Dale Jarrell, CampusWorks Vice President, recently received the following praise and commendation from Red Deer College’s President, Dr. Ron Woodward, regarding his CampusWorks’ Project Delivery Team, including the assigned Chief Information Officer and team of IT specialists: 

"Dear Ray, I'm writing to you today to express my appreciation and gratitude for the work that Julie Rursch has done through the Grand Rapids Community College contract.

Highlights from President Juan Olivarez Address to Learner Resources and Technology Solutions (LRTS) Staff :

CampusWorks Tactical Plan Developed by CampusWorks and the GRCC IT staff:  [

CampusWorks IT Best Practices:  [ Watch Video clip ]
“Another one of GRCC objectives is to provide technology support resources to faculty and staff to facilitate ‘best practices’ technology enhancements.  We have learned a lot of best practices because of engagement with CampusWorks.  It has been very important for us, in this engagement (with CampusWorks) in terms of the opportunities we have had to understand best practices from around the country and around the world.  This has been very, very important to us as we have moved along this past year and a half.  And this was all about improving teaching, growing our distance learning programs, and also to increase efficiencies and effectiveness of what we are doing with technology.”

CampusWorks Expertise & Cost Effectiveness with PeopleSoft Enhancements:  [ Watch Video clip ]
“A lot of work has been accomplished around PeopleSoft and we are definitely seeing the return on investment, more than we ever have.  We are also seeing a return on investment with Blackboard, the course management system, and lots has been done in that area.  Part of both of these successes has been the expertise that CampusWorks has been able to bring in because of our engagement.  We could never hire--we could never afford-- all of the people on board that it takes to do the job that we have to do today without CampusWorks.  The flexibility that we have in terms of the pool of experts that CampusWorks works with is an incredible advantage for us.”

June, 2006
Red Deer College, Alberta, Canada
President Ron Woodward:

“I am very pleased with the quality and depth of work that CampusWorks has been able to achieve in such a short period of time.  The progress is evident already and CWI has fixed many initial and critical IT problems.  CampusWorks best practices have turned the whole place around – everyone, including the faculty, staff and administration, is so much more positive.” 

June, 2006
Red Deer College, Alberta, Canada
John Chapman, Vice President of College Services Red Deer College:

“I believe that the CampusWorks’ team is doing a great job! The management group and other staff here are very impressed.  The CampusWorks’ team explains every step they are taking in such sensible terms that I now feel that I understand what is happening in terms of IT and I am much more comfortable with it.  I am very impressed with the level of knowledge and expertise the Campus Works people have –they have a specialized focus on Post Secondary education and they do it extremely well.  Their knowledge of best practices is incredible and very helpful for RDC.”

October 4, 2005
Middlesex Community College, MA
Evelyn Clements, Vice President for Student Development, wrote to CWI to say…

"CampusWorks provided MCC with exemplary technology management service, leadership and access to specialists who ensured our faculty were well supported as they created and utilized on-line courses to enrich their learner outcomes. CWI supported our students as they applied for admission and financial aid, registered for classes and checked their progress toward graduation on the web. Equally important, CWI helped our staff to use our new Student Information system to provide better and more efficient services to our students and faculty.

I know you will agree with me that nothing can be more frustrating for students, faculty and staff than technology that is not working efficiently or reliably on campus. In contrast, an effective level of technology services can make the college experience a pleasure for students and truly can lift morale for faculty and staff. CampusWorks made that happen at Middlesex CC. After this experience, when I think of CampusWorks, I think of excellence, competence and the highest level of quality."

In commenting on this 11-year IT Partnership with CampusWorks, Jesse Thompson said,

“Bunker Hill Community College has a whole new culture about technology that would not have occurred without CampusWorks. If we had not joined with CampusWorks, it would have taken us a lot longer to move forward with technology, and it would have cost us much more money. CampusWorks has given us focus and created a culture of teamwork. We had high expectations for CampusWorks, and they have exceeded our expectations.”

March 24, 2005
Nassau Community College, NY 
Ezra Delaney, Vice President and CFO writes to CampusWorks, Inc.

"Nassau Community College has been very pleased with the results of the Business Process Review component of CampusWorks' Legacy Migration Methodology. Everyone here is really glad that we selected CWI from the competition.”

March 22, 2005
Grand Rapids Community College, MI
Commendation from Juan Olivarez, President

On March 22nd, 2005, Grand Rapids Community College and CWI signed a 5-year Technology Management Services agreement to focus on productivity and improved teaching and learner success.  President Juan Olivarez, in speaking at a recent College-wide video production describing the CWI contract and his reason for selecting CWI, commented that:

 "Our contract award to outsource our top IT leadership to CWI was based on their track record and the exemplary work of the on-site team of management and higher education technology specialists, led by Ray Neff.  The entire CWI team exceeded our expectations.”

"CampusWorks has had a tremendous impact on students, faculty and administrative staff at Middlesex Community College. As a result of their work we now have a robust network infrastructure that links our campuses and provides fast, reliable access to educational and administrative technology using up-to-date hardware in our classrooms and offices; our faculty are well well-supported as they create and implement on-line courses and use technology to enrich their on-campus classes; and our students are able to apply for admission and financial aid, register for classes and check their progress toward graduation on the web.

As Vice President for Enrollment Services, Research and Planning, I am especially appreciative of the expertise provided by CampusWorks that has allowed my staff to use our student information system to provide better, more efficient services to our students and faculty. One example is Getting Started, the new cost-effective, high tech-high touch student orientation, academic advising and registration process that has been implemented at Middlesex. These sessions combine the use of on-line academic advising resources such as the SCT Banner degree audit, course prerequisite checking, course descriptions, class schedules, degree requirements and web registration; a concise student profile that summarizes all of the student's pertinent academic history, test scores and transfer goals and the individual attention of an academic counselor to help us make sure that we are getting our students off to a good start.

In addition to yourself, I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the efforts of all the technical and functional, "just in time" experts that CampusWorks has supplied in support of these important initiatives."