These funds are used to enhance academic excellence at the University, including,
especially, the hiring of faculty to teach additional course sections needed to meet
student needs, reduction of class sizes to improve the quality of instruction, operation
of instructional facilities to serve LSU's student population, and support services
at the heart of the academic enterprise, notably libraries and computing.
Auxiliary Enterprise Maintenance Fund
This fund is used to help defray the cost associated with operating, maintaining and
meeting the reporting requirements for all of the University Auxiliary Services.
Auxiliary, Academic, and Operational Enterprise Maintenance Fund
This fund is used to help defray the cost associated with auxiliary, academic, and
other operational projects that have direct student benefit.
BR Crisis Intervention (The Phone)
This fee is used to help support The Phone, a twenty-four hour mental health telephone
crisis intervention counseling and suicide prevention service operated by the Baton
Rouge Crisis Intervention Center, Inc. It has been affiliated with LSU since 1974.
Building Use Fee
This fee is used to help construct, acquire, repair, maintain, operate, or improve
the facilities and physical infrastructure of the University.
Campus Life Support
This fee is dedicated to the Office of Campus Life, which provides hundreds of social,
cultural, recreational and service programs for the campus each year. The Office
of Campus Life provides students with opportunities to serve the campus in a variety
of leadership and other volunteer positions. Examples of programs supported by this
fee include speakers, art gallery exhibits, films, theatrical presentations, dances,
concerts and entertainment events.
Facilities Access
This fee provides monies to aid in the process of bringing all facilities up to Americans
with Disabilities Act compliance.
Golf
This fee helps to supplement the revenue and aid in the expense of maintaining the
LSU Golf Course. For this fee, each full-time student receives a discounted green
fee.
Gumbo/Yearbook
These funds pay for production of the student-produced yearbook that has become a
vital part of the LSU tradition. Each year, the Gumbo captures a slice of campus
life for future trips down the Tigers' Memory Lane.
International Cultural Center
Each LSU non-immigrant student will be charged $10 per semester to support the programs,
operations, and maintenance of the International Cultural Center.
International Students Status Compliance
The implementation of this service charge will allow the LSU International Services
Office to meet federal mandates and continue to provide the best information and professional
services to the international population at LSU.
KLSU Radio
This fee supports the University's student-run, 5000-watt FM radio station, which
is on the air 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. KLSU offers the
campus and surrounding area an alternative music format and popular specialty shows,
and ranks among the top ten radio stations in its market.
Legacy
This fee is used to produce the University's student-edited feature magazine, published
twice in the fall semester and twice in the spring semester. The magazine offers
campus-oriented feature stories and entertainment. It also provides a hands on laboratory
experience for students interested in writing, photography, and design.
LSU –TV
This fee supports Tiger TV which broadcasts live news, sports and entertainment programs
via livestream on their website and rebroadcasts on a local channel.
Mass Transit System
This fee is used to support the intra and off-campus bus system that provides transportation
from highly populated student areas in and around campus. The fee also allows for
any full-time student who presents his/her student ID to ride any other bus in the
city for free.
Nonresident Fee
This fee is assessed to students who are classified as nonresident for fee assessment
purposes. LSU is partially funded by the state of Louisiana and its residents through
a variety of taxes. A Louisiana resident pays a lower cost because they and/or their
family also support the university through tax dollars. The nonresident fee is assessed
in lieu of that tax support contributed by state residents and is unrelated to whether
a course is delivered in-person or online.
Organization Programming & Support
These funds provide funding for new student organizations and support organizations
for items such as hosting conferences, sports clubs, and hosting late-night programs
for students.
Organizational Relief Fund
These funds service to provide travel funds for worthy campus organizations that incur
travel expenses during the academic year. These funds allow campus organizations
to represent LSU throughout the nation.
Operational Fee
Imposed by the 2004 Legislature to cover unfunded state mandates which include increases
in retirement system costs and health insurance costs not funded through the state
general fund appropriation and enhance instructional programs at the University.
Performing Arts Fee
These funds are to provide direct benefits by (1) supporting new programs/events in
music, theater, and dance, and (2) by supplementing and enhancing existing programs
now offered by the LSU Union Program Board.
Registration Fee
A nonrefundable fee assessed to full-time and part-time students for completion of
the registration process.
Reveille
This fee is used to produce the University's student-edited newspaper, which is published
Monday through Friday during fall and spring semesters and on Tuesdays and Thursdays
during the summer. The newspaper provides up-to-date campus oriented news and entertainment
and serves as a student forum. In addition, the Reveille provides a hands-on laboratory
experience for students interested in journalism, photography, design, advertising,
business management, computers, etc.
SG Newspaper Initiative
These funds are used to purchase newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and The
New York Times for students.
