Is composed of the Vice-President, Treasurer and Finance Secretary and members of the general council with the purpose of effectively utilizing the Student Activity Fee of each academic year. Student Organizations whom are recognized by LUCC can come to finance to ask for a budget, allocation or re-allocation of their funds.

To find out what funds your organization has, the organization’s treasurer should talk with Charity Rasmussen in the Campus Life Office (4th Floor of Warch Center).  You will need to discuss with her every time you wish to use your funds.  You can get a cash advance through Charity from the Cashier, or bring receipts to her and get reimbursed at the Cashier’s office in Brokaw.  Please meet with Charity at least a few days before you plan on using your funds. 
Each organization is responsible for keeping an account of their spending.  This will ensure that money will be spent responsibly, and will allow any confusion or complications to be solved more easily.  Please bring this account ledger with you when you meet with Charity or attend a Finance Committee meeting, should we have any questions for you. 

You can pick up a Funding Request Form from the LUCC office on the 4th floor of the Warch Center, or find it on the LUCC website.  To turn in this form, return it to the office or email it to lucc@lawrence.edu.  Please return it by noon on Tuesday if you wish to attend that week’s Finance Committee meeting.  As well as requesting additional funds, your organization can request to reallocate current funds to be used for a different purpose. 

When you hand in your Funding Request Form, you will be asked to attend a Finance Committee meeting.  We meet every Thursday at 8:30pm in the Warch Campus Center.  At this meeting you will present your request to the committee, which consists of 8-10 students and one faculty representative.  You may be asked some clarifying questions about your request, and should be in and out in about 10 minutes.

You may only spend the amount of money allocated for each category of your budget on items that fall within that category.  Additionally, there are things that LUCC funds cannot be used for, and will be automatically denied by Finance Committee.  Some of these include items that will become personal property of a student (ex. clothing), food for weekly meetings, and cannot be donated to charitable organizations.  Please see pages 76-77 in the Student Handbook (available on the LU website) for details, or email the Vice President or Treasurer of LUCC at lucc@lawrence.edu with any specific questions you may have.

Your organization is declared to be in debt if you overspend in any category of your budget until it has been repaid.  Upon being notified of a debt you will be unable to use any remaining funds.  It is your organization’s responsibility to oversee your funding, and to repay any debt that you may incur.  You may be asked to meet with the Finance Committee to discuss the deficit and how it will be repaid.  For more details see pages 79-80 of the Student Handbook, or talk with the Vice President or Treasurer of LUCC.