Good afternoon, I want to start this week’s update with a big thank you to everyone who has been involved with the Early Impact work. Though Operational Excellence has officially wrapped up our part in both the Hiring and Procurement … Read more

Good afternoon, I hope you all got a chance to get outside this week before the temperatures dropped again! The Operational Excellence team has been focused on advancing initiative goals while building capacity to facilitate transformations around campus. We got … Read more

Good afternoon, I hope you all have had a smooth transition back to work after the holiday break. In our first update email of 2020, I want to take the opportunity to thank you all for the incredible support you … Read more

Good afternoon, This will be our last update of 2019. As we close out the year we are continuing to work on the following initiatives: Student Registration: After evaluating registration models used by peer institutions, the Student Registration Design Team … Read more

Good afternoon, As we head into November, we’re pleased to announce the design team members for the Data Use and Literacy project. The group will begin to meet on November 5th. Here are the new members of the design team: Rich Arnold, … Read more

Good afternoon, Hope you are enjoying this amazing October weather! Last week we took a break from sending a weekly email but work on Operational Excellence projects has continued. As of this week, we continue to build out the scope … Read more

Dear Colleagues –    Hope you are enjoying this fantastic October weather! If you’ve visited the Operational Excellence website recently, you’ll see we’ve made some new updates. Most notably, the annual report is now available. The first Operational Excellence annual report explores the timeline of the program from its launch in September … Read more

Good afternoon,  We held the September Steering Committee yesterday. During the meeting we shared updates on two new areas the Operational Excellence team plans to explore in Academic Year 2019 – 2020: Data Access and Use and Registrar Process Improvement. With the Steering Committee’s feedback and guidance, we’ll continue to refine … Read more

Good afternoon – I’m pleased to announce the launch of the new Travel and Expenses site, travel.unc.edu. As you may know, this site launch is the culmination of many weeks of work, starting with a policy review to clarify and consolidate existing travel policies. The … Read more

Good afternoon – A quick reminder that today is the last day to submit nominations for the inaugural Operational Excellence Award, which recognizes the outstanding contributions by a staff member to the advancement of Operational Excellence’s mission and goals. This … Read more