Starting with Fall 2021 registration in March, Simmons Student Information System (SIS) functions begin their move to Workday.  Simmons current SIS, known to most as Colleague or AARC, will be retired and its data migrated and maintained.  Workday Student will bring a modern system that is social, mobile, and flexible; meeting today’s expectations and plotting a strategic course for the future.

Workday Student’s release in March begins the final phase of Simmons Workday implementation, joining human resources and financial functions already processed in Workday.  Students and faculty in traditional “on-the-ground” programs will begin using Workday in March with Fall 2021 registration. New students starting in Fall 2021 will begin their Simmons academic careers in Workday.  Some online programs will begin using Workday at this time with all transitioning by the end of their 2020-2021 academic year.

Simmons move to Workday Student represents a major change in the way we perform our student related business.  We are making this move not for the sake of change — but strategically — implementing an advanced, extendable system based on academic best practices.  In moving to Workday Student, Simmons benefits from the experience of other institutions who have gone before us, including Wellesley, Bentley, and California College of the Arts.  As an early adopter of the platform, we have had the opportunity to collaborate with other institutions and Workday on the development of the system, ensuring the product meets our particular requirements.  In deploying the product, we have leveraged our internal expertise gained through our implementations of Workday’s Human Resources and Finance applications.  Bringing these together with Workday Student will provide one cohesive, integrated experience for academic and administrative computing.