About Business Services
Business Services is a service unit that provides traditional business functions of accounting and budgeting. Business Services facilitates the procurement and contracting process in addition to tracking sponsored program fiscal management. The unique organizational structure provides business support and financial management to all departments within the Division of Student Affairs.
Business Service Model:
Business Services is organized into the following areas:
- Reconcile monthly transactions
- Prepare purchase orders, check requests, cash reimbursements, requisitions, and EZ Buy transactions
- Prepare index status reports
- Maintain database that aids directors in projecting future expenses
- Provide accessibility to financial status of indexes
- Analyze and advise directors of real or potential problems with both individual and overall budgets
- Maintain and input semi-monthly payroll for hourly worker
- Prepare EPAFs for employees
- Submit benefitted employee vacation and sick leave
- Submit job postings
- Collect required work forms
- Manage jobs website
- Analyze and advise directors of real or potential problems pertaining to HR
- Prepare all TAs complete TRs in accordance with travel policies and procedures: Student Affairs Travel Policy
- Maintain current emergency information on travelers
- Provide accessibility to travel status
- Analyze and advise directors of real or potential problems with travel.
- Apply scholarship awards to student accounts
- Verify applicant eligibility to scholarship funding
- Maintain applicant data
- Provide accessibility to scholarship funding balances
- Analyze and advise directors of real or potential problems pertaining to scholarships
We provide business transaction support for:
Student Success
DPSTUD
Finance: Vicki Laursen
Personnel: Melanie Maughan
Travel: Kathy Rigby
DPRESL
Finance: Sherice Rasmussen
Personnel: Melanie Maughan
Travel: Barbara Madsen
DPVTRN
Finance: Vicki Laursen
Personnel: Melanie Maughan
Travel: Barbara Madsen
Inclusive Excellence
DPDISR
Finance: Sherice Rasmussen
Personnel: Sherrel Thomas
Travel: Kathy Rigby
Health, Wellness, & Recreation
DPVPSL
Finance: Jennifer Seamons
Personnel: Melanie Maughan
Travel: Barbara Madsen
DPCOUN
Finance: Vicki Laursen
Personnel: Melanie Maughan
Travel: Kathy Rigby
DPLXCC
Finance: Sherice Rasmussen
Personnel: Sherrel Thomas
Travel: Kathy Rigby
Student Involvement
DPUTCC
Finance: Vicki Laursen
Personnel: Sherrel Thomas
Travel: Kathy Rigby
DPCCES
Finance: Vicki Laursen
Personnel: Sherrel Thomas
Travel: Barbara Madsen
DPSILC
Finance: Jennifer Seamons
Personnel: Sherrel Thomas
Travel: Barbara Madsen
DPNAMC
Finance: Sherice Rasmussen
Personnel: Sherrel Thomas
Travel: Kathy Rigby