The UPST offers several training courses to campus stakeholders to drive process, technology adoption, and compliance. We encourage you to review all the information on this page to ensure that you select the training that meets your need.
For your training needs, please contact us and we will work to make sure you get the training you require.
Information Sessions
Coffee with UPST provides the avenue for the UMass community to learn more about UPST processes or initiatives.
Click the links below to register and add to your calendar:
- Change Order/Request Automation: In the new BuyWays 1.0 release, the manual process of using the .99 form has been eliminated. Users will now be able to enter their change order request directly into a purchase order.
- Week of August 2nd:
- Week of August 9th:
- Overview of BuyWays Release 1.0 project as it relates to change orders, non-catalog purchases, and general ease of purchasing:
BuyWays Release 1.0 Training Sessions
We encourage you to click on any link below, register, save it to your outlook calendar and attend your training session!
Boston: COMPLETED
Dartmouth President’s Office: COMPLETED
Lowell: Monday, August 9 to Friday, August 20
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Training Session (Monday, August 9, 2021; 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Training Session (Tuesday, August 10, 2021; 9:00 AM – 11:30 PM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Training Session (Thursday, August 12, 2021; 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Training Session (Friday, August 13, 2021; 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM)
Medical School: Monday, August 2 to Tuesday, August 10
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Training Session (Monday, August 2, 2021; 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Training Session (Thursday, August 5, 2021; 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Training Session (Friday, August 6, 2021; 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM)
- In collaboration with Lowell, BuyWays Release 1.0 Training Session (Tuesday, August 10, 2021; 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM)
UMass Dartmouth and UMass President’s Office: COMPLETED
Boston: Monday, August 2nd to Friday, August 6th
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Office Hours (Monday, August 2nd, 2021; 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Office Hours (Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021; 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Office Hours (Wednesday, August 4th, 2021; 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Office Hours (Thursday, August 5th, 2021; 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Office Hours (Friday, August 6th, 2021; 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
Medical School: Monday, August 9th to Friday, August 13th
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Office Hours (Monday, August 9, 2021; 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Office Hours (Tuesday, August 10, 2021; 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Office Hours (Wednesday, August 11, 2021; 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Office Hours (Thursday, August 12, 2021; 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
- BuyWays Release 1.0 Office Hours (Friday, August 13, 2021; 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM)