An official leave form must be completed by each faculty member and approved by appropriate officials before leaving campus to attend a professional conference or on official University business.
Each faculty member must fill out a travel authorization form and a travel voucher in order to receive reimbursement for attending a professional conference or official University business. Specific details about expense reimbursement policies can be found on the KSU Intranet at the following link:
http://ksuintranet.kysu.edu/AccountsPayable/Ap.htm
Additionally, faculty may be required to enter travel expenditures in the electronic ‘Concur’ system in order to receive reimbursement.
The University provides a range of educational benefits for full-time employees and their dependent children and current spouse. These benefits are available after the completion of their introductory period. The University provides tuition remission for current full-time employees and their dependent children (as established by federal tax guidelines) for approved courses of study. Specific details relating to the employee tuition remission program can be found in Section 50.4 of the most recent version of the Human-Resource manual located on KSU's website at this link: https://kysu.edu/administration-governance/finance-business/human-resources/policies/
The Distinguished Professor Award is given to faculty for outstanding and meritorious achievement.
The committee shall consist of eleven members: seven full-time faculty members, one elected representative from each college and the library, with the remaining faculty elected at large. The faculty will be nominated at College and Library meetings and elected by secret ballot one week later. The composition of the committee shall also consist of an administrator appointed by the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, the President of the Student Government Association or a student chosen by him/her, an alumnus chosen by the Alumni Association, and a member of the University staff selected in a manner consistent with other staff elections/selections.
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