As we begin a new fiscal year, with ongoing shifts in federal grant funding requirements, this is a great time to revisit the importance of regularly monitoring your grants. Consistent oversight isn’t just a best practice; it’s essential for ensuring compliance, protecting your funding, and keeping projects on track.
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We wanted to inform you of a change in dates regarding the FY25 fund balance roll-forward process.
Whether you're writing emails, reports, or documents, using descriptive link text (like "view the schedule" instead of "click here") helps everyone understand your content faster—and makes it more accessible.
On July 31, 2025, the Financial Approvers and Related Metadata (FARM) application will receive a series of small but meaningful updates to enhance functionality and user experience.
Changes you’ll see in FARM include:
On July 8, 2025, several enhancements were implemented in the OBI Grants Funds Available dashboard, including new prompts and columns designed to give users greater flexibility in accessing grants data.
As a reminder, when viewing FY26 results in OBI for designated, student organization, and gift sources, please remember the FY25 activity will not be rolled forward until August 9, 2025, after June activity is finished.
These final weeks mark the culmination of summer activities and preparations for the launch of the fall term. As we wrap up another successful fiscal year, we want to share important dates and reminders for August and a few reminders to smoothly transition into the new academic year - ready to welcome our new and returning Bobcats!
The University’s Corporate Travel Card (CTA) has been compromised and has been closed effective immediately. As a result, the CTA card will be temporarily unavailable for airline reservations until early next week while we await the replacement card.
We are pleased to announce several user experience and interface enhancements to BobcatBUY that will go live on Monday, July 14, 2025. These updates aim to improve clarity, navigation, and workflow efficiency across multiple document types and functions.