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Spring brings changes to travel procedures

Ongoing efforts are enabling greater efficiency in travel operations at the University of Colorado. With the guidance of a Travel Council composed of campus representatives, the Procurement Service Center (PSC) will implement key changes to travel policies and procedures this spring, including:

• Beginning May 1, Christopherson Business Travel – which has been on the CU list of approved travel agencies since the end of March – will become the university's sole approved travel agency.
• Effective May 2, the new Concur travel and expense system will provide online booking capability for air, hotel and rental cars while incorporating university policies and procedures. It will further streamline the travel and expense report preparation process through e-receipts (electronic receipts), itinerary creation and distribution, and travel card transaction matching.
• Travel assistants (also known as travel arrangers) may be designated to help departmental travelers with bookings and trip preparations.
• The new corporate liability travel card soon will be available to facilitate individual and group travel. Like the procurement card, the new travel card will be direct paid by the university, further enhancing travel operation efficiency.
• Beginning May 1, you will not create Travel Authorization (TA) numbers. Travelers must continue to obtain approval from their departments before a trip, and Concur travel and expense will facilitate distribution of trip itineraries to designated travel arrangers and HR supervisors.

The Procurement Service Center (PSC) will be working with the university community to ensure a smooth transition to the new travel management system. Travel training sessions have been scheduled for April and May (to sign up, see the PSC website at www.cu.edu/psc). Questions on the new agency, system or process may be sent to CUTravel@cu.edu.

Call for nominations: President's Teaching Scholars

CU President Bruce Benson solicits nominations of University of Colorado faculty for designation of the 2012 President's Teaching Scholars.

The lifetime appointment as a CU President's Teaching Scholar represents the university's highest recognition of excellence in and active commitment to learning and teaching as well as active and substantial contributions to scholarly work in one's discipline or, in the case of a less senior scholar, indications of path-breaking contributions to his or her field. Chancellors, deans, departments and other faculty nominators are encouraged to nominate candidates for this designation and commitment; self-nominations will not be accepted.

All tenured faculty members are eligible to be nominated. Also, Clinical Teaching Track (CTT) faculty members who hold the rank of associate professor or professor are eligible to be nominated, as are tenure-track faculty members in the School of Medicine who hold the rank of associate professor or professor.

The President's Teaching Scholar designation is not an end-of-career-at-CU award, but rather membership in an active society of scholars and teachers involved in outreach to faculty peers. The selection committee will evaluate applications based on past achievements and on furthering the goals of the President's Teaching Scholars Program. 

Dossiers will be accepted no later than Nov. 11, 2011. For more details, go to www.colorado.edu/ptsp/documents/PTSP2012Call.pdf