2024 Ellucian Impact Award Winners
The annual Ellucian Impact Award recognizes higher education institutions that use technology to solve challenges, operate more efficiently, and create better student experiences.
Student Success
Highlight inspirational stories of the student journey where higher education institutions use technology to attract, enroll, and retain right-fit students, as well as deliver high-value educational experiences.
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Monterrey, México
To support their Tec21 Model, a challenge-based learning system that activates students' innovation capabilities, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey implemented Ellucian Banner 9 to revolutionize their student management processes. Tec tailored the educational journey for their students by leveraging the standard capabilities, seamless integrations, and personalization features provided by Banner 9 and Banner Self-Service, resulting in a 20% increase in 2023 in on-time graduation rates compared to historic averages.
Empowering Staff
Illuminate the best practices of higher education institutions leveraging technology to alleviate and reduce administrative burdens, retain and grow top talent, and enable staff and faculty to succeed with best-in-class tools and insights.
National Louis University
Chicago, IL
National Louis University, a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) serving over 10,000 students, leveraged Ellucian solutions to achieve a more sustainable and efficient approach to managing course content, enhancing uniformity, and simplifying what was once a complex and tedious process. Ellucian's Banner Page Builder and Communication Management enabled staff to reduce the time required to manage courses, improve data accuracy as well as reduce the error rate by 95%.
Innovation
Recognize higher education institutions that modernize processes to predict and meet changing learner needs and workforce demands — thus mitigating risk — by using cloud technology to improve institutional agility, adaptability, and efficiency.
Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL
Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) achieved a 25% year-on-year increase in new student enrollment with Ellucian's CRM Recruit. ONU deployed a new, innovative enrollment initiative for their online students, creating a more accessible and inclusive learning environment while fostering a more vibrant academic community. Ellucian Professional Services and ONU's Graduate and Continuing Studies team partnered to support ONU's data migration, system integration and overall project management, ultimately reducing costs and increasing revenues for ONU's online programs.
Transformative Leadership
Spotlight institutional leadership who use technology and data-driven insights to drive ambitious initiatives, demonstrating skills and expertise to successfully manage change towards clear, common goals across multiple stakeholder groups.
University of La Verne
La Verne, CA
University of La Verne, a Banner customer for more than 30 years, leveraged AI-driven automation tools to process data, resulting in a new, elevated level of experience and expedited service for students. With AI, University of La Verne achieved a remarkable 50% improvement in the processing of federal financial aid files, allowing staff to proactively prepare for the unprecedented disruption in the 2024-2025 student financial aid year.
Above and Beyond
Recognize institutions utilizing a variety of Ellucian solutions to improve institutional outcomes, demonstrate best practices, and provide benefits to multiple stakeholder groups.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA
An Ellucian partner for over 40 years, Massachusetts College of Art and Design modernized their on-premises ERP/SIS to Colleague SaaS in less than 12 months. Adoption of the Ellucian SaaS Platform served as the catalyst enabling significant change within the institution's technology landscape. Streamlined self-service tools provide a simple, intuitive experience for accessing information, both minimizing student wait times and allowing office staff to focus on more complex tasks. Digital tools within the platform further streamline processes and give students autonomy to manage their own academic journeys without the need for support from Massachusetts College of Art and Design staff.
Northeast Community College
Norfolk, NE
Northeast Community College successfully transitioned its Banner ERP system to the Ellucian cloud and integrated its Learning Management System (LMS) with Banner, enhancing data accessibility, streamlining processes, and empowering stakeholders. Students have reported greater ease in accessing information, collaborating with instructors, and tracking their progress due to the new tools and real-time integration. Additionally, the move to the Ellucian cloud is expected to unlock over one million dollars in reduced technology infrastructure and labor costs over the next five years.
