Leadership Updates on Major Initiatives - Finance & Administration

Upcoming Meeting

Stay tuned for updates on the Spring 2026 LUMI meeting.

Previous Meeting

October 27, 2025 Meeting Agenda
Watch the October 27, 2025 LUMI Meeting Recording

This web page has been established to serve as an information resource for University-wide initiatives shared via the Leadership Update on Major Initiatives (LUMI). The site will feature agendas and presentations made at LUMI meetings, other presentations of interest, and an archive of policy / procedure related announcements. The Leadership Update on Major Initiatives (LUMI) replaces the Business Affairs Advisory Forum (BAAF), which long served as an important informational meeting for a primary audience of business and human resource officers in UGA’s schools, colleges, and other units. The Leadership Update on Major Initiatives is intended to reach a broader audience and will be held twice per year, in February and October.

LUMI is focused on sharing information about high-level institutional initiatives and exists to inform any faculty or staff member with leadership and administrative responsibilities. Meeting content includes key University-wide initiatives. Please contact any member of the LUMI Steering Committee with your thoughts and ideas for future meetings.

A resource, “Announcements Archive,” is now provided on the LUMI Website (You are currently viewing that archive) in response to a request from the LUMI Planning Group. Policy- related announcements sent to the Business Services Listserv, Admin Memo Listserv or related business and administrative listservs since July 2011 are posted here. Please share this website link with others in your department so we can all make use of these resources.

Leadership Update on Major Initiatives Resources

LUMI Meeting Agendas and Materials:

Announcement Archive

Fiscal Administration Certificate Training Series (FACTS)

Business Affairs Advisory Forum Presentation Archive

In the News

Contract compliance specialists Ike Free, Bubba Cowart and Ray McDonald stand near a residence hall construction site. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)

10.17.2025

Contract compliance specialists keep campus up to code

Before anyone in the UGA community sets foot in a new or renovated building, Ray McDonald, Bubba Cowart and Ike Free have made sure it’s safe to do so. As contract compliance specialists in the Office of University Architects, they work with contractors to make sure work is completed on time and correctly.

UGA to redevelop Legion Pool, Legion Field to better serve and support students

The University of Georgia plans to redevelop the Legion Pool and Legion Field area to better serve and support its students. The decision comes upon the recommendation of a working group that has considered the highest and best use of this space, located in the heart of the Athens campus, for the last six months.

How to stay safe during hurricane season

It’s been an unusually quiet hurricane season so far. But that may change with Hurricane Gabrielle taking aim at Bermuda in the coming days and more than two months left before the 2025 storm season officially comes to a close. Wondering how to stay safe? The University of Georgia’s Alyssa Ragan, from the UGA Institute for Disaster Management, answers common questions surrounding hurricane preparedness.