Second registrar leaves GCSU in less than a year

Dr. Robert Carver, registrar for GCSU, left his post on Friday, Sept. 8, after spending only six months at GCSU.  Dr. Carver was unavailable for comment on his leaving, as he did not reply to e-mails or return phone calls.
“He wasn’t here long,” said Dr. Paul Jones, vice president for institutional research and enrollment management.  “He has a tremendous technology background, that’s partly why we hired him.  I believe he had the skill-set that helped tremendously.”
In the short time Carver was at GCSU, he began the implementation of many new programs.
 “[Dr. Carver] helped get us started on a number of projects,” Jones said.
Some of the projects included a degree evaluation program on a newer version of Banner (the world-famous scheduling software).  He also helped initiate the implementation of scheduling software that would assist the registrar’s office in automating class scheduling.
Carver also helped initiate confidentiality of student records at GCSU.  Confidentiality is a big issue among U.S. colleges; The Federal Government has fined a number of state universities and colleges due to leaks of students’ social security and credit card numbers.
The system-wide (University System of Georgia) initiative will be collecting information on all 5,800 plus students at GCSU, and converting their accounts to ID numbers, which are much safer than Social Security numbers and birth dates.
Carver is also noted for bringing customer service to a new level in the Registrar’s office.
“He was very personable to students, staff and faculty,” Jones said.
Jones said that Carver built relationships with various departments and within his own department.  He said that everyone has been pleased that the registrar staff assist all students from registration to transcripts.
Carver will be training universities on behalf of SCT Sunguard Systems, creator of Banner Web.  This means that Carver will be traveling through out the world.
“We are very excited for him,” Jones said.
The university will now have an interim registrar, probably a current vice president until they can find another one whose skills match those of Dr. Carver’s.
“We still move forward,” stated Dr. Jones.  “We’ll go find another highly qualified registrar.” 
According to Jones, there will be a national search within the next 60 days,  though a new registrar might not be found until the first of 2007.

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