Common use of PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Clause in Contracts

PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. The University maintains institutional memberships in selected state and national organizations. Employees who are designated by the University as institutional representatives and are assigned by the University for attendance at sessions of those organizations shall be reimbursed by the University for expenses incident thereto, in accordance with the established policies for expense reimbursement. Whenever Employees are assigned to attend any professional meetings as official representatives of the University, expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with the established policies and procedures. All such Employee participation must be approved in advance. These policies are in no way inconsistent with the Employee's option to participate as an individual and at his/her own expense in professional organizations that establish and maintain the Employee's status as a professional person. Where attendance at functions of such professional organizations requires release time, it may be approved by the Administrative Head of the department, based on the merits of the request and where work schedules of the department permit.