To Emory University and Emory Healthcare Staff and Faculty Members:

Managing change can be one of the greatest challenges we face as individuals and as an institution. This is especially true as Emory continues to nurture its life as a UNIversity rather than a MULTiversity—a single Emory that encompasses the work of more than 20,000 staff and faculty members engaged in teaching, scholarship, research, service, and patient care.

One way that the unified Emory is changing is through replacement of the separate financial systems used for many years by the University and Emory Healthcare. Between now and September 2009 these two systems will be converted to a single system using PeopleSoft Financials version 9.0. For the first time University and Healthcare financial systems will be fully integrated.

A project leadership team will help manage this change, which will affect all of us, whether we use the system daily or simply experience its benefits indirectly. In the coming months you will hear more about informational meetings, training sessions, and updates as the project moves forward. Meanwhile, please contact the Project Compass team at compass@emory.edu or visit the pages on this website.

Thank you for all that you do to nurture one Emory.

James W. Wagner
President