COE Policy on Food, Entertainment and Recognition Purchases
Financial Integrity and Responsibility
Purchasing, Accounts Payable and Travel
Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Accounting Code Manual (MFK)
- Cash Handling Policy
- General Ledger Decision Support
- Grant Accounting
College of Education Policy on Food, Entertainment and Recognition Purchases
Business meals and/or refreshments may be approved for reimbursement if the following conditions have been met:
there is a clear University purpose for incurring the expense that is documented in writing. If a meal is being requested, a description of why the University purpose could only be accommodated by meeting during the meal hour, and it should briefly summarize the goals and objectives of the meeting.
Entertainment, flowers and gifts may be approved for reimbursement if the following conditions have been met:
there is a clear University purpose for incurring the expense that is documented in writing.
Requests for payment or reimbursement require three approval signatures -- the person coordinating the event should sign, the DEO/Dept head, or designee, should approve the reimbursement, and the Dean or designee should approve the request before it is forwarded to Accounts Payable for processing. These approvals may be obtained through email.
Following are examples of University purposes:
- business events
- retreats
- conferences
- recognition events
- recruitment and retention events
- training events
- new employee orientation
- outreach events
Faculty and Staff
Financial Integrity and Responsibility
- Financial Misconduct
- Ethics point web site
- The University of Iowa Financial Misconduct Reporting System
Graduate Assistantships Covered by COGS Contract
- Salary and Fringe
| Academic year salary: | 2018-2019 |
| One-half time | $19,225 |
| One-quarter time | $ 9,612.50 |
| Fiscal year salary: | 2018-2019 |
| One-half time | $23,489 |
| One-quarter time | $11,744.50 |
| Fringe rate: | 18.5% |
- Graduate Assistant Tuition and Fee Scholarship
- The minimum tuition scholarship will be defined in relation to a full time load of nine (9) semester hours, and shall be prorated for a lesser number of credit hours enrolled.
- Tuition rates may be found at https://www.maui.uiowa.edu/maui/pub/tuition/rates.page
- Graduate Assistantship Availability
- Graduate College: Graduate Assistantship Information
- Policies Pertaining to Graduate Appointments
- Employed Graduate Student Agreement and Benefit Information
Information Management
Payroll
- Payroll Department
- Academic Working Day Schedule
- Fringe Benefit Rates
- Payroll Calendar including cutoff dates
- Payroll Voucher Instructions
Purchasing, Accounts Payable and Travel
- Travel Department
- Travel Manual
- Travel FAQ's
- Accounts Payable
- Purchasing Department
- Food Policy (from Operations Manual)
Questions or Suggestions
If you have questions or suggestions that you would like to share, please email Emily Campbell.
Finance Staff
Emily Campbell
Director, Finance and Budget Operations
N454 Lindquist Center
319-335-5308
emily-m-campbell@uiowa.edu
- Financial analysis
- Budgets
Kyle Marxen
Senior Accountant
N459 Lindquist Center
319-335-6367
kyle-marxen@uiowa.edu
- Financial management of grants for academic departments
- College expenditures review and verification