Elizabeth Lane
A faculty member helps a student as they try out Workday at the Workday Mock Semester at the Durham Testing Center on Feb. 1, 2024.
“It’s just not user-friendly, in my opinion,” Sydney Prunuske, a sophomore in elementary education, said. “You really have to work to find what you need; every time you register for a new class, you have to go back to ground zero.”
With class registration underway, students have begun to encounter issues with the new student information system: Workday.
Switching from AccessPlus to Workday has been a long road, but several university officials said it was necessary to modernize the older system. Officials say the new system will be more student and staff-friendly, prevent system damages from weather or fire and better protect data from tampering or theft.
Any company was welcome to bid; however, there were two bids. University leaders said few companies could meet the requirements to handle human resources, finance and student information systems.
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