COE Faculty and Staff Receive Accounting Training

Over 30 faculty and staff, including representatives from the Dean’s Cabinet, Department Heads, department accountants, office managers and other staff, received training on June 27 by Lisa Vander Kooi, Bill Stauff, and June Smith covering the new and improved departmental spreadsheet.

The topics included:

• Review of the single spreadsheet (workbook) for all state accounts for each department and center reflecting the reorganization

• How to project income and expenses for FY 2006

• Review of the new tuition return budgets section including the tracking of personnel costs

• Review of GH and GJ State accounts and the new look with columns

• Review of how we will track indirect cost recoveries reflecting the new college policy effective July 1, 2005

• Review of research and service state accounts (awards 1031ge and 1025 gr)

• Review of how we will show the tracking of GAs allocated to the departments within their own workbooks

• Review of how we will show the tracking of instructional support allocated to their departments within their own workbook

• Tracking of salary release information within their own workbook

• Review of how we will show all personnel information in their departments within their own workbook

• Tips for using the spreadsheet workbook

• Review of the access form to give people read/write access to the S drive

This training class is part of an ongoing program to equip the staff to better serve their departments. Staff will receive training in mid-July on the new P-card system.

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Contact: Bill Stauff, 706/542-3877, stauff@uga.edu