SG Programming Support & Initiatives
These funds are used to cover any expenses incurred in the establishment of the Student
Government Spring Concert event, Homecoming Concert event, and paid admission concert
series, and to provide relief funding for Recreational Sports Club teams, Organization
creation, and LSU Student Organization sponsored conferences. Three dollars ($3.00)
will be allocated to the Spring Concert, thirty cents ($.30) will be allocated to
Homecoming, ten cents ($.10) will be allocated to the New Initiatives Programming
Fund, twenty-five cents ($.25) will be allocated to Testing Materials Fund, twenty
cents ($.20) will be allocated to Recreational Sports assistance, one dollar ($1.00)
will be allocated to Late Night Programming (fall semester only), and sixty-five cents
($.65) will be allocated to Organization Initiatives, and the Conference Support Fund.
Student Excellence Fee
This fee is used to fund both academic colleges and campus-wide support functions
for the purpose of enhancing the student experience both in and out of the classroom.
The fee supports existing faculty as well as related priorities such as providing
additional instructors and teaching assistants to open more class sections where needed
to reduce class size and to enhance supplemental instruction activities intent on
increasing retention and graduation rates via more individualized instruction for
at-risk students. In addition, funds are used to enhance other academic support and
campus-wide operations to ensure adequate services for all students.
Student Government Association
This fee provides money for the Student Senate to allocate to student groups who are
in need of financial assistance. The day-to-day operations and expenses required to
run the SGA office also come from the Student Government Fee. The fee assessed by
Student Government is vital to the voice of the students being heard on the LSU campus.
Student Government Initiatives
Student Government has become a major programmer at the University and because of
its involvement with the oversight groups and its budget comprised of student funds,
SG has not submitted any proposals for the programming monies. The Student Government
Initiatives fee gives SG the chance to budget this money at the beginning of the year
and plan programs that will enrich the University community.
Student Health Center
The Student Health Fee entitles full-time students access to Student Health Center
services such as unlimited visits to the primary care clinicians, mental health clinicians
and registered dietitians. Medical procedures, laboratory, pharmacy and diagnostic
imaging services are available for an additional charge.
Student Media
This fee supports the Office of Student Media, which provides a variety of student-run
media, offering the campus news, features and entertainment. The Office of Student
Media administers the student-run newspaper, yearbook, radio station, cable television
station, and magazine.
Student Services Maintenance Fund
This fund is used to help defray the cost associated with operating, maintaining and
meeting the reporting requirements for Student Life and Academic Services.
Student Sports Recreation
These funds are used to support and maintain the Student Recreational Sports Complex
including the outdoor field spaces.
Student Technology Fee
This fee is assessed at $5.00 per credit hour up to a maximum of $75 per semester.
This fee is dedicated to the acquisition, installation, maintenance, and intelligent
use of state-of-the-art technology solely for the purpose of supporting and enhancing
student life and learning and of preparing graduates for the workplaces of the twenty-first
century.
Sustainability Fee
The LSU Student Sustainability Fund will allow for students, faculty, and staff to
obtain funding for specific projects that increase sustainability, biodiversity, or
eco-friendly technologies on campus.
Tuition
A charge to student for instructional services that may be charged per term, per course,
or per credit. Tuition does not include student activity or special user fees, the
additional charge based on distinctions between resident and nonresident students,
special course fees and fees for other services.
Union Fee
This fee entitles all full-time students to the privileges of Membership in the Union.
The fee is used to provide many of the services in the Union, such as the lounges
and study areas which are open 7am to 11pm daily, meeting rooms and multipurpose rooms
for use by student organizations and other groups, information services, and for student
jobs in a variety of service areas. These funds are also used to amortize the bonds
used to construct the building and subsequent additions.
Union Maintenance Fund
The Union is funded entirely through student fees and funds generated through leased
operations and other services. This fund is used to help defray the costs of operating
the LSU Union facility - arrangements for over 5,000 meetings and events per year,
maintenance, housekeeping and the personnel costs of providing these services. It
also is a source of funds for renovations, repairs and improvements to the facility,
equipment and furnishings.
Union Renovation Fee
This fee is dedicated to the renovation and expansion of the Student Union. The project
renovated the existing building and added 50,000 square feet of space to create new
meeting rooms and lounge space, expand the Tiger Lair, improve the Union Theatre,
and provide new spaces for retail.
Utility Surcharge
These funds are used to meet energy costs which exceed the university's allotted energy
budget. All funds collected are restricted and can only be applied to energy costs
that exceed the energy budget. These funds are used only after all budgeted state
dollars for utilities are expended. Utility costs are monitored in order to adjust
the charge up or down as needed.
Veterinary School Graduate Student Travel Fund
This fund assists veterinary students who are traveling to an externship or attending
a conference as a representative of LSU.
Women's Mass Transit
Campus Transit provides door-to-door service seven days a week, 5 p.m.-midnight, to
and from any campus location.
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