Xcalibur is pleased to announce the newest member of its team–Allie Sheldon! Allie Sheldon joins Xcalibur after working as the Database Research Analyst for the Central Washington University GEAR UP grants. At CWU GEAR UP she standardized the grant’s data collection and import practices using SCRIBE and is excited to…
Summertime brings sunshine, trips to the pool, and margaritas! It also brings the end of the school year which means student graduate, get promoted, or get retained. What does this mean for student enrollment and data collection in SCRIBE? We recommend that all students are exited at the end of…
For those of us who work in the college and career access field, it comes as no surprise that students who participate in college visits have an advantage in the admissions process over students who do not participate in college visits. A recent article on InsideHigherEd.com reinforces that, “A student who visits campus,…
It’s that time of year when students are back at school and GEAR UP is in full swing. The beginning of the school year is a great time to do some SCRIBE housekeeping. Managing your list of active users is critical. This type of maintenance ensures only those who should…
As part of the 2017 GEAR UP Annual Conference in San Francisco, Xcalibur team members Julie Jaramillo and Tricia Brainard partnered with Becky Young from GEAR UP Maine to challenge participants to Think Beyond the Pie Chart. The group developed the Five C’s to See Your Data as…
Xcalibur’s Director of Data Quality, Julie Jaramillo, traveled to Bangor, Maine for the GEAR UP Maine Data Steward Training. The team met to discuss SCRIBE Reports, Service Naming Conventions, the GEAR UP Maine Service Taxonomy, and learn about the 5 C’s for Visualizing Data. In the picture above, GEAR UP…
