Two Medical Schools Implement EMPOWER Student Information System
EMPOWER provides special student information system functions that meet the unique needs of medical schools.
BINGHAM FARMS, MI —December 18, 2013—Western Michigan University School of Medicine (WMed) and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine have implemented the EMPOWER Student Information System to manage their student bodies through each of their unique medical education processes.
EMPOWER can be used by itself or as a front-end supplement to a university-wide system to meet the special needs of medical schools, such as direct AMCAS application processing, narrative grading for inclusion in MSPE, flexible scheduling for clerkships and a student at-risk early warning system. EMPOWER is parameter and rules driven, allowing it to be configured for a medical school’s unique environment and updates in business and academic rules, policies and procedures can all be easily implemented without the need for programming changes.
At WMed, EMPOWER will welcome the school’s inaugural class of students in fall 2014.
“As a new medical school we were looking for an integrated solution for managing individuals as they moved from applicants to students to alumni,” said Hal B. Jenson, MD, founding dean of Western Michigan University School of Medicine. “EMPOWER offered us a comprehensive solution that was able to be customized to meet the needs of our medical school.”
“Because it can be easily configured to suit any particular institution’s unique needs, EMPOWER is a natural fit for medical schools,” said EMPOWER President Robert Brender. “We are very excited to welcome WMed and SIU School of Medicine to the growing list of medical schools using EMPOWER.”
At SIU School of Medicine, EMPOWER will help manage hundreds of medical students.
About EMPOWER Student Information System
EMPOWER is a fully integrated student information system that meets the management needs of colleges and universities. Its modular design supports ease and efficiency in recruitment, admissions, records and registration, degree audit, billing, financial aid, alumni relations and much more. EMPOWER’s Oracle Database offers the industry’s best security. It allows institutional data to be stored in one central location, where it can be managed, updated and accessed in real time. EMPOWER is available to license or use as a SaaS (software as a service) system based on technical needs. The full EMPOWER package includes implementation, training, conversion, support, maintenance and ongoing updates. For more information, please visit www.empowersis.com.
About Western Michigan University School of Medicine
Western Michigan University School of Medicine is a collaboration of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo’s two teaching hospitals, Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare. It has been in planning since 2008 and was granted preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education in 2012. Welcoming its first class in fall 2014, the school is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenue, research activity, tuition from students, and endowment income. In March 2011, Western Michigan University received a gift of $100 million for the medical school from anonymous donors. The home of the new medical school includes the WMU School of Medicine Clinics, a modern 60,000 square foot clinical building on the Oakland Drive Campus, and a seven-story 350,000 square foot educational building in downtown Kalamazoo that was donated by MPI Research. Located on the new W.E. Upjohn Campus, the educational building is undergoing a $68 million renovation and expansion project that opens in June 2014.
About Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Established in 1970, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s mission is to assist the people of central and southern Illinois in meeting their health-care needs through education, patient care, research and service to the community. Its website is www.siumed.edu and its main number is 217-545-8000.
Contact Information
EMPOWER Student Information System
Gail Waldrup
248-647-8841 ext. 303
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