Faculty/Staff Archive

  • TIAA and Fidelity 2024 First Quarter Live Webinars

    TIAA and Fidelity 2024 First Quarter Live Webinars

    Is attaining a higher level of financial savviness one of your new year's resolutions? Both Fidelity & TIAA, our 403(b) Retirement Plan vendors, are offering a variety of live webinars this spring, designed to help empower you to take greater control of the money matters most important to you.

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  • Staff Check Your Paychecks

    Staff Check Your Paychecks

    January 12, 2024, was the first biweekly paycheck date of the new year. Staff members should review paystubs to ensure accuracy of any benefit changes made during open enrollment, new FSA elections, and 403(b) election changes. Any discrepancies must be reported along with a screenshot verifying successful completion of Open Enrollment no later than Monday, January 22, 2024.

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  • Take Library Tour for Faculty and Staff

    Take Library Tour for Faculty and Staff

    Join us for a library tour in the Spring Semester. Learn about library services and resources available to faculty and staff. Tours will be offered Wednesday, February 7; Tuesday, March 5; and Wednesday, April 3.

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  • January 17 Faculty Lounge: Building Community With the Office of Faculty Affairs

    January 17 Faculty Lounge: Building Community With the Office of Faculty Affairs

    Learn more about the new office of Faculty Affairs and hwo they can support faculty through ways of engagement at the January 17 Faculty Lounge: Building Community With the Office of Faculty Affairs. What does engaging with faculty look like? Dionna Anderson of Faculty Affairs will provide examples of projects and events she would like to do in 2024.

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  • TELUS Health (Formerly Lifeworks) Employee Assistance Program January 2024 Features: Reset and Renew

    TELUS Health (Formerly Lifeworks) Employee Assistance Program January 2024 Features: Reset and Renew

    A new year is a great time to take stock of your health habits and lifestyle, and set some time aside to focus on making changes you identify as those that will help you reach new goals. This month TELUS Health (formerly Lifeworks), Illinois Tech’s Employee Assistance Program is there as a resource for you as you seek to make health changes. Check out the Heartbeat Newsletter for articles such as Five ways to simplify your life, and Setting SMART goals. When you visit the Heartbeat Newsletter site, you also have access to prior months’ newsletters and all of their articles, videos, and resources.

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  • IRS Announces Business Mileage Rate Increase for 2024

    IRS Announces Business Mileage Rate Increase for 2024

    Beginning on January 1, 2024, the standard mileage rates for privately owned vehicles while on official Illinois Tech business will be 67 cents per mile. This rate applies to electric and hybrid-electric automobiles, as well as gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles.

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  • 2024 University Holidays

    2024 University Holidays

    The 2024 University Holiday schedule is listed below, and can be found on the Paid Time Off and Holiday Closures page of the Human Resources Department's website. Please note that the 2024 Holiday break would normally have run from Wednesday, December 25, 2024, through Wednesday, January 1, 2025. However, President Echambadi has granted two additional University Holiday days immediately preceding Christmas Day as a thank you to staff for their hard work throughout the year.

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  • If Needed, Request to Merge or Record Courses Soon for Spring Semester

    If Needed, Request to Merge or Record Courses Soon for Spring Semester

    If you want to merge two or more courses, fill out the Course Merge Request form as soon as possible. Also if not already scheduled for lecture capture/online course, we now have a request to complete if you’d like your course to be recorded by the in-room cameras: the Course Recording Request. As with the course merge request form, submitting it earlier is better and will help ensure your course is ready when classes begin January 8.

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  • Volunteer to Judge at the Chicago High School Ethics Bowl

    Volunteer to Judge at the Chicago High School Ethics Bowl

    Judges and moderators are sought for the Chicago High School Ethics Bowl competition, which will be held at Oak Park River Forest High School on February 3, 2024.

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  • How to Conserve Energy Over Winter Break

    How to Conserve Energy Over Winter Break

    Illinois Tech spends an average of $500,000 per month on energy. Winter break is an excellent opportunity to reduce that cost and conserve dollars that can be used for other needs. Please be sure to turn off lights and unplug electronic devices before you leave.

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