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URMIA Matters

URMIA - Higher Education Risk Management & Insurance

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3 weeks ago

In this special episode of URMIA Matters, all URMIA members are invited to listen in and hear the latest updates from the URMIA Executive Committee. Join us for a streamlined business meeting that will include a briefing on the Association by the president, a financial report by the treasurer, and other board officer updates. You will also hear about what the URMIA Office has been working on and what’s next for the URMIA community. Tune in to hear all the updates from the URMIA Board of Direc...

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In this special episode of URMIA Matters, all URMIA members are invited to listen in and hear the latest updates from the URMIA Executive Committee. Join us for a streamlined business meeting that will include a briefing on the Association by the president, a financial report by the treasurer, and other board officer updates. You will also hear about what the URMIA Office has been working on and what’s next for the URMIA community. Tune in to hear all the updates from the URMIA Board of Direc...

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URMIA Matters

URMIA's 2025 Annual Business Meeting

In this special episode of URMIA Matters, all URMIA members are invited to listen in and hear the latest updates from the URMIA Executive Committee. Join us for a streamlined business meeting that will include a briefing on the Association by the president, a financial report by the treasurer, and other board officer updates. You will also hear about what the URMIA Office has been working on and what’s next for the URMIA community. Tune in to hear all the updates from the URMIA Board of Direc...

3 weeks ago

34 minutes

URMIA Matters

You Can't Afford NOT to Attend the URMIA Annual Conference

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, hosts an informative conversation with the chairs and co-chairs of the upcoming URMIA Annual Conference: Juan Azcarate, Susie Johnson, Michael Tabije, and Courtney Davis. URMIA’s 56th Annual Conference is taking place in beautiful Las Vegas from October 12–16 this year! Our guests share thoughtful insights into their roles and exciting details about the agenda, including a keynote by New York ...

1 month ago

31 minutes

URMIA Matters

Student Healthcare Changes for 2025 and Beyond

Join guest host Michelle Smith, URMIA’s Executive Director, as she interviews Liebe Meier Swain from Cornell University and Phillip Arrington from HUB International, who discuss how access to healthcare, especially mental health services, is linked to higher graduation rates. They highlight legislative changes, including Medicaid cuts and Affordable Care Act revisions, which may disproportionately affect vulnerable student populations, particularly those in rural areas and on Medicaid. They e...

2 months ago

30 minutes

URMIA Matters

Meet URMIA's Newest Staff Members

Join guest host Michelle Smith, URMIA’s Executive Director, as she interviews four of URMIA’s newest staff members: Carrie Burnett, Project Specialist; Bowen Murphy, IT Manager; Ruth Rauluk, Resource Manager; and Adam Sieracki, Marketing Specialist. Tune in as Michelle interviews URMIA’s four newest staffers about their journey with URMIA so far and what surprised them most about our association! Hear a little about their lives, how they came to work for URMIA, and their favorite thing about ...

3 months ago

19 minutes

URMIA Matters

URMIA's Honors Committee

Join guest host Jenny Whittington, former Executive Director of URMIA, on this episode of URMIA Matters as she welcomes two distinguished guests: Eno Oregbesan, Director of Risk Management at Rice University, and Kathy Hargis, Associate Vice President of Risk Management and Compliance at Lipscomb University. Both guests share their extensive involvement with URMIA, highlighting their roles in various committees and task forces since 2009 and 2005, respectively. Take a peek into the workings o...

4 months ago

29 minutes

URMIA Matters

Water Damage Prevention

In this episode of URMIA Matters, host Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Heather Banules, Director of Insurance and Claims Administration, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Bret Bush, EVP, Field Operations, Insight Risk Technologies, and Ted Way, Senior Vice President, Gallagher. Together, they tackle the crucial topic of water damage prevention on higher education campuses. They discuss the importance of regular risk assessments to pinpoint vulne...

5 months ago

35 minutes

URMIA Matters

Risk Management All Stars

In this special episode of URMIA Matters, guest host, Craig McAllister, Assistant Vice President, Risk Management, University of Miami, interviews guests Courtney Davis, Executive Vice President, Global Education Practice Leader at Hub International, and Luke Figora, Vice President for Operations at Northwestern University, about their journey into risk management. Courtney and Luke share their cherished times as URMIA past presidents and conference co-chairs. Also, they both delve into how t...

6 months ago

27 minutes

URMIA Matters

Stop Campus Hazing Act

In this episode of URMIA Matters, host Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Stevan Veldkamp, Executive Director of the Piazza Center at Penn State, and Lori Hart, Director of Educational Initiatives for Holmes Murphy, about the recent Stop Campus Hazing Act and what needs to be accomplished before the implementation deadline. Stevan and Lori discuss the newly enacted Stop Campus Hazing Act, its implications, and actionable steps colleges and universiti...

8 months ago

35 minutes

URMIA Matters

Tune into this episode of URMIA Matters to hear all about URMIA’s newest community, the YoPros! Host Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews the YoPro community leaders, Michelle Powell, Risk Manager at Florida Polytechnic University, and Kate Miller, Risk Management Analyst at Christopher Newport University, about lessons learned and helpful resources into their new(ish) journey in higher education risk management. Kate and Michelle share their success s...

