitment -selected high profile areas have been upgraded.
Comprehensive Campaign
The campaign has been extended to December 31, 2002. To date,
November 1, 2001 over $103 million of the $75 original million
goal has been received or pledged. The new goal is $125 million
and includes our challenge to raise $25 million for a new teaching
laboratory building. The Kresge Foundation Challenge was met,
and the $650,000 matching funds received. For the fifth consecutive
year, annual fund giving reached the $2 million mark. Nearly 78%
of Georgia State faculty and staff made contributions, which places
Georgia State in the top 1% of US institutions in percentage participation
by faculty and staff. Various assets of the Georgia State University Foundation are
listed in Table 18.
Student Recreation Center
This facility was completed on time and within budget and opened
in August 2001. The recreation center is serving over 2,000 people
daily and will be a significant contributor in the development
of a greater sense of community on campus.
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