• This June TIAA is offering 6 informative live webinars covering a wide variety of topics, including: financial planning for the LGBT community, market proofing your retirement, income options in retirement, investing for women, market volatility, as well as managing income and debt. Read More…

Start the summer with live webinars that can help you improve your financial knowledge. Reserve your spot today. Register for any of TIAA’s June 2019 live webinars by visiting www.TIAA.org/webinars.

Special Topic: Equally
Prepared—Financial planning for the LGBT community June
11 at 12 p.m. (ET)

You can learn about the
specific challenges faced by the LGBT community—both financial and legislative
even with the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling—and potential
solutions to address them.

Special Topic: Market-proof your
retirement June 11 at 3 p.m. (ET)

In retirement—and the
years leading up to it—protecting your savings becomes just as important as
growing it. Join us to learn how to create your own personal pension with TIAA
Traditional, offered by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
(TIAA).

Paying Yourself: Income options in
retirement June 12 at 12 p.m. (ET)

You can learn the rules
that govern retirement assets and find out when to consider using different
income sources.

Start to Finish: The early career
woman’s guide to financial wisdom June 12 at 3 p.m. (ET)

When women are starting
their careers, there’s a lot to consider—career goals, job satisfaction,
achieving a work/life balance. But it’s important to also consider retirement.
Discover how establishing a plan now can help establish your financial future.

Special Topic: How smart investors
ride out market volatility June 13 at 12 p.m. (ET)

What’s the best way to
handle market ups and downs? TIAA offers best practices and actionable steps to
help investors steer through stormy markets while remaining on to help stay on
the path to financial security.

Inside Money: Managing income and
debt June 13 at 3 p.m. (ET)

Discover how to help
make your money work harder by using your cash flow more effectively,
developing good saving habits and better managing debt.

Want help?  It’s quick.  It’s easy.  It matters. And it’s at no cost to you!

Visit www.TIAA.org/webinars to register.

Retirement Planning: Getting Started 

 June 27, 2019 | 9:00 AM (PST) & 12:00 PM (PST) Register Here.

Employees in the
first half of their careers are often not thinking about or planning for
retirement. This class emphasizes the importance of
starting to plan as early in your career as possible in order to allow savings
to grow. There are many competing needs or wants
for every dollar you save, so we will talk about how you can use goals and
budgeting to stay on track with funding whatever lifestyle or timeline you
envision for retirement.

Note:  If you register
and cannot attend, a recording of the webinar, along with a copy of
the session presentation and handouts, will automatically be sent within
24 hours.

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You
work hard for your money, but is your money working hard for you?

When it comes to
our finances, we always wonder if we are making the right moves, and searching for answers can feel overwhelming.

Middlebury College
provides all employees access to financial well-being thru My Secure Advantage
(MSA).

MSA helps you make the most of your hard-earned dollars!  When it comes to living a financially stress-free life, every decision you make adds up. Through MSA, employees and their covered dependents can work with a personal Money Coach and utilize website services to make financial stress a thing of the past.

What’s
Included

• 90 days (per calendar year) of personalized money coaching with a personal, confidential, unbiased, and guilt free Money Coach. Coaches don’t sell products or services: their only job is to provide expert guidance and improve your financial life.
• Guidance on financial topics, goals, challenges, or questions. Whether you’re getting by, digging out, or saving big, connecting with a Money Coach to discuss options, identify things to consider, and build out a plan can only help

Work with MSA to tackle questions like “Should I be saving more or
paying down debt?” “When will I be able to retire, and how much do I need?”
“What type of portfolio is best for me?” “How do I balance enjoying life now
with saving for the future?” and more.

• Online tools include videos, calculators, articles, and budgeting software to help you stress less and save more.

Questions?  Learn more about MSA here. To
get started, sign up, and schedule your first appointment with a Money
Coach call 888-724-2326.

Please read the following change to the time entry/approval deadline for BW14 (pay date 07/05/19). This change is required to accommodate for the July 4th holiday*. Note: this is a change to the time entry/approval deadline only; there is NO change to the pay date.

Pay period BW14 (06/17/19 – 06/30/19):

• Deadline for submitting AND approving time – Monday, 07/01/19 12:00pm

• Paychecks and direct deposits issued and dated – Friday, 07/05/19

*July 4th is a federal holiday and a floating holiday for the College. The Payroll and Human Resources Offices will be closed that day. Payroll processing must be accelerated to accommodate for the closed day.

Please inform all your staff of this change in the payroll schedule

Thank you, Payroll/Human Resources

In this post we recognize Tom Moran, John D. Berninghausen Professor of Chinese, for his 25 years of Service to Middlebury. Tom discusses some valued colleagues, reveals his future plans, and shares some advice for new employees. Read on to learn more about Midd from Tom’s point of view.

