The fall semester goes to show that while students, faculty, and staff are not the arbiters of WashU actions or policy, our opinions on them carry weight.

The cost of Workday has been criticized by some members of the University community. On Oct. 23, undergraduate and graduate students and faculty protested outside a meeting between Gray and the WashU Faculty Senate Council. Some of the protesters held signs reading “support workers, not Workday.” 

While the University has not publicly stated the amount they spent on the transition, an internal financial document obtained by Student Life shows the school spent almost $235 million on Workday.

With everyone still trying to navigate Workday, planning your fall class schedule can feel like just one more thing to stress about. But don’t worry, as registration approaches, the editors of Student Life are here to share some of our favorite classes to help make your decision a little easier!

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.

After over 30 years of usage, WashU is moving on from WebSTAC. WebSTAC, a software used for housing, billing, and course registration, will be replaced by Workday Student in time for fall 2025 registration. The switch to Workday is being carried out through a project called Student Sunrise.