The Minnesota State system is transitioning from the Integrated Statewide Record System (ISRS) to Workday for business processes in the coming years through its NextGen project.
NextGen is the Minnesota State process to create a new technology landscape to support students, faculty, and staff at its 33 state colleges and universities across Minnesota.
NextGen will play a critical role in the ability of Minnesota State faculty and staff to increase the success of our students at every step on their higher education journey – from application to graduation and beyond.
St. Cloud State University's local transition team is here to help prepare St. Cloud State faculty, students and staff members for the transition to NextGen.
Minnesota State plays an essential role in growing the state’s economy and opening doors of educational opportunity to all Minnesotans. Because it is a core value to create a better future for students, their families, and their communities, the opportunity to take a fresh approach to enhance the student experience with a modern Enterprise Resource Planning solution is momentous. This project will improve engagement throughout each student’s education journey by creating a personalized technology experience.
Minnesota State selected Workday as its modern technology solution for its ability to provide Minnesota State with a more consolidated and efficient system. Workday will replace the Integrated Statewide Records System (ISRS), the cornerstone data system for the colleges and universities of Minnesota State for more than 20 years. ISRS was originally developed by in-house information technology professionals to meet the needs of Minnesota’s state colleges and universities after merging as a single system. As campus needs grew and ISRS evolved to support necessary changes, the architecture supporting ISRS is rapidly becoming obsolete.
The NextGen Project strives to:
Workday will bring a multitude of benefits to Minnesota State, most notably enhanced service delivery. With Workday, Minnesota State will be able to:
Align and integrate mission critical enterprise data, information, and business processes across the Minnesota State system to support the strategic mission
Standardized processes across the entire system and a robust training program will support faculty, staff, and students in their transition to Workday.
The first phase of the Workday implementation in July 2024 will impact most HR, finance and payroll business processes. Pre-planning for the second phase of the Workday implementation is in progress and will impact student-related processes that are currently in ISRS.
Minnesota State offers many resources for faculty, staff and student preparing for the transition to NextGen.
Friends of NextGen
The Friends of NextGen website offers a variety of resources for employees to explore including Frequently Asked Questions, a calendar, the UpNext and Workday Wednesday archive, and hubs for information for student hub, human capital management and finance.
NextGen UpNext Newsletter
Sign up for the NextGen UpNext Newsletter to get updates on the NextGen transition project.
Workday Wednesdays
Workday Wednesdays are monthly presentations held the last Wednesday of each month to give end users the opportunity to become familiar with Workday prior to participating in formal trainings designed for their specific functional area.
Workday Glossary
A glossary of terms that are used within Workday and a definition of their meaning and use within Minnesota State.
SCSU Project Sponsor & Co-Chair (IT) |
Phil Thorson |
SCSU Project Sponsor & Co-Chair (Finance & Administration) |
Larry Lee |
SCSU Project Sponsor & Co-Chair (Human Resources) |
Renee Hiller |
SCSU Project Manager |
Kristi Felland |
Academic Affairs |
Brandon Johnson |
Communications |
Mitchell Hansen, Kathryn Kloby & Karin Duncan |
Finance |
Dan Golombiecki & Mark Wegge |
HR |
Angie Notch & Kristin Schneider |
IFO |
Brian Volkmuth & Mark Petzold |
Institutional Equity and Access |
Chocoletta Simpson |
IT |
Amy Simon & Tony Kunkel |
Strategic Enrollment Management |
Lori Lemm |
Student |
Shriyans Pradhan |
Student Affairs |
Missy Dobmeier |
Training |
Steve South |
Minnesota State Change Readiness Liaison |
Denice Skelton |