What did you do prior to work
at Middlebury College and where were you located?

I was a graduate student and
teaching assistant at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Before that I
taught 8^th grade in Washington, D.C. and 6^th grade at an
international school in Beijing, China; and before that I was a carpenter’s
assistant in northern Virginia.

What job titles have you held
while working at Middlebury?

Starting with my current title and
working backwards: John D. Berninghausen Professor of Chinese; Professor of
Chinese; Associate Professor of Chinese; and Assistant Professor Chinese. I’ve
also been Chair of the Chinese Department, Director of East Asian Studies, and
Director of the Middlebury School C.V. Starr School Abroad in Beijing, China.

Take us back to your first year
as an employee at the College. What were the most significant things happening
in your life outside of work then?

To be honest, I don’t remember much
life outside of work during my first year as an employee at the College! I do
remember one hour one afternoon in the spring when I sat, my back against a
tree, a happy dog beside me, in an apple orchard, which was in bloom. That one hour
might have been the entirety of my life outside of work in my first year, sad
to say!

What are the most significant
things happening in your life outside of work now (that you’d like to share)?

The most significant thing
happening in my life outside of work now is happening in the life of my wife,
Rebecca Purdum, who is a painter. She has work in the inaugural exhibit at the
Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation in New York City. The show is up
through August 2019. Rebecca’s life and her work are always the most
significant things in my life. Also important to me is maintaining connections with
my far-flung family, my nearby neighbors, and many old friends close and far.

Have your
interests/hobbies/athletic endeavors changed over the past 25 years? Have any
of these been influenced by your work at the College or due to your association
with others who work here?

Much of my work at the College
involves literature and film, and the beauty and philosophy they carry, and so
my work interests and my life interests are the same. My hobbies remain
reading–recently biographies of Romantic era figures–and going outside. My pastime
of following Arsenal in the English Premier League has been influenced and
encouraged by my association with economist and Gooner Will Pyle. My athletic
endeavors have grown a little more, how to put it, urgent, because the years
left to me for athletic endeavor no longer seem unlimited.

What is your fondest memory or
experience that you’ve had while working at Middlebury?

I have many, some from 1994 and
some from last week. Many are of listening to students I have worked with speak
with assurance, grace, and intellectual generosity about what they have learned
and about what they believe.

Many people change jobs/careers
multiple times in their working life. Something must have kept you here for 25
years. Is it anything that you can put into words?

I am a scholar of Chinese language
and literature, and there are few places in the country with programs in
Chinese language and literature for undergraduates that are as robust and
strong as ours. Away from work what has kept me here is the town of Ripton,
where my wife and I have lived for 20 years. The wonderful people who live in
Ripton keep me here, as does Ripton’s wildlife. It’s a great place to live.

What are your plans for the
next 25 years?

I climbed Mt. Tai in China’s
Shandong province in 1981 at the age of 24, and I climbed it again in 2011 at
the age of 54. Maybe I’ll climb it again after another 30-year interval at age
84, but if I do, and I make it to the top, I’m taking the cable car down. That
takes me to 2041, which is 22 years away. After that, I don’t know.

Do you have a favorite place on
campus?

My office. I like being surrounded
by the books, copies of senior theses, notes from students, and mementos that
have collected around me over 25 years. The sun comes in my south window, and
through my east window I can see the mountains.

Is there any person on campus
(or retiree, former employer) that mentored you, or you feel helped you grow
into your job, grow to enjoy your work and your time at the College?

John Berninghausen, Gregory
Chiang, Carole Cavanaugh, Nobuo Ogawa, and Stephen Donadio mentored me and
helped me grow into my job, even if not all of them knew it at the time. Jeff
Cason and I arrived at Middlebury in the same year, and my friendship with Jeff
has made my time at the College more enjoyable. 
My colleagues in the Chinese Department, emeritus professor John
Berninghausen and current faculty Carrie Wiebe, Weihe Xu, Hang Du, and
Katherine Wang, our coordinator Nicole Patterson, our colleagues at our Schools
in Beijing, Hangzhou, and Kunming, and all of our students and alumni together
create a community that I feel very fortunate to belong to.

If you could give one piece of
advice to a new employee at Middlebury, what would it be?

I think everyone finds and makes their own
Middlebury. There is much here to be found that is wonderful. My advice is,
enjoy the search.

Is there anything else that you
would like to share about your time at Middlebury?

My job has given me the opportunity
to meet many Chinese writers, poets, musicians, and filmmakers who are
first-rate artists and wonderful people. I’m very grateful for this.

