1. Statement Date
The statement reflects payments, charges, and credits posted to the account through the workday preceding the statement date.

2. Payment Due Date
The date by which payment must be received to prevent registration cancellation and/or service charge assessment.

3. Bursar Web Site
In addition to on-line payment options, you may access account information, the billing calendar, tuition and fee schedules, tax incentive information, links to other campus departments, and much more.

4. Billing Address
The statement is mailed to the billing address you provide. You are responsible for maintaining a current address and may update your address on the back of the billing statement, on SalukiNet, or in person in the Bursar's Office. Failure to receive a statement does not relieve you of the responsibility of timely payment of current amounts due.

5. Charges Column
Typical charges and credits a first-time student might expect to see on their July statement of account (amounts are estimated).

6. "Fees Fall 06"
These are non-refundable fees charged as a condition of enrollment and are not itemized on your statement. You may view the individual fees and information regarding those fees by accessing the Tuition/Fees Schedule.

7. "Fall 06 S-T-S Fee**" and "Fall 06 Student Ins. Fee**"
These are examples of refundable fees. They are denoted with two asterisks. If a refund is desired, it must be requested within the first two weeks of classes for the Spring or Fall semesters, or the first week of the Summer semester. For the student insurance refund, contact Student Health Programs at 618/453-4413 for details. For the Student to Student (STS) Grant Fee, call 618/453-2968 for information.

8. Technology Fee
Technology fees are charged by certain colleges as a condition of enrollment for those students enrolled in that academic unit.

9. "Student ID Card Charge"
This one-time $10.00 student ID card charge appears on all first-time SIUC students bursar bills. This charge may not appear on your initial statement of account.

10. Lab Fees
Some courses require an additional lab fee, "C/P Screening Fee" is an example from Cinema and Photography.

11. Billing Message
Shown after the details of the statement, this message denotes payment and service charge information and fee refund deadlines, as well as other information pertaining to your account.

12. Total Amount Due
This reflects the total amount due on the student's bursar account as of the statement's date.

13. Minimum Amount Due
This reflects the currently due portion of the total amount due. You are automatically billed in 4 installments for Fall and Spring, or 2 installments for Summer. To take advantage of the maximum number of payment opportunities, you must pre-register and obtain your University Housing contract in advance.

**Note:
If you have questions regarding certain items on your Bursar bill, please contact the following departments:
~Service Charge/
  Billing Address:   Bursar's Office (618) 453-2221; bursar@siu.edu
~Financial Aid:   Financial Aid (618) 453-4334; fao@siu.edu
~Library Fines:   Library (618) 453-2684; billing@lib.siu.edu
~Tuition/Fees:   Records/Registration (618) 453-2999; regstrar@siu.edu
~Telephone Charges:   Telephone Service (618) 453-2484;
    http://www.infotech.siu.edu/telecom
~Health Service Charges/
  Student Insurance Fees:   Student Health Programs (618) 453-3311;
    Health@siu.edu
~Parking Fines:   Parking Division (618) 453-5369; http://www.dps.siu.edu/parking
~Housing Charges:   Housing (618) 453-2301; housing@siu.edu