Strategic Visioning and Infrastructure Consulting Services
JGCS offers the following strategic visioning and infrastructure consulting services:
- Market analysis
- Administrative, academic and IT infrastructure impact analysis
- Marketing, recruiting and student services
- Evaluation, recommendation and implementation of processes and procedures
EXAMPLE 1: As an implementing partner with Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at Margins (JC:HEM), JGCS provided the site analysis of the proposed learning centers – conducting terrain and environmental studies to specify and procure two state-of-the art computer learning centers in refugee camps. JGCS secured donations from the employees of Microsoft to provide all of the software needed in the labs. JGCS trained and supports the IT representatives on location and brokers the relationship with IT needs as they surface.
JGCS has teamed with Microsoft to be a lead partner in the Multipoint Server systems used to scale the centers while maintaining costs. JGCS worked with Gonzaga University, University of San Francisco, Santa Clara University, John Carroll University, Georgetown University, Creighton University and Regis University to provide reusable technology (projectors, laptops, and software) to assist in equipping the remote learning centers. Find out more on the JC:HEM website.
EXAMPLE 2: JGCS provides after-hours technical support for Fordham University online programs, hosting an 800# that rings into the help desk during the day and provides coverage for calls outside of normal business hours.
EXAMPLE 3: JGCS hosts a streaming media server that is used by several institutions to deliver high-quality lectures for a variety of platforms. The server also serves as a backup to university-hosted solutions to provide critical redundancy should their internal systems fail.
EXAMPLE 4: JGCS served as system administrator for the Gonzaga Blackboard-hosted solution for online students for five years while building internal capacity to meet the needs of the online student.
EXAMPLE 5: JGCS worked with Gonzaga and Deltak to outline the processes and procedures for online marketing, recruiting, and admissions that many Jesuit institutions use today.
EXAMPLE 6: JGCS is working with Gonzaga to assist in the creation of a Virtual Campus that will meet the needs of any technology-enhanced initiative at the university.
EXAMPLE 7: JGCS created and launched the marketing and admission strategy for several institutions as an alternative to using a third-party vendor. Using processes perfected over ten years of research in the online delivery arena, JesuitNET has shown remarkable success in launching, delivering, and protecting the assets of the institutions.
Professional Development for Faculty/Staff
The JGCS team offers staff and faculty development to schools who wish to expand their own capabilities to support faculty teaching and learning and online course development and production, as well as training for admissions, recruiting and student services staff serving online students.
EXAMPLE 1: JGCs creates and delivers Webinars to faculty, staff, and students for Fordham University and Gonzaga University. Past Webinars include Blackboard Updates, Utilizing Web 2.0 Tools, Inspiring Learning Online (also offered to St. Joseph’s University in-person), and Developing Your Social Presence.
EXAMPLE 2: JGSC facilitated restructuring, redefining roles and expanding the administrative staff in the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education at Fordham University to support their growing online programs.
To find out more about Professional Development for Faculty/Staff, contact Cindy Bonfini-Hotlosz, CIO: cbonfini@jesuit.net.
