Session 3
Date: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Time: 10:55-11:35 a.m.
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Session 3
Date: Thursday, November 2, 2006 |
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Title: Charging Ahead: The Future of PCard |
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Location: Michigan Union - Anderson A
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Description: Find out what's new with PCard!! This session will cover such topics as the new approval process, entering ATM transactions into the system, new reporting options on your PCard statement, PCard reports that you may be unaware of, and other tips & tricks.
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Session Handouts: Charging Ahead: The Future of PCard Presentation
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Title: Self-Service and Alternatives for Time Reporting |
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Location: Michigan Union - Anderson B
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Description: If your department is interested in moving away from the hard copy time entry forms, departments and employees have several alternatives for reporting, inputting, and loading time into the M-Pathways system. This presentation will report on the options available to users, including self service time entry, electronic timekeeper time entry, and interface options.
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Session Handouts: Self-Service and Alternatives for Time Reporting Presentation
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Title: Course Demand Planning |
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Location: Michigan Union - Anderson C
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Description: This session will give an overview of the LSA Course Demand Planning (CDP) project that is attempting to implement tools and processes to better assess student demand for classes. Baseline data, trends over time and predictive models are examples of what have been created from data extracted from M-Pathways data in the UM Data Warehouse. Those interested in issues concerning course enrollments would benefit from this session.
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Session Handouts: Course Demand Planning Presentation
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Title: Get Committed - Use Unit Defined Commitments |
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Location: Michigan Union - Anderson D
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Description: Unit Defined Commitments (UDC) allows end users the ability to record and track unit defined commitments (encumbrances) before they are expenses in the central financial system and gives the financial manager an accurate picture of the funds they have available at any point in time. The UDC table is updated daily in the UM Data Warehouse.
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Session Handouts: Get Committed - Use Unit Defined Commitments Presentation
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Title: eF@M (Electronic Fundraising) |
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Location: Michigan Union - Pond A
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Description: Learn what electronic fundraising is, whom the audience is, and what tools are necessary to start a program. The eF@M project is designed to: |
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Session Handouts: eF@M (Electronic Fundraising) Presentation
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Title: Punch-Out Journal Key-Punch Errors |
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Location: Michigan Union - Pond B
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Description: This session will focus on the steps involved in preparing a journal upload entry, including using the Excel template and submitting your file to Financial Operations for processing. The presenters will take you through a journal entry from beginning to end and answer any questions you may have related to journal processing.
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Title: Matching Scholarship Funds to Eligible Students |
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Location: Michigan Union - Pond C
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Description: New M-Pathways functionality allows departments to define scholarship selection criteria using data across the Student Administration system to locate and report on potentially eligible students.
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Session Handouts: Matching Scholarship Funds To Eligible Students Presentation
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Title: 3Cs: Using Student Communications, Checklists, and Comments to Supplement Your Business |
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Location: Michigan Union - Wolverine A & B
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Description: This session will provide an overview and live demonstration of the 3Cs: Communications, Checklists, and Comments. We will highlight specific examples of how 3Cs are used in a variety of units on campus.
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Session Handouts: 3Cs: Using Student Communications, Checklists, and C0mments to Supplement Your Business Presentation
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Title: Using Application Evaluations in M-Pathways |
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Location: Michigan Union - Wolverine C
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Description: All across campus, departments evaluate applications for admissions. Department staff are responsible for keeping track of where applicants are in the process and the outcome of a faculty review in order to make an admissions decision. M-Pathways enables staff and faculty to manage this process. This session will demonstrate how the system works to support this important review process.
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Session Handouts: Using Application Evaluations in M-Pathways Presentation
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