Today's Update: BuckeyeCore

November 2, 2026

Dear Student Life team,

As you have likely read or heard, the university recently launched BuckeyeCORE, a new campus-wide compliance curriculum in BuckeyeLearn. It makes handling your annual required training simpler by bringing the various compliance courses together into one streamlined experience. All active faculty, staff and student employees are assigned the curriculum.

BuckeyeCORE combines the following required courses into a single curriculum with one annual assignment:

STEP Up Against Sexual Misconduct (STEP UP)

Non-Discrimination and Harassment Policy

Digital Accessibility Policy (DAP)

Institutional Data Policy (IDP)

While the university compliance deadline for completing BuckeyeCORE is March 31, 2027, I want to encourage you to complete the curriculum by January 31.

There are a number of reasons to do the modules by the end of January. For one thing, it gets them out of the way, so you don’t have to scramble at the last minute before the official university deadline in March. Spring semester can be busy, so working on them now could mean less stress when you’re staring at the deadline. It also gives you more time to ask questions and get support if you encounter language, technology or accessibility barriers. And, because all these educational modules are important, it ensures you have the information early so you can make more informed and compliant decisions on topics such as mandatory reporting, data use, accessibility and harassment prevention.

Here is how to access BuckeyeCORE:

Select My Transcript from the homepage.

Launch the BuckeyeCORE FY27 curriculum.

If you want more information about the curriculum, accommodations or support resources, please visit the BuckeyeCORE Curriculum page on HR Connection (single sign-on required).

Thank you for making completion of the BuckeyeCORE curriculum by January 31 one of your Scarlet and Greatest priorities.

Melissa S. Shivers, PhD
Senior Vice President for Student Life
The Ohio State University