The College of Agriculture Business Office provides many services to our customers. Please see a list of our services below.

Employment Center

  • Monthly and bi-weekly payroll
  • New hires
  • Onboarding (I-9)
  • Transfer of employees
  • Separation of employees
  • Contracts and extensions
  • Leave information
  • Payroll questions
Employment Center


Procurement/Purchasing Center

  • Requisitions/orders (Ariba and credit cards)
  • Large equipment purchases
  • Individual or consultant payments or reimbursements
  • Living allowances
  • Vendor payments

Procurement/Purchasing Center

Account Management/Departmental Business Office

  • Distribution of credit cards
    • Procurement cards (low dollars, local purchases)
    • Hospitality credit cards
    • PRF credit cards
  • Projections for faculty members
  • Fiscal approvals
  • Summer payroll
  • Cost distribution and effort reporting (PARs)
  • Department requests
  • Cash handling and wire claims
  • Recharge Billings
  • Travel
Account Management/Departmental Business Office

Featured Story

Featured Story

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Roots of Discovery: Diane Wang’s exploration of plant resilience and international research

Diane Wang, associate professor in the Department of Agronomy, vividly remembers the night she first set foot at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). As a senior undergraduate student, she had been fascinated by the complex...

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Featured Stories

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Gene expression research brings hope to the delay and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease

Dementia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases slowly curtail the full, exciting...

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FNR Field Report: Zane Smoldt

Zane Smoldt, a senior forestry major with a concentration in forest management, spent the summer...

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Families unite for justice: Cold Case Symposium brings victims’ loved ones together

Purdue University’s Department of Entomology will partner with the University of North...

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Purdue researchers receive AFRI Predoctoral Fellowships from USDA NIFA

Purdue University’s Brittney Emmert and Christine Elliott have been awarded Predoctoral...

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Purdue AI urban tree monitoring and analysis initiative to improve city life

With 89% of the U.S. population and 68% of the world population projected to live in cities by...

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Purdue researcher awarded $10M for extension of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

Haley Oliver, professor of food science in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, has...

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