NCURA Region II

Registration is now open for the NCURA Region II Spring Meeting

mcardona — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:12:08 +0000

“Marching Through Time: The Ever-Evolving World of Research Administration”

April 22-25, 2012, Eisenhower Hotel and Conference Center, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Registration Now Open:

Non-Members https://www.ncura.edu/online/cgi-bin/registerdll.dll/registrationForm?sessionaltcd=2012REGIOII&WRP=regform_2012REGIOII.htm

Members https://www.ncura.edu/ams/login.php?url=online/cgi-bin/registerdll.dll/registrationform?sessionaltcd=2012REGIOII&WRP=regform_2012REGIOII.htm

You can also download a paper registration form here.

Sponsor Registration Form

CRA Body of Knowledge Review Session: http://cra-cert.org/examschedule.html

For more information about the meeting, including hotel, plenary speakers, preliminary program and sessions, please visit our Spring Meeting page.

NCURA Region II – Full Day Workshop

mcardona — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:34:36 +0000

Hot Topics in Research Compliance

So you understand the core competencies of research administration – now what? How do you apply these concepts to your daily life as Departmental, Pre-award or Post-award administrator in today’s world? What do the audits at other institutions tell you about what you should be looking for at your institution? How are other institutions changing their practices to keep pace with changes in the regulations?

Current “hot topics” case studies, that have been constructed using real life scenarios, serve as the core of thought-provoking workshop. Participants will apply the foundational principles of the OMB Circulars, federal regulations and common institutional policies and procedures to work through the many shades of grey that make up the research administration kaleidoscope. This promises to be a lively, highly interactive experience that will allow attendees to learn from the instructors as well as the other attendees.

Location: University of Maryland, Baltimore, (University of Maryland Biopark) 801 W. Baltimore Street, First Floor, Baltimore MD, 21201

Date: February 17, 2012

Breakfast will begin at 8:30 am and workshop will begin at 9am and will conclude at 4pm.

Woorkshop Registration: $175.00 (included in Cost: Workshop Materials, Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Snack)

NCURA Membership Dues: $175.00 new member or renewal (optional)

Instructors:

Denise Clark, Associate Vice President, University of Maryland, College Park

Ann Holmes, Assistant Dean, BSOS, University of Maryland, College Park

Brian Squilla, Chief of Staff, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University

Register at: http://a3.acteva.com/orderbooking/bookEvent/A315509

Please register early…seating for 70 participants. Pay via credit card or check.

To Renew your NCURA membership online: http://www.ncura.edu

NCURA Federal I.D. # 52-1721115

Call for Workshop, Concurrent Session and Discussion Group Topics – Region II Spring Meeting 2012

Anne Albinak — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:48:54 +0000

**Please note the submission deadline has been extended**

“Marching Through Time: The Ever-Evolving World of Research Administration”

Dear Region II Members,

The Program Committee is committed to announcing the program for the Spring Meeting to be held in Gettysburg, PA, April 22-25 2012.at the NCURA Annual Meeting in November. We are asking Region II members to submit suggestions for workshop, concurrent session and discussion group topics that you may be interested in presenting, organizing or leading, as well as ideas of sessions you would like to see at the Spring Meeting.

The Program Committee encourages Region II members to consider and suggest topics that reflect the theme of the meeting and focus on providing tools to help us excel while providing the highest quality leadership and support to assist our institutions and constituencies to grow. We encourage workshops, sessions and discussion groups that are always of great interest to Region II members, such as agency and budget updates, electronic proposal submission, compliance issues and primers for new research administrators, but also challenge you to suggest topics or issues that would be new or different for us. Sessions can be for a general audience or for an aspect of our profession (pre-award, post-award, department administrators, compliance, medical/clinical and predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUI)), as well as for varying levels of experience (beginner to senior). We expect that all suggestions will help to create a memorable and valuable Spring Meeting in Gettysburg.

To submit your ideas for a workshop or session, please go to:

http://www.empliant.com/survey/F42E202EE-144F-2090-6C57/

The 2012 Program Committee will review all the submissions and will contact you if they have any questions and to inform you whether or not your suggestion was selected.

If you want to submit more than one topic or session idea or suggestion, please complete a new form for each. Just re-enter the link:

http://www.empliant.com/survey/F42E202EE-144F-2090-6C57/

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Program Committee

Chair: Jill Frankenfield (jfranken@umd.edu).

Thank you,

2012 Spring Meeting Program Committee

NCURA Region II

Regional Meeting Minutes, May 2011

Anthony — Sun, 01 May 2011 15:01:35 +0000

Minutes from the May 2011 Regional Meeting in Brooklyn, NY:

Steering Committee Minutes 05.01.11

We Want You!

Anthony — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:16:45 +0000

Please take a few minutes to let us know what volunteer opportunities most interest you and how you might like to help in the future. There are opportunities for jobs that involve big time commitments and other opportunities that don’t involve such big time commitments; however, there is no such thing as a small contribution — all volunteer activity is vitally important to the Region. If you want to become involved at this year’s spring meeting on May 1st – May 3rd in Brooklyn, NY, you’re in luck. We still can use volunteers as group leaders for evening events, session evaluators, in the hospitality suite or registration desk. Please let us know by filling out the Volunteer Sign-Up Form.

Steering Committee Minutes, February 2011

Anthony — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:58:31 +0000

Minutes from the Feb 2011 Steering Committee meeting

Steering Committee Minutes 2.22.11

Spring Meeting Mentorship Program

Anthony — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:21:04 +0000

The Region II Spring Meeting Mentorship Program provides first-time attendees, or members who have recently begun attending the Spring Meeting, an opportunity to meet other Region II members and to facilitate a member’s active involvement in the Region.

Volunteer mentors will provide advice and counsel regarding sessions that might be a must-see; will provide continued support throughout the Meeting by serving as a lunch or dinner companion; and will make introductions to other NCURA members.

To apply, please use this form if you’re a prospective mentor, and this form if you’re a prospective mentee.

If you have questions about the program, please contact Jared Littman, Chair-Elect and chair of the Volunteer Committee, littmanj@stjohns.edu

Major Role of Mentor:

• Mentors serve as a friend and colleague to an NCURA Region II member who is new(er) to the organization, and who is new to the Meeting.

Mentor Responsibilities:

• Provides friendship, support and inspiration to the attendee

• Meets with attendee (probably via telephone) at least once prior to the Meeting to provide preliminary information about the Meeting and to answer any questions regarding session offerings, logistics, etc; and

• Shares the Meeting experience with the attendee – assists attendee in Meeting other Region II members and connects at a breakfast, lunch or reception.

Benefits:

• Provides an opportunity to help and become friends with a Region II member

• Provides an opportunity to become acquainted with volunteer opportunities of the Region; and

• Is recognized at the Region II Business Meeting as being a NCURA Region II Meeting Volunteer.

Qualifications for Mentor:

• An experienced research administrator who has attended at least two Region II Spring Meetings in the recent past; and who

• Is willing to dedicate time and energy into this program.

Time Commitment:

• One or two short conversations in preparation for the Meeting

• At the Meeting, a few hours of face time, either during the Meeting or during some of the extracurricular activities (both are recommended); and

• Two post-Meeting conversations– one as a debriefing between the Mentor and Mentee to discuss thoughts and lessons learned; one with the Region II Volunteer Committee to assess what worked and what did not work.