Workday Student, our new student administrative system, is going live at WashU this academic year in a series of launches that began September 2024. The Student Sunrise project is committed to supporting our students, faculty and staff with the help and resources you’ll need as we transition to the new system.
Finding your resources
Find your group’s hub below and learn when and how you’ll use Workday Student and what you’ll need to do to prepare for the transition. You’ll see new hubs as we roll out functionality for more groups during the academic year.
Students
Find out how to make the switch to Workday Student. Understand how the change will impact how you plan your academic career and prepare for registration. Review key dates for the 2024-25 academic year and learn about how you can train and get support using Workday.
Advisors
Learn how to support your advisees using Workday Student. Find your key dates and tasks to understand what’s changing for you and your advisees and when. Review your comprehensive training plan to prepare for your training beginning January 2025.
Instructors & Support Roles
Learn about the Fall 2025 course activities you’ll do in Workday Student and when you’ll start doing them. Review resources that provide context on what’s changing and why. Also, find out how to access training and support resources that will help you transition to the new system.
Registrar Offices
Learn about the changes that impact how you manage academic records and registration for Fall 2025 and beyond with the transition to Workday Student. Find out which tasks you’ll perform when in our legacy systems and in Workday Student as we migrate to the new system. Also learn how you can prepare for the transition and find support resources.
Course & Section Managers
View your plan of action to transition from our legacy systems to Workday Student. You’ll find key dates and tasks you’ll be performing in each system to create and maintain course and course section data. You’ll also find your comprehensive training plan – your guide to learning Workday and doing your course & section manager tasks.
Parents & Families
Learn about how WashU is transitioning to Workday Student this academic year to better support your students and the faculty and staff who advise and teach them. Students will start using Workday in Spring 2025 as they begin to plan and register for Fall 2025 classes. Workday will also be where tuition payments are made.
Student Sunrise is a once-in-a-generation project that will replace many of the systems that currently support WashU’s academic areas, reimagine operations in the academic and student support space, and over time improve the student experience. Through this project, we are rethinking how we serve our students in key areas like registration, advising, curriculum and student financials through new systems and processes. Learn about the project »
Who’s involved?
Project Leadership
Collectively, this group represents the diverse interests of our community and participates in project planning and decision-making.
School & Unit Contacts
Faculty and staff are helping guide the configuration of Workday Student. They are serving as resources for their schools and units when they need information about Workday Student.
Student Groups
Student advisory groups provide feedback on how to communicate with their peers about Workday Student and how it will affect their experience.
Sunrise Spotlight Project Newsletter
Goodbye WebSTAC; Hello Workday!
Course creation and editing to briefly pause in September
Leading through change: School Registrars Mike Donlan and Sarah Hellin
WashU moves forward with new PhD functionality in Workday
The future of degree audit
