Want to know the latest R3 Project updates? Watch the December 2024 R3 Showcase!
Posted on Thursday, December 12th, 2024
December’s Showcase event was a recap of some of our biggest highlights and key messages in 2024. The event was hosted by Claude Brulé, Algonquin College President and CEO, and Krista Pearson, Vice President of Student Services and R3 Project’s Executive Sponsor, who welcomed more than 240 participants.
Jason Taker, Manager, SIS Implementation and Digital Transformation, provided an overview of Domestic on Demand (DoD), a new integration provided by the Ontario College Application Service (OCAS), and listed the forecasted benefits for applicants, the Admissions team, and Algonquin College.
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Meet Krista Pearson, the new Executive Sponsor of the R3 Project
Posted on Thursday, December 5th, 2024
Krista Pearson, Algonquin College’s Vice President, Student Services, discusses her new role as the R3 Project’s Executive Sponsor.
Krista Pearson is a higher-education executive leader with three decades of experience in colleges and universities across Canada. She joined Algonquin College in 2015 as Registrar and, following a national search process, assumed the role of Vice President, Student Services in August 2024.
As Registrar, Krista was one of the R3 Project’s Co-Business Leads. Now, in her new role, Krista serves as the Executive Sponsor of the R3 Project, which she describes as a transformative initiative “unlike any other project that the College has undertaken.”
We recently met with Krista in Nawapon to talk about her experience, her goals, and the impact of the R3 Project.
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Special interview: The fun of testing with Bert Pitre and Marie Potvin
Posted on Friday, November 29th, 2024
The Testing Team is essential to ensuring that Algonquin College’s new Student Information System (SIS), Thesis SM, works as smoothly as possible. Their primary responsibilities involve identifying, assessing, and reporting bugs, i.e., imperfections in computer software.
This process is hard work, but Bert Pitre, Senior Testing Lead on the R3 Project, says it’s also great fun. Igor Coelho A. S. Marques recently chatted with Bert and Marie Potvin, Testing Administrator, to learn more about testing, cultivating team spirit, and the importance of legacy.
Algonquin College employees: Read the interview with Bert Pitre and Marie Potvin.
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Play a Thesis SM game and see how quickly you can update a Person Record
Posted on Thursday, November 7th, 2024
The R3 Project is developing Thesis SM, a new cloud-based Student Information System (SIS), for Algonquin College. We’ve been sharing demos of Thesis SM with the College community for several years, so now it’s your turn to try it out! We’ve created an interactive demo of Thesis SM for you to practice a simple task: updating a person’s address.
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Special interview: Amir Akbari on his passion for planning
Posted on Friday, November 1st, 2024
The R3 Project is developing Thesis SM, Algonquin College’s new Student Information System. This complex task requires the coordinated effort of a large group of people, including business analysts, integration architects, training specialists, and more.
With so many roles involved, how do project members stay in sync? Enter Amir Akbari, Project Scheduler. By overseeing an extensive workback schedule with thousands of entries, Amir plays a crucial role in maximizing collaboration across the R3 Project teams.
Igor Coelho A. S. Marques recently spoke with Amir to learn more about his work. Here’s a snippet of their conversation:
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