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NGSS: Building a Name for Itself |
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April 22, 2014, Volume 60, No. 31 |
The Next Generation Student Systems (NGSS) team is pleased to announce that a name has been chosen for the suite of systems it is developing.
In response to an invitation to the entire Penn community (Almanac February 25, 2014), 49 contributors suggested 114 name ideas through the online intake form. After the project’s communications team carefully evaluated the candidates, it presented a group of finalists to the project owners and executive sponsors for the ultimate decision.
The result: NGSS is building Pennant!
“Pennant” connotes championship quality, collegiate life and festivity. The word incorporates a reference to Penn—and gracefully alludes to Ellucian’s Banner software as the foundation for the suite. It’s easy to say and combines smoothly with the individual system modules to form Pennant Accounts, Pennant Records and Pennant Aid.
The winning name was submitted by Christine McDevitt of ISC’s finance group. Congratulations to Ms. McDevitt and thanks to all who contributed ideas!
—Michael Kearney, NGSS Technical Project Manager
—Regina Koch, NGSS Functional Project Manager
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