As part of the pre-conference activities for SAS Innovate, I am hosting an afternoon with our user groups. From 1:30-5:30pm on Monday, April 27, you will hear from some of your favorite user group leaders and presenters. There is no extra cost to attend, so if you are arriving before 1:30pm on April 27, please be sure to come see these incredible presentations. There will also be a reception from 5:00-5:30pm just for attendees of the SAS Users Day event. I hope to see you there!   SAS Users Day agenda ... View more

If you've been waiting to see the presentation list before registering for SAS Innovate, wait no more. The agenda is live and ready for your viewing: https://innovate.sas.com/event/b8642a1b-9ad0-4af8-bc0f-cfac6a57724b/agenda   Early bird pricing ends Feb. 25, so be sure to register soon. I'll be there and looking forward to seeing everyone!     ... View more

Thank you to everyone who attended the DCSUG webinar today. SAS presenter Jackie Johnson gave a wonderful presentation and has provided us with her slides and data sets. Please share with all who might be interested!   ... View more

  You are invited to join the upcoming DCSUG webinar titled, "SAS OnDemand: The Easy Way to Learn SAS for Free for Students, Educators, and Independent Learners"   Jan. 27, 2026 10:30-11:30AM ET   Register today!   Abstract:  SAS OnDemand for Academics (ODA) is free cloud-based software anyone can use to learn SAS programming. ODA offers the latest SAS 9.4 software for data manipulation and cutting-edge analytics through the SAS Studio programming interface. Point-and-click SAS Studio tasks can additionally be used to automatically generate code. In this session, we will walk through a guided demonstration of SAS OnDemand for Academics including an example data analysis and concluding with resources for further training. Register for SAS OnDemand for Academics at http://welcome.oda.sas.com. Detailed registration instructions are available here. Other helpful resources include instructions for updating your own data, the ODA Frequently Asked Questions page,  and the ODA general support page.   Presenter: Jackie Johnson, Principal Analytical Training Consultant at SAS Jacqueline Johnson is a principal analytical training consultant in Global Academic Programs at SAS. In her role at SAS, she conducts SAS software training at academic campuses around the country and works with faculty to support efforts to develop the future analytics workforce. She holds a DrPH in Biostatistics from UNC Chapel Hill. Prior to SAS, Dr. Johnson’s career has focused on statistical analyses of clinical trials data and includes working as a biostatistics faculty in an academic medical school and as a biostatistician in the pharmaceutical industry. She has been teaching with SAS in commercial and academic settings for over 15 years.    Please share /forward this email to all who can benefit or find it to be of good informational use. ... View more

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬: SEASUG (Southeast and Atlantic SAS Users Group) is heading to Malvern, PA for the 2026 conference, happening Oct 22 - 24. More details will be posted soon at www.seasug.org ... View more