Corporate and Professional Education Innovative Educational Solutions Community Briefing Series October 23, 2007

Corporate and Professional Education Agenda Welcome & Opening Remarks What’s New at CPE Campus Updates Q & A

Corporate and Professional Education 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

Corporate and Professional Education 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 CPE Customer

Corporate and Professional Education A Portfolio of Solutions Public Programs Custom Programs Executive Forums Corporate & Professional Education Graduate Certificate/Degree Programs Academic/ Industry Partnerships Industry-specific Workshops Undergraduate Certificate Programs

Corporate and Professional Education Project Synergy

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Sungard Initiative aka Banner Redeployment aka Unified Digital Campus (UDC)

Corporate and Professional Education Work in Progress Baselining current environment Reviewing completed assessments Conducting strategic business process mapping Implementing transition architecture –Advancement first, with others to follow

Corporate and Professional Education Enterprise Architecture Update UDC Governance Committee Data Stewardship Working Group (tactics & standards) Administrative Systems Working Group (priorities & process)

Corporate and Professional Education Supporting Roles Information Analysts –Student Affairs, Development, Academic Affairs, HR/Finance Director of Institutional Research WPI Project Manager

Corporate and Professional Education Web Communications Update

Corporate and Professional Education Two-Phase Strategy for WPI Website Phase I: Implementation of Content Management System

Corporate and Professional Education RED DOT

Corporate and Professional Education 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

Corporate and Professional Education Content Management System Key Needs (as expressed by the community): –Increase training support –Add technical web resources –Establish “web squad” for on-site services –Create Help Desk approach

Corporate and Professional Education Phase II Re-Development of Overall Web Architecture and Design

Corporate and Professional Education BigBad

Corporate and Professional Education 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

Corporate and Professional Education Web Re-Development Project Multi-Step Process: 1.Strategic Analysis - in progress 2.Design 3.Build 4.QA and Delivery 5.Implement WPI Content Migration Plan

Corporate and Professional Education Thank you! Questions?