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 Advisory Team: Provide leadership and direction for the change management strategy including stakeholder engagement, communications, and training plans.
- Communications Advisory Team: University communicators working together to ensure Workday messages are targeted and transparent for the community.
- Academic Affairs Advisory Group: Ensure that multiple voices and perspectives within Academic Affairs are represented.
- Engagement Partners: Drive successful adoption of Workday Student for their unit/department in partnership with their area's leadership. (coming in 2025)
Workday Student Steering Committee
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Steering Committee Members |
Title |
|---|---|
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B. Donta Truss |
Vice President of Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach Workday Student Executive Sponsor |
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Ed Aboufadel |
Senior Associate Vice President - Academic Affairs |
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Katherine Fay |
Director - Project Management Office |
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Jenny Hall-Jones |
Vice President of Student Affairs |
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Ben Rapin |
Associate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer |
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Sherril Soman |
Dean - College of Education and Community Innovation |
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Miloš Topić |
Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Digital Officer |
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Kara Van Dam |
Chief Executive of GVSU Omni |
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Craig Wieschhorster |
Associate Vice President - Business & Finance |
Workday Student Sponsors
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Title |
|
|---|---|
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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 |
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Heather Gulgin |
Professor |
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Karen Mushong |
Controller |
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Nick Nelson |
Director - Enterprise Applications |
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Michelle Rhodes |
Associate Vice President of Financial Aid |
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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, Title |
|---|---|
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Academic Foundation |
Philip Batty, Associate Vice President of Institutional Analysis |
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Admissions & Recruitment |
Melanie Retberg, Associate Director of Admissions and Recruitment - Operations |
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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 |
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Project Management |
Josh Marko, Senior Project Manager |
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Records |
Laura Przybytek, Associate Registrar Registration and Schedule |
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Reporting |
Rachael Passarelli, Assistant Director of Institutional Analysis |
|
Security |
Brandon Ridge, Lead Analyst - ERP Systems |
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Student Financials |
DaMar Boyd, Director - Student Account Services |
|
Testing |
Dave Bengry, Project Coordinator |
|
Training |
Heather Gulgin, Professor |
|
Workday Platform - Finance |
Karen Mushong, Controller |
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Workday Platform - Human Resources |
Carrie Dykstra, HRIS Analyst |
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Workday Platform - Payroll |
Brenda Sain, Payroll Manager |
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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), Bonnie Bowen (AVP, Budget & Resource Mgmt), Chris Cirefice (Asst. Coordinator, Language Resource Ctr), Joy Gianakura (Assoc. Dean, Seidman College of Business), 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), Felix Ngassa (AVP, Academic Affairs) 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, College of Computing), Shannon Zakalik (Sr. Academic Advisor, Seidman College) |
|
Athletics |
Wendy Wilson |
|
Business & Finance |
Joanne Alford, Chris Boerma, Jean Conzelmann, Paul Dillon, Tony Glaab, Jody Reid, Jennifer Schick, James Spees, Christopher Swank |
|
Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach |
Katie Bekkering, Erin Braginton, Cheryl Bronner, Sophia Bruno, Rachel Charno, Allie Cherry, Angie Christensen, Emily Cobb, Jason Cronkrite, Patricia Davey, Sue Dix, Elyssa Durham, Jennifer Edsall, Nykia Gaines, Katelyn Geurink, Ellenora Haskin, Anne Heathcote, Elle Hilley, Stephanie Holm, Jessica Jennrich, Nicole Kirk, Samantha Krepel, Melissa McCullough, Haley McKenna, Lee Mitchell, Mai MohamedNour, Joey Montney, Becca Morrissey, Angie Munford, Kaitlyn Penney, Jillian Poelma, Kaitlyn Poindexter, Kim Reeves-Jorgensen, Elizabeth Richmond, Kurt Ritter, Brynne Roberts, Tracie Samdal, Allison Shamblin, Mary Steffes, Rachel Stephens, Ashlee Thayer, Kristen Timmer, Dan Vainner, Amalia Vargas, Lakshmi Wajja, Maryelise White, Bill Widmaier, Anne Zalud |
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Inclusion & Equity |
Kathleen VanderVeen |
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Information Technology |
Nick Bromley, 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, Hope Ridley, 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 |
Mariama Holman, Mohamed Ndiaye |
|
University Relations |
Mark Fay, Josh Isaak, Thomas Pikes |
Change Management Advisory Team
|
Division / Group |
Team Members |
|---|---|
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Academic Affairs |
Heather Gulgin, Kristen Krueger-Corrado, Diana Lawson, Jennifer Jameslyn, Anne Sergeant, Ashley Shannon |
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Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach |
Amanda Rainey, Ben Rhodes |
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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 |
|
University Relations |
Jennifer Allard, Michelle Coffill, Josh Isaak, Chris Knape |
Communications Advisory Team
|
Division / Group |
Team Members |
|---|---|
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Academic Affairs |
Mary Albrecht (Provost's Office), Ty Cook (KCON), Heather Gulgin (CLAS) Shelby Harrison (College of Computing), Mark Hoffman (CECI), Jon Jeffryes (Univ. Libraries), Kristen Krueger-Corrado (CLAS), Karen Ruedinger (Seidman College), Kennedy Scott (College of Health Professions), Anne Sergeant (Seidman College), Kate VanderKolk (Brooks College), MacKenzie Ware (KCON), Erin Woirol (Padnos College of Engineering) |
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Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach |
Katelyn Geurink, Amanda Rainey |
|
Information Technology |
Belinda Boardman, Jennifer DenOuden |
|
Student Affairs |
Megan Wierenga |
|
Students |
Logan Kibbey, Hope Ridley |
|
University Relations |
Michele Coffill |
Academic Affairs Advisory Group
|
College / Department |
Team Members (Title) |
|---|---|
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Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies |
Jennifer Jameslyn (Director, Integrative Learning / Advising), Arnie VandeBrake (Office Assistant) |
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College of Computing |
Alison Hodgson (Office Assistant), Jared Moore (Associate Dean, Associate Professor) |
|
College of Education and Community Innovation |
Sherril Soman (Dean) |
|
College of Health Professions |
Julie Hall (Assistant Dean) |
|
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
Elizabeth Ehlers (Coordinator, History), Heather Gulgin (Professor, Movement Science), Michael Huner (Associate Professor, History) |
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Kirkhof College of Nursing |
Mike Stoll (Assistant Director) |
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Padnos College of Engineering |
Wendy Reffeor (Professor) |
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Provost's Office |
Ed Aboufadel (Senior AVP, Academic Affairs), Bonnie Bowen (AVP, Budget & Resource Mgmt), Catherine Buyarski (Vice Provost of Advising and Student Success) |
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Seidman College of Business |
Paul Isely (Associate Dean / Professor), Anne Sergeant (Professor) |
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University Libraries |
Katie Motush (Systems and Discovery, Collections Infrastructure Manager) |