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  • Want to Get to Know Your Colleagues? Let’s Meet and Eat!

    Want to Get to Know Your Colleagues? Let’s Meet and Eat!

    April 13, 2023
    Let’s Meet and Eat! is an informal, come-and-go chance for us to get to know our colleagues during our lunch break. This month, it will be held Thursday, April 20, at 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. in Galvin Tower's sixth-floor cafeteria.

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  • Illinois Tech Health Plan Members, Changes to COVID Testing Coverage Are Coming

    Illinois Tech Health Plan Members, Changes to COVID Testing Coverage Are Coming

    April 11, 2023
    The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) will be expiring May 11, 2023. Due to the PHE's expiration, many health plans will be making changes to their coverage of COVID-19 testing: COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests, which are covered through the health benefit, will continue to be covered at $0 member cost share through at least the end of 2023; medical visits associated with COVID-19 will no longer be free; and over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 antigen tests will still be free to members.

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  • Lifeworks Employee Assistance Program April 2023 Features, Resources for Those Impacted by Natural Disasters

    Lifeworks Employee Assistance Program April 2023 Features, Resources for Those Impacted by Natural Disasters

    April 4, 2023
    Lifeworks, Illinois Tech’s Employee Assistance Program, is highlighting financial topics this April with the Master Your Money Mindset edition of the Heartbeat Newsletter. LifeWorks has also opened up a Crisis Support Line for anyone in the community in need of emotional support in relation to the recent tornados across the Midwest.

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  • Fidelity April 2023 Web Workshops

    Fidelity April 2023 Web Workshops

    March 28, 2023
    Fidelity, one of IIT's 403(b) retirement plan vendors, is offering a variety of workshops throughout the month of April 2023. Workshops are web-based, but live, and vary in length from 30 to 60 minutes.

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  • Suspect a Citation or Reference May Be Fictional? Galvin Librarians Can Help

    Suspect a Citation or Reference May Be Fictional? Galvin Librarians Can Help

    March 23, 2023
    Generative AI chatbots (ChatGPT in particular) can be asked to generate citations or references, but when they do the end result may contain errors or be completely false. If you encounter writing sources, citations or URLs you think may be fictional, Galvin librarians can help. We can even check if a link or URL was ever functional, or if it’s merely broken and/or outdated. Send your suspect items to us at library@iit.edu and we’ll use our expertise to evaluate them for you.

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  • Staff Volunteers Needed for Commencement

    Staff Volunteers Needed for Commencement

    March 21, 2023
    Staff volunteers are needed for the Main Commencement Ceremony and College Ceremonies on Saturday, May 13, 2023, from 7 a.m.–6 p.m.

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  • Illinois Tech Health Plan Members: Join Hinge Health Before Space Runs Out

    Illinois Tech Health Plan Members: Join Hinge Health Before Space Runs Out

    March 21, 2023
    Hinge Health provides personalized care plans to help people accomplish their health goals and overcome their back, muscle, and joint pain, with dedicated programs for everybody and every body part. The programs are free, and Hinge Health makes it simple to get started addressing pain without drugs or surgery.

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  • Faculty, RSVP for Commencement, to Be Held May 13 at McCormick Place

    Faculty, RSVP for Commencement, to Be Held May 13 at McCormick Place

    March 16, 2023
    In a shift from past practices for Commencement, the 2022-2023 Main Ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at 9 a.m. at McCormick Place, Hall B. College Ceremonies will follow the Main Ceremony and also will take place in McCormick Place, Hall B. This year there will be two combined College Ceremonies where degrees will be conferred for three of the university’s colleges. Ph.D. hooding also will take place during the College Ceremonies, with faculty advisers having the usual opportunity to hood their graduates.

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  • TIAA Educational Webinars for March 2023

    TIAA Educational Webinars for March 2023

    March 7, 2023
    TIAA, one of Illinois Tech’s 403(b) Retirement Plan vendors, has announced several Financial Essentials webinars running from March 7–22, 2023 . Sessions are open to all retirement plan participants regardless of the vendor with which they invest, and are available for on-demand viewing for 30 days following the live broadcasts. For additional information and to register, visit tiaa.org/webinars.

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  • Hinge Health Available for Illinois Tech Health Plan Members Experiencing Joint Pain

    Hinge Health Available for Illinois Tech Health Plan Members Experiencing Joint Pain

    March 7, 2023
    Illinois Tech is offering a new back, knee, hip, neck, shoulder and other joint pain program to you and your eligible family members at no cost (click here to sign up). Once enrolled in the program, Hinge Health will create a customized care plan just for you. From there, your personal health coach or physical therapist will guide you through exercise therapy in the Hinge Health app. Plus, it takes only 45 minutes per week, so it easily fits into your schedule.

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