Workday Student Project Team
The Workday Student Project Team is made up of the following:
- Workday Student Steering Committee: Provide oversight of the initiative, ensure effective engagement with key campus leaders, and address topics raised by Sponsors.
- Workday Student Sponsors: Drive successful engagement for their area with the project and campus community.
- Workday Student Project Leads: Lead collaboration and decision making for their workstream teams. Project leads partner with Leads from Alchemy, our implementation partner.
- Subject Matter Experts (SMEs): Contribute special knowledge of GVSU business functions or other topics relevant to the implementation.
- Change Management Team: Provide leadership and direction for the change management strategy including stakeholder engagement, communications, and training plans.
- Academic Affairs Advisory Group: Ensure that multiple voices and perspectives within Academic Affairs are represented.
- Change Agent Network: Drive successful adoption of Workday Student for their unit/department in partnership with their area's leadership. (coming in 2025)
Workday Student Steering Committee
|
Name |
Title |
|---|---|
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B. Donta Truss |
Vice President of Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach Workday Student Executive Sponsor |
|
Ed Aboufadel |
Senior Associate Vice President - Academic Affairs |
|
Katherine Fay |
Director - Project Management Office |
|
Jenny Hall-Jones |
Vice President of Student Affairs |
|
Ben Rapin |
Associate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer |
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Sherril Soman |
Dean - College of Education and Community Innovation |
|
Miloš Topić |
Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Digital Officer |
|
Kara Van Dam |
Chief Executive of GVSU Omni |
|
Craig Wieschhorster |
Associate Vice President - Business & Finance |
Workday Student Sponsors
|
Name |
Title |
|---|---|
|
Philip Batty |
Associate Vice President of Institutional Analysis |
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DaMar Boyd |
Director - Student Account Services |
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Cathy Buyarksi |
Vice Provost of Advising and Student Success |
|
Heather Gulgin |
Professor |
|
Karen Mushong |
Controller |
|
Nick Nelson |
Director - Enterprise Applications |
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Michelle Rhodes |
Associate Vice President of Financial Aid |
|
Anne Sergeant |
Professor |
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Danny Velez |
Associate Vice President of Admissions and Recruitment |
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Pam Wells |
Associate Vice President and University Registrar |
Workday Student Workstreams & Leads
|
Project Workstream |
Project Lead |
|---|---|
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Academic Foundation |
Philip Batty, Associate Vice President of Institutional Analysis |
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Change Management |
Belinda Boardman, Change Management Specialist |
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Curriculum & Advising |
Hannah Schoenfeld, Associate Registrar - Curriulum and Degree Auditing |
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Data Conversion |
Irene Bhaskaran, Data Base Administrator |
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Financial Aid |
Francesca Golden, Associate Director of Financial Aid - Compliance |
|
Integrations |
Brian Snyder, Lead Analyst - App Services |
|
Project Management |
Josh Marko, Senior Project Manager |
|
Records |
Laura Przybytek, Associate Registrar Registration and Schedule |
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Recruiting & Admissions |
Melanie Retberg, Associate Director of Admissions and Recruitment - Operations |
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Reporting |
Rachael Passarelli, Assistant Director of Institutional Analysis |
|
Security |
Brandon Ridge, Lead Analyst - ERP Systems |
|
Student Financials |
DaMar Boyd, Director - Student Account Services |
|
Testing |
Dave Bengry, Project Coordinator |
|
Training |
TBD |
|
Workday Platform - Finance |
Karen Mushong, Controller |
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Workday Platform - Human Resources |
