2007  April - June

A webinar exclusively for Western Region Higher Education Institutions was held on April 20, 2007, to introduce them to the features and functionalities of Acalog™ ACMS™. Participants had the opportunity to learn about the advantages of an e-catalog and Academic Catalog Management System™ as well as to see the powerful features offered by Acalog™ ACMS™.

If you would like to register for the next webinar, please send an e-mail to: webinar@digarc.com

Our sales team is back from another great AACRAO conference. This year's conference was held Feb 28-March 3 in Boston. The turn out was terrific and some of our friends in academia told us they were at times overwhelmed by the amazing growth of the AACRAO conference in just the last few years. A special thank you goes out to all of our current clients who took the time to stop by and say, "Hello".

Digital Architecture this year awarded an Apple iPod shuffle each day of the vendor portion of the conference to participants who brought one of our postcards to our booth. The lucky winners were:

Melissa Bullock- George Fox University
Dan Shockley- Bridgewater State
Jean Padrnos- University of Nebraska-Omaha

Congratulations!

Digital Architecture participated in the Colorado Statewide Pre-Collegiate Conference on Friday, March 16^th, 2007.

"The Colorado Statewide Pre-Collegiate Conference is an annual event designed to bring together college access programs and advocates in meaningful dialogue that highlights best practices, formulates plans for collaboration, explores essential reform and identifies areas of potential synergy to support the college aspirations of all Colorado's students."

For more information go to: http://www.collegeincolorado.org/

Digital Architecture would like to give a warm welcome to Truman State University, the first institution from Missouri to join Digital Architecture. The Acalog™ ACMS™ will be used to manage Truman State University's academic catalog.

We were pleased with what we have seen of Digital Architecture's product on universities' websites. Digital Architecture is a great group to work with and we look forward to doing business with them!

– Erika Woehlk
Academic Affairs
Truman State University

Founded in 1867, Truman State University has a long history of being recognized nationally for its innovative assessment program and commitment to providing a high-quality liberal arts and sciences education at an affordable price.

Truman has the distinction of being Missouri's only highly selective statewide public liberal arts and sciences university. All Truman students have the opportunity to perform undergraduate research, participate in study abroad and internship experiences, and experience small class sizes.

For the 10th year in a row, Truman State University has been recognized as the No. 1 Public University in the Midwest Region-Master's Category by U.S. News & World Report.  Truman also was ranked No. 8 overall in the Midwest region among both private and public institutions.

Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) has entered into a partnership with Digital Architecture that allows IPFW's Registrar's Office to better manage all the information contained in its bulletin of academic programs, course offerings, and university policies.

Registrar Patrick McLaughlin says the office was looking for a way to manage the content for the bulletin when Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Hannah read about the implementation of an Academic Catalog Management System™ at another university. Hannah asked McLaughlin to investigate Digital Architecture's Acalog™ ACMS™ to see if it could be a solution for IPFW. McLaughlin and a committee reviewed the program, watched a demonstration, and concluded it was. Discussions with the company revealed IPFW's need to have consistent information shared throughout the university's website. The acalaog ACMS™ provides IPFW with one central database to maintain bulletin content, which will be shared with departmental websites. In addition, the program will help move the publishing of IPFW's two bulletins from their current every-other-year schedule, to an annual effort.

McLaughlin says the move to this information management program will benefit current and potential students, their advisors, and faculty. "Up to date information on academic programs and courses necessary for a student's degree will be available to them annually when changes are made. Sometimes in the past, changes were made after the bulletins were printed and there was no easy way to let everyone know. With the Acalog™ ACMS™ system, we'll be able to keep everyone up to date annually," said McLaughlin. The new system will be implemented this August.

Our sales team is just back from the FACRAO conference held in St. Petersburg, Florida June 10-12th. The Hilton Bayfront was a great venue for all exhibitors, and the FACRAO staff was tremendously helpful. This was our first FACRAO event now that we've moved our major business operations to Florida, and it was great to get to know our new neighbors!

Digital Architecture this year awarded an Apple iPod shuffle to two lucky conference participants who stopped by our booth and whose business cards were selected in a random drawing. The lucky winners were:

Deborah Perry- University of Miami
Annie C. Redd- Cookman University

Digital Architecture is pleased to announce that The American University in Cairo has chosen Acalog™ ACMS™ to manage their academic catalog.

The American University in Cairo, founded nearly a century ago, is the region's premier university — an essential contributor to the social, political and cultural life of the Arab world. It also serves as a crossroads for the world's cultures: a vibrant forum for reasoned argument, spirited debate and global understanding between the Middle East and the West.

It is a vital bridge between cultures, linking Egypt and the region to the world through scholarly research, study-abroad programs and partnerships with academic and research institutions. A portal to the Middle East, AUC serves as a home to scholars from around the globe seeking to teach the region's next generation of leaders and to conduct research in the heart of the Arab world.

AUC is an independent, nonprofit, apolitical, non-sectarian and equal-opportunity institution, fully accredited in Egypt and the United States. Its academic program is rooted in liberal arts education and focused practice. The university's rigorous core curriculum offers an intensive investigation of fundamental questions in every major discipline. Its more than 4,000 undergraduates come from every corner of Egypt and from 100 countries. When they graduate, they join a worldwide network of more than 30,000 AUC alumni — leaders in finance, commerce, law, engineering, politics, culture, community service and computer science.

Mark your calendar for the Rocky Mountain Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (RMACRAO) July 18-20 in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. Digital Architecture will be there hosting a booth and ready to answer questions about academic catalog management and their latest release Poseidon. Stop by to see a demonstration of the new features in Poseidon.

Biola University is the newest institution to join Digital Architecture. The Acalog™ ACMS™ will be used to manage Biola's academic catalogs.

Biola University is a private Christian university founded in 1908 and located in Southern California. Biola offers 145 academic programs, ranging from the B.A. to the Ph.D., through six schools. All are regionally and professionally accredited and based on evangelical Christianity.

Biola is recognized as a National University (ranked by US News & World Report)- one of 229 out of the 3,300 institutions of higher learning in the United States that are called the "major leagues" of higher education. Biola is the only school among the 100 members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and the only Evangelical Christian University to hold such a distinction.

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