Western Kentucky University

IT Division - Banner

Banner

Banner is a mission-critical Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system used by every office at WKU. The Banner student module houses academic and administrative records for all students including student applications, courses, degree programs, grades, transcripts, financial aid, billing accounts, and over 20 years of academic history. The Banner Human Resources module houses key employee demographic data, position inventory and history, professional credentials, and benefits information. The Banner finance module includes general ledger, purchasing, grants accounting, asset inventory, accounts payable, and budgeting. Related modules include integrated document imaging, degree audit, and enterprise portal. The current Banner system runs on a combination of physical and virtual servers running on SUN, IBM Blade, SAN, and 4-way server hardware.

Accessing Banner

Banner accounts are only created for individuals that need Banner for their position and after they have attended a training session.  Please see our Banner Accounts page for more information about Banner accounts.

Banner Manuals

The manuals here will help you perform different tasks in Banner.

Banner is a mission-critical Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system used by every office at WKU. The Banner student module houses academic and administrative records for all students including student applications, courses, degree programs, grades, transcripts, financial aid, billing accounts, and over 20 years of academic history. The Banner Human Resources module houses key employee demographic data, position inventory and history, professional credentials, and benefits information. The Banner finance module includes general ledger, purchasing, grants accounting, asset inventory, accounts payable, and budgeting. Related modules include integrated document imaging, degree audit, and enterprise portal. The current Banner system runs on a combination of physical and virtual servers running on SUN, IBM Blade, SAN, and 4-way server hardware.
 Last Modified 2/24/12