Learn what you and your students should do this fall to prepare for the transition to Workday.
Key Updates for Advisors
Category: Workday Student
Multifaceted training plan helps learners get started in Workday Student
Training is now available for those setting up courses in Workday this fall. Additional resources will be released for students, faculty and staff to test at Mock enRoll in November.
WashU moves forward with new PhD functionality in Workday
WashU will have a clearer view of doctoral candidate progress, funding and support with the new PhD functionality
The future of degree audit
WashU leadership has committed to using Workday Student as the universal tool for advising and degree audit across the university. But what is a degree audit?
Leading through change: Katelyn McConnell
In summer 2023, the Office of the Provost launched an advising working group, led by McConnell, to assess current practices and promote collaboration.
Workday Student goes live this fall: What you need to know
Course management staff will lead the way this fall, followed by students, advisors (including faculty) and other support staff next spring.
Decisions, decisions: School and academic unit leaders make key calls during Workday configuration
Review decisions made by the Student Sunrise Steering Committee during the two years we were configuring Workday Student.
Functional leads help shape future of advising, curriculum
New tools in Workday will improve the experience for both students and advisors.
Financial leads counting Workday Student improvements
When Workday Student goes live, the WashU community will see improvements made to both student financials and financial aid processes.
Get an early peek at Workday Student
Registration now open for Sneak Peek webinar series to prepare you for changes coming.
Former WashU registrars look forward to improvements in student experience
The student experience has always been a main focus for Sunrise functional leads Marissa Kaltwasser and Trevor Bilhorn, both in their former roles as WashU school registrars, and now as part of the Workday Student implementation.
Sunrise begins preparing campus for Workday Student changes
This phase of work began this summer with a Readiness Ramp-up and continues through the fall with Workday Student Readiness Kickoffs in each of the schools and other academic units.
Sunrise streamlines student leave of absence process
Students and staff will have an easier time managing leaves of absence thanks to a unified process in Workday Student.
Keri Disch: Registrar and friend of Student Sunrise
Keri Disch arrived at WashU in July 2020 to lead the Office of the University Registrar and help reimagine the university’s registration processes in partnership with the Student Sunrise project.
How we name and organize programs of study will change with Workday
Improved student experience and Workday’s searching and tracking functionality drive these changes.
Review now required for student data or technology requests
Governance group assesses projects to ensure no unanticipated impacts to Workday Student implementation.
Initial round of security role assignment validation underway
The Student Sunrise team has completed its first draft of security role assignments in Workday Student. Schools and units will review these assignments three times.
What’s on the horizon for Workday Student?
Advisors, instructors, students, and other affected stakeholder groups will begin to see and hear more details of our transition to Workday Student beginning fall 2023.
Program and course requirements are built into Workday Student
More equitable enforcement of requirements and reduced manual effort for school registrars and others is anticipated.
Academic (prime) division structure to change with Workday Student
Academic and prime divisions will go away when Workday goes live. We will manage the associated data, processes and policies in a slightly different way but to mostly the same ends.