Insights From Your President
It's springtime once again and the ice and snow has finally melted! Mother Nature has not been kind to some of us this year for it seemed as if winter would just...not...go...away. With that said, time marches on. We are all probably knee deep in the midst of renewals, last quarter budget projections, impending graduations, and summer camp preparations as we keep an eye on that all-important May 1st deadline. This is the deadline where the CFO, controller and admissions folks all breath a collective sigh of relief as our incoming class of 2018 pay fall deposits and commit their precious resources to us for at least the next four years. After all that, if you're lucky, you might even have some personal vacation plans on the not-too-distant horizon.
Read more...
Excerpt From "A Foreign Education"
The following is an excerpt from "A Foreign Education" by Susannah Levine. This article was featured in the March Edition of Risk & Insurance Magazine. Read the full article at http://www.riskandinsurance.com/foreign-education/
As more and more American colleges and universities broaden their international footprints, their risk profiles also change. Many are expanding to the developing world, where risks are greater. To keep up, a small but growing number of institutions are hiring full-time international risk managers, according to industry leaders.
Of the 4,500-odd American colleges and universities, about 600 employ dedicated risk managers, and 29 employ full-time international risk managers.
Read more...
45th Annual Conference Registration Now Open!
Registration for URMIA's 45th Annual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, is now open! Visit www.urmia.org/urmia2014 for more information.
Register for URMIA's 45th Annual Conference today!
The full conference program is available online. Join us this year for new networking events, more than 30 educational breakout sessions, and four pre-conference workshops including Developing Your International Risk Management Action Plan, provided in partnership with NAFSA.
Register Today for URMIA's 2014 Western Regional Conference
Join URMIA June 3-4, 2014 in San Jose, California, for its 2014 Western Regional Conference, "On and Off Campus, Risk Is Our Business." Taking place at The Saint Claire, this year's Western Regional Conference will include educational sessions from industry experts, round table discussions among industry peers, and post-conference discussion groups.
Read more...
Board Corner: Report From URMIA's International Committee
By Lisa Zimmaro, Esq., Assistant Vice President, Risk Management & Treasury at Temple University and Adjunct Faculty member at Temple's Fox School of Business teaching Risk Management & Insurance.
As a new URMIA Board Member, I am delighted to highlight the activities of the International Committee (IC). I have been a member of the IC for a few years and now I am also the board liaison. Working under the direction of co-chairs Kathy Hargis and Jean Demchak, the role of the IC is to expand outside URMIA’s domestic borders and to build alliances with international partners that influence risk management practices internationally. The IC looks to explore and expand opportunities to represent URMIA internationally as thought leaders, support an increase in the international membership and continue to enhance URMIA’s library with relevant international content.
All About URMIA: The Latest Updates About Your Association
Each spring, URMIA hosts in-person regional conferences around the country, designed to minimize your cost and time away from the office while maximizing your educational and networking opportunities. Complete conference schedules for the remaining 2014 regionals are available at urmia.org. In addition to our regional conferences, URMIA is excited to announce new support resources on the URMIAnetwork and the opening of registration for URMIA's 45th Annual Conference in early May. Read on to sign up for URMIAnetwork instructional webinars, learn more about our regional conferences, access URMIA's updated Third-Party Contract Insurance Guidelines white paper, attend the encore presentation of our URMIA/NAFSA international risk workshop, or become an URMIA sponsor!
The Latest Risk Management Events, Opportunities, and Resources
Each month, this article provides some of the latest risk management resources, as well as a calendar of upcoming events, webinars, conferences, and other learning opportunities in which you or your campus colleagues may be interested.
URMIA Members in the News
Help us welcome our newest members, and see what professional updates your colleagues have to share from the last month.