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
Grace Kimball
Business Services Team
Kathleen Carnelli
Victoria Kuryan
Sarah Farrell
Darren Thorne
Taylor Robichaud