Carrie Dykstra, HRIS Analyst |
|
Workday Platform - Payroll |
Brenda Sain, Payroll Manager |
|
Workday Platform Governance |
Nick Nelson, Director - Enterprise Applications |
Workday Student Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
|
Division / Department |
Subject Matter Experts |
|---|---|
|
Academic Affairs |
Trista Bergerud (Asst. Director, Graduate School), Matthew Boelkins (Professor, CLAS), Bonnie Bowen (AVP, Budget & Resource Mgmt), Chris Cirefice (Asst. Coordinator, Language Resource Ctr), Jason Cronkrite (Assoc. Director, Certification & Accreditation), Roger Gilles (Director, Honors College), Jennifer Jameslyn (Director of Integrative Learning/Advising, Brooks College), Julie Hall (Asst. Dean, College of Health Professions), Mark Hoffman (Assoc. Dean / Assoc. Professor, CECI), Paul Isely (Assoc. Dean / Professor, Seidman College), Diana Lawson (Dean, Seidman College), Aaron Lowen (AVP, Academic & Student Support), Jared Moore (Assoc. Dean / Assoc. Professor, College of Computing), Katie Motush (Collections Infrastructure Manager, University Libraries), Matt Musser (Software Specialist, Student Success), Kimberly Pawelka (Certification Officer, Certification and Accreditation), Wendy Reffeor (Professor, Padnos College), Betty Schaner (Admin. Assoc. Dean, CLAS), Melanie Shell-Weiss (Assoc. Dean / Assoc. Professor, Brooks College), Kate Stoetzner (Exec. Director, Padnos International Center), Mike Stoll (Sr. Academic Advisor, KCON), Annukka Thelen (Director, CECI), Nick Woodward (Director of Advising Center, School of Computing) |
|
Athletics |
Wendy Wilson |
|
Business & Finance |
Joanne Alford, Jean Conzelmann, Paul Dillon, Jody Reid, James Spees, Christopher Swank |
|
Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach |
Erin Braginton, Nick Bromley, Cheryl Bronner, Rachel Charno, Emily Cobb, Benardo Dargan, Sue Dix, Elyssa Durham, Katelyn Geurink, Stephanie Holm, Jessica Jennrich, Melissa McCullough, Haley McKenna, Lee Mitchell, Mai MohamedNour, Joey Montney, Becca Morrissey, Angie Munford, Kaitlyn Penney, Kaitlyn Poindexter, Kim Reeves-Jorgensen, Elizabeth Richmond, Brynne Roberts, Tracie Samdal, Rachel Stephens, Ashlee Thayer, Dan Vainner, Amalia Vargas, Maryelise White, Bill Widmaier, Anne Zalud |
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Inclusion & Equity |
Kathleen VanderVeen |
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Information Technology |
Katie Clark, John Cook, Donald Dean, Jon Dean, Emil Delgado, Jennifer DenOuden, Michael Grannan, Morgan Hamlin, Shannon Hatch, Todd Michalski, Ellie Ohm, Randy Ortquist, Ken Radlick, Kyle Palmer, Pam Potter, Jesse Roe |
|
Omni |
Jackie Abeyta, Adam Downs, Grace Joaquin, Lucas Treadwell, Kate VanDerKolk |
|
Student Affairs |
Mitch Eastlick (Asst. Director, Campus Recreation), Emily First (Asst. Dean of Students), Melanie Grover (Assoc. Director, Housing), Edward Jones II (Director, Student Health Services), Knicki Maranda-Karsies (Coordinator, Multicultural Affairs), DL McKinney (Director, LGBT Center), Tim Mohnkern (Asst. Director of Disability Support Resources), Mike Przydzial (Assoc. Director, Campus Recreation), Brianna Slager (Asst. Director, Student Life), Beth Vendal (Office Asst., Dean of Students Office) |
|
University Development |
Mohamed Ndiaye |
|
University Relations |
Mark Fay, Josh Isaak, Thomas Pikes |
Workday Student Change Management Team
|
Division / Department |
Change Management Team Members |
|---|---|
|
Academic Affairs |
Heather Gulgin, Diana Lawson, Jennifer Jameslyn, Anne Sergeant, Ashley Shannon |
|
Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach |
Amanda Rainey, Ben Rhodes |
|
Information Technology |
Steph Balaskas, Dave Bengry, Belinda Boardman, Noah Campbell, Jennifer DenOuden, Katherine Fay, Kyle Macciomei, Josh Marko, Nick Nelson, Ben Rapin |
|
Student Affairs |
Susan Sigler, Megan Wierenga |
|
Students |
Francis Christie, Antonio Green, Cyrus Irwin, Logan Kibbey |
|
University Relations |
Jennifer Allard, Michelle Coffill, Josh Isaak, Chris Knape |
Academic Affairs Advisory Group
Ed Aboufadel, Bonnie Bowen, Catherine Buyarski, Yuan Cheng, Elizabeth Ehlers, Heather Gulgin, Julie Hall, Alison Hodgson, Michael Huner, Paul Isely, Jennifer Jameslyn, Jared Moore, Katie Motush, Wendy Reffeor, Anne Sergeant, Sherril Soman, MIke Stoll, Arnie VandeBrake