Current Projects

Value
To improve campus electronic security systems, which will enhance safety on campus for students, staff, faculty, and visitors.  This project aims to increase efficiency across operations, improve management of physical security and elevate police response and situational awareness.  

Business function
Implement a unified security platform for all MSU campus buildings access control, intrusion monitoring, and video systems. 

Purpose
Integrate into one security platform, surveillance, and access control systems, and amplify video surveillance with the addition of more 3,000 cameras across campus to provide a more secure environment. 

Value
To ensure that MSU Human Resources (HR) customer needs are continued to be met, this project provides a seamless transition of MSU payroll functions to an updated SAP platform. 

Business function
MSU needs to upgrade the HR SAP system due to current version becoming outdated and unsupported by SAP. 

Purpose
SAP mainstream support ends in 2027 . This new system will be supported until 2040. 

Value 
Transfer student success aligns with Presidential 100-day plan, in addition to being specifically named in the strategic plan.  With the goal to “Increase access to MSU for students transferring from 2- and 4-year institutions by creating clear and well-supported pathways for transfer students into MSU and by deepening MSU’s relationships with Michigan community colleges.” President Guskiewicz discussed “alignment between MSU courses, degrees, and research priorities with the trends and future needs of Michigan” and the creation of initiatives to “position Michigan State University as the engine that powers Michigan, amplifying MSU’s role as the university for Michigan.” 

Business Function  
Expand Envision Green, a program originally established with LCC in 2019, to include other community colleges in the state; create a Transfer Student Success Center on campus to support the unique needs of transfer students as they navigate their academic journey at MSU; establish a Transfer Advocacy Council to reform policies and practices to create equitable pathways to bachelor’s degree completion for transfer students; and improve MSU’s transfer credit evaluation processes to reduce time to evaluation and decrease credit loss, as well as expand Credit for Prior Learning opportunities. 

Purpose 
MSU will enhance efforts already in place to support transfer students by improving credit evaluation, implementing innovative practices that empower student success and expanding Envision Green, a partnership with Lansing Community College that helps students navigate between the institutions and maximize their opportunities at both. 

Value
Eliminate barriers to students accessing their information thereby leading to improved student satisfaction and a higher level of confidence that MSU is worth the value.  

Business Function
The Spartan One-Stop aims to provide a seamless experience for students to meet their expectations for personalization and convenience. 

Purpose
This project includes leveraging and implementing a case management system to create a personalized student experience and capture a single view of the student allowing staff to better support, assist, and respond faster. 

Value
To better manage endowments, improve customer communication and service, and to enhance reporting on endowments and gift agreements.

Business function
Ensure spending on endowed funds can be fully maximized to allow more strategic use of the University’s budget. Increase size of financial aid awards for students through effective spending and administration of scholarship funds. 

Purpose
Implement an endowment accounting solution with modernized reporting structure that centralize and automate endowed fund agreement. 

Value
Respect the individual’s ability to self-identify within the MSU community.  

Business function
Implement a system to collect student, faculty, and staff’s name and pronoun information and share it to MSU’s core technology systems to provide consistency. 

Purpose
Implement a centralized collection of self-identity information (name and pronouns) that will work with core applications already in use. In addition, provides the ability for non-core applications to connect and retrieve this information to enable students, faculty, and staff the ability to interact with the MSU community appropriately. 

Value
Implement a streamlined and future ready technology and process solution that allows MSU’s Researchers to continue their research in support of MSU 2030 Strategic Plan goal. 

Business function
Improve the researcher experience and efficiency of processes surrounding the lifecycle of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). 

Purpose
Implement a research technology solution that will remain compliant with present and future federal, state, local, and university rules and regulations without significant additional cost or effort. More efficient processes and workflows will be adopted in a standardized user interface that helps Principal Investigators improve their research capacity and performance and helps administrators track and document all areas of compliance.  

Value
This will enable MSU to have a fully integrated online veterinary experience to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction.  

Business function
To develop a new Online Laboratory ordering system.

Purpose
To develop the new online ordering system that will integrate with MSU's existing back-end systems and allow clients to order diagnostic tests from a custom-built web portal. 

