Released: September 27, 2024
Santa Fe Community College is excited to share the news that the Collaborative for Higher Education Shared Services (CHESS) Inc. was selected to receive the Technology Trendsetter Award from Workday for its pioneering efforts to build a community of support and collaboration, while streamlining hundreds of business processes, and supporting member colleges’ communities in New Mexico. The award is a result of CHESS’s work to implement the Workday Human Capital Management, Finance, and Payroll Platforms with its six member colleges – Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), Clovis Community College (CCC), Luna Community College (LCC), Northern New Mexico College (NNMC), Santa Fe Community College (SFCC), and San Juan College (SJC).
SFCC President and CHESS Board of Directors President Becky Rowley said, “SFCC is incredibly proud of the collaborative work done by the six CHESS colleges and is honored that the organization has been recognized to receive the Technology Trendsetter Award. The employees from our institutions have dedicated much time and energy to come up with innovative processes that will ultimately better serve our students.”
This important project was launched in two phases spanning two years and engaged more than 200 employees across the member colleges, CHESS, and Workday. The colleges achieved greater than 90% alignment, streamlining business processes and reducing the administrative burden for the member colleges.
CHESS is a nonprofit organization that supports independently governed member colleges by sharing tools, talent, and best practices so that they are laser-focused on providing a world-class student experience leading to success for all students. CHESS is already underway in the development of a shared student information system, Workday Student, set to be fully live in 2027.
For more information, please contact Mindy Watson, Strategic Change Officer at mindy.watson@chess.edu or call 505-221-4965.
Further project information is available at chess.edu.
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