PR2015 Aug 10

NEWS RELEASE 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

August 10, 2015 

FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Jill Swindle, 205.391.5823 

jswindle@sheltonstate.edu

Shelton State Community College Awarded $150,000 Grant from CampusEAI Consortium to Fund New Student Portal to Improve Student Engagement

Tuscaloosa, Alabama – July 29, 2015 – Shelton State Community College announces today they are the recipients of CampusEAI Consortium’s Enterprise Portal Grant. This Grant provides $150,000 in funding towards implementing a new student portal platform.

“Receiving the CampusEAI Consortium Enterprise Portal Grant allows Shelton State to provide a portal solution at a cost effective price, giving students, faculty, and employees the ability to easily access account and instructional information from a single portal,” states Claude Lake, Associate Dean of Information Technology Services

"Shelton State Community College was selected by the CampusEAI Consortium Grant Committee for their commitment to providing accessible postsecondary education and training,” states Anjli Jain, Chairman of the CampusEAI Consortium. “We congratulate Shelton State Community College on receiving the CampusEAI Consortium Enterprise Portal Grant.”

The CampusEAI Consortium Grant Program offers grants in a variety of areas including enterprise portal, web content management systems, mobile app solutions, IT auditing services, desktop-as-a-service VDI, Office 365® migration, customer relationship management, and single sign-on. Learn more at www.campuseai.org/grants-programs or email katherine_haubrich@campuseai.org for more information on applying.

About Shelton State Community College

Established 1979, Shelton State Community College is one of the largest two-year colleges in the state of Alabama. A public, open-admission, comprehensive community college, Shelton State’s primary mission is to provide accessible postsecondary education, training, and community educational opportunities. Learn more about Shelton State Community College at www.sheltonstate.edu.

About CampusEAI Consortium

CampusEAI Consortium is an association that has over 2,000 higher education institution members including Columbia University, Cornell University, Florida State University, Louisiana State University and Virginia Community Colleges System. CampusEAI Consortium focuses on helping its members improve enrollment, retention and IT services by providing its members with lessons learned iseminars, conferences and consulting services on areas such as cloud hosting, enterprise portal, web content management services, single sign-on & identity management, mobile apps and service desk. For more information, visit www.campuseai.org/grant-program.