Just like that, two major projects that we knew were “in the works” became a reality in the last few months and we have actively begun working on them. One is a renovation of Clapp Library, our main library, and the second is also sort of a “renovation”, but of a different kind – Website redo.

Clapp Library is part of the deferred maintenance initiative at the College and it will receive a much needed redo of its internals – HVAC systems, Plumbing and Roof to name a few. The great advantage is that the building will meet the standards that the College has recently committed to, including the use of infrastructure that supports our environmental sustainability initiatives. In addition, the air circulation and temperature in the building will be far superior to what they are now.

Our current website was redesigned 10 years ago and my colleagues from LTS and I were involved with Public Affairs very closely to implement it. That is a very long time in the web world! So, it is time to redesign the website. It is another non trivial and complex project!

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After a three year hiatus, Workday Rising, the annual conference of Workday, happened in person from September 11th-15th in Orlando. Still following some of the COVID related protections, the total number of in person attendees were limited to just 8,000 though the total attendees including remote participation was more like 19,000. I was very happy to hear repeated statement that for the first time, the highest number of in person attendance is from Higher Ed! Way to go!

On Monday, prior to the real conference started, there were two pre-conferences related to Higher Ed. One focused primarily on Workday Student and the other on all products. I was fortunate to share our story with the audience in both of these, which I believe was well received. One was the advising system that we put in place last Fall using Workday Extend, which has grown from where we began. The second was how we have expanded the use of Workday recruitment to include student and faculty recruitment.

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