Presentation Archive

View presentations and session descriptions for past UB Business Day events.

  • IT Policies at UB

    Presenter(s): Tina Rimbeck, Information Technology

    This presentation highlights the critical role of IT policies in safeguarding university resources, detailing the structure and update strategies of IT policies at UB. It covers the steps for advancing and approving policies, recent changes and upcoming standards.

    Presented: 10/24/2024

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  • IT Procurement: What You Need to Know for Software and Hardware Purchases

    Presenter(s): Nina Anders, David Markey, Tina Rimbeck

    Information Technology Procurement includes hardware, networking, software and web-based services. The Information Technology team collaborates across campus with department stakeholders, the VPCIO office, Equity Diversity and Inclusion office and SUNY legal counsel. This comprehensive process is intended to confirm all information technology purchases are procured in a manner that safeguards University Systems and Data while providing an accessible experience to the UB Community. Included is rollout of the new Software and Web-Based Services form for Fall of 2025 and updates in hardware purchasing.   

    Presented: 11/12/2025

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  • Learn More, Do More, Be More: Micro-Credential Opportunities for UB Staff

    Presenter(s): Anne Reed, Janeen Wilder; Office of Micro-Credentials

    Learn more about micro-credential programs and digital badges offered through the Office of Micro-Credentials at UB. We will define common terminology and identify programs available to UB staff to take you to the next level of your career. 

    Presented: 10/26/2023

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  • Lifecycle of a Gift

    Presenter(s): Patrick Richey, Chris Decker; University at Buffalo Foundation

    This presentation from the University at Buffalo Foundation focuses on the lifecycle of a gift from solicitation through stewardship. The presenters discuss various operating units of the Foundation and demonstrate how the Foundation invests and manages each gift to support the mission of the University at Buffalo.

    Presented: 10/24/2024

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  • Making SIRI Your Own

    Presenter(s): Scott Pochron, Business Reporting and Systems

    Learn how to customize SIRI reports to meet your business needs, save those customizations and reuse them. See how fields can be added or removed, sorts and totals modified and new prompts and sections added. You’ll also get a glimpse of new and upcoming reports and dashboards geared toward managing travel and procurement activities. The focus of the session is on financial data, but the concepts shown apply across all of SIRI.

    Presented: 10/24/2024

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