The following award-winning abstracts, demonstrating a Focus on Efficiency, have been showcased at the California Higher Education (CHEC) Collaborative Conference each year since 2015. These stories of success represent innovative practices that have been implemented to improve operational performance, services, and outcomes for California Public Higher Education.
2023 Awardees
(links to abstracts coming soon)
A Cheaper Alternative to Expensive Water Meter Installs
Administrative Department Secures Approval as a Contracts and Grants Receiving Department
BMS Alarm Management Finds Problems, So Occupants Don't
Cal Poly's Use of Parking Technology: Improving Efficiency, Customer Service, and Sustainable Practices
California Community Colleges Accessibility Capability Maturity Model
California Resilient Careers in Forestry: Investing in Intersegmental Higher Ed Capacities to Protect Forests, Communities, and Economies
CSU Dominguez Hills Clean Energy Optimization Pilot
CSUSM's Business Process Improvement Training Program
CSUSM's Streamlined Efforts to Reach Zero Waste by 2025
Driving Efficiency through Enhanced Pipeline Visibility
Enhancing Efficiency and Collaboration: Managed Services Partnership between CSU East Bay and Chancellor’s Office Information Systems
Hornet Reuse
Leveraging Americorp and College Corps to Further Climate Action at Cal Poly SLO
Lighting the Future: CSUN's Campus-Wide LED Retrofit Success&
PeopleSoft Outbound EDI Transcripts Process
Retirement Administration Service Center's Rapid Recruitment Project
Streamlined MAQ reporting: CSU Campuses Collaborating with Risk and Safety Solutions
UC Berkeley Business Air Travel Carbon Mitigation Program
UC Berkeley's Achieve Together: Reimagining Performance Evaluations to be Developmental vs. Punitive
UC Procurement Supplier Sustainability Scorecards
UC San Francisco Power Mix Dashboard: The Different Sources of Electricity at UCSF
UC San Francisco's Annual Permit Program
UCLA's Digital Ticketing Initiative
UCSD's Bulk Invoicing Tool: Improving Third-Party Billing One Invoice at a Time
UCSF Campus Onboarding Process for Junior Specialists
UCSF School of Pharmacy Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer Replacement Pilot
Unifying Campus Stakeholders to Break Down Data Silos
2019 Awardees
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Zoned Parking For Commuter Students
Adobe Sign And Field-Trip Waivers
Aligning Cyber Security Across The Csu
Breaking Bad: Breaking Down Large, Complex Processes And Implementations
Calstate S4 – A Studentcentered, User-Driven Tracking And Data Solution
Cal State LA’s U-Pass Program
Concur Travel And Expense Project
Creating Pathways To Increase Diversity In California’S Faculty
CSU San Bernardino Mycoe Student Tracking, Milestones And Communication
CSUN’s Eprocess+ Initiative: Streamlining And Improving Processes Throughout The Campus
Enterprise-Wide Procurement And Deployment Of Faculty And Staff Computers
Equity In Connectivity, A Project For Foster Youth & Mesa Students
Extended University Faculty Pay Process At California State University Channel Islands
Gold Tree Solar Farm – Innovatively Advancing The Academic Mission Through Public-Private Partnership At Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Leveraging Campus Technology To Launch Electronic Signatures At San Francisco State University
Leveraging Student Research To Reduce Water
The Maddy Institute Forms Unique Partnership With The San Joaquin Valley’S Four Public Universities
No. 1 In Transfers To University Of California – For 28 Straight Years!
Recycled Water Innovation At San José State University
The ABC's Of GHGS: Streamlining The Greenhouse Gas Inventory Process At Cal State University Northridge
The UCSD Charger Application
2018 Awardees
CCC Fresh Success
CSU Chico Transforming Accessibility into Inclusivity
Finish Faster-CSU_CCC Partnership on Interactive Course Finder
FLEXspace_The Flexible Learning Environments eXchange Collaborative
Improving UC IT Strategic Sourcing Through CLIC
Partnering for Safety-Leveraging Safety and Risk Management Tools
Process Palooza UC San Diego LEANing Toward Success
Sacramento State Reducing Campus Organic Waste
Sonoma State University Guest Parking
The California Connects Mobile Internet Program
The San Francisco State University Student-Centered Technology Roadmap
UC Riverside EHS Professional Education Program
UC San Diego E-Signature for Campus-based Student Loan Documents
UC San Diego Negative Charges Tool
UC San Diego Optimized Organizational Efficiency
2017 Awardees
Cool Collaborations in California The Cool4Ed Initiative
CSU Chico Information Technology Procurement Review
CSU Libraries and eResources Collaborative
FasTraking the Common Network Initiative
Reqs to Checks
San José State University Braven Career Accelerator
The CSYou Collaboration Solution
UC Davis Administrative Computer Standards
UC Irvine Public Records Office
UC IT Leadership Academy
UC San Diego Hosted Gift Card Program
UC San Diego Procure-to-Pay Emergency Operations