Academic Affairs Business Services
Academic Affairs Business Services (AABS) provides centralized financial and operational support to a broad group of academic support units within Academic Affairs. As a shared services team, AABS partners with units, specifically those without dedicated internal business staff, to deliver efficient, consistent, and compliant business support.
What We Do
- Provides centralized financial and operational support to academic support units within Academic Affairs, specifically those without dedicated internal business staff
- Guides units through university systems, policies, and business processes
- Supports budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning
- Promotes efficient, consistent, and compliant business practices
- Offers tailored, unit-specific support while maintaining standardized processes
- Partners with units on strategic planning and problem-solving
- Helps reduce administrative burden so units can focus on teaching, research, and student success
Units We Support
- Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
- Office of Early College Programs (OECP)
- Student-Athlete Success Program (SASP)
- Institutional Insights & Innovation (i3)
- Office of Clinical Placement Coordination
- Summer and Winter Programs
- Institute for Student Success
- Office of the Provost
- Undergraduate Advising
- Institutional Research
- Office of Outreach & Engagement
- University Senate
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
- Office of the Registrar
- Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
How to Utilize AABS
If you are one of the units this team supports and would like to submit a request, please use the forms or email address below.
Who We Are
Director
Amanda Pleasent
Assistant Director
Vacant
Business Services Team
Kathleen Carnelli
Victoria Kuryan
Sarah Farrell
Darren Thorne
Taylor Robichaud