Workday @ GVSU Town Hall
Join us for updates, insights, and conversation about Workday at Grand Valley.
Event Details:
March 23, 2026 | 2–4 PM
Grand River Room, Valley Campus
Hear from Finance & HR about upcoming optimization efforts, learn more about the Workday Student implementation, and connect directly with GVSU’s Workday leaders.
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Optimization
Timeline
Changes
Find Finance and HR resources or submit a support request
Improvements to Workday functionality
Student-related activities will launch Workday in 2026 / 2027
See a list of changes anticipated with Workday Student
New to Workday? Start Here:
Workday is a state-of-the-art cloud-based system with two main solutions:
- The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) side manages Financials, HR and Payroll activities and data. View the Workday Overview.
- The Student Information System (SIS) side manages activities like course registration, advising, financial aid, and student payments. Learn more about Workday Student.
Workday uses GVSU’s single sign-on (SSO) login. Contact IT Services desk at [email protected] or (616) 331-2101 if you need assistance with SSO.
- On your computer, go to my.gvsu.edu and select Workday.
- For the mobile app:
- The mobile app is convenient for simple processes. For more advanced processes, use the desktop version of Workday.
Students, faculty, and staff will begin to use Workday as early as the end of 2026 for financial aid activities. Students will still register for Summer 2027 classes in Banner, but then switch over to use Workday Student to register for Fall 2027 and Winter 2028 classes when the registration period opens in March 2027. By the 2027 Fall semester, all activities to be completed in Workday. Learn more about the timeline.
Read the monthly Workday newsletter, learn more about opportunities for involvement, or connect with a member of the Workday Student Liaisons or Leader Network.
Monthly Highlights: March 2026
A Workday @ GVSU Town Hall for faculty and staff is coming soon, and we hope you can join us. This session is a chance to pause, reflect, and look ahead together as we continue to strengthen Workday as one unified system for our campus.
During the town hall, you’ll:
- Celebrate key accomplishments since Workday went live two years ago
- Hear how feedback from across the institution is shaping platform optimization priorities
- Get an update on the Workday Student implementation - and what’s coming next
- Ask questions, share insights, and connect directly with GVSU’s Workday leaders
Workday Feature Updates Scheduled for March 15
Workday regularly releases new features and enhancements to improve functionality. The first major release of 2026 will take place on March 15. You may notice small system updates and minor visual changes.
One change you’ll see is a slight adjustment to the location of the search bar. On the homepage, the search bar will appear slightly lower on the screen. When you navigate to another page within Workday, it will return to the top of the page.
Workday Student End-to-End Testing
The Workday Student Project team will start the End-to-End (E2E) testing on March 16. During this intensive 12-week period, project teams will comprehensively test from start to finish.This phase is critical to ensuring the system works as intended at go-live. Additional testing events with expanded campus participation, including students, will take place August -September.
Many staff in certain areas are highly involved in testing. Some departments may experience slightly longer response times during this period. We appreciate your patience and understanding as teams dedicate time to this important milestone.
Speak Workday: Program of Study
In Workday, a Program of Study refers to a major, minor, certificate, or badge. Each student must have one primary program of study, typically the first major they declare. Students may have multiple programs of study (for example, two majors and a badge), but only one can be designated as primary. Workday uses the primary program of study to organize a student’s degree requirements and track academic progress.
Need Assistance? Workday Support Resources
A variety of Workday support resources are available to the GV community. You can access these resources through the Workday Support webpage.
Here you’ll find quick access to Workday Help articles, support contacts across the university, links to submit tickets and more.
Any other Workday questions can be emailed to [email protected].