1. Department: Secretary of Education and the Arts

Agency: Marshall University

Your Name: Allen R. Taylor

Director Information Technology

Research, Planning, & Standards

Your Phone Number: (304) 696-6195

Upon graduation a baccalaureate student should (1) think logically, critically, and creatively and to be able to recognize this ability in others; (2) communicate ideas clearly and effectively both in speaking and writing; (3) evaluate the influences that help to shape individuals, institutions, and societies; (4) understand the values, achievements, and aesthetic contributions of past and present cultures; and (5) perceive, investigate, and solve problems by enlisting the most appropriate historical, comparative, quantitative, and qualitative research methods available.

To assure the mastery of these skills, in addition to specific collegiate demands, the student receiving a baccalaureate degree must satisfy the following requirements: (1) a four-hour integrated science course, (2) a mathematics requirement, (3) six hours in courses designated as international studies and three hours in multicultural studies, (4) computer literacy as designated by the major discipline, (5) three hours of courses designated as writing intensive, and (6) a capstone experience designated by the major field of study.

While institutions of higher education differ in size and function, they share a common core of values; these help shape and guide their academic life. Marshall University is committed to seven basic principles.

The first and most basic commitment of Marshall University is to undergraduate education.

A second and major commitment of Marshall University is the enhancement of graduate education.

Third, Marshall University is committed to expanding the body of human knowledge and achievement through research and creative arts activities.

A fourth characteristic of Marshall University is its commitment to society through public service.

A fifth commitment of this university is diversity in its student body, its faculty and staff, and its educational programs.

A sixth commitment of Marshall University is to academic freedom and shared governance.

Finally, Marshall University is committed to assuring the integrity of the curriculum through the maintenance of rigorous standards and high expectations for student learning and performance.

The following areas of emphasis will command the commitment of institutional resources;

High quality undergraduate liberal arts education, broadly defined.

A commitment to rural health care, including medicine, nursing, nutrition, health education, health care management, etc.

A commitment to schools and schooling, including teacher education and the setting of the agenda for education in southern West Virginia.

Economic development, which would include programs in education, science, business, the Community and Technical College, perhaps engineering, and a broad range of fields.

A commitment to the fine arts and humanities because Marshall is and should be the cultural center of this community.

A new commitment to high quality graduate programs (masters, specialists, and doctoral degrees).

Finally, a university concerned with environmental issues, which unquestionably, will be a dominant factor of life in the 21st Century.

In accord with the first and most basic commitment of Marshall University as outlined in the Statement of Philosophy of the Mission Statement and the above seven areas of emphasis, Marshall University will strive to develop programs that will be recognized nationally for their excellence. Toward this goal strong emphasis will be placed on high quality teaching and interaction with the individual student. Uniform guidelines for monitoring instruction and corrective measures will be developed and implemented by college deans. Programs that have University commitment to independent accrediting will be brought into compliance and maintain accrediting agency guidelines.

The mission of the Marshall University Graduate College is to provide graduate educational opportunities to the working adults of West Virginia through instruction, public service and research. Programs are delivered in traditional and non-traditional ways, integrating technology into instruction as appropriate, using dedicated full-time faculty complemented by a cadre of expert adjunct faculty recruited from higher education institutions, business, industry, and other agencies. Throughout West Virginia, MUGC offers master's degrees, professional development, and post master's degree programs according to need, without unnecessary duplication of programs offered by other institutions.

3. Agency Accomplishments: Please describe the three most significant Information Technology (IT) accomplishments, in order of importance, for the fiscal year 1996 and 1997.

1. Completion of the Faculty Desktop Initiative which placed at a minimum a Windows 95 or Power Macintosh based networked PC on every Faculty member's desk that did not already have one. All workstations are LAN connected to MUnet, WVNET, and the global Internet.

