March - April '08

Digital Architecture is pleased to welcome The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to its growing list of clients who have selected acalog ACMS™ to manage their academic catalog. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio serves San Antonio and the 50,000 square-mile area of South Texas. It extends to campuses in the metropolitan border communities of Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. More than 2,800 students a year train in an environment that involves more than 100 affiliated hospitals, clinics and health care facilities in South Texas.

Digital Architecture was very excited to participate in the 11th annual CATS Conference that took place March 26-28, 2008 at Sonoma State University.

The Community of Academic Technology Staff (CATS) conferences focus on the major themes, issues, topics, and technological and educational advances influencing the direction of academic technology. Conference goals include providing useful information and training about current and emerging technologies.

For more information go to  http://cats.cdl.edu/

ORANGE CITY, Iowa—Northwestern College is the newest institution to choose Digital Architecture's acalog Academic Content Management System (ACMS)™ to manage its catalog and provide an interactive online catalog.

"Having acalog gives us a more dynamic catalog presence on the Web," says Northwestern Registrar Charlie Couch. "It's a great investment that allows us to manage catalog information through a database system. Now when a change is made to a program requirement or course title, for example, that change is made automatically throughout the entire catalog."

With acalog, website visitors will have access to both the current version of Northwestern's catalog as well as archived past catalogs. They will be able to use keywords to locate programs and courses, search policies and other information contained in the catalog, and find a specific course by its prefix or number. Links from the online catalog to relevant pages on the college's website will provide additional information about academics at Northwestern.

Acalog also gives users the ability to save favorite programs and courses in a personal space they can access whenever they like; to share program interests with others, such as parents; and to give their college adviser permission to contact them about the contents of their portfolio. Northwestern faculty and staff, meanwhile, can make catalog revisions online through a secure and convenient publishing portal that supports Internet, print and CD-ROM versions of the catalog.

Founded in 1882, Northwestern College combines academic rigor with a Christian perspective for an education that earns top-10 honors in U.S. News & World Report's annual college rankings. A Northwestern education emphasizes the development of the whole person—mind, body and spirit—in a caring, Christ-centered community.

Affiliated with the Reformed Church in America, Northwestern is located in Orange City, Iowa. The college has an enrollment of 1,315 students from 30 states and 21 countries and an academic program that includes more than 40 majors and numerous opportunities for off-campus study.

Digital Architecture was happy to participate in the 31st Annual CACCRAO Conference, April 27 - 30, 2008 at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. For more information on CACCRAO visit www.caccrao.org.

After a rigorous RFP process, Northeastern State University chose the acalog to power the institution's academic catalog management system. Northeastern State, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, is a blend of the old and the new, where rich history meets modern technology all over campus. Founded in 1851 as the original Cherokee National Female Seminary, NSU has evolved into Oklahoma's leading comprehensive regional university. Students can choose from 60 undergraduate degrees and a variety of graduate programs, taught by a diverse faculty.

Maryville University of St. Louis has joined the growing family of acalog ACMS™ customers. Both residential and commuter students appreciate the natural beauty and convenient West County location of Maryville University of St. Louis 130-acre campus. Maryville's enrollment of approximately 3,400 students includes 1,800 undergraduates, 1,000 Weekend College students, and 600 graduate students.

Our team has returned from another great AACRAO conference. This year's conference was held in Orlando, Fl. It was a great opportunity to visit with many of our current client institutions as well as meeting prospective clients. A special thank you goes out to all of our current clients who took the time to stop by, say "Hello" and share their experiences with Digital Architecture and the acalog ACMS with institutions seeking a better way to manage their academic catalog management process.

In addition to participating as an exhibitor, the team from Digital Architecture presented the features of the newest acalog ACMS release, Iris. Joining us for the presentation were Deb Benton, Registrar, Ohio University and Patrick McLaughlin, Registrar, IPFW as well as numerous client institutions in the audience.

Digital Architecture awarded an Apple iPod Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to attendees who stopped by our booth to register for the drawing. The lucky winners were:

Monday: Abdul Rasheed Akbar, Registrar, Malcolm X College, Chicago
Tuesday: Jenny Lensch, Records Evaluator, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids
Wednesday: Rita Pikowsky, Registrar, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Congratulations!

We look forward to seeing you all at  next year's AACRAO conference to be held in Chicago, IL.