ACS Athletics and GradesFirst Collaborate to Better Serve the Athletics Community
Posted on July 1, 2010
ACS Athletics and GradesFirst are excited to announce the companies are collaborating to better serve their mutual customers and provide an enhanced experience to collegiate athletics staff, coaches and academic advisors. Details of the agreement are being finalized, but this partnership will provide additional value to institutions currently using the ACS Athletics InControlTM software to manage the student-athlete life-cycle, as well as GradesFirst technology to manage and track student-athlete academic progress. The partnership will allow systems integration of these two important software systems and give users greater control and access to critical student-athlete information.
GradesFirst releases May software update that includes many client requested features.
Posted on May 25, 2010
GradesFirst released a new update to our software this month. The latest release includes many features specifically requested by our clients including:
- Ability for students to schedule an appointment with their Advisor and/or Tutor online.
- Customize designated hours that each advisor is available for appointments
- Increase control over management of advisor appointments
- Redesign of the Student & Advisor Home pages to increase efficiency.
Our next release, scheduled for mid-summer, promises to include new functionality to further support social networking via sites like Facebook and Twitter, expanded communication tools around text messaging and email, and new reporting features.
GradesFirst welcomes new Director of Client Services
Posted on January 23, 2010
GradesFirst is proud to announce the hiring of Andy McCarrell as Director of Client Services. Andy comes to GradesFirst with 13 years of management experience in training, QA, and customer support. ”We are delighted to have Andy on our growing team. He brings a wealth of experience and energy to GradesFirst Client Services, an area that we have always taken great pride in providing the best customer support possible,” Mario Moore, CEO.