 

2. Conversion of all desktop Intel based PCs to Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 as part of our project Genesis initiated in July 1995. This project uses a variety of tools to help reduce our Total Cost of Ownership by implementing a streamlined installation and support methodology for desktop PCs. In addition, it began our migration from a Novell NetWare 4.1 centric PC/Mac Server environment to a Windows NT centric environment.

 

3. Improved coordination and training for faculty in the use of computers in the classroom and instructional process. This activity was lead by initiatives as part of the Technology Advantage program and special project funds in FY96-97 but has expanded to streamline our efforts in multimedia course development and acquisition as well as web based course augmentation and delivery.

 

4. Continuations of our lead in World Wide Web access to the university systems by providing web browser access to our library holdings via a web gateway. This access will be further extended in FY97-98 with the implementation of a much expanded library system with integration to a merged Graduate College Library. Expanded library services currently being offered include electronic document delivery and full electronic journals. These services will expand as part of our new John Deaver Drinko Library and Information Technology Center.

 

5. Implementation of over 25 online courses delivered via the World Wide Web, including development and integration of a toolset for faculty to communicate and interact with students for the delivery of courses via the internet.

The only major system that is not Year 2000 Compliant is our financial system, CUFS. We will be attempting to implement a new financial system during FY97-98.

A critical project is to provide an extremely cost effective state-wide ATM network for education that will integrate voice, data, and video and provide extremely high bandwidth access to the global Internet and Internet2.

Top Five Projects FY98-99

1. During FY97-98 we will be in transition to complete our merger with the West Virginia Graduate College. We are expecting to complete the merger of all-major computer and software systems including the student database by July 1998.
2. Implementation of the John Deaver Drinko Library/Information Technology Center. This major project is expected to be complete during the summer of 1998. It will involve a major expansion of our electronic library services both on and off campus. We will add some 800 new nodes to our network, now at 2800 nodes, and establish a new Sonet based POP with Bell Atlantic of West Virginia.
3. We will evolve our campus FDDI backbone to a switched environment. This project was begun in 1996-1997 and expected to be complete before 2000.
4. Establish a high bandwidth (OC3) Intranet connection with our new South Charleston Campus. This service will give students direct access to our Student Administrative System to conduct business with the university from a web browser. This will greatly extend our voice response telephone registration system that went in production in 1995.
5. Banner Web Access. This service will give students direct access to our Student Administrative System to conduct business with the university from a web browser. This will greatly extend our voice response telephone registration system that went in production in 1995.

Top Three Projects FY00-01

1. Major expansion and upgrade to main campus fiber and copper cable plant, which was originally put in place in 1986.
2. Expand and put into production video course servers.
3. Implementations of an extended digital wireless voice and low speed data network on campus.

Additional Major Projects

1. Banner Human Resources is due to be implemented FY97-98. This system will integrate our human resources functions.
2. CUFS Migration. The only major system that is not Year 2000 compliant is our financial system, CUFS. We plan to identify and perhaps implement an integrated and departmental user-friendly replacement to CUFS during FY97 with full replacement required by July 1, 1999.
3. VTLS to Virtua Migration. We will be migrating our VTLS Library System to a client server based system called Virtua. Software and Hardware were acquired during FY97 and implementation should be complete by summer 1998. This project will also integrate the Marshall University Graduate College library in South Charleston.
4. Campus Wide Imaging/Document Management System. Initiate imaging to eliminate paper and integrate to our groupware, messaging, and workflow software.
5. Migration of All-In-1 to Microsoft Exchange. Migration of our Office Automation from All-In-1 to Microsoft Office 97/98 and Microsoft Exchange. Begun in FY97 and expected to be complete in FY98.
6. Campus One Card ID System. This project will update our ID Card system to expand its Debit Card functions and expand it to door and building access as part of our new Drinko Library/IT Center. It will begin in FY97 and is expected to be fully implemented in FY98.
7. Electronic Master Classroom Expansion. This multi-year project involves an centrally funded controlled expansion of network access, projection, and digital interaction services in general classrooms.
8. WVRHEP. The MUSOM is implementing a number of online resource in support of the administration of the West Virginia Rural Health Education Partnerships, WVRHEP, including electronic mail discussion lists, hypermail archives, a comprehensive WWW site and Tracker, a centralized scheduling and tracking system for rural clinical rotations from all schools and in all disciplines.
9. Rural Health. Under contract agreements with the WV Bureau for Public Health and the Berkeley County Health Department, the MUSOM has developed and hosts comprehensive WWW sites for both the public health and health care consumer audiences, including the electronic publication of the WV Vital Statistics report and West Virginia's WellnessWeb, funded in part by Bell Atlanti and in use throughout West Virginia's public schools.
10. Clinical Practice Center. Implement LANs within the new Clinical Practice Center, including infrastructure, computer laboratories for student use and WAN connections to the main campus as a cooperative effort with Cabell Huntington Hospital.
11. Electronic Patient Record. The implementation of an electronic patient record system in the Clinical Practice Center, including the digital integration of patient health care data, wireless network connectivity and pen or voice based data entry terminals to be used by healthcare providers.

