Get Involved

Volunteers are one of our URMIA community’s greatest strengths. Volunteering with URMIA is a great way to learn, grow, and make a difference in your association.

It doesn’t have to be a heavy lift. URMIA volunteer opportunities can be micro volunteer or longer-term positions, informal or formal in nature, and group or solo contributions. Find the opportunity that fits where you are right now!

When you volunteer, you add to your professional growth by networking with a wide range of skilled peers and developing your leadership skills. 

The Volunteer Experience

URMIA strives to provide positive, inclusive experiences to everyone who volunteers for the association. We are strengthened by a community of volunteers from diverse backgrounds, areas of expertise, experiences, geographic locations, functional areas, institutions and companies, member segments, and volunteer participation levels.

Volunteer Attributes

URMIA welcomes anyone who wants to share their knowledge, talents, and passions to advance the association and the discipline of higher education risk management. Those who choose to serve typically exhibit the following attributes:

The Path to Leadership

If you are interested in future service on the URMIA Board of Directors (BOD), please use this Path to Leadership guide and find opportunities to get involved in the tabbed sections below. While participation in these activities does not guarantee a place on the BOD, these activities will provide a prospective candidate with a breadth of experience in the association. 



Find Your Volunteer Opportunity



Candace Collins Helping a Member

2024 Award Winners Group Shot

Paul Fox At The Podium

 

Lead

  • Those in URMIA’s leadership positions determine the strategic direction for the association and develop pathways to achieve the goals that advance the discipline of higher ed risk management.

• Serve as a standing or special committee chair, vice-chair, or member for the association:

Finance Committee - Makes appropriate recommendations regarding the organization's financial position, maintains the financial policies and procedures, and interacts with the organization's CPA firm  

Leadership Development Committee - Solicits nominations for president-elect and board of directors members and prepares a ballot for membership vote  

International Committee - Identifies opportunities for increased education and collaboration regarding global risk management practices to benefit URMIA members  

Affiliates Committee - Guides affiliate members' efforts to contribute to the organization's mission and be resources for URMIA's institutional members  

Honors Committee - Reviews critieria and submissions for URMIA's awards, solicits nominations annualy, and recommends any changes to the current award program  



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Plan

  • Members interested in collaborating to create member experiences such as events.



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      Serve

      • Peer networking, resource sharing, and enhancing programs that continue to meet the needs of higher ed risk managers are typically the opportunities you’ll find in this category of ways to serve URMIA.

      • • Help lead URMIA’s YoPro (Young Professionals) Community

      • Tag existing entries in the URMIA Library  
      • Facilitate Water Cooler Discussions  

      • Welcome New Members  

      • Co-Lead URMIA Colleague Connections sessions  



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      Contribute

      • Share your knowledge and expertise with the rest of the URMIA community.

      • • Submit a proposal to present at a regional or annual conference  
      • • Present at a webinar or facilitate a community conversation  
      • • Serve as a guest on an URMIA Matters podcast  
      • • Write an article for URMIA Insights    

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      Engage

      • Reach out to your peers and respond to requests for data to help build peer collaboration and benchmarking opportunities with the greater higher ed risk management community. Most of these areas require member access and you should be logged into the website to enjoy.

      • • Respond to and create posts in communities within the URMIAnetwork  
      • • Search the URMIA resources and share them with colleagues  
      • • Respond to surveys  
      • • Read articles and publications



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      Support

      • Your investment in URMIA can help us in two ways:  

      • • Enable attendance at URMIA conferences by professionals in higher ed risk management
      • • Provide internship opportunities for member institutions introducing students to risk management in a higher ed setting



        = opportunity for URMIA Institutional Members       = opportunity for URMIA Affiliate Members