• There will not be an established amount for each person, with restrictions on how it is to be used.

• Each faculty member who wishes to engage in professional travel must apply for each individual trip for which they seek reimbursement. This application should include:
  • event
  • dates
  • location
  • type of participation (refereed paper presentation/performance, lecture invitation, professional development, etc
  • the professional relevance of the event(s)
  • travel budget including registration fee, if applicable

• This new policy serves two purposes:
  • To get to know what each of you values and what types of events you feel are vital to your professional activities and reputations, to better help you individually, and to better help senior faculty who serve in mentoring capacities with junior faculty.
  • De-regulation of travel funds makes it possible to be more flexible with the budget available, helping individuals, as well as the collective, target with applicable funds those activites that yield the most benefit to each of us.

Timeline
The deadline for such applications for the entire July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008 academic year is OCTOBER 15, 2007. As in the past, these can be accepted in the Dean's office after this date, but the likelihood of funding is remote.

Tayloe Harding, Dean