http://www.sc.edu/OneCarolina June 19, 2013, 10:21 am portal@sc.edu http://www.sc.edu/onecarolina/newsarticle.php?nid=7753 The big day is almost here. Monday, thousands of undergraduate students at the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus will begin registering for fall classes using Self Service Carolina (SSC) for the very first time. Students are being encouraged to visit my.sc.edu and sign in to SSC using their VIP ID and password before their appointment time so that they become familiar with the new system. The Office of the Registrar, meanwhile, has reiterated what it hopes to achieve with next week's rollout.  “We’re excited to have our students finally start registering,” said Registrar Aaron Marterer. “Our teams have worked very hard over the past few years trying to make the new registration process both powerful and intuitive. Our focus, all along, has been on making the student experience as positive as possible.” Continue reading... http://www.sc.edu/onecarolina/newsarticle.php?nid=7754 Thousands of undergraduate students at the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus began registering for fall classes using Self Service Carolina (SSC) for the first time on Monday, marking the first time in nearly 20 years that USC students have registered for classes without using VIP. SSC is the product of OneCarolina, the multi-year initiative aimed at overhauling the way students, faculty, and staff connect with the University. Continue reading... http://www.sc.edu/onecarolina/newsarticle.php?nid=7758 When USC officials decided to switch from VIP to Self Service Carolina (SSC) for things like class registration, financial aid, and bill payment, they knew there would be some growing pains. To that point, faculty, and staff use a myriad of different accounts - from VIP ID to Network Username to USC ID - to do lots of important things around campus. To help clear things up, my.sc.edu/vipid spells out what each account is and what it allows a student, faculty, and staff member to do. Continue reading... http://www.sc.edu/onecarolina/newsarticle.php?nid=7760 With the registration and financial aid portions of the OneCarolina project now up and running, let's take a look at some of the early returns from the first few months.  Continue reading...