Tag: Procruement Services

Teri Alexander, Director, Learning Environments, Libraries

“Teri works 24-7 to ensure that students, faculty and library staff enjoy a safe, secure library. If there is an emergency, say, a broken water pipe, Teri is Johnny-on-the-spot with help to handle it. Also, she is a true team player and promotes camaraderie among library staff.”  – Anonymous 

Elizabeth Milam, Director of the Office of Student Financial Aid | Jennifer Williams, Associate Director of the Office of Student Financial Aid

“Congratulations to Elizabeth Milam and Jennifer Williams on their recent designation as a nationally recognized Certified Financial Aid Administrator®. This certification is a prestigious accomplishment highlighting their extensive knowledge in their profession, and we are honored to celebrate their dedication and support of students throughout the financial aid process. During a turbulent year with the rollout of FAFSA Simplification, we could not be more grateful to have the expertise of both Elizabeth and Jennifer.” – Division of Enrollment Management

John Kozlowski, Administrative Project Manager, Procurement and Business Services

“John knocked it out of the park while assiting us in reviewing and revising the approval workflow in BuyWays. We gave him an outline of how we would like it to work and he made it happen! We now have a working template to request any future updates as needed.” – Anonymous

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By Angela Wiggins, Disbursements Manager
Procurement Services

Procurement Services recently announced a revision to the University Travel Policy, effective Jan. 1, 2015.  This policy revision, a result of campus feedback, was implemented to simplify and clarify many parts of the previous travel policy. While this policy does not address all changes in travel that employees would like to see, Procurement Services views this as the first step in a continuous process to improve university travel.

Some highlights of the policy changes include:

• A simplified format, making the policy easier to use/follow
• Definitions for commonly questioned terms
• Electronic approval of travel vouchers, as defined in the policy
• A new section addressing local travel or travel to other Clemson locations from a primary office
• An update of IRS mileage reimbursement rate, as well as moving to a single, mileage reimbursement rate
• A new section on the use of p-card as relates to employee travel, which also now allows the p-card to be used for rental cars
• The removal of a 60-day limit for reimbursement. Reimbursement requests must be made within same fiscal year.
• An increase of limits for when receipts are required from $5 to $25
• A new section to highlight some of the more common allowable and non-allowable travel expenses

Procurement Services continues to work to improve the travel process with changes to the reimbursement form/process, foreign travel policy, and will maintain its collaboration with the State to explore options for meal per-diem rates.