A reminder that Memorial Day is
considered a Floating Holiday here at Middlebury. That means that Benefits-eligible
staff who do not work on Memorial Day must report their regularly
scheduled hours as CTO. Staff who do work will report their worked
hours normally. (Prior approval must be obtained for employees to work if their
office is closed.)

~ This applies to ALL
benefit-eligible employees – hourly and exempt ~

http://www.middlebury.edu/offices/business/hr/staffandfaculty/benefits/timeaway/holidays

MARKET PROOF YOUR RETIREMENT

Throughout your career, you probably heard repeatedly how important saving for retirement is. However, as the day approaches, there are additional questions you’ll have to ask yourself. Am I overexposed to market losses? Will I outlive my money? Am I confident that I can retire on my terms?

In retirement—and the years leading up to it—protecting your savings becomes just as important as growing it. Join us to learn how to create your own personal pension* with TIAA Traditional, offered by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA).

Register today for our Tuesday, June 11th live webinar, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. (ET) Sign up today! It’s quick. It’s easy. It’s free. Register here online.

Miguel Shefferson is a Director with TIAA’s Institutional
Financial Services and is passionate about educating clients on TIAA solutions
that promote financial well-being with a specific focus on retirement readiness.

He brings over 20 years of industry experience, including
prior roles with TIAA’s Nuveen Global Asset Management group and Individual
Advisory Services business, where he partners daily with TIAA’s Individual
Advisory and Institutional Financial Services teams promoting awareness of
TIAA’s unique capabilities.

In this post we recognize Dean Mandigo, an Electrician in Facilities Services, for his 25 years of Service to Middlebury. Dean shares his career path here at the College, some details about his life outside of work, and some fond Middlebury memories. Read on to learn more about Midd from Dean’s point of view.

What did you do prior
to work at Middlebury College and where were you located?

I came to the college from Racette Electric in Pittsford VT
where I had begun my electrical career. Before that I had been a carpenter and
worked general construction. For a short stint while in college I was a
formalwear manager at McNeil and Reedy clothing in Rutland. I also worked for a
few years at Coca Cola Rutland as warehouse worker, truck driver/delivery
person and a salesmen/supervisor.

What job titles have
you held while working at Middlebury?

General Maintenance worker electrical, electrician B,
electrician A

Take us back to your
first year as an employee at the College. What were the most significant things
happening in your life outside of work then?

I had gotten married the previous year and was creating a
new life with Kathy my wife and her son Jared. I was also in the state
electrical apprenticeship program.

What are the most
significant things happening in your life outside of work now (that you’d like
to share)

My daughter Janelle, now a senior at UVM, is and has been an
inspiration to me. Social justice is a major part of her life and she has
helped me to understand where we are and why our thought process needs to
change in society.

Jared and his wife Amber have given us two grandsons.

I have also been a Salisbury firefighter for 16 years.

Being empty-nesters now, Kathy and I enjoy mini vacations
away, with family and our dog Maple.

Have your
interests/hobbies/athletic endeavors changed over the past 25 years? Have any
of these been influenced by your work at the College or due to your association
with others who work here?

One day a several years ago a coworker asked if I would join
him for a little exercise at the pool. We were both going thru some health
issues and I agreed to give it a try. Now we both swim regularly and are both
feeling better because of it.

What is your fondest
memory or experience that you’ve had while working at Middlebury?

There are two. The installation of the radio antenna in Mead
chapel spire with Chris Ayers. It was a challenge to run the service up thru
the belfry around the carillon bells and wires. And maintaining the lighting of
the cross country trail around the golf course. Those lights were removed many
years ago.

Many people change
jobs/careers multiple times in their working life. Something must have kept you
here for 25 years. Is it anything that you can put into words?

When I first came to the Electrical shop the college was
about to go through a major growth spurt. The Ethernet was just taking off,
life safety was jumping forward and the college was going to expand its
physical size over the next decade. It was the perfect place to grow, career
wise and family.

What are your plans
for the next 25 years?

My plan is to keep right on working. Maybe retire a little
early. Possibly get a small part time job, do some volunteering, travel/camping
while Kathy and I enjoy life.

Do you have a
favorite place on campus?

My favorite place would be in the top of Mead chapel looking
out of the doors in the lantern just below the spire. Even better on a windy
day and you can feel it sway!

Is there any person
on campus (or retiree, former employer) that mentored you, or you feel helped
you grow into your job, grow to enjoy your work and your time at the College?

There have been many people that have influenced me along
the way. To name a few, my brothers Dave and Dan, Ernie Racette(Racette
Electric). From Midd  Art Thorne, Norm
Cushman, George McPhail, Dean Ouellette and Robert Preseau.