Finance and Human Resources

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Session part of Oracle Higher Education Summit at University of Tennessee Knoxville, April 13-15, 2026.

Discover how Rice University expanded its Oracle HCM Cloud footprint with Performance Management and Learn to empower leadership, elevate career development conversations, and align talent strategies with institutional goals. Hear real-world insights from Rice University as they share their strategy, key outcomes, and lessons learned on their journey to driving growth through talent development.

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Session part of Oracle Higher Education Summit at University of Tennessee Knoxville, April 13-15, 2026.

Discover Oracle’s vision for the future of higher education finance through the latest ERP roadmap and AI-driven enhancements. Learn how new features advance process automation, deliver actionable insights, and empower data-driven, agile decision-making. Explore how these innovations boost financial transparency, improve compliance, and create a foundation for continuous improvement. Hear from a peer institution about their journey to Oracle Cloud ERP and its impact on their organization.

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Session part of Oracle Higher Education Summit at University of Tennessee Knoxville, April 13-15, 2026.

As higher education institutions modernize with Oracle Cloud, one of the most common—and least defined—questions is what the future support organization should look like and where it should live. In this session, leaders from Vanderbilt and Baylor share lessons learned from operating post go-live support models, while Middle Tennessee State explains why designing support early during the implementation phase is critical.

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Session part of Oracle Higher Education Summit at University of Tennessee Knoxville, April 13-15, 2026.

Learn how higher education institutions are modernizing mission-critical applications, such as Ellucian Banner and PeopleSoft, by performing a straightforward lift-and-shift from on-premises VMware to VMware on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Oracle Cloud VMware Solution. This session will cover how colleges and universities can migrate existing application stacks with no refactoring, retain familiar VMware tools and operational models, and gain the scalability, performance, and security of OCI. We’ll also highlight examples that have successfully adopted this approach to support student systems, administrative workloads, and campus growth.

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Session part of Oracle Higher Education Summit at University of Tennessee Knoxville, April 13-15, 2026.

The University of Memphis went from a legacy on-premises enterprise platform to Oracle’s cloud-based SaaS solutions for ERP and HCM. Get the highlights of their two-year transformation, including the strategic rationale for change, implementation approach used to modernize core business processes, and the governance and partnership model that enabled effective decision-making and disciplined delivery. The session will cover key milestones, including design, testing, cutover, and stabilization, as well as the outcomes achieved, such as a scalable, secure foundation for improved efficiency, strengthened data and reporting, and better support campus stakeholders.

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Session part of Oracle Higher Education Summit at University of Tennessee Knoxville, April 13-15, 2026.

In this moderated session, you will learn about Oracle Cloud transformation through the experiences of two institutions, Tulane University and James Madison University. Panelists will share candid, practical lessons across HCM transformation and payroll readiness, ERP data governance and procurement, Grants lifecycle and compliance, and EPM alignment for planning and reporting. The session will also explore how AI, combined with the power of Oracle Cloud, is poised to reshape higher education operations across HCM, ERP, and Student areas—helping institutions improve decision-making, streamline service delivery, strengthen insights, and accelerate value realization. Attendees will gain both proven lessons from Tulane’s recent go-lives and forward-looking perspective from JMU’s ongoing implementation journey toward 2027.

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Session part of Oracle Higher Education Summit at University of Tennessee Knoxville, April 13-15, 2026.

HR leaders in higher education face a defining moment: AI is no longer an emerging tool; it's part of how work actually happens. Yet few organizations have a model for how people and intelligent systems should work together. It's time for HR leaders to develop and empower the human agent workforce, supported by the right foundation that is rooted in trusted data, embedded intelligence, and agent led experiences. Discover how Oracle Cloud HCM is helping higher education shape the future of human agent collaboration and learn the concrete steps Vanderbilt University is taking to start that evolution today.

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Session part of Oracle Higher Education Summit at University of Tennessee Knoxville, April 13-15, 2026.

What happens when small or mid-sized colleges roll out Oracle Fusion with lean IT, HR, and finance teams? Join leaders from Allegheny, Davidson, Flagler, Seton Hill, and Trinity for a candid panel on making Fusion work on a smaller campus. Learn practical strategies, creative workarounds, and tough trade-offs for keeping things running with limited resources. Discover how these colleges organize small teams, tap into partner and peer ecosystems, and use Fusion to drive change amid tight budgets.

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Beyond Technology: Building a Culture of Continuous Innovation with Oracle Cloud

Texas Woman’s University’s move from a legacy EBS system to a unified Oracle ERP and HCM Cloud platform was more than a technology upgrade—it sparked a cultural shift toward continuous innovation. In this session, TWU shares how cloud modernization enabled campus-specific agility while strengthening cross-campus alignment through standardized processes, end-to-end automation, and improved grant management. Learn practical strategies to drive data-informed decision-making and build a sustainable culture of continuous improvement—where innovation is an everyday mindset, not a one-time project.