Key BTO Project Successes

Multi-Year Tuition & Financial Aid Plan ​

Implementation of a multi-year tuition stability plan for three system-wide student charges: tuition, the Student Services Fee (SSF), and Nonresident Supplemental Tuition (NRST).

Scholar Steps

Launched ScholarSteps campus-wide and replaced the AP Review

Future of Work (Sauter Award)

The program has provided funding for 1,498 laptops, 185 conference rooms and 14 hybrid work locations providing 226 seats, in addition to receiving a 2022 Silver UC Larry L. Sautter Award for technology excellence.

(https://www.ucop.edu/information-technology-services/initiatives/uc-tech-awards/current-and-previous-awards/2022.html)

Access to Canvas for Non-Matriculated Students

A rapid-deployment, solution was rolled out to meet an urgent need to provide Summer Session students access to the Canvas learning platform.  The project used structured project management to achieve results on a very short time-frame.

Elevate the Student Experience (Salesforce) Road-Mapping Exercise 

BTO performed an assessment of the campus-wide need for a cohesive student relationship management tool.  Wide ranging interviews were held with departments, users and students to evaluate the demand, value and possible future direction for UCI to provide the best student experience.

COVID-19 Dashboard Project​

Facilitated creation and maintenance of the COVID-19 dashboards to display student and employee population, asymptomatic and symptomatic testing, positivity rate, trend, vaccination rate, and the vaccination compliance data in a visual format.  Sent weekly curated COVID dashboard updated to the Provost and other key UCI top leaders for nearly 2 years during the pandemic.