Stellic Summit brings together student success and credit mobility leaders to rebuild the student journey from the Ground Up. Sep 22, 2026, 09:30 ET Stellic's fifth annual Partner Summit brings together registrars, advisors and student success leaders from 70+ institutions to connect data systems and pave smoother paths to graduation PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Stellic, developer of an academic planning, advising and credit mobility platform serving more than 2 million students across 100 colleges and universities, today convened its fifth annual Partner Summit, bringing together registrars, strategic enrollment management experts and student success leaders from 70+ institutions, including Columbia University, Cornell University, New York University, Johns Hopkins University and Indiana University. Running through Sept. 23 at the Penn Museum, this year's Summit is the largest in the event's history and centers on the theme "From the Ground Up." "New technology gives us a rare chance to rethink the student journey from the ground up, rather than layering new tools on old processes," said Sabih Bin Wasi, co-founder of Stellic. "AI can turn complex academic data into a clearer path forward, helping students understand what comes next and giving advisors the context to act before small obstacles become reasons to stop out. But people have to remain at the center. The real breakthrough is giving students and the people who support them greater capacity and confidence to navigate that journey together." The Stellic Partner Summit comes as colleges and universities grapple with the implications of AI for core student success functions, including advising, registration and transfer credit evaluation. A 2025 national survey by WCET found that higher education professionals identified efficiency as the technology's leading benefit, cited by 74% of respondents, followed by stronger data analysis at 58% and more timely interventions at 50%. Yet most institutions described their adoption as limited to pilots or scattered use, while 30% reported offering no AI training for students - highlighting the need to pair emerging capabilities with clear strategies, thoughtful safeguards and human oversight. Against that backdrop, the Stellic Partner Summit provides a forum for campus leaders to address persistent challenges that can slow students' progress and strain institutional capacity. Sessions focus on replacing term-end graduation clearance fire drills with reliable, scalable processes; giving students and advisors faster answers about degree requirements; and keeping academic audits accurate as curricula and program rules change. A dedicated panel featuring registrars and student success leaders from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the University of Nebraska at Kearney and Indiana University will examine where emerging technology can meaningfully improve student support, which decisions require particular caution and how institutions can preserve transparency and human judgment as new capabilities enter everyday workflows. Participating institutions include Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, which will share lessons from rebuilding graduation clearance; New York University, which will discuss executing a fast, high-quality rollout across multiple schools; Cornell University, which will address the balance between institutional alignment and departmental autonomy; and Texas Christian University and the University of Delaware, which will share strategies for building and scaling more proactive advising models. The Ohio State University will discuss its work to bring greater clarity and efficiency to transfer credit evaluation. Built to help institutions create clearer, more efficient pathways to completion, Stellic's student success tools include Progress for academic planning, registration, and degree audits, Care for proactive advising, and Explore for transfer credit evaluation. Together, the platform helps students understand their paths to graduation while giving advisors, registrars and academic leaders the information they need to identify barriers, coordinate support and make better-informed decisions. Founded by Sabih Bin Wasi, a first-generation immigrant and first-generation college student, Stellic began as a student venture during his time at Carnegie Mellon University. Today, the company works with institutions of every type and size, including community colleges, public and private universities, and major research institutions. About Stellic: Stellic is a leading pathway intelligence platform used by 100 higher education institutions worldwide and more than 2 million students. The company empowers students, advisors and administrators with modern tools to simplify academic planning, track degree progress, strengthen advising, streamline registration, automate transfer credit evaluation and make data-informed decisions that drive completion and engagement. Learn more at www.stellic.com. SOURCE Stellic

National competition challenges students to design apps that remove barriers to degree completion. Jul 28, 2026, 12:30 ET In partnership with Anthropic and Lovable, Stellic launches competition giving students access to free tools to design and build a working solution to a problem they've experienced during their higher education journey SAN MATEO, Calif., July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Stellic - the Bay Area-based developer of the innovative academic planning and degree management platform that now serves more than 1 million students across 100 colleges and universities - today announced the launch of a national competition that puts the tools for redesigning college in the hands of the students who navigate it every day. The Pathfinders Challenge invites college students to design, test and build real solutions to problems they've experienced firsthand - turning the friction they've lived through into working applications that can help other students and their institutions. Participating students will gain access to free credits for Lovable, a vibe-coding platform that enables users to build full working apps based on plain-language descriptions, or for the Claude API for students who want to build with code. Open to any enrolled university or college student aged 18 or older in the United States, Canada, Mexico, or Australia, the Pathfinders Challenge invites students to build a solution to a problem they've personally experienced in college. Students are rarely in the room when institutions choose the systems and processes meant to serve them, and the Pathfinders Challenge puts the people who live with that friction every day in charge of fixing it. Students can enter solo or in teams of up to three, including teammates from different schools, and no formal coding experience is required. Submissions can address any of four categories: degree planning and discovery, overcoming obstacles like cost and paperwork, campus connection and belonging, or the transition from college to career. A complete submission includes a working link, a two-minute demo video, a 500-word write-up, and a list of every tool used. Registration is open now, giving students access to free credits for Lovable or the Claude API. Rather than asking students to work around outdated systems, the challenge asks them to imagine what those systems could look like if they were built around the people who actually use them - and then to build it. Prizes total $12,000, including a $5,000 grand prize plus a career conversation with Stellic's leadership team, two $2,500 runner-up prizes, and four $500 category prizes. The top three teams will present live at Stellic Summit in front of college leaders from across the country, and every qualifying submission earns a digital badge for the student's portfolio. Students do not need to attend a school that uses Stellic's platform to participate. Built to remove barriers and simplify the student journey, Stellic's suite of tools - including Progress for degree management, Care for proactive advising and roster management, and now Explore for transfer evaluation - helps institutions create more affordable, efficient, and transparent pathways to completion. Founded by Sabih Bin Wasi, a first-generation immigrant and first-generation college student, Stellic began as a student venture during his time at Carnegie Mellon University. Today, the company works with institutions of every type and size, including community colleges, public and private universities and major research institutions. Key dates and details: * Submissions close: August 21, 2026 * Winners announced: Early September 2026 * Finalist presentations: September 23, 2026, at Stellic Summit in Philadelphia, an annual gathering of Stellic's partner colleges About Stellic. Stellic is a leading student success and academic planning platform used by over 100 higher education institutions worldwide and more than 1 million students. The company empowers students, advisors, and administrators with modern tools to streamline degree progress, automate transfer evaluations, and make data-informed decisions that drive completion and engagement. Learn more at www.stellic.com. SOURCE Stellic