Registrar's Office Projects 2021-22
The Registrar’s Office ensures that our projects are in alignment with our principles. Each project displays one or more icons which show the connection(s) to each principle.
D-Plan Application Update 
- A. Ager, D. Mauceli, project leads
- January 2020 - February 2022
- In partnership with the Dali Lab and ITC, development of a new user interface for the student D-Plan selection tool in DartHub, including the ability to manage two sets of D-Plan regulations
- Project launched February 2022
D-Plan Petitions Online - J. Sinclair, project lead
- March 2021 - ongoing
- This project integrates D-Plan petitions with the D-Plan change tool, set to launch in early fall 2022.
- Partnership with the Dali Lab for the initial design.
Faculty Balloting Enhancement 
- J. Sinclair, project lead
- October 2021 - January 2022
- This project enhanced the Faculty Balloting system by adding links to faculty profiles and CVs to the voting ballots.
Continuous Improvement Projects
Scribe Minors in DegreeWorks - C. Tipker, project lead
- Added the following minors to DegreeWorks:
- Anthropology
- History
- Education
- Geography
Developed Alternative Hybrid/Remote Work Schedule Option - J. Sinclair, C. Tipker, project leads
September 2021 - March 2022.
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- Developed hybrid/remote alternative schedule option for staff while maintaining necessary staffing levels in-person and accommodating in-person weekly all staff meetings.
Published DartWorks and Course Election Video Guide - A. Bigelow, project lead
- August 2021 - March 2022
- Published Video Guides to assist students with major declaration and course election processes.
Transfer Credit Business Process Review - D. Mauceli, project lead
- January 2022 - ongoing
- Review and improve forms (both external and internal) and processes for the review and application of transfer credit.
Department/Program Administrator Workshops (Zoom) - A. Bigelow, project lead
- November 2021 - April 2022
- Developed a series of trainings and workshops for Department/Program Administrators to learn Registrar systems and processes.
Incoming Transfer Student Business Process Review - D. Mauceli, E. Parsons, project leads
- August 2021 - ongoing
- Work with Admissions Offices to review and improve timeline for incoming transfer student credit evaluation and review.
Implement SharePoint cloud electronic file system - C. Woodard, project lead
- May 2022 - ongoing
- Move all office electronic files to new Sharepoint sites, improving organization.
Enhanced Course Election results report - A. Ager, project lead
- Februrary 2022 - April 2022
- Updated course election results report for departments and programs using the data warehouse.
Enhanced Final Examination Information Collection process - A. Ager, project lead
- April 2022
- Shifted to a single spreadsheet shared over Sharepoint to Department/Program Chairs and Administrators to collect final examination information rather than sending 40+ spreadsheets via email.
Curricular Change Projects
Implementation of new or updated majors/minors - C. Tipker, project lead
- For the following departments/programs:
- Anthropology
- Comparative Literature
- Linguistics
- Physics
- Studio Art
Implemented Department Name Change from Native American Studies to Native American and Indigenous Studies – C. Tipker, project lead
- Updated various systems, processes and reports with new name and new department code (NAIS)
Implemented Change from Programs to Departments – C. Tipker, project lead
- Updated various systems, processes, and reports to reflect new department status for
- African and African-American Studies
- Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies
Implemented Psychology and Brain Sciences move to Sciences Division – C. Tipker, project lead
- Updated various systems, processes, and reports to reflect new division
Implemented removal of Distributive and World Culture attributes from all First-Year Seminars – C. Tipker, project lead