PROJECT NUMBER (Insert a number, from 1 through 8, to correspond with Section 7. of this survey).

1. Does this project represent a NEW development OR MAINTENANCE of an existing business process? Please explain.

3. Please describe any new/emerging technologies involved with this IT Project.

4. Please describe any statutory changes required for this project.

5. If this project can or should allow for public access, please describe how.

6. Please identify the platform type.

1. Please describe the proposed system hardware.

2. Please describe the proposed system software.

1. Please describe any new VOICE requirements:

 

Expanded telephone access to our Voice Response System will be required to provide service to Graduate College Students.

 

2. Please describe any new DATA requirements:

 

Expanded bandwidth between the Huntington and South Charleston campuses.

 

3. Please describe any OTHER new telecommunications requirements:

4. How many new FTEs are associated with this project?

Please complete the following table as it is pertinent to the specific date of the project.

Please list Other Major Costs and their associated dollar amounts:

PROJECT NUMBER (Insert a number, from 1 through 8, to correspond with Section 7. of this survey).

3. Please describe any new/emerging technologies involved with this IT Project.

4. Please describe any statutory changes required for this project.

5. If this project can or should allow for public access, please describe how.

6. Please identify the platform type.

1. Please describe the proposed system hardware.

2. Please describe the proposed system software.

1. Please describe any new VOICE requirements:

 

PBX Upgrades

 

2. Please describe any new DATA requirements:

 

High bandwidth switched service ethernet/ATM.

 

3. Please describe any OTHER new telecommunications requirements:

9. How many new FTEs are associated with this project?

Staffing for 24hour study facility.

Please complete the following table as it is pertinent to the specific date of the project.

Please list Other Major Costs and their associated dollar amounts:

PROJECT NUMBER (Insert a number, from 1 through 8, to correspond with Section 7. of this survey).

3. Please describe any new/emerging technologies involved with this IT Project.

4. Please describe any statutory changes required for this project.

5. If this project can or should allow for public access, please describe how.

6. Please identify the platform type.

1. Please describe the proposed system hardware.

2. Please describe the proposed system software.

1. Please describe any new VOICE requirements:

 

 

 

2. Please describe any new DATA requirements:

 

 

 

3. Please describe any OTHER new telecommunications requirements:

4. How many new FTEs are associated with this project?

Please complete the following table as it is pertinent to the specific date of the project.

Please list Other Major Costs and their associated dollar amounts:

PROJECT NUMBER (Insert a number, from 1 through 8, to correspond with Section 7. of this survey).