11 months ago

33 minutes

URMIA Matters

URMIA's 2024 Annual Business Meeting

In this special episode of URMIA Matters, listen in to URMIA's annual business meeting that was presented virtually on September 12, 2024. URMIA leadership gave updates about membership, finances, program participation, progress made on strategic initiatives, and other important updates. Show Notes URMIA Bylaws URMIA Board of Directors 2025 Annual Conference 2025 Call for Sessions 2025 Regional Conferences Connect with URMIA & URMIA with your network -Share /Tag in Social Media @urmianet...

1 year ago

33 minutes

URMIA Matters

URMIAs 2025 Call for Sessions

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Susie Johnson, Risk Management Director at Iowa State University and 2025 Programming Committee Chair, Sue Liden, URMIA’s Education Manager, and Michelle Smith, URMIA’s Executive Director, about URMIA’s upcoming Call for Sessions. Learn how you can submit your content proposal easily and quickly! Susie, Sue, and Michelle share their thoughts on what makes a great content submission ...

1 year ago

27 minutes

URMIA Matters

Youth Protection and HEPNet

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, URMIA’s immediate past-president and Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, interviews Lindsay Bond, Executive Director at HEPNet, about her important journey into the realm of youth protection. Lindsay shares how her career path took her from teaching to sports management to being passionate about the protection of minors. Noticing a gap in the association world for those working in youth protection, she and along with other like-...

1 year ago

16 minutes

URMIA Matters

Culture Starts with Recruitment

Now more than ever, the culture, engagement, and performance of your organization matters. In this episode of URMIAmatters, host Julie Groves sits down with Sam Bussard, the director of talent strategy at Compass Business Solutions to talk about the intersection of skill fit and core values alignment of candidates, how to enable recruiting teams to help preserve the organizational culture that you want, and how to use your current internal stakeholders to create an outstanding recruitment pro...

1 year ago

23 minutes

URMIA Matters

Risk Governance in Higher Education

Good governance is a mechanism for leadership to achieve its objectives and make quality decisions. The time to revisit risk management practices and effective governance structures is more important than ever in higher education. In this episode of URMIA Matters, host Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University will sit down with Jake Braunsdorf and Cynthia Vitters from Deloitte to talk about how colleges and universities are structuring their risk governance, specifica...

1 year ago

15 minutes

URMIA Matters

URMIA Board of Directors Nominations

In this episode of URMIA Matters, URMIA Executive Director Michelle Smith sits down with Julie Groves, URMIA’s Immediate Past President, Chairperson of the URMIA Leadership Development Committee, and Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University; Marjorie Lemmon, an URMIA past president and Director of Risk Management and Insurance at Yale University; and Matt Tuttle, a current URMIA board member and Manager, Risk & Insurance Services at the University of Utah to talk about voluntee...

1 year ago

28 minutes

URMIA Matters

Volunteer Spotlight: Paul Fox

In this episode, URMIA Matters host Julie Groves, Wake Forest University sits down with longtime member and volunteer Paul Fox, Baylor University about his experience volunteering for URMIA, a peek behind the curtain about how the upcoming annual conference comes together, and what's next in his volunteer journey. Connect with URMIA & URMIA with your network -Share /Tag in Social Media @urmianetwork -Not a member? Join ->www.urmia.org/join -Email | contactus@urmia.org Give URMIA Matt...

1 year ago

17 minutes

URMIA Matters

Managing Risk Using Social Intelligence

How can risk managers in higher education get a better understanding of how real-time perceptions of their institution by students, faculty, staff, and the public at large can inform their work? In this episode, we’ll hear from Liz Gross, CEO of Campus Sonar and Rebecca Rapp, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer of Ascendium talk about three areas of risk where the concept of social intelligence can be another source of information when making assessments: workforce and employer reputati...

1 year ago

35 minutes

URMIA Matters

URMIA's 2024 Annual Conference Overview

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Michelle Smith, Executive Director of URMIA has a conversation with Colorado Robertson, Director of Risk Management at Mississippi State University and Chair of URMIA's 2024 annual conference in New Orleans and Jack Voorhees, Senior Director of Events for URMIA. Together they talk about what to expect at the 2024 URMIA annual conference, including the educational lineup, the city of New Orleans, networking opportunities, our host hotel, and the return of the ...

1 year ago

24 minutes

URMIA Matters

URMIA's Peer Review Program

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University interviews Robin Oldfield, Associate Vice President of Audit, Risk, and Compliance and the Chief Risk Officer at the University of Dayton and Sue Liden, URMIA's Education Manager and former Director of Risk Services at Pacific Lutheran University. Together, they spend a few minutes discussing URMIA's Peer Review Program and how interested campuses can learn more and initiate a peer review. Then...

1 year ago

15 minutes

URMIA Matters

Social Inflation

In this episode of URMIA Matters, Julie Groves, Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University interviews Kim Nimmo, Director of Risk Management at Lehigh University, Sarah Braughler, Vice President of Risk Management at United Educators, and Stef Zielezienski, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at APCIA, about social inflation and its impact on risk management in higher education. Together they explore the phenomenon of social inflation, which is the rising costs insurance...

1 year ago

22 minutes