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Tips for Successfully Logging in to URMIA Zoom Meetings

By URMIA Staff posted 2 days ago
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By Rachel Kuper , Learning Specialist, URMIA Login Required for URMIA Zoom Meetings For security reasons, URMIA requires attendees to be logged in to a Zoom account to join organizational events hosted through the Zoom platform. Additionally, URMIA tracks interest and engagement through log-ins at Zoom meetings. Common Troubleshooting Tips Make sure you are logged into a Zoom account. Zoom considers all of its account types (i.e., Basic, Pro, Business, ...
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Logging in to an URMIA Zoom Meeting via a Web Browser

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By Rachel Kuper , Learning Specialist, URMIA No App? Join Meeting Through Web Browser After you sign up for an URMIA meeting that uses Zoom, you will receive an email from the URMIA Office with the Zoom Meeting link, Meeting ID, and Passcode. If you don't have the Zoom app downloaded on your computer, you can join from any web browser , like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, etc. When you click on the link for an URMIA Zoom meeting, it should take you to a screen ...
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Logging in to an URMIA Zoom Meeting via the Zoom App

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By Rachel Kuper , Learning Specialist, URMIA Connect with URMIA Meetings Logging in to an URMIA Zoom meeting using the Zoom desktop app or Zoom mobile app is usually the easiest option. This section will focus on the desktop app specifically, but the process is similar to join from the mobile app. After you sign up for an URMIA meeting that uses Zoom, you will receive an email from URMIA Office with the Zoom Meeting link, Meeting ID, and Passcode. ...
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How to Download the Zoom Desktop App

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By Rachel Kuper , Learning Specialist, URMIA Using Zoom on Your Desktop If you do not have the Zoom Desktop app downloaded already, go to the Zoom website . At the top-right of the page, click the “Resources” tab then under “Download Zoom Client” click “Download Center.” From there, under “Zoom Desktop Client,” click the blue “Download” button. Under the Downloads section of your web browser, Zoom installer will automatically ...
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How to Create a Free Zoom Account

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By Rachel Kuper , Learning Specialist, URMIA Login Required for Zoom If you do not have a Zoom account already, sign up for a Basic (Free) Zoom account by going to the Zoom website and clicking the blue “Sign Up Free” button. Next, enter your birth year and click the blue “Continue” button. Enter the email address you wish to sign up with and click the blue “Continue” button. This will take you to a new page asking ...
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Culture Starts with Recruiting

By URMIA Staff posted 27 days ago
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Gain insight on how your organization’s culture impacts recruiting and retaining employees Making Mindful Hiring Decisions Includes Cultural Fit Great company culture ranks high on most candidates’ wish lists in our post-pandemic work environment. Many employees have had changes in priorities based on life in the pandemic and experiences they had during the shift to remote and hybrid work models. Now more than ever when organizations are trying to ...
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Four Key Strategies to Combat Hazing and Hazardous Drinking in Greek Life

By URMIA Staff posted 28 days ago
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Create safer fraternities and sororities and reap the benefits campuswide Shifting the Focus to Address Hazing and Hazardous Drinking Achieving safer and more sustainable campus fraternities and sororities is within reach through a combination of proactive strategies. By focusing on developing student leadership skills, enhancing prevention efforts, and redefining accountability and compliance, we can effectively address the prevalent issues of hazing ...
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URMIA Member Profile: Twane Duckworth

By URMIA Staff posted 28 days ago
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Get to know a fellow URMIA member beyond just his risk management and insurance experiences Twane Duckworth at WTW Title: Senior Client Executive, N.A. Public Sector & Education Leader Hometown: Miami, Florida Alma Mater: Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens, FL Degrees/Certifications: Degrees - Juris Doctor, Masters in Risk Management & Insurance, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Certifications - Chief Risk ...
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URMIA Member Profile: Nels Pate, Jr.

By URMIA Staff posted 02-26-2024
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Meet a fellow URMIAn and what he does Nels Pate, Jr. at Bethune-Cookman University Title: Director of Risk Management & Insurance Hometown: Orlando, Florida Alma Mater: Columbia College and Bethune-Cookman University What was your first job? As a teenager, I worked in a mail room for an insurance company. As an adult, I worked in a kitchen for a major hotel chain. How did you start your career in risk management? I transitioned into ...
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How Hungry Am I? A Guide to Establishing Risk Appetite and Tolerance

By Victoria Meadows, MS posted 02-26-2024
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Learn how risk appetite and tolerance statements can help answer “how much risk is too much risk” Leveraging Your Risk Register for Decision-Making Your risk register gives you a list of your institution’s risks and can help you establish some priorities, but it doesn’t necessarily tell you how well you are managing that risk or when you need to act. Organizations use risk appetite and tolerance statements to help answer those questions. From a recent URMIA ...
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Connecting for the Greater Good of Higher Ed Risk Management

