Press Release

UMUC President Showcases New Automated Transfer System at the U.S. Department of Education’s National Summit in Chicago

For Immediate Release:
August 23, 2008

Media Contact:
Kerry O'Neill
410-902-5035
koneill@mghus.com

Singularity Suite allows UMUC to fully digitize student transfer credits and transcripts, providing instant access to information for its 90,000 students 

ADELPHI, MD. (Aug. 26, 2008) – UMUC President Susan C. Aldridge was invited to present the university’s new automated transfer credit system, "Singularity Suite," at the U.S. Department of Education’s national summit in Chicago last month. Singularity Suite is an enterprise document management system that enables institutions like UMUC to automate all critical document and transfer processes. UMUC is the largest institution in the United States using this program, created by Hershey Systems, a California-based company.

"As a growing university with thousands of students located across 25 time zones, it’s essential that we invest in the latest technology to help streamline the credit transfer process to ensure that our students experience a simple, seamless transition," said Aldridge. "This new program provides UMUC with easy access to student credits and transcripts no matter where they are located or what institution they are transferring from. UMUC is setting a new national benchmark for efficiency in processing transfer credit."

Aldridge presented UMUC’s integration of Singularity Suite to higher education leaders and stakeholders, university presidents, and business and organization leaders from across the nation at this year’s summit. With the implementation of the program, UMUC will be able to streamline all transfer student transcript and credit evaluation processes across the entire university within 48 hours. As a university with campuses on three different continents and dozens of alliances with institutions nationwide, this new system integrates the entire transfer and articulation process—from admissions to financial aid—taking 90,000 student records and uploading them digitally into a worldwide database.

Dr. Aldridge was invited by the U.S. Department of Education to present UMUC’s new technology, which helps advance accessibility, affordability and accountability.

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