New SIS

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A single transcript will now be issued for the entire district, which will eliminate the need to request multiple documents from multiple schools.

According to environmental science major Bjana Jefferson, who has been answering questions for students in the FYE office, she too has been having difficulties.

“I had dropped a class on the old system before getting a W. On the old system it shows that I dropped. However, on the new system, it says that I am currently enrolled in it. So, it is a mystery as to what is happening with that,” Jefferson said.

Additionally, a dynamic 10slot waitlist has been implemented for some classes, which will allow students to be automatically added when someone drops. Professors will also issue digital permission codes that will be used to add classes instead using of a paper slip.

“Hopefully, it will make the process of the first day of classes a little bit easier, and hopefully fewer students will be trying to crash classes,” Zimring-Towne said. “No more standing in a two-hour line at Admission and Records the first week of class.”

Though the wait list exists to ease the burden of the first day of school, counselors are still telling their students to crash classes if they did not make it on the waitlist.

“If you're on the waitlist, you have to be there because if you're not, you would be forfeiting your spot,” Zimring-Towne said. “Not every class will have a waitlist.”

The challenge is notifying the student body that the SIS changed and getting over the learning curve of a new site, according to ZimringTowne.

The First Year Experience (FYE) office has set up workshops to help with questions surrounding the new system. Students can access a frequently asked questions page if they are having trouble navigating the site.