Workday Student
Workday Student at Hamilton College will replace the current SIS, offering an integrated, mobile-friendly platform for course registration, advising, and financial management.
Workday Student at Hamilton College
Early planning and training for Workday Student will begin in February 2025.
Workday Student is a comprehensive Student Information System (SIS) from Workday, designed to integrate seamlessly with Workday’s broader platform. It will replace Hamilton College’s current SIS (Colleague), creating a more connected, efficient campus experience. This unified platform will support a wide range of processes, including registration, gradebooks, records, financial aid, and academic advising.
Workday Student was selected for a range of compelling reasons that resonate with the College’s commitment to efficiency, accessibility, and the holistic development of the Hamilton community. In keeping with the College’s motto, Know Thyself, the system empowers students, faculty, and staff to gain deeper insights into their academic journey and professional roles.
- Student-Focused Benefits: It offers an enriched experience for students by fostering greater accessibility and seamless interaction with their academic progress, making real-time updates and self-management more convenient and intuitive.
- Improved Faculty and Staff Experience: For faculty and staff, Workday Student streamlines administrative processes, reducing repetitive tasks. This gives them more time to focus on key academic and strategic initiatives.
- Embracing Innovation: This modern solution is adaptable and forward-thinking, helping Hamilton College stay at the forefront of technological advancements. It’s designed to evolve with future educational needs.
- Strategic Alignment: Workday Student aligns directly with the College’s larger goals of improving operational efficiency, fostering collaboration, and supporting long-term sustainability.
- Engage students throughout their academic journey with mobile-friendly, accessible experiences.
- Enable students to plan courses, track academic eligibility, and monitor academic progress in real-time.
- Empower students, faculty, and staff with self-service options and an intuitive interface, reducing administrative burden and enhancing the user experience.
- Equip end-users with real-time reports and dashboards to drive informed, data-based decisions.
- Enhance academic planning by streamlining saved schedules, course registration, and advising for a seamless experience.
The transition to Workday Student is guided by four key principles: User Experience Focused, Trusted, Standards-Based, and Dynamic. These principles ensure that the system delivers the best outcomes for all users.
- User Experience Focused: Workday Student aims to provide a modern, intuitive, and mobile-friendly experience, ensuring students, faculty, and staff can easily navigate the system, engage in self-service activities, and have access to real-time reports and dashboards.
- Trusted: A unified, accurate, and secure source of truth will support informed decision-making, ensuring that leaders and users alike can trust the data they rely on for planning and strategic decisions.
- Standards-Based: Workday Student will harmonize and streamline processes across the College, reducing manual data entry and simplifying workflows to ensure compliance and operational efficiency.
- Dynamic: The solution is designed to be flexible, reducing the number of systems in use and adapting to future needs with continuous improvements and enhancements.
The entire Hamilton College community will experience the changes brought by Workday Student, including students, faculty, staff, and families. Since this project will impact the entire College, we’re eager for active involvement from our community. Stay tuned for opportunities to engage, provide input, and have your voice heard as we work together to ensure the system meets the needs of all stakeholders. Your participation will be vital in making this transition a success.
The Workday Student project officially begins in 2025, with various go-live phases scheduled for 2027. These phases will introduce the system gradually, ensuring a smooth transition and allowing for continuous feedback and adjustments.
The implementation of Workday Student will integrate essential functions such as admissions, financial aid, student finance, academic records, registration, and advising. The rollout will occur in stages, aligning with key milestones in a student’s experience at the College.
- Financial aid processing
- Course scheduling, degree audits, registration, and advising
- Billing functions
- Grading and graduation processing
This phased approach will ensure a smooth transition and full integration of Workday Student’s capabilities across all academic and administrative areas.
Workday Student will manage functions currently handled by the existing SIS, including:
- Gradebooks
- Course registration
- Academic records
- Financial aid
While it will not replace the College's learning management system, Blackboard, Workday Student will complement and enhance its capabilities, ensuring that academic and administrative processes are more connected and streamlined.
