what is student activities fee? fee collected from every graduate student every term, which goes...
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What is Student Activities Fee?Fee collected from every graduate student
every term, which goes directly to a fund controlled and dispersed by GPSA.
Its purpose is to provide funding for both graduate student groups as well as individual students traveling to conferences, competitions, and other academic activities
What is Current Student Activities Fee?
Student Activities Fee Full Part
(per year, Boston Campus only) Time TimeGraduate schools per term $12 $6Law School per term $8College of Professional Studies $8
What are the changes that can be made?Current policy for student fees allows an
increase no greater than Consumer Price Index (CPI)
plus 2%. Given a 1.8% CPI average for fiscal year
2010, the Graduate Activity Fee allowable increase
could be 3.8%.
What are the changes that can be made?
The available options are: 1) No Increase, 2) Increase of $1.
These options apply to the summer fee as well.
Conference Funding Applications
* Indicates proposed figure based on last year applications and this year’s first funding period applications
Funding Periods
No. of Applications Submitted
No. of Reimburseme
nt Forms Submitted
Amount given by GPSA for
Reimbursement
I 45 35 $ 10,500
II 98 80* $ 24,000*
III 107 90* $ 27,000*
IV 70* 60* $ 18,000*
Total* 320 275 $ 82,500
Student Group ApplicationsPERIOD AMOUNT
JUNE 2010 – NOVEMBER 2010 $ 24,700
DECEMBER 2010 – MAY 2011 $ 15,000*
TOTAL $ 39,700*
Facts and FiguresAccount 801538 801535 Total
Budget $ 125,000 $ 30,635 $ 155,635
YTD Spending $ 43,720 $ 3,500 $ 472,20
Projected amount spend till end of the
year
$ 121,800* $ 25,000* $ 146,800*
Facts and FiguresReserved Amount at Start of the year : $ 249,582GPSA Budget Amount : ($
155,635)GPSA Balance(if all the money is used) : $ 93, 946 Amount Collected to date in fees by GPSA : $ 94,532 Projected amount at end of the year : $ 105,000
(Summer Sessions) Amount with GPSA at start of next year : $ 198, 946
Questions?
Voting Time
The available options are: 1) No Increase, 2) Increase of $1.
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