Prospice: looking ahead at events of interest for higher education - Brief Article

Matrix: The Magazine for Leaders in Education, April, 2001

If you use and enable technology to support administrative processes in higher education and also like to play tennis, hike, or go horseback riding, then don't miss the CUMREC 2001 conference to be held May 13-15 at the Pointe South Mountain Resort in Phoenix, Ariz.

A strong program focusing on the innovations and solutions being created in administrative technology to move higher-education institutions forward is scheduled. The rapid growth of electronic commerce, an explosion of Web applications, and a maturing use of data warehousing and enterprise resource planning (ERP) are just a few of the important issues the 2001 conference will confront. The conference, which is being hosted by Arizona State University, will bring administrators together with their peers and corporate partners to strategize, brainstorm, and trade information about these issues.

CUMREC also promises fun in the sun. Choose from a variety of activities including a golf tournament, a night of baseball when the Arizona Diamondbacks play the Philadelphia Phillies, and an opportunity to explore the geographic and cultural diversity of the Southwest.

And just because the conference ends doesn't mean the fun has to. A 55-mile rafting trip down the lower Colorado River through the Grand Canyon has been arranged and designed specifically for CUMREC conference attendees.

Spend the better part of three days on the river and two days camping along its shoreline.

For information about CUMREC, visit http://www.Cumrec.org.

There's no place like the Big Apple, the "capital of the world," to host a conference that will help college and university leaders develop innovative business practices. The National Association of College and University Business Officers annual conference takes place there July 28-31. Presentations, interactive sessions, and discussions will showcase the following topics: accounting and finance, business operations, policy issues in higher education, institutional effectiveness, and technology.

General session speakers include Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State, Johnnetta Cole, presidential distinguished professor of anthropology, women's studies and African-American studies, Emory, University, and Bob Woodward, managing editor of the Washington Post.

An exhibit hall will showcase the following: accounting & appraisal services, campus & credit card providers, comprehensive financial providers (tax sheltered annuities, retirement plans, and no-load mutual funds), facility management services, leadership development services, publishers of reference books, professional and trade books, guidebooks, educational brochures and other publications, and more.

Tours of historic and regional sites will offer attendees the opportunity to explore all that New York City has to offer, including a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies, a broadway performance of Aida, a tour of the Statue of Liberty, and a cruise around Manhattan Harbor.

For information, visit the NACUBO site at http://www.nacubo.org.

A Planning Odyssey" is the theme of the Society of College and University Planners' 36th annual, international conference and Expo, which will be held July 21-25 in Boston, Mass.

More than 1,200 attendees, consisting of presidents, vice presidents, provosts, directors of facilities, research, finance, information technology, and other planning disciplines, are expected at SCUP-36.

Five topic tracks that cut across the traditional areas of academic planning, resource planning, and facilities planning are being put together.

The Expo is a major component of the overall conference. Exhibitors have opportunities to share their products, projects, and services with leaders and explore emerging trends and issues in higher-education planning.

For information, go to http://www.scup.org.