The University will pay the expenses of attending a professional meeting up to $1000.00 per year per faculty member.
If any of the yearly allocation to a faculty member is not spent by that faculty member in that year on conference expense, up to $250 of any such faculty member's unspent funds for that year may be used by such faculty member for developmental materials in the faculty member's discipline, such as books, cassettes, and film strips or periodicals, or dues in a recognized professional society related to the faculty member's discipline. While in general the $250 should not be spent on these developmental materials until toward the end of the year involved, so that the funds would remain available to the faculty member for possible conference expenditure for the bulk of the year, $250 is available for expenditure on these developmental materials at any time selected at the faculty member's discretion during the year.
Faculty Improvement Pool
Pursuant to the Faculty Contract 2005-2008:
The Dean’s office may authorize additional payment of expenses for presentations/travel. For such additional expenses, a Professional Improvement Pool of $25,000.00 has been established respectively for each year by the Vice President for Academic Affairs, and is disbursed upon the recommendation of the Dean’s and Director’s Committee. No individual faculty member shall normally receive more than $1,500.00 in addition to the individual allotment. Application for Supplemental Professional Activity Support (PDF) (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view pdf documents. Click the Adobe Link to download the free acrobat reader.)
Improvement Pool Deadlines:
September 18, 2006 - For presentations/travel to take place during the months of October, November and December
November 27, 2006 - For presentations/travel to take place during the months of January, February and March
February 12, 2007 - For presentations/travel to take place during the months of April, May and June
May 29, 2007 - For presentations/travel to take place during the months of July, August and September
Travel
Mileage rate is $.445 per mile as of March 1, 2006.
Meal reimbursement rate is $35.00 with receipts and $16.50 without receipts as of March 1, 2005.
Travel Policy and Regulations: http://www.svsu.edu/operationsmanual/pages/23-1.html