Value
This project supports MSU’s goal of achieving $1 billion in annual research expenditures by maintaining compliance with federal requirements, ensuring MSU’s trajectory in securing federal research funding. It also supports MSU’s sustainability objectives by leveraging technology to reduce administrative redundancies, implement secure IT practices, and foster responsible global engagement, ensuring efficient use of institutional resources while minimizing risks.

Business Function
Maintain an organized record of international travel and enhance research security.

Purpose
This project will conduct a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a system that will be implemented to make sure MSU is compliant with the National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33) requirements that may be included in proposals and awards in 2025 regarding international travel and research security.

Value
Michigan State University is committed to providing equitable access to University programs, services, and information while enhancing inclusion for the broadest possible audience. 

Business function
Update our Accessibility Dashboard with better information on websites and training by purchasing a website accessibility scanner, improving our digital inventories, updating our database of known accessibility issues, and developing a basic accessibility training. 

Purpose
This project helps MSU units better understand the state of their digital accessibility efforts, providing them with an important opportunity to contribute to MSU’s culture of equity and inclusion. It also helps the university ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations including the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

The annual license cost of the previously free software (Java JDK) is now measured by the student headcount and is estimated to expose MSU to upwards of $2.7mm / year in license fees for software.  Controlling or eliminating this cost by replacing the JDK software with Open source alternatives will be a significant cost avoidance for the university.

The primary objective is to reduce or eliminate the exposure to MSU for commercial licenses for Java JDK through conversion to open-source alternatives

Advising all MAU's to migrate as quickly as practical and MSU IT can consult / support MAU migrations as needed.

Purpose
This project will reduce or eliminate the Oracle Java Development Kit (JDK) usage by MSU to control the Oracle License fees associated with JDK licenses.

Value
To ensure compliance with federal disability laws and regulations while safeguarding participant confidentiality, and to manage the growing volume of accommodation requests more efficiently, this project enables MSU to efficiently meet obligations.

Business function
Select and implement a vended software solution for submission, management, and reporting on persons with disabilities accommodation requests. This replaces a labor-intensive process and outdated request system that has reached its capacity.

Purpose
Implementation of a vended solution with centralized data system enables MSU to efficiently meet customer requests and regulatory obligations while maintaining confidentiality.
 

Value
Modernizing marketing and communications technology ensures that interactions are relevant and memorable, creating stronger emotional connections. Engaging at critical touchpoints enables MSU to meet Spartans where they are, increasing loyalty and advocacy over time. Ultimately, it will transform how they perceive and interact with MSU, leading to lasting relationships throughout their lifetime.  

Business function
Improve the University Communications and Marketing Digital Experiences.

Purpose
Modernize marketing and communications at MSU to enable the creation of meaningful branded digital experiences at critical touchpoints that connect and engage Spartans across a lifetime. 

Value

Digital marketing and communications are essential to connecting with our constituents.  A centralized marketing platform, that is available to units, will streamline and better coordinate communications.

Business function

To unify and consolidate e-mail broadcasting and digital marketing platforms to one centralized platform for the University. This will enable us to coordinate and tailor communications for MSU constituents including prospects, students, parents, alumni, and donors.

Purpose

University Advancement and University Communications and Marketing share a desire to deepen alumni connection to and support for MSU. A marketing automation platform is a key digital engagement platform that can be used to improve and personalize engagement with audiences to deepen the connection alumni have with MSU and inspire and motivate them to support MSU. As MSU nears its next comprehensive campaign, the ability to connect more effectively with alumni and donors will be critical to its success.

Value
Provide a scalable and secure Regulated Research Enclave (RRE) that is in compliance with the Department of Defense (DoD)  requirements.

Business function
Build a research security enclave and associated support services to meet the necessary controls to enable MSU to conduct research that contains controlled unclassified information (CUI). 

Purpose
The DoD requires the streamlining of cybersecurity controls and is expecting compliance by all institutions conducting government business by 2026. To meet this requirement, a scalable and secure Regulated Research Enclave (RRE) is needed to protect projects with data that meet the classification of CUI. Without this secure environment, we could lose or be unable to accept DoD-funded research projects.