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 ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ 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 ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ is closed. Employees may also use comp time in lieu of the leave day.
For more information, email Lee Stevens at lees@uca.edu.