Naming your beneficiary and keeping the information current is an important aspect of managing your retirement (TIAA) and/or life insurance (UNUM) accounts. A birth, marriage or divorce may have changed your thinking since you made your original choice. Or perhaps you never designated a beneficiary at all. Missing or outdated information can create significant costs…Continue Reading Beneficiary(ies) Update Reminder
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Institute Staff Valentine’s Day Happy Hour Social
Wednesday, February 14 4:00 – 5:00 pm Holland Center Join us for beer, wine, soft drinks, and hors d’oeuvres. Send your favorite love song here, and we’ll play it at the party!…Continue Reading Institute Staff Valentine’s Day Happy Hour Social
Gratitude At Work: Lessons from Berkeley
Creating a culture of appreciation was the culminating session at a recent UC Berkeley ‘Greater Good Science Center‘ event on gratitude and well-being at work. An exploration of both the ‘how’ and the ‘why’ of gratitude practices, the sessions took an increasingly practical focus as the day progressed: What is gratitude, and why practice it…Continue Reading Gratitude At Work: Lessons from Berkeley
RETIREMENT TRANSITIONS
Individuals who end employment after having worked for Middlebury in a benefits-eligible status for a minimum of ten years past the age of forty-five qualify as “Middlebury Retirees”. Name Type Retirement Date Department David Stetson Staff 1/8/2018 Dining Edward Laurance Faculty 1/31/2018 GSIPM-DPP (MIIS) Emmie Donadio Staff 2/2/2018 Museum of Art Gloria Gottlieb Staff…Continue Reading RETIREMENT TRANSITIONS
IMPORTANT BENEFIT REMINDERS
Trouble-free employee benefit plan administration requires a strong partnership between employees and Human Resources. The Human Resources Department works diligently each year-end to accurately process the thousands of required or requested benefit record changes and then to check and double-check our work. However, in the end, we also must rely on you, the employee, to…Continue Reading IMPORTANT BENEFIT REMINDERS
Retirement Transitions
Individuals who end employment after having worked for Middlebury in a benefits-eligible status for a minimum of ten years past the age of forty-five qualify as “Middlebury Retirees”. Name Type Retirement Date Department Jacqueline Davies Staff 11/3/2017 Student Financial Services David Saward Faculty Emeritus 12/31/2017 Athletics Mary Reed Staff 1/3/2018 Events Management Bonnie Betourney Staff…Continue Reading Retirement Transitions
Weather Related Closure Premium Pay for January 4 and 5, 2018
Due to the conditions on Thursday January 4, 2018 and the forecast for Friday January 5, the College released non-essential personnel at 5PM on Thursday and suspended certain operations through 11:59PM Friday. Essential personnel were asked to remain on duty or report to duty after the Thursday at 5PM dismissal. We are pleased to announce…Continue Reading Weather Related Closure Premium Pay for January 4 and 5, 2018
Digital Detox: Invitation from DLINQ
In the spirit of the new year, the newly-formed Office of Digital Learning and Inquiry (DLINQ) invites you to subscribe to a brief electronic newsletter series called Digital Detox. Digital Detox is an initiative organized by DLINQ which aims to reduce the toxicity of our personal digital environments and how we engage with them. By…Continue Reading Digital Detox: Invitation from DLINQ
News from the Office of Digital Learning
Updates Are you curious about what the Office of Digital Learning is up to? As always, we provide our readers with a weekly blog series published on Tuesdays called This Week in ODL where the inquisitive mind can easily find updates on the projects, news, and developments underway at our office. We invite you to click here for a…Continue Reading News from the Office of Digital Learning