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UMUC President Showcases New Automated Transfer System at the U.S. Department of Education’s National Summit in Chicago
ADELPHI, Md. (Aug. 14, 2008) — University of Maryland University College (UMUC) President Susan C. Aldridge presented the university’s new integrated system, “Singularity Suite,” at the U.S. Department of Education’s national summit in Chicago last month. Singularity Suite is an enterprise document management system that enables institutions like UMUC to automate all critical document and transfer processes. UMUC is the largest institution in the United States using this program, created by Hershey Systems.
“As a growing university with thousands of students located across 25 time zones, it’s essential that we invest in the latest technology to help streamline the transfer process to ensure that our students experience a simple, seamless transition,” said Aldridge. “This new program provides UMUC with easy, instantaneous access to student credits and transcripts no matter where they are located or what institution they are transferring from.”
Aldridge presented UMUC’s integration of Singularity Suite to higher education leaders and stakeholders, university presidents, and business and organization leaders from across the nation at this year’s summit. With the implementation of the program, UMUC will be able to streamline all transfer student transcript and credit evaluation processes across the entire university within 48 hours. As a university with campuses on three different continents and dozens of alliances with institutions nationwide, this new system integrates the entire transfer and articulation process—from admissions to financial aid—taking 60 years of student archives and digitally uploading them into a worldwide database.
Dr. Aldridge was invited by the University System of Maryland (USM) to present UMUC’s newly integrated technology, as part of USM’s Effectiveness and Efficiency Initiative, which helps to advance accessibility, affordability and accountability.
Singularity Forms has been improved to allow real-time population of demographic and related data. All forms now have the ability to be saved in a partially completed format. In addition, the forms bulk-processing interface has been enhanced to handle the automated import of massive amounts of structured data in short periods of time.
“With more than 400 enhancements, Singularity 7.0 raises the bar for enterprise content management solutions in higher education,” said Ron Christian, President of Hershey Systems.
About University of Maryland University College
University of Maryland University College, headquartered in Adelphi, Maryland, is the second-largest university in Maryland, serving 90,000 students and offering 132 undergraduate and graduate programs online and on-site. In addition, UMUC is the second-largest public university in the United States and one of the largest public providers of online higher education in the nation. UMUC boasts a 60-year history of service to the military and offers face-to-face instruction at 21 locations throughout Maryland and educational services at more than 120 locations overseas, including the Middle East.
The university is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and is a constituent institution of the University System of Maryland, an agency of the State of Maryland.
About Hershey Systems
Hershey Systems, Inc. provides innovative software solutions to more than 200 Higher Education Institutions across the United States. Hershey is focused on the higher education market and is recognized as the leading provider of student-centered solutions. Hershey's software solutions for higher education include the Singularity Suite, DocBox XE and MedPro. The Singularity Suite is a web-based document management and process software product that enables our clients to manage all critical business processes and documents. The DocBox XE is an "all in one" Internet appliance device created to allow the secure disbursement of mission critical documents. MedPro is a practice management software product developed specifically to meet the unique needs of Student Health Centers. Hershey has corporate offices in the following locations: Los Angeles, California - Sacramento, California - Des Moines, Iowa - Charlotte, North Carolina - London, United Kingdom.
For more information on UMUC:
Ashley Pirro(410) 902-5054
apirro@mghus.com
For more information on Hershey Systems:
Amy Chung(562) 483-6900 X126
amy.chung@hershey.com
www.hershey.com