Russell Isinger
Registrar and Director of Academic Services
Academic Services
Contact Information
University of Saskatchewan
105 Administration Place
Saskatoon SK S7N 5A2 Canada
Tel: 306-966-6723
askus@usask.ca
records@usask.ca
transcripts@usask.ca
sfaa@usask.ca
The Registrar provides support and consultation services to students, colleges and administrative units related to the academic processes of the University.
Registrarial Services
Registrarial Services coordinates a wide variety of services supporting the academic careers of students at the University of Saskatchewan. These include overseeing the University's class and registration processes; developing the final examination timetable and managing deferred and supplementary examinations; recording grades and producing transcripts; producing the online Course and Program Catalogue; the online Academic Calendar; and organizing the Spring and Fall Convocation ceremonies as well as the Certificate Graduation ceremony.
Awards and Financial Aid
Awards and Financial Aid is responsible for developing terms of reference for student awards, scholarships and developing policies, procedures and processes for the administration of these awards, selecting recipients for University, provincial and national award competitions, promoting award opportunities to University of Saskatchewan prospective and current students, their parents and guidance counselors, and acting as a resource for college and department award committees.
The office also provides expertise and knowledge with respect to government and emergency loan processes and procedures. Staff liaises with the government and students to help resolve issues relating to reassessments, appeals, and exceptional circumstances. With Student Central they also arrange short-term, interest-free emergency loans for eligible students who are experiencing temporary unexpected financial difficulties and who do not have access to other sources of funding.
Student Central Support Services
- Student Central transforms service delivery to current undergraduate and graduate students by providing more services on the web, improving the level and quality of customer services and facilitating the coordination of processes. Student Central Officers are information specialists who guide students to campus-wide services and resources while treating them as the multifaceted individuals that they are. This holistic and centralized approach acknowledges that our students need to focus on the challenges of academics, not the challenges of bureaucracy. Accordingly, Student Central is always looking for other ways to integrate services in ways that make sense to students.
- Open Studies provides academic, administrative and developmental advising for students registered in Open Studies and administers the policies of the Open Studies Faculty Council.
Student Information System
The Student Information Systems (SIS) unit maintains and evolves the University’s student information systems, which are cornerstones of the University’s long-term commitment to enhance the student experience.
SIS supports the Student & Enrolment Services Division and the campus community in the collection, storage, and retrieval of student data. The unit is a partner in providing academic and administrative staff with distributed access to up-to-date information about students – information that is used to ensure student success and in academic and institutional planning. SIS also collaborates with other administrative and technology professionals to deliver real-time, 24-hour, web-based services directly to students, including admissions, registration, grades and transcripts and fee payment. In addition, SIS provides business analysis services to help units make their processes more efficient and consistent with others across campus.
Training for SiRIUS Plus
To request training for SiRIUS Plus please e-mail SIS_Support@usask.ca with your name, NSID and what you need to be trained on. If you need the same access and training as another staff member in your area, identify that person in your e-mail.
Please have your Dean, Associate/Assistant Dean, Manager send an e-mail to SIS_Support@usask.ca to request access for you after you have received training. Where necessary, someone will contact you to confirm the access you require. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to you once access has been granted.
To request access to reports on Publisher, please fill out the Publisher Access Request Form:
To request access to Ganymede (only for those that will be writing new reports with a reporting tool such as Crystal Reports), please fill out the Ganymede User Access Request Form:
No formal training is required for SiRIUS Plus query access, SiRIUS self service access (e.g. Advisor, Grade Entry, Grade Approval), or Publisher access (e.g. Administrative/ Advisor reports). An overview of query screens and Publisher use will be included with your other training, if possible.
For each user group listed below, the following SiRIUS Plus training is recommended (subject to individual department/college/unit needs):
ALL USERS
- An online tutorial on how to navigate SiRIUS Plus can be accessed from any desktop.
- We recommend that new users review this tutorial before attending training.
- Additional information on the tutorial can be found on the tutorial’s introductory webpage.
DEPARTMENT STAFF
- Permit Override (to assign permissions to students to allow registration)
- Class Maintenance (to maintain department classes)
- General Person – query only (to allow users to view student contact information)
- General Student – query only (to allow users to view student program information)
COLLEGE OFFICE STAFF
- Permit Override (to assign permissions to students to allow registration)
- Class Maintenance (to maintain department classes)
- General Student (to allow users to update student program information)
- General Person – query only (to allow users to view student contact information)
NON-ACADEMIC UNITS
Training will vary by individual unit needs.
