Slate Governance

Slate is both the university’s student application platform and its CRM.  The last few years have been spent launching applications, communications, and processes for undergraduate, graduate, and international applicants. In 2025, the Slate Leadership Team began expanding Slate to the campus community for tracking applicant and student interactions and sending communications. Goal is to have many official university communications to students and applicants sent and tracked in Slate. By communicating with and recording student interactions in Slate, the university can leverage the full benefits of a CRM.

Faculty and staff can access various Slate forms to request system access, submit new requests, communicate with students, and report issues. For a complete list of available request and support forms, visit the Slate Forms page.

Governance Structure:

• • Steering Committee Role & Responsibilities
    • Plans and executes the data mapping between Slate and other university systems and makes decisions on system of record, data definitions, and standard procedures.  
    • Prioritizes projects, develops project plans, and oversees the work to be executed by the Slate Captains.  
    • Obtain functional knowledge of how Slate works, be familiar with the UofM Slate structure and processes, and keep abreast of new developments that could impact or improve our Slate instance.
    • Requests for new projects or modifications to current processes will need to go to Slate Data Governance group to be reviewed, approved, mapped out and scheduled.
    • This group makes the recommendation to the Provost, who has ultimate authority.  
    
    Steering Committee Members:
    • Andrew Linn, Financial Aid Operations
    • Bridgette Decent, Co-Chair, Institutional Research
    • Carol Laney, Co-Chair, Registrar's Office
    • Darla Keel, Registrar's Office
    • Deborah Tollefsen, Graduate School
    • Eric Stokes, Undergraduate Admissions
    • Jennifer Perry, University Student & Business Services (USBS)
    • Raj Manickavasagam, IT Data Services Administration
    • Ryan Crews, Graduate School
       
  • Slate Communication Governance
    • Develop a communication plan including an inventory of communications, calendar of communications, communications modality planning, and adherence to UofM brand standards.
    • Avoid over-communicating with students and ensure consistent, strategic, and effective messaging to drive student success and institutional priorities.
    • Plan and prioritize Slate communications.

• • Slate Communication Committee - TBD
    
    
  • Slate Captains Committee Roles & Responsibilities
    • Subject matter experts.  
    • Build and manage applications, forms, workflows, and Slate structures.
    • Review communications to present to the Communication committee.  
    • Create complex queries and reports.
    • Ensure consistency and collaboration in the shared environment. 
    
    Slate Captains Committee Members:
    • Carol Laney, Chair, Registrar Office
    • Jon Tignor, Undergrad Admissions
    • Kayla Evans, Registrar Office/Student Success
    • Ryan Crews, Graduate School