Benefits Open Enrollment is being conducted electronically again this year. You will be receiving an e-mail (ooa Oct 30th) detailing our 2016 benefits as well as step-by-step instructions on how to enroll using BannerWeb. Human Resources will gladly help you through the process; if you have questions please call x2320. All benefits eligible Faculty and Staff…Continue Reading Save the Date – Open Enrollment November 1st-14th
Charter House seeks volunteers
Dear Faculty and Staff members, Charter House’s Warming Shelter is looking for energized and reliable volunteers! The Charter House Warming Shelter for individuals and families opened Friday, October 16th. Volunteers for all day and night shifts are still in high need. Activities might include cooking/food preparation, engaging with community guests. If interested and want to…Continue Reading Charter House seeks volunteers
Erik Bleich Receives NSF Funding for Collaborative Research on Free Speech
Erik Bleich (Political Science) has received funding as a Co-PI on a National Science Foundation collaborative grant for a multi-year study titled Comparative Free Speech Jurisprudence. This project involves researchers from multiple countries who are assembling information on judicial decisions about freedom of expression in supreme courts around the world. Bleich will lead the data…Continue Reading Erik Bleich Receives NSF Funding for Collaborative Research on Free Speech
“Sister-to-Sister” Summit for Middle School Girls on Saturday, November 14 at Kirk Alumni Center
The widely successful “Sister-to-Sister” Program is hosting its twelfth summit for middle school girls on Saturday, November 14nbfrom 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m at Middlebury College’s Kirk Alumni Center. “Sister-to-Sister” brings together middle school girls from Bristol, Middlebury and Vergennes with female Middlebury College students. In a one-day summit and monthly follow-up events during the…Continue Reading “Sister-to-Sister” Summit for Middle School Girls on Saturday, November 14 at Kirk Alumni Center
Faculty/Staff Lunchtime Pick-Up Soccer!
We (Peter Kim, Peter Matthews and Mike Roy) are once again organizing regular noon-time pick-up soccer for faculty and staff, the soccer equivalent of the decades old basketball games in Pepin. Peter (Kim) has more than enough soccer balls, pinnies, connies and PUGG goals to accommodate simultaneous games if needed. If you’re interested, please e-mail…Continue Reading Faculty/Staff Lunchtime Pick-Up Soccer!
HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot
There are currently 15 faculty positions, 56 external job postings (regular, on-call and temporary), and no internal job postings on the Middlebury employment opportunities web sites. Employment Quick Links: Faculty Employment Opportunities: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/administration/prospective_faculty/employment Staff Employment Opportunities: go/staff-jobs (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/staff-jobs (off campus) Please note – to view only internal staff postings, please use the internal…Continue Reading HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot
IRS Announces 2016 Plan Contribution and Benefit Limits
On October 21, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service announced cost-of-living adjustments affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items beginning January 1, 2016. See the chart below for further details. 2015 2016 RETIREMENT PLANS Annual Compensation Limits For Retirement Program Purposes 265,000 265,000 Elective Deferrals 403(b) – (for under age 50) 18,000 18,000…Continue Reading IRS Announces 2016 Plan Contribution and Benefit Limits
BrowZine trial, take two (Trial ends Nov. 6)
We trialed BrowZine in mid-summer and got some good response, but since then they’ve enabled a Web-based version which we think will be useful to more of our community, so we’re trialing it again. BrowZine is a unique product that “knows” Middlebury’s journal subscriptions and allows you to browse or search our journals in a […]…Continue Reading BrowZine trial, take two (Trial ends Nov. 6)
Are You Exploring the Idea of Retiring Within the Next Couple of Years?
If you are considering whether (or when) to move on to the post-work phase of your life it is very likely that you have many questions. For example, you may be wondering: What will happen with my retirement account when I retire? Can someone explain the options I will have for retirement plan distributions? Could…Continue Reading Are You Exploring the Idea of Retiring Within the Next Couple of Years?