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The Bursar's Office manages the CVent Event Registration System for the university. This system can be utilized by departments across campus and the University for event and registration management. It provides a professional, centralized solution for event registration, payment processing, reporting, and event administration.
Highlights of System
Professional Event Management Platform
- Robust event registration and management system
- Scalable solution for conferences, workshops, seminars, and recurring events
- Professional registration experience for participants
- Historical event data and reporting capabilities
University-Wide Availability
- Available to all University departments and campuses
- Supports both current users and future growth opportunities
- Provides a centralized solution which minimizes redundant system implementations and reduces the administrative and financial costs associated with departments independently procuring and managing separate solutions
Administrative Efficiency
- Streamlines registration, attendee management, communications, and reporting
- Reduces manual processes and administrative workload for event organizers
- Supports online payment collection and tracking
- Allows recurring events to be copied and reused, reducing setup time for future events
- Provides centralized administration of user accounts, system maintenance, and revenue and fee allocations, allowing departments to focus on event management rather than administrative and financial processes
Responsibilties - Bursar's Office / Participating Departments
Bursar's Office
The Bursar's Office assumed management of the service center in January of 2027 and provides centralized administration of the system including:
- User setup and maintenance
- Monthly allocation of sales revenue
- Monthly allocation of credit card processing fees
- Monthly allocation of registration fees
- Annual PCI compliance reporting and submission
The identified responsibilities will be supported by existing staff resources, and an assessment will be conducted to determine the appropriate allocation of personnel costs to the service center. These functions are consistent with existing responsibilities of the Bursar's Office related to payment processing, credit card administration, and system management, and aligns with the office's operational functions and expertise.
Participating Departments
Departments are responsible for:
- Event setup and administration
- Event reporting
- Event marketing and promotion
- Recording offline payments
- Processing refunds
- Chargeback investigation and resolution
- Event registration and payment reconciliation
Costs
Costs* for utilizing the system are:
- $6.50 per registration fees (paid or not)
2-3% of Sales - Credit card processing fees
*as of 1/1/2027
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For more information or to request access, email us at: bursar@unl.edu
