Finance Division

To:  University Business Managers

From:  Elizabeth C. (Betsi) Snipes, Director of Payroll Services

Date:  December 11, 2008

Receipt of Pay
January 2, 2009, is a scheduled payday, and also a University-scheduled holiday. For those on direct deposit, monies will be in their accounts as of 9 a.m., Friday, January 2, 2009. Other checks (terminations, one time payments, new hires, etc.) will need to be picked up by the Human Resource Facilitator on Monday, January 5, 2009, and distributed to employees. Pay checks for employees currently being mailed will be mailed on January 5, 2009.

To:  Deans, Directors, and Department Chairs

From:  Martha J. Pendergrass
Director, Material & Disbursement Services

Date:  December 8, 2008

Effective January 1, 2009, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has decreased the business standard mileage rate from 58.5 cents per mile to 55 cents per mile to account for the recent decline in gasoline prices.  

To:      Finance Employees
          University Business Managers

From:  Chandrika Rao, Director, Accouting Services
          Janet Kelly-Scholle, Director, Finance Communications and Training

Date:  December 5, 2008

Effective December 22, 2008, Kathi Wimmer will be joining Accounting Services as the Financial Accountant (position previously held by Scott Dwyer).

To:    University Business Managers

From: Dennis Press, University Controller

Date: December 2, 2008

As you know, the University will be closed December 23-26 for winter break. It is anticipated that there will not be the normal need for central services on Monday, December 22, based on the winter break schedule. In order to allow staff to take vacation time on Monday, December 22, the following offices will be closed on that date:

To:     University Business Managers

From:  Emily Coble, Cash Manager

Date:  December 1, 2008

Graduate students who will be graduating at the end of Fall semester 2008 in December must be removed from the Graduate Student Health Insurance Program effective January 14, 2009. To do this, go to the “Graduate Student Health Insurance Enrollment and Change Form”. Place a “*G*” in the “Delete Code” field and “*01/14/09*” in the “Removed” field.