By Craig McAllister, CPCU, ARM, AIC, AIS posted 01-31-2024
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Learn where URMIA is focusing efforts this year Our Strategic Goals Remain the Driving Force Connection is the theme for my presidency year and we are well underway enhancing opportunities within URMIA to make those broader ties within the higher education community. URMIA’s strategic goals are providing the guidance for these connections including: Connecting members to each other Connecting members with professional development and resources Connecting ...
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Internships: A Win-Win for Risk Management Departments and Students

By URMIA Staff posted 01-30-2024
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Consider applying for an URMIA internship grant in one of URMIA’s 2024 award cycles Let URMIA Fund Your Risk Management Intern For the third consecutive year, URMIA will be offering $7,500 grants to fund member institutions having an intern to help with risk management roles and responsibilities. “I think anyone in the field would agree that familiarizing themselves with risk management concepts is great but applying them in a real-world setting is where the ...
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URMIA Participating in Inter-Association Well-being in Higher Education Week

By URMIA Staff posted 01-29-2024
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Engage in conversations across campus to raise literacy for well-being among higher education professionals Partnering to Raise Awareness from Multiple Corners of Campus URMIA is joining more than 20 other higher education associations as we come together in dialogue around well-being. This buzzword is seemingly everywhere, but what does it really mean? Why does it matter? How can we each contribute to this critical work? “Well-being in Higher Education: Raising ...
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Safeguarding Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of Strategies for Preservation, Digitization, and Archival Storage

By URMIA Staff posted 01-29-2024
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Employ special care when preserving fine art and artifacts Proactive Measures Protect Collections Institutions of higher learning, such as universities, museums, and archives, are the custodians of irreplaceable fragments of history. Preserving these invaluable artifacts is paramount to enabling communities to connect with the past, fostering both research and preservation. However, the natural degradation of historical documents and the potential risks ...
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2023’s Top Ten “Ask Lou” Questions from URMIAns

By Lou Drapeau, MBA, ARM posted 12-19-2023
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Take a look at what questions other risk managers had during 2023 An Average of 15 Questions Per Month Submitted In a recent conversation with an URMIA member, the man behind URMIA’s “Ask Lou” button was referred to as the “Swiss Army Knife of URMIA.” While we are preparing for Lou Drapeau’s retirement and looking for a new Swiss Army Knife, we are also taking a look back at the top ten topics Lou Drapeau, URMIA’s resource manager, received through the Ask Lou ...
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Strategies and Best Practices for Youth Protection

By URMIA Staff posted 12-19-2023
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Investigate how these tips can strengthen your youth protection program Why You Should Be Concerned Preventing abuse in higher education is crucial because a single incident of sexual abuse can inflict lifelong pain on a vulnerable individual and significantly harm the institution. Abuse is preventable despite increasing incidents. Higher education institutions have a unique opportunity to cultivate safe and service-oriented environments. Establishing a "culture ...
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A Look Inside the Risks of Today’s Collegiate Athletic Trainer Crisis

By URMIA Staff posted 12-18-2023
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Understand the risk involved as collegiate athletics face athletic trainer shortages The Institutional Risk Around Athletic Trainer Retention, Hiring Difficulties Collegiate athletics have noticed an increased difficulty in retaining and hiring athletic trainers (AT), which has become of increasing interest and concern to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and other collegiate athletic organizational bodies. They continue to place significant ...
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Getting to Know Fellow URMIAns

By URMIA Staff posted 12-18-2023
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Meet a couple of your fellow URMIA members, what they do, and how they got to where they are today Bianca S. at University of Houston Title: Executive Director, Education Abroad and Scholar Services Hometown: San Diego, California Alma Mater: Grambling State University Degrees/Certification: PhD in Global Leadership/Organizational Management, Masters in Sociology What was your first job? County of San Diego student worker. My office overlooked the San Diego Bay and the iconic Coronado Bridge! How did you start your career in risk management? My background in international affairs allowed me to contribute and ultimately oversee ...
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Meet URMIA Member: Justin Kraynack

By URMIA Staff posted 11-27-2023
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Meet a fellow URMIAn and what he does Justin Kraynack at Temple University Title: Director, Enterprise Risk Management Hometown: Shavertown, Pennsylvania Alma Mater: Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania for a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Marketing) What was your first job? My first job was as a purchasing manager for a large machine shop in Wilkes-Barre, PA. I spent the first ten years of my career working in ...
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The GRC Revolution: Reshaping Risk Management in the Education Sector

By Jonathan Lindhe posted 11-27-2023
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Replace spreadsheets and manual data manipulation with software Efficient Risk Management Is the Goal for All Today, schools, colleges, and universities are continually challenged to do more with less. Managing risk, achieving compliance, and implementing good governance procedures are critical for the education sector to protect students, secure funding, and keep pace with modern protocols. The sector faces a constant push to innovate to meet stringent regulations ...
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