CUNYfirst Leveraging Conference Investment For Future 2019 .

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CUNYfirstLeveragingInvestment forConference Future2019 EnhancementsJune 14, 2019New York City, NY

OVERVIEWThe objective of the inaugural CUNYfirst conference is to fostercommunications among the CUNYfirst users, capture lessons learned,identify best practices, and understand the high priority enhancementsthat can improve the user experience and business processes.The conference theme, “Leveraging Investment for FutureEnhancements,” will encompass the following: Chart the evolution of CUNYfirst as the single largest ERPimplementation in higher education and enabler of new universityapplications and services Break-out sessions where CUNYfirst stakeholders showcase bestpractices and solutions to demonstrate value beyond the coreCUNYfirst features and functions Introduce the CUNYfirst technology road-map and businessenhancements planned for 2019 and beyond2

PROGRAMIn consideration of your fellow participants, please silence your cell phones,or set them to vibrate. Thank you.JUNE 148:00 AMREGISTRATION/BREAKFASTGERALD W. LYNCH THEATREMAIN LEVEL, E-CORNER9:30 AMINTRODUCTIONGERALD W. LYNCH THEATER10:00 AMWELCOME, CUNYfirst – THE EVOLUTIONGERALD W. LYNCH THEATERBrian Cohen, Vice Chancellor for Technology andUniversity Chief Information Officer10:30 AMPANEL DISCUSSION – BUSINESS PROCESS OWNERSGERALD W. LYNCH THEATERBrian Cohen, Vice Chancellor for Technology andUniversity Chief Information Officer, ModeratorMatthew Sapienza, Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial OfficerMargaret Egan, Interim Vice Chancellor for Human Resources andDirector of Strategic InitiativesLaura A. Bruno, Assistant Vice Chancellor for EnrollmentStrategy and Management11:00 AMBREAKCUNYfirst Conference 2019

11:15 AMBREAK OUT SESSIONS I1a. Baruch College: Eliminating Production of Full-Time PersonnelAction FormsLOCATION: L2-84By leveraging the information from and reporting capacity of CUNYfirst,combined with the source documents, Baruch College has completelyeliminated the need to produce, seek approval for, circulate and file PAFsfor full-time staff. Other colleges have also moved in this direction, but mosthave not. Many have created their own shadow systems to produce andapprove full-time PAFs; others have created fillable PDF versions; and someare still using paper — even carbon paper. None of this activity is actuallynecessary. Baruch will explain why all this work is no longer necessary anddemonstrate how colleges can implement the business process changesthat will completely eliminate the full-time PAF while continuing to sharerequired information with our community.Mary Rivers, Assistant Vice President, Planning & BudgetPriscilla Reynoso, Human Resources Generalist1b. John Jay College of Criminal Justice: Doing More with Less:Increasing Productivity at John Jay with CUNYfirstLOCATION: L2-85Through the use of CUNYfirst data, John Jay College of Criminal Justicehas improved operations and customer service in a number of areas. Thissession will provide a review of systems and self-service tools that haveimproved productivity. Our discussion will include but is not limited toelectronic forms supporting readmission, grade changes and scholarships;an electronic personnel activation system; an online student electionsystem; a student disciplinary application; a faculty workload tracking andplanning tool and a classified staff increment system.Joseph Laub, Chief Information OfficerAna Giron, Application Development Manager1c. CUNY Computing and Information Services and City College ofNew York: Managing Data Risks – Access Management in CUNYfirstLOCATION: L61CUNYfirst consolidates enterprise-wide data and functions in a variety ofareas into a single modularized system. Appropriately managing access toCUNYfirst is required to maintain confidentiality, integrity and privacy.This session will review4

