Banner upgrades will begin at 6 p.m. on Thurs., March 18, and the system will remain offline until Thurs., March 25. Banner, the university’s administrative computing system, is a collection of business applications that support university functions.
Campus “power users” have completed extensive pre-upgrade testing and have developed a post-upgrade testing plan to ensure that the university’s mission-critical processes come back online successfully after the upgrade.
Critical Dates:
March 16, 4:30 p.m.: Requisitions must be complete and approved.
March 18, 6 p.m.: Banner offline
March 25, start of business day: Banner online
The upgrade will cause a major disruption in the campus’ ability to carry on the day- to-day business. In order to make this transition as seamless as possible UCA has opted to close the campus on Mon., March 22 and Tues., March 23 to allow for Information Technology to install the new software. This will be a one-time Spring Break closing.
Employees will use George Washington’s Birthday & Daisy Gatson Bates Day, both observed the third Monday in February, and one leave day for this break. George Washington’s Birthday & Daisy Gatson Bates Day is usually used to cover one of the days between Christmas and New Year’s when UCA is closed. Employees may also use comp time in lieu of the leave day.
For more information, email Lee Stevens at lees@uca.edu.