Executive Summary

Symplicity's Student Groups Management System™ (SGMS™) is the first product of its kinds that addresses all student organization management needs including Greek life, student government, intramural sports, and student groups in one integrated package that is accessible to students, student officers, and privileged campus staff. SGMS allows campuses to replace half a dozen niche products with a one-stop, integrated solution for enterprise wide management of: student organizations, student group members, campus events, calendaring, and more.

SGMS employs the Symplicity e-Business Platform, a comprehensive set of proven solutions that increase the level of coordination between universities, student organizations, and students to promote greater access to student activities and events.

SGMS is the perfect solution to help universities of all sizes in their effort to coordinate student organizations while at the same time giving individual groups the ability to manage and promote themselves in a secure online environment. This environment is also accessible to privileged staff members who can moderate groups, run roster and GPA reports, and communicate directly with student groups and their officers.

Student Features Include

• Appealing, easy to use, graphical interface for students to browse, select, and participate in groups at any time
• Registered student groups "snapshots" displayed in one central location
• "My Groups" section allows students to conveniently manage group involvement
• Detailed group information, events, and links
• Online interest notification and club registration
• Detailed event information, news, and announcements clearly displayed on student home page
• Event Calendar with campus-wide and group specific events
• Online New group request form and approval notification

Student Group / Officer Benefits:

• Highly functional information system that enables officers to manage groups of any size
• Online club registration and event registration with location request and equipment needs
• Interested student notification and membership approval
• File uploading of pictures and documents (agenda, constitution, etc.)
• Student Group roster management and financial record keeping
• Communication tools include blogging and a sophisticated email wizard with batch email capabilities
• Privacy settings restricts internal club information to only be seen by members

Campus Activities Staff Benefits:

• Significantly reduces paperwork and tedious administrative task to allow staff to effectively manage student groups more than ever before
• 100% web based for maximum flexibility - No client side software required
• Complete administrative control of all registered student groups
• Ability to create groups, approve registered groups, and manage student rosters from one easy-to-use interface
• Can be used as a recruiting tool to inform potential students of what clubs and activities are on campus
• Financial record keeping of members
• Detailed student involvement records and student archives
• Communication tools gives staff the ability to post announcements and email any student in the system
• Role-based privileged access based on established access levels
• Comprehensive reporting that is customizable, can include all fields in the system, and can be exported to Excel
• Seamless Integration with existing University systems, Symplicity Student Affairs Management System (SAMS), and Portal Systems
• Enterprise Calendaring
• Free technical support