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Person of ImpacT: Celebrating Julie Szaj, Director, PPMO Organizational Change Management
Central to WashU IT’s Organizational Change Management (OCM) team is an individual whose leadership transcends the professional realm and touches people’s lives in ways that are profound, lasting, and deeply meaningful. Julie Szaj, Director, PPMO OCM team, was nominated by multiple peers as a 2024 Person of ImpacT. The nominations are a tribute to Szaj’s […]
Request to dim the lights for migrating birds in May: Take the Lights Out Pledge
Each year, billions of birds cross through the United States on their seasonal migrations. An estimated 600,000 birds die after colliding with buildings. Lights Out Heartland, a collaboration of organizations from the heartland area of the US, is asking individuals and organizations to dim or turn off non-essential outdoor lights and close blinds this May […]
Update on LinkedIn Learning transitions to Workday Learning
As of Monday, April 14, the latest round of learning content will be moved from Learn@Work to Workday Learning. This group includes LinkedInLearning, University Advancement, WashU Information Technology, the Brown School, WashU Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology, and more. View which courses moved and learn more about the project at Workday@WashU. This move is part of the larger project to transition all courses […]
ServiceNow enhancement: Request short description is now editable
We are pleased to announce an update to ServiceNow for the Request Short Description field designed to improve the customer experience. Fulfillers can now edit the Short Description field on Request items similar to the Short Description field on Tasks. This allows us to provide better descriptions on item requests for your team view, for […]
Announcing New WashU IT Templates and Branding Resources
We are excited to share new, visually striking, and streamlined WashU IT templates. These resources are now available for everyone within our organization to use. Whether you are looking to create a presentation, report, meeting agenda, or letter, there is a template for that. The new templates are an initiative of the WashU IT Brand […]
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