3. Please describe any new/emerging technologies involved with this IT Project.

4. Please describe any statutory changes required for this project.

5. If this project can or should allow for public access, please describe how.

6. Please identify the platform type.

1. Please describe the proposed system hardware.

2. Please describe the proposed system software.

1. Please describe any new VOICE requirements:

 

 

 

2. Please describe any new DATA requirements:

 

 

 

3. Please describe any OTHER new telecommunications requirements:

4. How many new FTEs are associated with this project?

Please complete the following table as it is pertinent to the specific date of the project.

Please list Other Major Costs and their associated dollar amounts:

PROJECT NUMBER (Insert a number, from 1 through 8, to correspond with Section 7. of this survey).

3. Please describe any new/emerging technologies involved with this IT Project.

4. Please describe any statutory changes required for this project.

5. If this project can or should allow for public access, please describe how.

6. Please identify the platform type.

1. Please describe the proposed system hardware.

2. Please describe the proposed system software.

1. Please describe any new VOICE requirements:

 

 

2. Please describe any new DATA requirements:

 

 

3. Please describe any OTHER new telecommunications requirements:

4. How many new FTEs are associated with this project?

Please complete the following table as it is pertinent to the specific date of the project.

Please list Other Major Costs and their associated dollar amounts:

PROJECT NUMBER (Insert a number, from 1 through 8, to correspond with Section 7. of this survey).

3. Please describe any new/emerging technologies involved with this IT Project.

4. Please describe any statutory changes required for this project.

5. If this project can or should allow for public access, please describe how.

6. Please identify the platform type.

1. Please describe the proposed system hardware.

2. Please describe the proposed system software.

1. Please describe any new VOICE requirements:

 

 

 

2. Please describe any new DATA requirements:

 

 

 

3. Please describe any OTHER new telecommunications requirements:

4. How many new FTEs are associated with this project?

Please complete the following table as it is pertinent to the specific date of the project.

Please list Other Major Costs and their associated dollar amounts:

PROJECT NUMBER (Insert a number, from 1 through 8, to correspond with Section 7. of this survey).

3. Please describe any new/emerging technologies involved with this IT Project.

4. Please describe any statutory changes required for this project.

5. If this project can or should allow for public access, please describe how.

6. Please identify the platform type.

1. Please describe the proposed system hardware.

2. Please describe the proposed system software.

1. Please describe any new VOICE requirements:

 

 

 

2. Please describe any new DATA requirements:

 

High bandwidth switched service.

 

3. Please describe any OTHER new telecommunications requirements:

Video on demand.

4. How many new FTEs are associated with this project?

Please complete the following table as it is pertinent to the specific date of the project.

Please list Other Major Costs and their associated dollar amounts:

PROJECT NUMBER (Insert a number, from 1 through 8, to correspond with Section 7. of this survey).

3. Please describe any new/emerging technologies involved with this IT Project.

4. Please describe any statutory changes required for this project.

5. If this project can or should allow for public access, please describe how.

6. Please identify the platform type.

1. Please describe the proposed system hardware.

2. Please describe the proposed system software.

1. Please describe any new VOICE requirements:

 

 

 

2. Please describe any new DATA requirements:

 

 

 

3. Please describe any OTHER new telecommunications requirements:

4. How many new FTEs are associated with this project?

Please complete the following table as it is pertinent to the specific date of the project.

Please list Other Major Costs and their associated dollar amounts:

How many of the following systems do you have installed in your department (including divisions/agencies within your department).

Which of the following software products do you have installed in your department:

Please provide two separate organizational charts for your department; one chart that shows the department as a whole and the other chart shows the MIS section. If there are multiple MIS units within your department, they all should be noted and a separate organization chart pertaining to each MIS sections should be provided. You can mail the organizational charts via interdepartmental mail (along with the survey on a diskette) to the attention of Deepesh Randeri at IS&C Building 6 Room B- I IO.

THANK YOU! We appreciate the time and effort you have extended to make the new Information Technology information document. If you have questions about this survey, please contact Deepesh Randeri of IS&C at 558-1360.