• All purchasing card transactions posted through January 14 appear in the January, 2000, CUFS reports.

Grants Information

• Fund 29 Added: A new restricted fund number has been added- Fund 29-Restricted Private Gifts.  This fund will be used to segregate future grants garnered through University Advancement.
• Graduate Appointments: Just a reminder that all graduate appointments charged to grant or match accounts should be sent to Grants Accounting for approval prior to sending them to the Graduate Appointments Office in Chubb Hall.

Travel Expense Report (TER) Reminders

• Please be sure to use the checklist above your signature.  The following items must be included with your TER if applicable: registration form/conference information, correct per diem, hotel portfolio, auto rental receipts, and telephone calls marked correctly.
•  Please be sure that all departmental adjustments are put in the correct cell (Less Departmental Adjustments) on the form.  The travel advance cell (Less Travel Advances) will not correctly reflect the adjustment and may cause a delay in reimbursement.

Contract Employee Reminders

• Departments should be maintaining vacation records for all eligible administrative contract employees (Ref Policy # 41.001).  Vacation record forms can be obtained by contacting University Human Resources, McKee House, phone: 593-1636.

Graduate Fall Fee Waivers

• In this CUFS report you have received the budget allocation for graduate fall fee waivers written by your department or school.  You are encouraged to reconcile to the detailed reports submitted to your college Dean's Office by the Graduate Appointments Office.  If you have not received this information you should contact your Dean's Office.  Questions on the detailed reports can be referred to Lisa Poston Brooks at 3-9676.

Employee Recognition

•  A new employee recognition policy (Ref Policy # 40.011) took effect 11/15/99.  Please make sure your department is aware of all changes and has a current recognition program on file if applicable.

Internal Audit Department Winter Interns

• The Internal Audit department is proud to announce the following 4 students from the College of Business as the Winter 2000 interns: Michael Fry, Toby Knotts, Stacie McNulty, and Scott Riggenbach.  The Internal Audit office is located at 177 HDL Center.

Comments or Ideas

• The Vice President for Finance Division would like to welcome any comments or ideas the University community may have concerning our monthly CUFS insert.  Please forward any comments or ideas for upcoming BU$INE$$ MATTER$ issues to:

Tanya Bibler, 218C HDL Center, phone: 597-1721, or email: biblert@ohio.edu

      All comments and ideas are welcome and appreciated.

CUFS report recipients: please remind your staff to look up BU$INE$$ MATTER$ on the web at: / and click on “Fiscal News”

Reminder: when making any direct purchase always have the vendor put the University employee (not student) name and department on the package and on the invoice for tracking purposes at the receiving and payable levels