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Contracts and Grants: Changing for the Future

Written by Justo Torres, Director, Contracts and Grants. The only constant is change. With change as a guiding principle, the leadership of the Office of...

Meet the Accounts Receivable Team

Written by Misty Wilson. The Accounts Receivable team processes nearly all of the University’s non-student accounts receivable, which are received via check, wire, automated clearing...

Chatting with University Controller Fran Lawrence

Written by Tabitha Groelle. In this edition of our Chatting series, I spoke with Fran Lawrence, our new University Controller. Fran joined our team at...

PCard Compliance: Split Transactions

Written by Paislee Thomas. Split transactions occur when a cardholder intentionally splits a transaction into multiple payments or on multiple PCards to avoid spending limits....

Associated Entities Not Exempt from Sales Tax

Written by Erin Delehanty. Did you know that while the University is exempt from paying sales tax on most purchases, the associated entities are not? ...

Unrelated Business Income

Written by Andrew Coats. The IRS defines Unrelated Business Income (UBI) as the “income from a trade or business, regularly carried on, that is not...

Contracts and Grants in Foreign Currency

Written by Justo Torres, Director, Contracts and Grants This month’s Finance Division Knowledge Base spotlight is on sponsored projects awarded in foreign currency Accepting contracts...

The Role of a Fiscal Manager

Written by Justo Torres, Director, Contracts and Grants. The most common role in Contracts and Grants is that of a fiscal manager. With 16 fiscal...

Finding Community in Service

Written by Mia Pollard. Janet Zevallos started running as a way to clear her mind. After losing her father to prostate cancer on Memorial Day...