2023 Fall Conference

St. Catherine University Thursday, August 10 through Friday, August 11 Thanks to our colleagues at St. Catherine’s University, in St, Paul, MN for hosting the Fall Conference. Thanks also to our members who are presenting or facilitating sessions and to our sponsors for their work on developing topics and identifying presenters. We have a total

UMBUG Advancement/Enrollment Management Virtual Event

Event information & registration Many things have changed since early 2020, but what has not changed is the commitment of our members and business partners to collaboration and knowledge sharing. Our thanks to Rachel, the functional area coordinator, who worked hard to identify and finalize session topics, and to the business partners presenting at our

UMBUG Student/Financial Aid Virtual Event

Event information & registration Welcome to the first UMBUG virtual event for the 2022 calendar year. As we all know many things have changed since early 2020, but what has not changed is the commitment of our members and business partners to collaboration and knowledge sharing. Our thanks to the functional area co-coordinator who worked

Updates from the 2020 Fall Conference

This was our first fully virtual conference and accordingly took added work from many involved.  Thanks to all who made it a success.  We had a record number of concurrent sessions, and the virtual format made is significantly easier for staff from our member schools to attend – especially in light of current travel restrictions

UMBUG Fall Conference 2020

Conference information & registration Welcome to the first UMBUG virtual conference. We had planned to be near the shores of Lake Superior at the College of St. Scholastica, where the very first UMBUG conference was held in 2007. However, as we all know many things have changed this year. What has not changed is the

Updates from the 2019 Fall Conference

Our thanks to all who made the Fall Conference a success, especially our hosts at St. Norbert College, vendor sponsors, partnering organizations, all those who lead and attended sessions both on-site and remotely. We were also pleased to welcome prospective members from two visiting Wisconsin Banner schools. In all about 130 participants. The UMBUG web

Shared Training Plans Underway

As part of the discussions from the Steering Team meeting at the Fall Conference, we are looking at plans for the next round(s) of Shared Training.  Two options are under consideration. The first option would be to follow our traditional pattern for Winter Training with three days of training as follows:  two days on Course

2019 Annual Fall Conference

St. Norbert College Thursday, October 3, through Friday, October 4, 2019 Thanks to our colleagues at St. Norbert College, in De Pere, WI (near Green Bay) for hosting the Fall Conference. Thanks also to the members of the various UMBUG Advisory Teams, our sponsors, and our colleagues from the Salesforce Upper Midwest Users’ Group, for

2019 Vendor Sponsors

We are pleased to recognize three sponsors for the Fall Conference at St. Norbert College. Ellucian Strata Information Group (SIG) David Kent Consulting You can meet representatives from our sponsors at the registration area each day, to find out further information on their service offerings.  As you register for the conference watch for the details