CEPS Business Office

The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Business Office was developed to support the college’s faculty and staff with the transaction-based activities of the college. The staff of the CEPS Business Office strive to provide excellent customer service to our departments, faculty, staff, and students. We aim to provide services that are efficient, timely, accurate, and based on best practices.

The CEAS Business Office staff provide services in the following areas:

Human Resources: Support all of the department’s hiring needs, including the recruitment process, the hiring process, time entry and the termination process. 

Accounting: Support all the department’s accounting needs, including departmental purchases, payment of invoices and reimbursements, reconciliation of P-cards, and provide routine reports on the department’s budget status. 

Grant Awards: Support the PI’s needs including all related accounting and HR support, monitor award balances, and provide routine reports to individual PI’s. 

Download the form here. The travel form will be used for both authorizing travel and requesting reimbursement, and will replace any other forms currently in use. The form can be completed either in paper form or electronically. 

The form needs to be completed and authorized before the travel occurs. This is for the protection of the individual traveling. If something were to happen on the trip, we have proof that they were traveling on University-related business and not a personal trip.