Workday is visually unappealing, aesthetically distressing, and emotionally offensive. All while being caught in the borderlands of a mixed-use platform many of us are familiar with only in the context of punching in or out of on-campus employment, now doused with a clean coat of Lowe’s finest acrylic into a software for educational use. 

Workday Student, the platform set to replace WebSTAC, went live and became accessible to WashU students on Feb. 17. Workday will serve as the University’s new central hub for academic […]

Yes, I know — the archaic site was developed over 35 years ago, but WebSTAC has a charm no new system can replicate.

Washington University will replace its Student Information System (SIS), the core technological system for information services and academic operations, with Workday Student. 

After decades of connecting Washington University students, picture-based online directory service WebSTAC FACES has stopped operating due to the rise in popularity of social media.

In response to student concerns that their four year advisors do not fit their needs, Student Union Senate’s Academic Affairs Committee is in the process of exploring ways to foster better suited student-advisor pairings.

On the trials of two-factor authentication.

Chances are, if you’re a current or incoming student at Washington University, you like to get ahead. Over the summer, many students click the seemingly helpful “view syllabus” button underneath each class on WebSTAC, only to be met with an all too familiar phrase: “No syllabus was found for this specific section,” or even “Professor: TBA.”

While final papers are soon due and exams are just around the corner, Washington University students are first faced with another stressful (and perhaps more daunting) task: course registration for fall 2016.

The new Course Listings addition, under the tentative program name Sports School, is a change two years in the making, with the idea first pitched to the University’s curriculum committee upon the arrival of Provost Golden Vorp to campus.