1. ENTERTAINMENT ALLOWANCE
A modest budget has been added to each academic department budget (account line 710520) for the entertainment of students. Vouchers should be signed by the department chair and submitted directly to the Accounts Payable Office. The provost (or his or her designate) should sign vouchers reimbursing the department chair. In addition, instructors of seminars for first-year students are encouraged to entertain their advisees at their homes during the semester. Faculty members will be reimbursed up to $50 for the expense of food and non-alcoholic beverages at such occasions, with a limit of $100 for the academic year. Reimbursements should be submitted to the director of the first-year seminar program.
2. PROGRAM ENRICHMENT FUNDS
Funds are budgeted each year earmarked for lectures, co-curricular programs specific to your department, and student research expenses. The provost administers the budget. All expenses (honoraria, travel, entertainment, etc.) must come from this assignment. Vouchers, signed by the department chair, must be submitted to the provost prior to payment by the Accounts Payable Office.
3. STUDENT ASSISTANTS
Undergraduates assisting in such academic work as correcting and reading papers and assisting in laboratories must first be approved by the chair of the department, who shall consult with the provost in these matters.
4. COMMENCEMENT AND CONVOCATION
On Convocation and Commencement days all members of the faculty are invited and encouraged to participate in the academic ceremonies. Those faculty members not owning caps and gowns for the academic procession may rent them through the College Store. The College will pay the rental fees for caps, gowns, and hoods for untenured faculty. Orders should be given at least six weeks in advance of Commencement weekend. Academic regalia may be purchased by the faculty through the College Store. A payroll deduction loan program is available for faculty who purchase regalia through the College Store. Beginning with faculty tenured in 2006-07, the College will purchase academic regalia for faculty upon their promotion to associate professor (if they do not yet own regalia).