CUNY’s overall approach to data governance and access management The respective responsibilities of Data and Business Process Owners,Subject Matter Experts and ASLs The risks of so-called “shadow” systemsA demonstration of “Roleaids,” a tool developed to provide CUNYfirstrole selection guidance, will be presented. City College of New York'slead Application Security Liaison (ASL), Vern Ballard, will further presentand share a “CUNYfirst Campus Solutions Guide to Requesting Roles andPermissions” that he developed, providing step-by-step instructions andother information helpful to ASLs and others.Robert Berlinger, Computing and Information Services, University ChiefInformation Security OfficerVern Ballard, City College of New York, Director of Front Line Services &Information Security OfficeAnthony Bocchetti, Computing and Information Services, Manager ofCUNYfirst Application SecurityMark Manis, Computing and Information Services, Deputy ChiefInformation Security OfficerYoungren Ponnuraj, Computing and Information Services, AssociateDirector of Development and CUNYfirst Production Support1d. Brooklyn & Kingsborough Colleges: Tuition and FeesCollections RoadmapLOCATION: GERALD W. LYNCH THEATERBrooklyn College has made great progress in using data from reportinginstance to improve our tuition and fees collection rates, and the processesused in our Student Financial Services area.The Kingsborough Community College Bursar Office has been able to usethe Balance Reports to reach out to students with outstanding balances.The outreach has worked and the collection rate has increased.Alan Gilbert, Brooklyn College, Senior Vice President forFinance and AdministrationEduardo Rios, Kingsborough Community College, Vice President forFinance and AdministrationYasmin Ali, Brooklyn College, Executive Director of StudentFinancial ServicesEmir Ganic, Brooklyn College, Executive Director of Budget and PlanningAndres Escobar, Kingsborough Community College, Executive Directorof Finance and Business ServicesEnrika Kohavi, Kingsborough Community College, Enrollment Bursar DirectorCUNYfirst Conference 2019

1e. York College: Leveraging Service Indicators to Enforce MandatoryAdvisement and Take 15 StrategyLOCATION: 1.77Academic Advisement implemented a mandatory Advisement Required(ADV) Service indicator for all students. The mandatory ADV ensures thatall students have the opportunity to receive advisement-recommendationson how to achieve 15 credits, and to stay on track to graduate in four years.This allowed York College to increase the number of students taking 15credits and work towards a higher graduation rate.Panayiotis Meleties, Provost and Chief Academic OfficerGreg Vega, Director of Service DeliveryBrunilda Almodovar, Associate Director of Academic Advisement CenterBritu Haile, IT Senior AssociateMaria Jean, Student Representative1f. CUNY Office of Budget & Finance: Powering Procurement throughPunch-outsLOCATION: 1.76Despite the title of our session, participants won't learn any boxing skillsfrom this presentation. Rather, the focus of our session will be how theUnniversity Office of Budget and Finance (OBF) is aggressively trying toknock down barriers for CUNY faculty and staff in procuring goods andservices. Participants of this session will hear how OBF is implementing thepower of "Punch-Outs" to make the procurement process more streamlinedand user-friendly to the CUNYfirst community. Punch-Outs will allowprocurement users to directly connect to vendor product catalogs ande-procurement systems. By doing so, users will have direct access to thosevendor's specific CUNY-approved price listings, and will reduce the relianceon manual processes for purchases. Punch-Outs will allow the procurementprocess to be more of an electronic shopping experience and minimize theneed for technical expertise of existing systems.Caron Christian, Acting University Executive Director of StrategicSourcing & Chief Procurement OfficerMatthew Sapienza, Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial OfficerMichelle Cooper, Deputy Director of Procurement1g. School of Public Health and Health Policy:SMAART Student Outcomes DashboardLOCATION: MOOT COURTDiscuss the design, and development of SMAART outcomes dashboardas an interactive platform to facilitate data driven decision-making and6

to foster coordination, and collaboration among students, faculty andstaff. In addition, SMAART will provide an opportunity to enhance studentadvisement, identify students at risk of academic probation, tailoredstudent support services, and monitor academic progress of the students.For student service staff, it will facilitate tracking of utilization of studentservices. For faculty, the platform will facilitate student advisement. Foradministration, it will help in better course scheduling, and predictingcourse enrollments and ability to better identify student service needs.Ashish Joshi, Senior Associate Dean Academic and Student AffairsMohit Arora, Director of TechnologyRobyn Gertner, Director, Academic AffairsMatthew Paczkowski, Academic Student Support Program SpecialistPranoya Ghosh, Registrar12:15 PMLUNCHSTUDENT DINING HALL AND JAYWALK, 2ND FLOOR1:30 PMBREAK OUT SESSIONS II2a. Brooklyn & Kingsborough Colleges: Tuition andFees Collections RoadmapLOCATION: L2-84Brooklyn College has made great progress in using data from reportinginstance to improve our tuition and fees collection rates, and the processesused in our Student Financial Services area.The Kingsborough Community College Bursar Office has been able to usethe Balance Reports to reach out to students with outstanding balances.The outreach has worked and the collection rate has increased.Alan Gilbert, Brooklyn College, Senior Vice President forFinance and AdministrationEduardo Rios, Kingsborough Community College, Vice President forFinance and AdministrationYasmin Ali, Brooklyn College, Executive Director of StudentFinancial ServicesEmir Ganic, Brooklyn College, Executive Director of Budget and PlanningAndres Escobar, Kingsborough Community College, Executive Directorof Finance and Business ServicesEnrika Kohavi, Kingsborough Community College, Enrollment Bursar DirectorCUNYfirst Conference 2019

