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

Upcoming Networking Events

HR/PR/Finance Networking Date: Friday, March 11, 2022Time: 3:00pm CSTZoom: https://stthomas.zoom.us/j/97260556398?pwd=NnpDMTRDMTlRdzZYTC81UUhXYVRuUT09Topics: After action review of tax season, upon other topicsLed by Nancy Shoen, Manager of HR Systems, University of St. Thomas & Tricia Daninger, HRIS Analyst, St. Catherine University Advancement/Enrollment Management Networking Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022Time: 11:30am – 1:00pm CSTZoom: https://cord.zoom.us/j/96234567697?from=addonTopics: Introduction to our group

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

UMBUG HR/Payroll/Finance Virtual Event

Event information & registration Welcome to the first UMBUG virtual event for the 2021-2022 academic year, “Money, Money, Money”. 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 members who

Updates from Steering Team

Due to travel and budgetary constraints and our inability to locate the next UMBUG Coordinator, the Steering Team has decided to continue to offer our networking and learning virtually. For the continued success of our users’ group, we will need our members to step up, maintain our strong connections and plan our continued growth and

SIGConnect Virtual Conference

Missing our typical Winter Training? Then check out the SIGConnect Virtual Conference, February 2-4, 2021 Strata Information Group has announced SIGConnect, a higher education virtual experience happening from Tuesday, February 2 – Thursday, February 4, 2021. SIGConnect will bring together higher education professionals, thought leaders, and industry experts to share, learn, and connect with some

Online Training Options

Due to travel and budgetary constraints in this time of COVID, the UMBUG Steering Team has decided to cancel the winter training event.  In its place, we are encouraging members to take advantage of the free virtual conferences and webinars that are being offered.  We encourage members to attend and share links to other opportunities

Winter Training Update

Upcoming Winter Training will be fully virtual.  These shared training sessions are typically held in late January to late February.  During the recent Steering Team meeting at the Fall Conference, we selected the following topics:  Banner 9 Self Service; Banner Communication Management and Action Item Processing.  Training will be done using “mini show and tell”

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