Open enrollment is now through Nov. 30. Come learn about changes to our employee benefits. Merlinda Sain, human resource generalist, will present the same materials at each of two sessions to best accommodate varied schedules. If you have questions, please contact Merlinda
at 6-9587.
During open enrollment, you may make adjustments to your employee benefits including:
If you have a spouse or domestic partner enrolled on your 2015 PEBB medical coverage, you MUST re-attest to the spousal coverage premium surcharge
Enroll or re-enroll in a flexible spending account or Dependent Care Assistance Program—these MUST be renewed annually; they DO NOT automatically renew
Add an eligible family member to your PEBB coverage
Remove a family member from your PEBB coverage
Change your medical and/or dental plan
Waive PEBB medical coverage, if you have other comprehensive group medical coverage
Enroll if you previously waived PEBB medical coverage
WSU Vancouver students to show animation work at OMSI film festival
5 p.m. Nov. 8
Empirical Theater at OMSI
1945 SE Water Avenue, Portland, OR 97214
Students from the Creative Media and Digital Culture program will showcase their work as part of OMSI’s Animation Film Festival. This one-night only program, “Animated Creations: Shorts from WSUV,” will exhibit 2D and 3D animation shorts, as well as augmented reality, full dome and interactive animation created by alumni and students of the program. Admission to “Animated Creations: Shorts from WSUV” is $5 or free to Animation Film Festival pass holders. The Empirical Theater café will sell snacks, beer and wine.
OMSI’s Animation Film Festival celebrates
animation from independent shorts to feature films. The festival runs Nov. 6 – 9. Learn more, including how to become a pass holder.
Plan now for retirement
Nov. 18 (times vary, see below)
Classroom Building, Room 308J
PERS 2 and 3 members are invited to plan for retirement while still working—preferably 10 to 30 years before retirement. Take advantage of the opportunity to attend any of the following informational seminars.
10:30 a.m. PERS 2/3 Plan Choice Seminar: Overview of the differences between Plan 2 and Plan 3 for new employees and for transfer-eligible employees who can switch from Plan 2 to Plan 3 in the month of January. Many existing PERS 2 or PERS 3 members attend this seminar to learn about their plan, even if they have no intention of switching.
11:30 a.m. Plan 3 Workshop: Learn about online calculators you can use to calculate projected retirement estimates from Plan 3. If you want the presenter to help you calculate your projections, bring your last quarterly statement. Also, for any new employees, the presenter can calculate a comparison of Plan 2 and Plan 3 for your personal situation.
12:30 p.m. Getting to Know Plan 3 Seminar: Get a review of Plan 3. There has never been a more important time to make sure you understand what you are invested in and whether it is appropriate for your risk profile and time horizon. This seminar will give you a simple, step-by-step process to help you feel confident about making Plan 3 investment decisions. This is also an opportunity for you to get your questions answered regarding your statements and the recent changes to the Plan 3 investment lineup.
1:30 p.m.
Withdrawing from Plan 3: Get an outline of Plan 3 pay-out options, examples of payout income streams and retirement investing strategies. This seminar is especially helpful for Plan 3 members who might separate from service within the next five years of service
Lieutenant Dave Stephenson will offer a brown bag presentation to help prepare you for an active shooter on campus. He will show “RUN. HIDE. FIGHT. Surviving an Active Shooter Event,” and discuss WSU procedures in such an event.
I saw it in FYI
The best way to stay informed about campus news and information? FYI Vancouver, of course. Roughly 35 percent of the campus community reads FYI. Encourage the 65 percent of your colleagues who are missing out to get informed. Tell them you saw it in FYI.
Thursday evening's live radio show was the fourth held at the Kiggins Theatre through a partnership with the Portland-based Willamette Radio Workshop and Washington State University Vancouver's creative media and digital culture program.
But how much reservoirs contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions is “still a big question mark,” because the issue remains relatively unstudied and emission rates are highly uncertain, said John Harrison, an associate professor in the School of the Environment at the Washington State University-Vancouver whose research focuses on how reservoirs can be managed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“Who would be against smaller class sizes? The answer, is … very few people,” Carolyn Long, a political science professor at Washington State University Vancouver, wrote in an email. “Most understand that student-teacher ratio has a great deal to do with student success. The trickier question is, ‘How do we pay for it?’ ”
VANCOUVER MARQUEE Diversity Event with Rep. Mary Gonzalez … Gonzalez will give a keynote speech, “Identity, Culture and Social Justice: How Tortillas and Rainbows Taught me to Change the World.”
“As a country, we have not had recent experience with a highly infectious disease that transmits the way Ebola does,” said Dr. Bonnie Hewlett, an anthropologist and registered nurse at Washington State University in Vancouver, Wash. “We’ve relaxed. We’re not keyed into that.”
"Martians with Moustaches," a retrospective of work by Washington State University Vancouver's Creative Media and Digital Culture program, also will ...
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