{"id":4356,"date":"2023-04-13T13:39:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T17:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=4356"},"modified":"2023-04-13T13:39:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T17:39:34","slug":"commonwealth-university-named-winner-of-2023-ellucian-impact-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=4356","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth University Named Winner of 2023 Ellucian Impact Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" data-attachment-id=\"4357\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=4357\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ellucian-Award.png?fit=940%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,788\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ellucian Award\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ellucian-Award.png?fit=940%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ellucian-Award.png?resize=940%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Commonwealth University President Bashar Hanna (L) and Ed Keller, interim associate vice president for information technology (R), with the 2023 Ellucian Impact Award \" class=\"wp-image-4357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ellucian-Award.png?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ellucian-Award.png?resize=475%2C398&amp;ssl=1 475w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ellucian-Award.png?resize=768%2C644&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 94vw, (max-width: 1023px) 67vw, (max-width: 1365px) 62vw, 1037\" \/><figcaption>Commonwealth University President Bashar Hanna (L) and Ed Keller, interim associate vice president for information technology (R), with the 2023 Ellucian Impact Award <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MANSFIELD, PA (04\/13\/2023) Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania \nwas named a 2023 Ellucian Impact Award winner in the Institutional \nResilience category. Ellucian is the leading higher education technology\n solutions provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ellucian Impact Award celebrates \nthe higher education visionaries who are inspiring others to push the \nboundaries of technology and innovation. The annual award recognizes \ninstitutions using technology to solve challenges, operate more \nefficiently, and offer a better student experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \nEllucian Impact Awards were announced March 29 at Ellucian Live, the \nhigher education industry&#8217;s top global technology conference, in New \nOrleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I want to thank Ellucian for this tremendous \nhonor,&#8221; said Dr. Bashar W. Hanna, president of Commonwealth University. \n&#8220;This award is recognition for the hard work and dedication by more than\n a thousand faculty and staff who worked long and hard to bring the \nintegration of three campuses into one.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with the work of individuals, many software systems also had to change or be upgraded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This\n (integration) was a transformation because we were really changing the \nculture of three institutions bringing three disparate systems, two of \nwhich were at the end of life, into a new cloud-based student \ninformation system,&#8221; said Ed Keller, interim associate vice president \nfor information technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the honor, Commonwealth University will also receive a $25,000 grant from Ellucian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA (04\/13\/2023) Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania was named a 2023 Ellucian Impact Award winner in the Institutional Resilience category. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=4356\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Commonwealth University Named Winner of 2023 Ellucian Impact Award<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ellucian-Award.png?fit=940%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-18g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4384,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=4384","url_meta":{"origin":4356,"position":0},"title":"Mansfield University Alumni Association Holds Society of Honors Induction Ceremony","author":"rmcnamara","date":"May 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Left to Right: Frank Acomb, Gary Sutton, Matt Baker, Gena Rassmussen, Molly Kate Crispman (on behalf of Ryan Wood) Ginger Edwards MANSFIELD, PA (05\/02\/2023) The Mansfield University Society of Honors held its 58th annual induction ceremony on Saturday, April 22, in North Manser Hall. 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