Growing an SAP Alliance Program to Include More Faculty/Products/Courses

[Former Member]

Growing the Program to Include More Faculty/Products/Courses. This topic was a round table discussion at the 2010 SAP Congress in San Diego.

Leader: Frank Anderau2014Central Michigan University

Richard Vawteru2014University of Southern California

Vivek Choudhuryu2014University of Cincinnati

James Leeu2014Brigham Young University-Hawaii

Christine Alexanderu2014Texas A & M University

Chaiho Kimu2014Santa Clara University

Ideas on how to address: Growing the Program to include more Faculty/Products/Courses

1. Try to roll out a new class every other year inspired by UA summer workshopu2014at least one faculty to buy into the new course.

2. Use of the simulation activities in a class promotes to students that SAP is fun.

3. Faculty Incentives: Release time, money, and student help support.

4. Marketing program to business and industry, ASUG, encouraging recruitment of our undergraduate and graduate students.

5. Keeping the WHY do I want to do this out in front of the faculty: materials are available at the UAC and are easily accessible, testimonials from those who hire our graduates that SAP knowledge is worth it, etc.

6. Convince faculty to buy in, and subsequently, convince students to buy in. If this is successful, so will go the alliance program at your school.

[Former Member]

Dear Colleagues

Thank you to all of you who made this breakout session at the 2010 SAP Curriculum Congress in San Diego such a success last month. Your commitment to excellence and University Alliances is greatly appreciated.

For those of you UAP member professors who did not attend this year, please talk to your colleagues who did attend and make your plans now to attend next year.

Best Wishes

Bob