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Project CaféNewsBrief #4 Now AvailableJuly 18, 2008 NewsBrief #4 features: - The NUPortal: Your Entry to the New Financial System See our NewsBrief and Newsletter archive. NewsBrief #3 Now AvailableJune 19, 2008 NewsBrief #3 features: - Coming Soon to a Business Office Near You... See our NewsBrief and Newsletter archive. New Functional ManagerJune 17, 2008 Project Cafe is pleased to announce that Alan Garbarino has joined us as Functional Applications Manager. Alan has extensive PeopleSoft Financials experience gained in both functional and technical capacities at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, where he has worked since 1994. Acting Functional Manager David Kolodziejski will remain on board to help ease Alan's transition through go-live and stabilization. Please join us in welcoming Alan to Northwestern and Project Café! Training Registration OpenJune 3, 2008 Online registration through the HRIS eDevelopment tool is now open. Find more information on our Training home page. NewsBrief #2 Now AvailableApril 21, 2008 We have retired the Project Café newsletter so as to bring you more targeted information over the next several months leading up to our September go-live. NewsBrief #2 features: - Moving from Phase 3 to Phase 4 See our NewsBrief and Newsletter archive. CUFS-to-PeopleSoft CrosswalkApril 2, 2008 Now you can find your new PeopleSoft chart strings by entering your CUFS numbers into our new Chart of Accounts Crosswalk tool. You can also find an instructional job aid, a quick reference guide about the new Chart of Accounts, and a file of all CUFS values mapped to date on our Chart of Accounts Gateway page, located at http://cafe.northwestern.edu/coa. NewsBrief #1: Transition WorkshopsDecember 19, 2007 Project Café, along with our process owners, will be presenting a series of workshops starting in January. These introductory seminars on both campuses will put all the changes to policy, procedure, and organization structure into context prior to hands-on training, which begins in July. We strongly suggest that anyone who will be using the new systems attend. See our Transition Workshops page for more information. For specific dates, see Transition Workshop Dates. Tenth Issue of Project Café NewsletterOctober 11, 2007 The October 2007 issue (PDF) of the Project Café newsletter features:
See all newsletters. Proposal Development Status UpdateSeptember 12, 2007 The Enterprise Systems Executive Committee (ESEC), after considering input from Project Café and our business owners in the Office for Sponsored Research, has decided to modify the scope and delay the timing of the InfoEd Proposal Development rollout. See our full announcement. Project Café Leadership TransitionSeptember 5, 2007 Project Café Director Jeff Mundt will be stepping down at the end of September to pursue external opportunities. Jason Schober will assume the role of Project Director. See our full announcement. InfoEd Proposal Tracking and SPIN are now live!July 17, 2007 Northwestern University and Project Café announce the launch of the first two modules of InfoEd, Northwestern's new software system for managing sponsored research. SPIN and Proposal Tracking are now available for use. To learn more about InfoEd and its benefits, see our full announcement. About Project CaféAs announced by President Bienen in early 2004, Northwestern is undertaking a major initiative to replace its current financial management system (CUFS) with a more robust, easier to use system that will support the University for many years. As part of this process, we will be implementing an enterprise grants management system, the first portion of which is scheduled to launch in July 2007, as well as several other third-party applications. This initiative, Project Café, is significant for faculty and staff because it will impact the way Northwestern conducts its business in areas like grants management, expenditure tracking, budget analysis, and purchasing. For more information, see About the Project. |
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