The Office of Accounting has a variety of fiscal responsibilities, including receiving and recording all payments to the College and issuing student tuition bills. For any questions or concerns regarding tuition accounts, students may contact the Accounting office, located at 102 Sampson Hall.
Student IDs
Parking permits
Student Debit Accounts
Failure to Pay College Accounts
Returned Checks
Student IDs
The Office of Accounting issues a student identification card to
you with your arrival on campus. Freshmen and transfer students
receive their Stephens ID during orientation and returning students
continue to use the ID issued to them when they first arrived at
Stephens.
The ID admits students to all campus facilities and activities, including the cafeteria, health services, the library, the Bookshelf and picking up or cashing checks.
Please guard your student ID carefully and never lend it to anyone. If you lose your ID, report it immediately to the Office of Accounting. To replace it, you will be charged $15. If it breaks and you bring in the broken ID, it will be replaced free of charge. Parking PermitsDue to limited parking, all vehicles utilizing campus parking lots must be registered with the Accounting office. To register, proof of registration or a valid insurance card and the appropriate fee payment are required. Mobility-impaired students with special parking needs should contact the Dean of Students for special parking information. Motorcycles also must be registered and may not be brought into or stored inside buildings.
There are no reserved spaces; however, there are plenty of spaces available in the designated parking lots.
Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Regulations
1. All Stephens parking lots are equally accessible to students,
faculty and staff.
2. All vehicles parked on the Stephens College campus must have
a parking permit. Guests to the campus should park in designated
visitor spaces. A guest pass should be displayed if staying over
one (1) hour.
3. Student permits must be displayed on the lower left corner of
the rear window. Faculty/staff hangtags must hang visibly from the
mirror.
4. Unauthorized vehicles parked in handicap spaces will be ticketed
and towed by the Columbia Police Department.
5. Vehicles parked in RD spaces will be towed in one hour at the
owner's expense.
6. Students who wish to park on campus are required to purchase
stickers at a cost of $78 per academic year.
7. Parking fines will be as follows:
1st ticket: warning
2nd ticket: $10 fine
3rd ticket: $20 fine
4th ticket: $35 fine
5th ticket: $50 fine and vehicle towing
8. Vehicles with no sticker or hangtag will be
towed on the fifth offense.
9. Vehicles driving on sidewalks will be towed and receive a $50
fine with no prior warning.
10. Motorcycles must comply to vehicle regulations.
11. Bicycles should be registered with the City of Columbia. They
should be walked on campus at all times and are subject to the same
ticket policy as vehicles. Bikes do not belong in buildings and
will be confiscated by the building manager if found inside. Columbia
has very specific bike rules that apply to all bicyclists in the
city
12. If your car is missing, contact Campus security (ext. 4299)
or the Columbia Police at 874-7652.
Student Debit
Accounts
Students may purchase items such as books,
supplies, sundries and snacks at the Bookshelf via a debit system.
Parents deposit monies of any amount into the student's debit account
using cash, check or credit card. Each time a purchase is made the
amount in the account is reduced by the purchase amount. Statements
will be sent periodically to show the balance left in the account.
Blank remittance forms will also be sent, to be completed and sent
in with additional money to be deposited into the account. Deposits
may be done via telephone.
Failure to Pay
College Accounts
Students with past due tuition accounts on
November 1 of the first semester and April 1 of the second semester
are subject to immediate financial suspension unless clearance is
obtained from the Office of Accounting.
In the case of the EFT 10-month installment payment plan, no monthly
service charge will be added as long as required payments are made
as scheduled. Installment payments past due are assessed a late
payment fee of $25. In addition, a monthly finance charge of one
percent (12 percent annual percentage rate) will be charged to non-EFT
accounts with an outstanding balance.
A hold is placed on the transcripts of students with past due accounts
and is removed only when the obligation is cleared. Stephens College
will not release the transcript or degree of anyone subject to such
a hold. (See previous section for stop charge information.)
Writing a check without sufficient funds is a violation of state law and the violator is subject to prosecution. A check returned to the College due to insufficient funds will result in a charge of $10 plus the amount of the check.
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