2b. CUNY Computing and Information Services and City College ofNew York: Managing Data Risks – Access Management in CUNYfirstLOCATION: L2-85CUNYfirst consolidates enterprise-wide data and functions in a variety ofareas into a single modularized system. Appropriately managing access toCUNYfirst is required to maintain confidentiality, integrity and privacy.This session will review CUNY’s overall approach to data governance and access management The respective responsibilities of Data and Business Process Owners,Subject Matter Experts and ASLs The risks of so-called “shadow” systemsA demonstration of “Roleaids,” a tool developed to provide CUNYfirst roleselection guidance, will be presented. City College of New York's lead ASLwill further present and share a “CUNYfirst Campus Solutions Guide toRequesting Roles and Permissions” that he developed, providing step-bystep instructions and other information helpful to ASLs and others.Robert Berlinger, Computing and Information Services, University ChiefInformation Security OfficerVern Ballard, City College of New York, Director of Front Line Services &Information Security OfficeAnthony Bocchetti, Computing and Information Services, Manager ofCUNYfirst Application SecurityMark Manis, Computing and Information Services, Deputy ChiefInformation Security OfficerYoungren Ponnuraj, Computing and Information Services, AssociateDirector of Development and CUNYfirst Production Support2c. CUNY Office of Human Resources Management:Personnel Actions DashboardLOCATION: L61In partnership with CIS CUNYsmart team, the Human Resources ProgramManagement Office has created a personnel actions dashboard that allowsfor real time audit and reporting of human resources transactions. Humanresources transactions approved by the Board of Trustees, the Chancelloror Chancellor’s designee appear on this dashboard that is used by campusHR and OHRM staff. The development on the dashboard is still ongoing withthe objective of utilizing the dashboard as an operational management tool.Dona Roy, Assistant Vice ChancellorSiva Sivasingam, Executive Director of Program Management OfficeKecia King Anderson, IT AssociateWeng Wong, IT Computer Systems Manager8

2d. Lehman College: Using CUNYfirst to Enhance the Experience ofOur Incoming Transfer StudentsLOCATION: 1.77Lehman College’s departments of Information Technology, Admissions& Recruitment, and Student Success Initiatives have worked togetherto implement three unique processes to serve our incoming transferpopulation. The electronic Transfer Credit Evaluation (eTCE) hasreplaced the College’s former process to physically send students to thecorresponding academic departments and meet with faculty to obtain anequivalent for their previous coursework. We have changed the way weuse the “CIP” grade and updated CUNYfirst to allow it to mimic our “IP”grade in DegreeWorks. Finally, we have begun tagging students who weknow are “Pending Associate Degree Holders.”Christie Lucchese, Transfer Evaluation CoordinatorElkin Urrea, Web Application AnalystChristopher Buonocore, Director of Student Success Initiatives2e. Hostos Community College: CUNYfirst Position ManagementDrove Improvements of HR ProcessesLOCATION: GERALD W. LYNCH THEATERHostos Community College has been using the Position Managementmodule since 2010 to streamline HR processes and eliminateredundancy. Department Managers and their delegates — rather thanthe college’s Human Resources and/or Budget staff — are required toinitiate all position requests through Management Self Service for hires/rehires, title changes, reporting changes and department changes. Wecontinue to expand usage of other modules such as TAM, ManagerSelf-Service and Employee Self-service to enhance processes, improvetransparency and accountability, and eliminate redundancy.Shirley Shevach, Director of Human ResourcesHerminia Reyes, Human Resources Recruiting SpecialistThomas Lackaye, Human Resources Timekeeping and HRIS Manager2f. John Jay College of Criminal Justice: Doing More with Less:Increasing Productivity at John Jay with CUNYfirstLOCATION: MOOT COURTThrough the use of CUNYfirst data, John Jay College of Criminal Justicehas improved operations and customer service in a number of areas. Thissession will provide a review of systems and self-service tools that haveimproved productivity. Our discussion will include but is not limited toelectronic forms supporting readmission, grade changes and scholarships;CUNYfirst Conference 2019

