Case Study: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus achieves 85% time savings and streamlined application management with SmarterSelect

University of Colorado - Customer Case Study

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus faced a labor-intensive, paper-based scholarship application process that consumed most of a single staff member’s time — Education and Program Manager Jill R. Penafiel estimated it took 85% of her time to prepare applications. To modernize and streamline workflows, the campus implemented SmarterSelect’s automated online application management platform.

SmarterSelect centralized all application components, enabled online reviewer access, and made applicant data easy to extract for reporting, eliminating manual mail‑handling and photocopying. The change delivered an estimated 85% reduction in processing time for Jill, accelerated program launches, and supported 29 new or expanded programs since 2016, boosting efficiency, organization, and time‑to‑launch across the University of Colorado.

University of Colorado

Jill R. Penafiel

Education and Program Manager