Workday Student Project Team
Extensions to the project team include:
Steering Committee
Provide oversight of the initiative, ensure effective engagement with key campus leaders, and address topics raised by Sponsors.
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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 |
Sponsors
Drive successful engagement for their area with the project and campus community.
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Sponsors |
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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Kurt Partlo |
Director - Data & Analytics |
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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 |
Leads & Workstreams
Lead collaboration and decision making for their workstream teams. Project leads partner with Leads from Alchemy, our implementation partner.
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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 - Curriculum 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 |
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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 |
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Security |
Brandon Ridge, Lead Analyst - ERP Systems |
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Student Financials |
DaMar Boyd, Director - Student Account Services |
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Testing |
Dave Bengry, Project Coordinator |
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Training |
Nykia Gaines, AVP Federal TRIO Programs; Heather Gulgin, Professor |
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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 |
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
Contribute special knowledge of GVSU business functions or other topics relevant to the implementation.
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Division / Department |
Subject Matter Experts |
|---|---|
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Academic Affairs |
Blake Ashby (Professor, Padnos College), Bonnie Bowen (AVP, Budget & Resource Mgmt), Rebecca Casler (Academic Dept Coord, CLAS), Chris Cirefice (Asst Coord, Language Resource Ctr), Will Clark (Academic Dept Coord, CLAS), Lindsay Corneal (Professor, Padnos College), Tami DeFouw (Asst Director, Seidman College), Brienne Forgette (Academic Dept Coord, CLAS), Joy Gianakura (Affiliate Faculty, Seidman College), Roger Gilles (Director, Honors College), Jennifer Jameslyn (Director of Integrative Learning/Advising, Brooks College), Julie Hall (Asst Dean, College of Health Professions), Katie Haynes (Academic Dept Coord, CLAS), Philip Hittepole (Asst Professor, Padnos College), Mark Hoffman (Assoc Dean / Assoc Professor, CECI), Dave Huizen (Assoc Professor, Padnos College), Paul Isely (Assoc Dean / Professor, Seidman College), Jaclyn Jenkins (Academic Advisor, Seidman College), Lihong Jiao (Professor, Padnos College), Lara Kessler (Professor, Seidman College), Diana Lawson (Dean, Seidman College), Colleen Lewis (Assoc Dean, CLAS), Aaron Lowen (AVP, Academic & Student Support), Samantha Mayse (Sr Director, Thompson Scholars), 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), Chirag Parikh (Professor, Padnos College), Kimberly Pawelka (Certification Officer, Certification and Accreditation), Samhita Rhodes (Professor, Padnos College), Jennie Reed (Academic Dept Coord, CLAS), Wendy Reffeor (Professor, Padnos College), Ashley Shannon (Assoc Professor, CLAS), Melanie Shell-Weiss (Assoc Dean / Assoc Professor, Brooks College), Heather Shenfield (Programs Asst, CLAS), Trista Shumway (Asst Director, Graduate School), Alison Slusarczyk (Advising Asst, CLAS), Kate Stoetzner (Exec Director, Padnos International Center), Mike Stoll (Sr Academic Advisor, KCON), Annukka Thelen (Director, CECI), Ana Vanbragt (Academic Dept Coord, CLAS), Nick Woodward (Director of Advising Center, College of Computing), Shannon Zakalik (Sr Academic Advisor, Seidman College) |
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Athletics |
Taylor Buis, Wendy Wilson |
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Business & Finance |
Joanne Alford, Taylor Buis, Chris Boerma, Jean Conzelmann, Andrea Dewicki, Paul Dillon, Jody Reid, Jennifer Schick, James Spees, Christopher Swank |
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Enrollment Development & Educational Outreach |
Venkanna Dora Arigela, Katie Bekkering, Erin Braginton, Tammy Brasic, Cheryl Bronner, Sophia Bruno, Julie Carbine, Rachel Charno, Allie Cherry, Angie Christensen, Emily Cobb, Le'Tieka Comer, Jason Cronkrite, Patricia Davey, Sue Dix, Elyssa Durham, Jennifer Edsall, Nykia Gaines, Katelyn Geurink, Foster Gray, Ellenora Haskin, Anne Heathcote, Elle Hilley, Stephanie Holm, Jessica Jennrich, Nancy Kamphuis, Nicole Kirk, Samantha Krepel, Alexander Lowe, Luke Madden, 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, Jordan Sickrey, Josh Simecki, Dayna Smith, 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, Colleen Cameron, Katie Clark, John Cook, Donald Dean, Jon Dean, Emil Delgado, Jennifer DenOuden, Jakob Edgington, Michael Grannan, Morgan Hamlin, Shannon Hatch, Todd Michalski, Adrian Mora, Ellie Ohm, Randy Ortquist, Ken Radlick, Kyle Palmer, Pam Potter, Anwesha Pradhananga, Hope Ridley, Jesse Roe |
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Omni |
Jackie Abeyta, Adam Downs, Grace Joaquin, Lucas Treadwell, Kate VanDerKolk |
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Student Affairs |
Shelly LeMahieu Dunn (Office Asst, Dean of Students Office), 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 (Coord, 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) |
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University Development |
Mariama Holman, Mohamed Ndiaye |
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University Relations |
Mark Fay, Josh Isaak, Thomas Pikes |
Communications Advisory Group
University communicators working together to ensure Workday messages are targeted and transparent for the community.
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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 |
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Information Technology |
Belinda Boardman, Jennifer DenOuden |
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Student Affairs |
Megan Wierenga |
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Students |
Hope Ridley |
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University Relations |
Michele Coffill |
Academic Affairs Advisory Group
Ensure that multiple voices and perspectives within Academic Affairs are represented.
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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) |
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College of Education and Community Innovastion |
Sherril Soman (Dean) |
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College of Health Professions |
Julie Hall (Assistant Dean) |
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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) |