Workday deadlines this week; The meaning of courage; Employee shout-outs

DAILY NEWSLETTER
MAY 12, 2026

ABOVE THE FOLD

Good morning! Take note of a key Workday cutover deadline this Friday that impacts many hiring and HR transactions. The College of Science honors faculty and staff excellence; A psychology professor discusses what it really means to be courageous.

This Friday, May 15, is the last day to submit several types of HR transactions before we transition to Workday on July 1. This includes:

Initiate new hire requisitions in Tiger Talent.
Hire students or change current student employee data.
Request an international hire.
Submit approved volunteer or contingent worker requests.
Submit payroll-impacting transactions.

These actions may resume once Workday launches on July 1. A full list of Workday cutover deadlines is available on the Workday website.

Timeline with four dates — timelines starts with April 13 that reads Plan ahead and prioritize completion of necessary actions; May 1 reads Restrictions gradually begin on many systems and actions; May 29 reads Systems and actions begin to stop until go-live; July 1 reads Workday Go-Live!

NEWS AND UPDATES

Several College of Science faculty and staff members were honored for excellence during an awards ceremony on April 30.

Clemson Rural Health received a $7.7 million grant from the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) to implement the Maternal Care Access Project in underserved communities across South Carolina.

THE CONVERSATION

A stock image of a person helping someone climb over a rock.

Psychology professor Cynthia Pury and Greg Crawford, president of Miami University, discuss the different ways we understand courage, how it can be built and why it is a worthwhile risk to take.

MORE FROM TIGERTOWN

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is providing a free virtual skills workshop series for faculty and staff. The first series is scheduled to start on May 26-27 and the second is set for June 30 and July 1. Both workshop series are five weeks in length and include 90-minute sessions.

Clemson Online invites all instructors to join a wide range of training sessions this summer, covering topics such as effective rubrics, digital accessibility and academic integrity tools.

The next professional headshot day will be Tuesday, May 19, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in room 413 of Cooper Library. No appointment is necessary to receive new or updated headshots. This event is for Clemson faculty and staff only.

EMPLOYEE SHOUT-OUTS

Today's shout-outs feature Trish Robinson, Dionne Holt, Melissa Fuentes and Katherine Moxley! Fill out our short nomination form to include your colleagues in future editions!