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Stressed out? Smile – you're at work

No kidding: Students whose professors or teachers use humor in test instructions score 15 percent higher on those tests than students provided with straight...
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Open enrollment ends next week

Open enrollment for University of Colorado employees ends at 5 p.m. Friday, May 21. All information needed to enroll for benefits – including final rates, plan...
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Enrolling children up to age 27

As a result of recent federal healthcare reform legislation, children up to age 27 are eligible for University of Colorado health and dental plan coverage for...
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Dependent eligibility verification

All dependents – including your spouse, common law spouse or same gender domestic partner (SGDP) – must be verified to continue their coverage starting July 1...
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COBRA participants

CU employees who have dependent children currently enrolled in COBRA because they are over 25 years are now eligible to be re-enrolled in the CU medical,...
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University of Colorado Blue Preferred PPO Plan

The Blue Preferred plan is not offered for the 2010-11 plan year. Current participants must elect another plan or be defaulted into the Anthem Lumenos plan at...
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University of Colorado HMO Colorado Plan

Only employees and eligible dependents already enrolled in this plan may elect to continue coverage for the 2010-11 plan year. No new enrollment is allowed.
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Mandatory enrollment for employees enrolled in a state of Colorado medical or dental plan

If you are a classified employee currently enrolled in a state of Colorado medical plan (including State Kaiser and the other state plans) or dental plan, you...
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Cafeteria plans (formerly CU Flex)

You must re-enroll and actively elect your annual contributions for health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts each year at open enrollment.
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Optional term life insurance

If you and/or your spouse, common law spouse or SGDP are nontobacco users, meaning that you have not used tobacco products within the past 12 months, you are...
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Higher ed flexibility legislation moves forward

Senate Bill 10-003, the legislation that would give higher education institutions greater freedom in determining tuition and financial affairs, passed a third...
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Benefits rates, online open enrollment will be available Thursday

Though Payroll & Benefit Services had expected to post final rates and launch the open enrollment web application today, both have been delayed one day...
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Workshops explain shift in thinking about fundraising

A new fundraising approach is taking root throughout the CU Foundation , and among campus and volunteer partners. "The old model of fundraising is us simply...
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Regents name recipients of honorary degrees for 2010

The University of Colorado Board of Regents has released its list of award recipients for 2010. They will receive their honors at commencement ceremonies...
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Symposium to examine personalized medicine, biotech advances

Words such as invention, technology, diagnostics and wellness were rarely mentioned during recent health care reform deliberations, but a health care...
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CU-Boulder freshman campaigns for scholarship in memory of friends

Larkin Poynton Soon after the tragic 2008 automobile death of Longmont High School senior Kyle Metcalf and University of Colorado Denver freshman Caitlin Epple...
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Biotech company expands Alzheimer's disease partnership with CU

The University of Colorado and AmideBio, LLC have completed an agreement creating a research collaboration with a CU-Boulder lab, and giving AmideBio an option...
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SkillSoft offers improved navigation

A new version of the SkillSoft Course Player released late last month makes navigation easier for users taking SkillSoft courses. The SkillSoft Course Player...
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State budget-balancing measure leads to shift in PERA contributions

University of Colorado employees who are PERA members will see a 2.5 percent reduction in wages during the 2010-11 fiscal year in order to comply with a new...
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UPDATE: Flex bill clears first hurdle at Capitol

The Colorado legislative bill aimed at giving higher education institutions more flexibility in financial affairs and in setting tuition rates was unanimously...
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Guiding principles, presidential search go back to governance groups

Diversity was a central theme of last week's University of Colorado Board of Regents meeting as the elected officials discussed how to define the issue within...
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Open Enrollment

With open enrollment under way, Payroll & Benefit Services (PBS) encourages employees to review materials, attend an open enrollment session, compare plans...
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Federal stimulus has brought $151 million to CU for research

From state fiscal stabilization funds, which enabled the university to backfill its budget amid state higher education cuts, to federal grants that will speed...
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Staffers honored for stellar service

From left, Alexis Kelly, Stephanie Hanenberg, Lisa Province and Donna Maes display their service excellence awards at the All Staff Council Conference on...
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Open enrollment begins next week

Open enrollment for the 2010-11 plan year begins at 8 a.m. Monday, April 26, and ends at 5 p.m. May 21. Payroll & Benefit Services encourages employees to...

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