University Budget Office
Stephen R. Curley
University Budget Officer
src2@psu.edu
Patty Tarbay
Staff Assistant
pam13@psu.edu
Administrative Office:
308 Old Main
814-865-7642 (ph)
814-863-8050 (fax)
Units Within:
Budget Division
Information Resources
Network Services
1. To assist the President and the Budget Task Force in developing, implementing, monitoring, and controlling the University's annual operating and capital budgets. The office serves as principal staff to the Budget Task Force, preparing all agenda materials and implementing budgetary decisions.
2. To support the University Planning Council strategic planning and budget process through participation in deliberations of committees and hearing panels, presentation of essential institutional data and preparation of various analyses and reports.
3. To serve as the primary office for complying with the University's central external reporting requirements. In most cases, the reports are prepared by the Office. In other cases, consistent, "official" data are provided to other offices for reporting purposes.
4. Continue to develop and produce institutional data bases to provide the source of "official" data for both internal and external reporting.
These functions are accomplished by the administration's three divisions.
The Budget division provides primary staff support to the University's Budget Task Force; University Planning Council; implements and monitors current year operating budget; and provides cost studies and analyses. This division develops the state appropriation request, income and expense projections, tuition projections, and information pertinent to salaries, employee benefits, new program initiatives and other general University operating cost increases.
The Information Resources division includes computer support for many of the major functions served by the Budget division; development and maintenance of appropriate ISIS and IBIS functions for the office and the University. Timely production of official files and mandatory official reports on institutional characteristics, academic programs, human resources, students, and finances are produced for the Pennsylvania and U. S. Departments of Education; the American Association of University Professors; the National Science Foundation; Middle States Association; and other institutions of higher education. Information is provided for a myriad of surveys and ad hoc requests from Association of American Universities Data Exchange institutions, admission guide book publishers, students, employees, and other persons and agencies/corporations needing information about the University. High school graduation and University enrollment projections are also developed by this division.
Network Services provides computer hardware, software, and network expertise to nearly one hundred users within the Offices of the President, Board of Trustees, Finance and Business, Corporate Controller, Associate Treasurer, Quality and Planning, and the University Budget Office.
