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University administrators, like corporate managers, need information systems to support decision-making. Building internal systems for organizing, maintaining, and sharing information is a vital part of managing any organization. In an academic environment, faculty planning and reporting activities require access to timely, accurate information by deans and department heads.This paper describes a project undertaken by one business school to implement a 'do-it-yourself' faculty information system (FIS) to support the College's day-to-day operations, longer-term planning activities, and AACSB reaffirmation efforts. A data model was developed using a semantic object modeling approach. The data model was translated to a relational design for implementation. Three different sources were used to extract data for populating the database tables. The final system was implemented in a local area network environment to provide shared access.