Diane Cotter, Project FRESH Administrator, represented USNH at the Banner Large School Consortium (LSC) meeting in Malvern, Pennsylvania on June 25–26, 2001.  The LSC is an organization of higher education institutions seeking improvements to the SCT Banner Information System.  Members must be Banner clients and complex universities or institutes, which are large (approximately 15,000 students or greater) and have a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Universities classification or equivalent designation.  The LSC was started two years ago with the mission of focusing on the special needs of large institutions by working collectively and collaboratively among the membership and with SCT to:

• Identify functional and technical improvements for the Banner software products
• Identify improvements to existing services and recommend new service opportunities
• Facilitate communication between SCT and among constituents on identified issues
• Influence product design and direction
• Leverage the resources of the membership and SCT to develop and deliver software and service improvements

In addition to USNH, the following institutions attended the two-day meeting:  Georgia Tech, McGill University, Mississippi State University, University of California-Davis, University of Illinois, University of South Florida, University of Tennessee, Virginia Tech, and Wayne State.