A Person of Interest (POI) is an individual who is not an employee but requires a Panther ID to perform duties assigned by the department. A POI request can be completed either by the supervisor or an HR Liaison. The POI online request can be found in Employee Self Service within PantherSoft HR. A POI may be subject to a background check and/or fingerprinting depending on their assigned duties.

Notification of Panther ID and account provisions will be sent to the appropriate HR Liaison via e-mail from MyAccounts – Division of Information Technology.

For a guide on how to submit or check the status of a POI request click here.

Below is a list of POI types and their definitions:

• AAA Instructor: An MDCPS* staff and/or AP teacher not teaching FIU courses.
• Conference Housing Guest: An individual staying as a guest in housing for a camp, conference or personal assistant for a student.
• Consultant: A non FIU employee providing services and working on a university initiative.
• Emeritus: A retired faculty who was granted emeritus status upon retirement. An emeritus letter needs to be attached.
• External Auditor: A non FIU employee who performs an audit in accordance with specific laws/regulations and who is independent of the entity being audited.
• External Instructor: A non FIU instructor providing educational guidance for a specified program not affiliated with FIU.
• External Trainee: A non FIU student with an affiliation with the university taking part in a trainee offered program.
• Fellowship: Students on fellowships that are either in an undergraduate or graduate program.
• FIU Embrace Day Participants: is a POI type specifically assigned by the FIU Embrace program for participants of this program. The FIU Embrace Center for Advancing Inclusive Communities is a center that empowers each differently abled person to live at their fullest potential through research-based and innovative programming, community engagement, and professional skills development.
• Intern: Students in an academic program given the opportunity to explore career options and gain working experience at FIU.
  • Requires a copy of the Intern’s University school IDand completed Intern application forms A & B attached to the POI request.

• MAST Instructor: MDCPS* staff and teachers not teaching FIU dual enrollment courses.
• MDCPS Student: MDCPS* students participating in a partnership program with FIU.
  • Requires a completed Volunteer application forms A & Battached to the online POI request. It does not need to be emailed to volunteers@fiu.edu since they require a PID# and AD account access.
• Miami FC: Professional organization in Miami renting one of our facilities for athletic training purposes.
• Non-Faculty Visiting Scholar: Visiting Scholars on a visa. Departments must send the sponsorship letter to International Student Services for processing. Once the visa is obtained, submit a POI request with attached letter.
  Note: Faculty Visiting Scholars require a courtesy appointment through Academic Affairs and not a POI request.
• PantherLIFE and Embrace: Any individual, including MDCPS coordinators, who will be working/volunteering in these two programs and interacting with these students.
• Phased Retirement: Faculty who are retired under the Phased Retirement plan.
• Recruitment Search & Screen: A non FIU employee serving on a search and screen committee.
• Research/Project: A researcher or other type of academic or administrative collaborator.
• Research Labs: Individuals performing duties in Biosafety Level 2 (BLS-2) labs as listed in the External Volunteers Policy and Procedures. Minors under the age of 16 cannot enter a lab. There are specific restrictions for Minors between the age of 16-18 in lab spaces. This requires additional approval from Environmental Health & safety (EH&S) and the Office of Research & Economic Development (ORED).
  • Requires a completed Intern application forms A & Battached to the online POI request. It does not need to be emailed to volunteers@fiu.edu since they require a PID# and AD account access/Lab access.
• Resident Physician: A medical school graduate who is participating in a Graduate Medical Education program and training in a specialized area of medicine. Resident Physicians work under supervision of a HWCOM Faculty member.
• ROTC: Cadre from other campuses who visit to perform duties at FIU and contracted staff not teaching military science courses.
• Student Board: Students on the Executive Board of a student run organization.
• University Trustee: Appointed by the Governor of Florida or the SUS Board of Governors.

*MDCPS: Miami Dade County Public School