Travel Reimbursements

Understanding the university's travel reimbursement process has always been a high priority for IPS staff because we travel so much - big dollars can be involved! Our chief business officer, Gail White, is working to make the reimbursement process even faster.

IRIS, our financial and HR system, allows for direct entry by employees. Once you learn the system, you can easily scan receipts, enter the data, and off goes your reimbursement request through the electronic approval system. Original receipts still have to be mailed to your home office, but not before your reimbursement is processed.

Staff in the Jackson office and a few others around the institute have piloted this process for several months. Gail is rolling out additional training for our heavy travelers. Three sessions are scheduled in Nashville during the next few weeks. Then she will bring the training to East Tennessee.

I look foward to hearing about the training and the impact this new process is having on turn-around time for reimbursements.

Below is the schedule for upcoming training. If you are not registered and would like to attend, please contact Gail at gail.white@tennessee.edu.

Tuesday, July 10 from 1:00 – 4:00 CDT (7 people enrolled)

Friday, July 13 from 9:00 – 12:00 CDT (5 people enrolled)

Monday, July 16 from 1:00 – 4:00 CDT (5 people enrolled)