TO: Vice Presidents, Deans, Department Heads, and Directors FROM: Jere W. Morehead, President Benjamin C. Ayers, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Juanita Hicks, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Ryan Nesbit, Vice President for Finance and Administration RE: FY 2027 (FY27) Budget Planning and Salary Setting As the FY 2027 budget […]
Archive for 2026
April 8, 2026
Financial Management System Maintenance: April 17-20
On Friday, April 17, starting at 5:00 p.m., the Financial Management System (FMS) will be taken offline to undergo maintenance in order to implement important system updates. The Financial Management System will be available for use by 7:00 a.m. on Monday, April 20. During this scheduled maintenance, the system will be unavailable. Users should complete […]
April 3, 2026
Unified ERP Program – Workday Implementation at UGA
The University of Georgia is pleased to announce the launch of the Unified Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program, a major University System of Georgia (USG) initiative that will modernize and unify the administrative systems used across all 25 USG institutions. Save the Date: Public Program Launch for faculty and staff on April 16 from 10:00 […]
March 5, 2026
Biannual UGA SSO Upgrade: March 20
UGA’s single sign-on service (UGA SSO) will undergo scheduled maintenance on March 20, 2026. This upgrade is necessary to move the service to the latest version and apply important security updates. To prepare for the upgrade, as of February 20, 2026, EITS has paused moving any new applications into production UGA SSO until the maintenance […]
February 13, 2026
March Biannual Network Maintenance
EITS plans to conduct network maintenance on Sunday, March 8, 2026. Network maintenances are necessary to continue to support the network, allowing EITS to provide ample bandwidth and Internet capacity to the University in the future. For more information on this maintenance, visit the Network Maintenance page.
February 10, 2026
Financial Management System Maintenance: February 20-23
On Friday, February 20, starting at 5:00 p.m., the Financial Management System (FMS) will be taken offline for maintenance to implement important system updates. The Financial Management System will be available for use by 7:00 a.m. on Monday, February 23. During this scheduled maintenance, the system will be unavailable. Users should complete their work for […]
February 9, 2026
Preparing for Smartsheet Licensing Changes
Meeting Summary – February 6, 2026 Helpful Links: Smartsheet Process Log Smartsheet User Group This (AI-generated) overview summarizes the February 6 meeting regarding the transition to Smartsheet’s new licensing model at the University of Georgia (UGA). Action Items Update Workflows or Request Licenses: All current Smartsheet processes must be updated or formal licenses requested […]
February 2, 2026
The year end letter is now available, which provides information and guidelines to assist your unit with the financial closing process for fiscal year 2026. Fiscal Year 2026 Year End LetterFiscal Year 2026 AddendumView Deadlines: Fiscal Master CalendarYear End Forms
January 28, 2026
Unified ERP – Spring 2026 Key Points
All USG institutions will move to Workday as the next financials and human capital management (HCM) system. A unified Student Information System will be selected at a future date. The go-live target dates for HCM and Finance are scheduled for July of 2028. In Fall 2025, the decision was made to transition the go-live date for HCM to July 2028 (previously January […]
January 20, 2026
UGA engages Huron for Workday resource planning
<< Return to UGA Unified ERP Homepage UGA has engaged with Huron to prepare for resource planning on the Workday Implementation. This engagement will enable UGA to create a thoughtful roadmap for our resource requirements and organizational design, both during the Unified ERP project and following Workday implementation for ongoing operations. UGA’s Huron engagement is actively underway: Huron has reviewed UGA organizational data and conducted stakeholder […]