Handbook

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TRAVEL POLICIES

1. For authorized professional travel the Department will provide the following financial assistance:
   1. Transportation: if by car, mileage reimbursement; if by plane, the cost of the ticket. The plane ticket must be purchased with a Universal Travel Voucher (UTV). See Departmental Secretary. Limousine and shuttle expense will not be included.
   2. Housing: a maximum of $60.00 per night.
   3. Per diem: amount established by the University
   4. Receipts for plane tickets and housing must be presented upon return.
   5. Faculty requests will be honored as long as the budget allows.
   6. In all cases, the traveler will be expected to use the least expensive practicable mode of transportation.
2. Faculty presenting major individual papers or readings will receive transportation expenses plus housing and per diem expenses for the day on which the paper or reading is actually given. If the individual wishes to participate in the meeting for additional days, those will be at his/her own expense; however, housing and per diem support may increase if, by staying more than the day or days covered by the policy, a reduction in transportation costs will offset the added expenses.
3. Association senior officers and members of major committees will receive transportation expenses plus housing and per diem for those days on which there are formal meetings which they, by virtue of their office, are expected to attend.
4. Chair of program sessions and participants in panels, if those participants' names actually appear in the final program, will receive transportation, but will be expected to pay all other expenses themselves.
5. Members of the faculty asked to go to professional meetings for the purpose of interviewing candidates for positions on our faculty will receive transportation plus housing and per diem expenses for the minimum number of days in which necessary interviews can be completed.
6. The Chair may authorize transportation expenses for faculty to professional meetings when such travel will clearly contribute to the professional development of the faculty and contribute to the reputation of the department or enhance its involvement in professional affairs.
7. In some cases, a limit may be placed on the total expenditure authorized for a single trip, or if some faculty members request multiple trips during the year, some restrictions may have to be placed on their total expenditure.

Please see the Departmental Secretary for Travel Request forms.