For the spring 2025 quarter the Athletics & Recreation Department will reimburse up to 50 currently enrolled students $500 each who complete a basic/open water, advance, and/or rescue SCUBA certification, up to a max of $1,000 per student. The course may be taken one time with any SCUBA dive shop of their choice in the state of California. This reimbursement will be approved for SCUBA course fees from a certifying agency approved by WRSTC (such as NAUI, PADI, SDI, or SSI), and dive gear rental only.
In order to qualify for reimbursement the course and forms must be fully completed between the first and last day of the quarter. The spring quarter begins on Monday, March 31 and ends on Friday, June 6. The reimbursements will be issued on a first come first served basis, and the deadline to initiate a reimbursement is Friday, June 6, 2025.
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To initiate reimbursement please complete the Payee Setup 204 form and the Direct Payment form; links and instructions are below. Please note once you have started these processes you will need to log into DocuSign to complete the forms.
- Complete the Payee Setup 204 form;
- Complete the Direct Payment for reimbursement form;
- Tier 1 Funding Authorizer: Cristen Babik, cbabik@ucsc.edu;
- Specify Tier 2 Funding Approver: Lela Vasquez, lela@ucsc.edu;
- No optional, additional approver is required;
- Payment Type: “Other”;
- Explanation of Payment: “SCUBA certificate reimbursement”
- FOAPAL Information
- Index: LEAVE BLANK
- Fund: 20371
- Org: 680526
- Account: 001260
- Activity: LEAVE BLANK
- Payment Amount: up to $500
- Please be prepared with your receipt showing the completed payment for SCUBA certification bearing your name within the effective dates. You will attach a pdf copy the receipt to the DocuSign form by clicking the paperclip icon.
