Rodney Smith, our VALIC representative, will be on campus next week to assist you with your retirement questions.
When: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:00 AM-3:00 PM
Where: HR Conference Room
If you would like to arrange to meet with Rodney at a particular time, please give him a call on his cell phone at 595-2588.
— from the Human Resources office
In a recent blog post, Golf Digest editor Bob Carney agreed with Clara Yu on the issue of a language requirement for LPGA members (now withdrawn after much public denunciation). He said, “Being an old Peace Corps volunteer myself and a supporter of golf in the Olympics…I liked this letter from Clara Yu, president of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, where they teach lots of languages.” He then includes the full text of Clara’s letter, which both reflects on the LPGA’s position and offers a constructive solution: custom language learning for golfers delivered by the Monterey Institute.
Regardless of whether the LPGA takes us up on our offer, the whole world now knows how we think about languages: … “in this world, whether walking 18 holes, or walking up to a lectern at the United Nations, isn’t speaking another language a worthwhile skill to possess?”
Middlebury News and Events also covered this story.
The HR office would like to remind all employees that the Open Enrollment period for benefits will end on September 19.
Open Enrollment provides the following opportunities:
1. If you or your dependents are not currently enrolled you may add yourself and/or dependents to the medical, dental, or vision plans. Please contact Human Resources for coverage application form(s) if you would like to add coverage.
2 If you are currently enrolled in the medical, dental, or vision plans you may terminate your own or your dependents’ coverage. Please contact Human Resources for coverage change form(s) if you would like to end coverage.
In addition, there is one thing all benefit-eligible employees must do as part of Open Enrllment: return the Section 125 (Flexible spending) election agreement. This plan allows you to do 3 things:
1. If you are on MIIS insurance plans, you can have the premiums deducted from pre-tax dollars.
2. You can have a portion of each paycheck (in pre-tax dollars) deposited into an account that you can draw upon to pay for medical expenses not covered by insurance.
3. You can have a portion of each paycheck (in pre-tax dollars) deposited into an account to pay for dependent care.
If you do not want to do any of these three things, you still must sign and return the form indicating that you do not wish to participate.