August 24, 2012

From JSU:


The Jacksonville State University Office of the Controller is pleased to announce the ability to payemployees via direct deposit (ACH) for non-payroll items. Effective 8/13/2012, reimbursements from JSU Accounts Payable will be deposited directly into your bank account, with no waiting for a check to be mailed. Notification of payment will be sent to you via e-mail. Direct deposit will be mandatory for all employee travel or other reimbursement payments.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

· You will get an email confirming the amount of your reimbursement and the date it was transmitted to your bank.

· Confirm with your financial institution that your reimbursement has been deposited into your account before writing checks against these funds.

· In the unlikely event that your bank does not accept the direct deposit, Accounts Payable will review the problem and notify you.

Initially, payments will be deposited into the primary account on file with Payroll. However, if a change is required for the reimbursement deposit, the employee must complete the Direct Deposit Authorization For Reimbursements Via Accounts Payable.

Send completed form or fax to (256) 782-5967.

Jacksonville State University
Accounts Payable Office

309 Bibb Graves
700 Pelham Rd N
Jacksonville, AL 36265

Please note: If you change account or bank after signing up, download and fill out a new form and return it to Accounts Payable with an indication that your information has changed.

• Remember to submit an agenda with all reimbursements for travel for meetings/conferences. 
• Out of state reimbursement requires RECEIPTS! Keep all receipts when traveling out of state. 

FYI:

• Monday, August 27, 2012:

The annual meeting of faculty and staff will be Monday, August 27 at 8:00 a.m. in Leone Cole Auditorium. Coffee and pastries will be served beginning at 7:30 a.m.

I'm fairly certain that after the annual meeting, you will need to go to the COE for that meeting.  Dr. Ryan will introduce Amber and Shelley.

Previous years, people close to the site met here and took a van.  Those closer to Jacksonville met the others in Jacksonville.  The Material staff will not be in attendance, kits are being picked up.

Tanya and Kay will be in Bham working on the MSP grant and will not be in attendance.  We will have one of the vans.

• Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Tanya will be in Gardendale at the Key Leader meeting. 

• Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Specialists and Tanya will LEAVE the site at 6:00 am.   Please arrive 5 to 10 minutes early so we can load your luggage into the vans.   Our hotel: 

Fairfield Inn & Suites Montgomery Airport South7560 Mobile Highway,
Montgomery, Alabama 36105 USA Phone: 1-334-281-6882Fax: 1-334-281-6930

Confirmation numbers:  84359781, 84359765, 84359767, 84359766

The meeting begins at 9:00 am each day.  Wednesday the meeting ends at 4:00 and Thursday at 3:30.  

On Thursday, I will give a brief overview of our work.  We will have sentence strips with the names of the systems we serve on the wall.  I will ask everyone to pick a system that you have worked with and share 1 minute your work in that system.  Please everyone take a different system.  We haven't spent much time in Anniston City \, Piedmont City or Jacksonville City but we have been everywhere else, I think.   .   

Reminder: Tim will pick me up on Thursday so I will need some of my luggage from the van and I will send a bag with the van.  As well as my crate, the projector and my stuff from these two days. 

• Friday, August 31, 2012

Melanie is going to set up the room for 7 Habits which begins on Tuesday.  Monday is Labor day. 

Everyone remember to bring your 7 Habits workbook.  We will have journals for everyone. 

• I received notification today that our MSP grant is funded!  WHOOOHOOOO

We will provide OGAP training for faculties of ACHE schools over the next 3 years.   Additive, Multiplicative, Fractional and Proportional.  AND we will establish Robotic programs in the middle schools and hopefully they will compete in the robotic competition.  We will being with an OGAP training in June 2013.   We will get those dates set withing the next few weeks so we can plan for that.  The OGAP training will be at the InService Center, I think.  

I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend.  Specialists:  safe travels today!  Someone text me to let me know you are home safely!