Our members are amazing – help us honour them!
Do you know a CAUBO member whose dedication and commitment to volunteerism on behalf of their field is too great to be ignored? Nominate him or her for a 2016 CAUBO Recognition Award! It’s the perfect way to acknowledge and thank someone for their valuable contributions to higher education administration in Canada. It’s well worth the effort to do so – past winners say that being recognized by their peers is incredibly fulfilling and meaningful to them.
If you think you know someone who fits that description but aren’t sure about nominating them, check out the criteria for the member-nominated recognition awards as well as some past recipients:
The Emerging Leader Award honours future leaders in the higher education field.
The Ken Clements Distinguished Administrator Award recognizes an administrator who has made an extraordinary contribution to the advancement of higher education administration and has demonstrated outstanding leadership.
The Distinguished Service Award is granted to persons who have made a significant contribution to CAUBO and the management of higher education over a long period of time, upon the conclusion of their career in university administration.
The awards will be presented in a special ceremony on the Tuesday morning of the CAUBO 2016 Annual Conference in Quebec City.
Nominations close April 8, 2016. Please submit your nominations by email to ALarabieChase@caubo.ca or by fax to 613-563-7739. Download a nomination form here.
What kind of projects win Q&P Awards? We won’t tell you – we’d rather show you!
The CAUBO Q&P Awards are the Oscars of best practices in higher education administration. There are cash prizes, a ceremony at the annual conference, a dedicated section in the summer issue of University Manager, and videos featuring the winning projects. The best way for us to show you what the selection committee look for in a winning project is by showing you those videos. You’ll see that the most successful ideas and projects are often dazzling in their simplicity.
Ready to see your university’s project on the big screens at the 2016 conference? Download the application form and tell us why you should be a Q&P award winner!
The submission deadline for the 2016 Awards is January 15, 2016. So go ahead – show off your achievements! We’re waiting to reward them.
Want to understand university research better? Get online with CAUBO this winter!
CAUBO’s popular online course “Fundamentals of the Research Enterprise” returns starting January 11, 2016! Over seven weeks, this course assists university administrators in understanding the overall context of university research, including its funding, regulation, and administration, explains why so many areas of the university are involved in research administration, and explores some of the challenges that arise from the sharing of responsibilities between the university and researcher, as well as the balancing of resource allocation between the university’s two principal missions of teaching and research.
The course is delivered in a hybrid format consisting of independent study and group study. The independent study materials are provided to participants in the form of PDFs; Live Learning Sessions are delivered via virtual meeting. All course participants will take part in a Technical Orientation session to help them get comfortable with the technology used to deliver this course.
Course dates: January 11 – February 25, 2016
Registration Fee: $550
The course has limited space and will be filled on a first come, first served basis so don’t wait – Get more information or register now!
* Please note this online course is being offered to CAUBO institutional members only.
Announcing the Pat Hibbitts Professional Development Bursary
Sadly and unexpectedly, in June 2015 the CAUBO Community lost one of its most active and distinguished members: Patricia Hibbitts, known to most as Pat. Her participation in the advancement of the higher education administration sector was unparalleled. A huge supporter of and believer in life-long learning and in the education sector as a whole, Pat was passionate about education from many perspectives, an avid learner and a substantial contributor when it came to presenting and sharing her experiences and insight.
In Pat’s honour, and in support of her commitment to continuing education, CAUBO has established a professional development bursary. Annually, CAUBO will extend a complimentary conference registration (including a pre-conference seminar) to one institutional member.
To be eligible for this bursary you must:
Be currently employed at a CAUBO member university in one of the following functional areas: Academic Administration, Facilities Management, Finance, Human Resources, Internal Audit, Procurement, Risk Management, Taxes, Treasury & Investment
Have been working for three years or less in a university environment (at time of application)
Not have attended a CAUBO annual conference before
Applications for the bursary may be self-submitted or submitted by a supervisor; however, all applications must have supervisor sign-off to ensure that the recipient has approval to attend the conference. One recipient will be selected annually by lottery from the pool of all eligible submissions.
The deadline to submit applications for the bursary is January 31, 2016. The winner will be notified by February 15, 2016. Download an application form today!
Save the date: Harness the Power of Collaboration at CAUBO 2016 in Quebec City!
With the globalization of knowledge, how can universities constantly adapt to an ever more competitive backdrop and increasing pressure on their operating budgets? Collaboration may very well be the answer. Indeed, collaboration allows universities to better operate and deliver Canadians quality higher education and high-end research results that contribute to global prosperity.
CAUBO would like to extend our thanks to all members of the Conference Coordination Teams who have been working very hard planning the conference content, and also to acknowledge the very high calibre of the presentation proposals we received for this year’s conference. These contributions will all help to create an exceptional 2016 conference experience for our delegates. Thank you!
Registration for the conference will open in February 2016, but you can book your conference accommodations now. Hotel information is available on the CAUBO 2016 website.
Watch for the conference section in the Spring 2016 issue of University Manager for full program details. We hope to see you in Quebec City in June!