Case Study: University of West Florida achieves a connected, data-driven campus and faster admissions with Banner by Ellucian

Creating a more connected, data-driven campus

The University of West Florida confronted a creaky, 30-year-old mainframe and a patchwork of siloed administrative applications that blocked timely access to student data and hampered recruitment, retention, and financial aid responsiveness. To modernize campus operations and improve student outcomes, the University of West Florida selected Banner by Ellucian as its enterprise resource planning platform.

Ellucian implemented the Banner® suite (including Banner Student, Banner Financial Aid, Banner Document Management, Banner Enterprise Data Warehouse, Ellucian™ Degree Works and related modules) alongside Ellucian Implementation Services to integrate processes across departments. The result: an integrated campus with speedier admissions and financial aid decisions, accelerated offers to students, electronic document workflows, better academic advising, and freed IT resources—measured outcomes include speedier admissions decisions, faster financial aid turnarounds, accelerated student offers, and more effective use of IT staff time.

University of West Florida

Michael Dieckmann

Chief Information Officer