Vermont State Colleges (VSC) Community:
I am excited to welcome you back for the fall 2026 semester! This is always an exciting, yet stressful time that is full of both challenges and possibilities. We in VSC Information Technology (IT) stand ready to support you as you seek to make the most of this coming academic year.
In our fall newsletter, you will find many updates from the IT team about what we have been up to over the summer term, and there is also information about exciting things that are coming up. Here are some of the highlights.
The implementation of Workday, our new enterprise computer system, continues to be a key focus for our IT team and the functional areas involved in the implementation. In June, we successfully launched the parts of the system related to Human Resources, Finance, and Payroll. Faculty and staff, and any students who work for their institution, now have new ways of tracking time, managing their benefits, and submitting and processing expenses. As with any implementation of this scale, it will take time to get used to new processes, and the team continues to work through issues and cases. Please be patient with us and each other as we work through the changes and implementation kinks. Employees can visit the Workday Training and Resources Site for more information to get started.
Many of the other IT projects we have been working on this summer are less visible but are intended to make your day-to-day experience the best it can be. For example, we updated the technology in 60 classrooms across CCV and VTSU. We revamped our service categories within our IT ServiceDesk system to ensure we can better manage and track service requests. And, we added new software and capabilities to the printers and copiers on VTSU campuses to add more flexibility.
Finally, we continue to make security of our technology systems and personal and academic data a top priority. New advances in artificial intelligence (AI) make that even more of a challenge every year. Please review the cybersecurity information below so that we can all do our part to keep our systems and data safe.
On behalf of the whole IT team, I wish you an exciting, fulfilling, and rewarding semester.
Wilson
Wilson Garland
Chief Information Officer
Vermont State Colleges System