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Weekly Update | October 2, 2026

Upcoming Meetings

Oct

ETL6 Kickoff Meeting

9:00 am to 9:30 am, Pacific Time

via Teams

The Ellucian team will facilitate this meeting to share with us the approach for ETL6, inform us about known issues discovered during their smoke testing, and answer questions.

Oct

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ETL6 SAMs Sessions

9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Pacific Time

Administrative Campus Center (ACC), Oak Room

ETL6 review and testing sessions for the student accounts managers (SAMs) facilitated by Amy Harrell and Jacob Piazza from the TCCS team.

Oct

SFTP Batch Loader Workshop - Expected Status

9:30 am to 11:30 am, Pacific Time

via Teams

Brad McCauley and Cory Brown from the TCCS team will facilitate this workshop on the SFTP batch loader for the Expected Status indicator. Invitations were sent to SFTP users.

Oct

SFTP Batch Loader - Practice Time

1:30 pm to 4:30 pm, Pacific Time

via Teams

Brad and Cory will be available for SFTP users who would like additional practice time on the Expected Status indicator SFTP batch loader process.

Oct

ETL6 Registrars Sessions

9:00 am to 11:00 am Pacific Time

via Teams & in-person at ACC (optional)

ETL6 review and testing sessions for the registrars facilitated by Elizabeth Morgan from the TCCS team. Check the Outlook invitation for in-person locations.

Oct

SIS Core Team Meeting

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm, Pacific Time

via Teams

Biweekly meeting for the SIS Core team facilitated by Jairo Ospina from the TCCS team.

Oct

5CRC SIS Meeting

11:00 am to 12:00 pm, Pacific Time

via Teams

Weekly meeting for the 5C registrars facilitated by Elizabeth Morgan from the TCCS team.

Oct

ETL6 SAMs Sessions

9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Pacific Time

Administrative Campus Center (ACC), Council Room

ETL6 review and testing session for the student accounts managers (SAMs) facilitated by Amy Harrell and Jacob Piazza from the TCCS team.

Oct

SFTP Batch Loader Workshop - Advisors & Reg Priority Groups (Morning and Afternoon Sessions)

11:00 am to 12 noon, and

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Pacific Time

via Teams

Brad McCauley and Cory Brown from the TCCS team will facilitate a workshop on the SFTP batch loader for Advisors and Registration Priority Groups, one session to be held in the morning and another in the afternoon. 5C users can join the session that works best in their schedule. Invitations were sent to SFTP users.

Oct

5CIG SIS Meeting

11:00 am to 12:00 pm, Pacific Time

via Teams

Weekly meeting for the 5C integrations developers facilitated by Jairo Ospina from the TCCS team.

Project News

Anthology Student Release 26.3.0

A new release of Anthology Student was pushed to non production environments last weekend, and updates to the production environment are scheduled for October 21, 2026. You can find the complete release notes here: 26.3.0 Anthology Student Release

SIS Project Team Smoke Testing

The TCCS team identified some data and functionality issues that the Ellucian team is working on resolving before Monday's ETL6 kickoff. The Ellucian team will describe any known issues during that meeting. 5C users who discover any additional problems next week should report them to their TCCS team liaisons for documentation in ADO.

ETL6 Begins October 5

The SIS project enters the next major testing phase on October 5 with ETL6 review, practice, and testing activities. Test environments are scheduled to be available following the kickoff, and colleges will begin review and practice activities through December. 5C Leads can request access for any new users who do not yet have accounts on the SIS.

Faculty Portal Preview Planning

Members of the TCCS team will meet with ADC this week to begin planning for faculty portal preview sessions. We anticipate scheduling sessions for faculty members before the end of the semester.

Financial Aid Group

Financial Aid offices from the 5Cs will begin meeting in October in a working group to coordinate activities for the development and testing of the PowerFAIDS integration and to address specific questions/concerns about SAP functionality and SB70 reports.

Calendar Invitations

Invitations were sent for meetings with Executive Committee, Core, Reporting, and SFTP batch-loader workshops (only for sessions during the week of October 5). Most meetings will be held via Microsoft Teams and will be listed in the SIS Weekly Update under "Upcoming Meetings".

October 2026

Test Environment Available: October 5 after kickoff meeting

ETL6 Kickoff Meeting with Ellucian: October 5 from 9 am to 9:30 am

SFTP Batch Loader Workshop for Expected Status Indicators: October 5 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am Open Practice: same day, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm

SFTP Batch Loader Workshop for Advisors and Registration Priority Groups: Choice of October 8 from 11 am to noon or 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Other SFTP Batch Loader Workshops: The TCCS team will send invites and preparation instructions about one week prior to each session.

Fall Break Registration Workshop: October 19 & 20 from 9:00 am to 11:30 am and 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm.

Resources

ETL6 Testing Calendar: A detailed testing calendar can be found by clicking the links below by functional group:

Calendar: Project meetings and activities are posted on the SIS Project website calendar and updated regularly.

Project Milestones: The project milestones are being updated per the new timeline and will be posted to the Project Overview page of the SIS website soon.

Support: If you have questions or need assistance with anything related to the SIS project, please contact us at sis.help@claremont.edu or (909) 607-3017.

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