You should see Lori about the following topics:
- Travel- please see me at least two weeks before all travel for travel authorization processing. This is necessary even if you do not have any travel funding.
- Travel funding- each year graduate students are awarded a certain amount of travel funding by the department that can be used for conference travel. You can also apply for funding from the Graduate School (after completion of 5 semesters full-time at UGA), COE funding, and OVPR funding. An email is sent out 4 times a year regarding the deadlines for each of these funding sources and the requirements. These deadlines are set in stone, so please be sure to meet them to insure your applications are submitted.
- Travel reimbursements- all travel reimbursements have to be completed within 30 days following travel (15 days when using Graduate School award funds). Please provide me with all necessary travel receipts within this time frame to insure swift reimbursement.
- Purchasing/reimbursements- if you are working on a grant with a PI and have to submit purchase requests, please see me before any purchases are made so that I can approve and process them for you.
- General purchasing/ travel questions- travel and purchasing can be very complex since state and grant funds are involved, so please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you have.
- Assistantship/ payroll- I process all personnels for assistantships, so questions regarding percent time, hours to be worked, dates of employment, etc. can come to me. You are encouraged to set up direct deposit for all paychecks (this is done with Marianne as part of your new hire process), but the first paycheck will likely be a paper check and will need to be picked up from me.
- Tuition Waivers- I process all tuition waiver requests, so please see me if you are on assistantship and receiving a bill from UGA for tuition (please note: student fees are not waived so you will be responsible for paying them).