With the program array now finalized for Fall 2023, the Academic Programs Core Team continues to work through the program and course-level details needed to incorporate the new program offerings into the new university catalog and other academic systems. Based on this work, the catalog project team has been working diligently to assemble all the components of the new university catalog. The program work is almost complete and is being finalized now. Next, the group will work to finalize and input the course details. Important work is being done to harmonize the language and ensure consistent formatting across all the sections. There are still many pieces that must come together and be finalized to meet the end of April publishing date, but excellent progress is being made.
Working in parallel with the core team, the Registration and Records team has been busy readying our systems and processes for the university’s first academic term this fall. As part of the Colleague systems project, led by our consulting partner Ferrilli, the new term structure for Vermont State University has been built within the system. It has been challenging to meet the tight timeline, but the academic scheduling team, faculty, department chairs, deans, and academic staff have all been working very hard to deliver the fall academic schedule for registration to begin in April. Last week, a project milestone was celebrated as all the fall course sections from the Ad Astra scheduling system were entered into Colleague. Final reviews and adjustments will be made through the rest of March, and the finalized schedule will be published on March 29, 2023. With the VTSU institutions on break April 3rd through 7th, advisors will have eight days to meet with advisees before pre-registration opens on April 17, 2023. Many thanks to faculty and the large group of people throughout the university who have worked so hard to deliver the fall schedule.