MIS Used:

Argos - Holds all recorded data

Banner – Designator used to indicate that the student has been accepted to the honors program

Budget is kept on banner

Scheduling information is pulled from Argos and Banner

Other Data Stores:

File cabinets – hold records of every honor student, and alumni, and all conversion sheets or letters are held in each with the paper copy of the application

· The conversion is a paper form that makes honor student’s regular classes qualify for honors credit. There is an extra project that they do that is written up and signed by the regular class professor to show that they did an extra project for the class to have it count as an honors course

Additional information:

Business Type: Non-profit/school

Budget requirements: None (school provides all support)

Mission Statement: The department uses ISU’s mission statement (can be found online)

Success of the program: dependent of number of graduates from the honors program

Successful past improvements: Application is completely online – has been very successful better than the paper form ( old way)

Suggestions for future improvements: Conversions put online would make the process a lot better

Key Department Functional Elements:

1. Application process

Online – then is sent to all three of them instantly

Greg reviews each to see if one of three criteria is met and then accept or deny

Denied – letter sent informing them (form letter)

Approved- Laura adds to data base and mails letter

Then given to Kelly goes into banner and add an attribute to their name so they are recognized in the system and then files are created for eachstudent

Student file – first and last and 991 and application and letter copy(file cabinet)

2. Greg works with faculty on classes they will teach

(times stay the same but if new course being taught then they work with him to get that added)

a. Send request to registrar’s office

b. Registrar office adds it to the schedule

3. Student Service project trips

Greg scouts the location and goes with the students

Kelly prepares the budget

a. Keep track of expenditures and track deposits pay bills

Kelly

a. Books flights and hotels

4. Managing student workers

Kelly makes schedules

Students man the front desk, answer phones, greet people when they arrive, schedule meeting times

5. Annual Scholarship Banquet

Kelly puts together- banquet

Committee (ISU Panel) selects the winners

Kelly reserves the room (Commons Union ) with Andrea O’Rourke (ISU Events Specialist)

Kelly Send invitations (invite parents and students who have won the scholarship awards)

Kelly orders food (calls ISU Sudexo mainline)