an electronic personnel activation system; an online student electionsystem; a student disciplinary application; a faculty workload tracking andplanning tool and a classified staff increment system.Joseph Laub, Chief Information OfficerAna Giron, Application Development Manager2g. CUNY Office of Enrollment Management: CUNYfirst Admissions:Last but not Least!LOCATION: 1.76CUNYfirst Full Admissions represents the culmination and final piece of theUniversity’s 10 year ERP implementation. Join central and campus leadersas they share a high level overview of the full admissions project including ademonstration of the new application features, a description of key businessprocess transformations, implementation successes and challenges, as wellas next steps. You will hear from two campus leaders who have successfullyleveraged the CUNYfirst technology in order to better engage students andfaculty, communicate more strategically and meet enrollment goals faster.Mark Ciolli, University Executive Director of Admissions and RecruitmentLaura A. Bruno, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Strategyand Management, ModeratorCelia P. Lloyd, City College of New York, Assistant Vice President forAcademic Momentum and Student SuccessLinda K. Evangelou, Queensborough Community College, AssistantDean for New Student Enrollment ServicesVincent M. Papandrea, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Director,Office of Admissions2:15 PMBREAK2:30 PMBREAK OUT SESSIONS III3a. Computer Information Systems: Training Support and KnowledgeManagement TransformationLOCATION: L2-85ServiceNow will provide CUNYfirst users a single entry point for CUNYfirstinstructional guides, training system status and help desk support. Thissession will start with a review of the existing CUNYfirst content andcommunication channels to remind attendees about the informationavailable today and how it is accessed. Next, the session will focus10

on the current Enterprise Service Desk project and plans to release asearchable knowledge base and enhanced online support for students,faculty and staff across the university. By session end, attendees shouldbecome familiar with the new communication and support model CUNY isimplementing via ServiceNow and value to CUNYfirst users.Wayne Levy, Director of Application Lifecycle ManagementJonathan Frost, IT Communications ManagerChandra Cherry, Training Manager3b. Hostos Community College: CUNYfirst Position ManagementDrove Improvements of HR ProcessesLOCATION: GERALD W. LYNCH THEATERHostos Community College has been using the Position Managementmodule since 2010 to streamline HR processes and eliminateredundancy. Department Managers and their delegates — rather than thecollege’s Human Resources and/or Budget staff — are required to initiateall position requests through Management Self Service for hires/rehires,title changes, reporting changes and department changes. We continueto expand usage of other modules such as TAM, Manager Self-Serviceand Employee Self-service to enhance processes, improve transparencyand accountability, and eliminate redundancy.Shirley Shevach, Director of Human ResourcesHerminia Reyes, Human Resources Recruiting SpecialistThomas Lackaye, Human Resources Timekeeping and HRIS Manager3c. Lehman College: Using CUNYfirst to Enhance the Experience ofOur Incoming Transfer StudentsLOCATION: L61Lehman College’s departments of Information Technology, Admissions& Recruitment, and Student Success Initiatives have worked togetherto implement three unique processes to serve our incoming transferpopulation. The electronic Transfer Credit Evaluation (eTCE) hasreplaced the College’s former process to physically send students to thecorresponding academic departments and meet with faculty to obtain anequivalent for their previous coursework. We have changed the way weuse the “CIP” grade and updated CUNYfirst to allow it to mimic our “IP”grade in DegreeWorks. Finally, we have begun tagging students who weknow are “Pending Associate Degree Holders.”Christie Lucchese, Transfer Evaluation CoordinatorElkin Urrea, Web Application AnalystChristopher Buonocore, Director of Student Success InitiativesCUNYfirst Conference 2019

3d. Baruch College: Eliminating Production of Full-Time PersonnelAction FormsLOCATION: L2-84By leveraging the information from and reporting capacity of CUNYfirst,combined with the source documents, Baruch College has completelyeliminated the need to produce, seek approval for, circulate and file PAFsfor full-time staff. Other colleges have also moved in this direction, but mosthave not. Many have created their own shadow systems to produce andapprove full-time PAFs; others have created fillable PDF versions; and someare still using paper — even carbon paper. None of this activity is actuallynecessary. Baruch will explain why all this work is no longer necessary anddemonstrate how colleges can implement the business process changesthat will completely eliminate the full-time PAF while continuing to sharerequired information with our community.Mary Rivers, Assistant Vice President, Planning & BudgetPriscilla Reynoso, Human Resources Generalist3e. York College: Leveraging Service Indicators to Enforce MandatoryAdvisement and Take 15 StrategyLOCATION: 1.77Academic Advisement implemented a mandatory ADV Service indicatorfor all students. The mandatory ADV ensures that all students have theopportuni

Brooklyn College has made great progress in using data from reporting . The Kingsborough Community College Bursar Office has been able to use the Balance Reports to reach out to students with outstanding balances. The outreach has worked and the collection rate has increased. Alan Gilbert, Brooklyn College, .