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Important Update for Flexible Spending Accounts
Recent COVID-19 relief legislation has allowed the University to continue to offer faculty and staff flexibility in managing their 2020 and 2021 Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs). Effective immediately, faculty and staff have additional options for their FSAs including the ability…
Highlight the Heroes Part 1: Staff Members Display Ingenuity, Determination, Teamwork in Face of COVID-19 Pandemic
As the novel coronavirus took hold in the United States and locally nearly a year ago, many members of the campus community have had to reimagine countless processes, solve new and challenging problems, work together in ways previously unheard of…
Boost Your Immune System With These Expert Tips (and Recipes!)
A healthy immune system is important throughout the year, but even more so during cold and flu season and while we remain at-risk of contracting COVID-19. In honor of National Nutrition Month, celebrated in March, we tapped into campus experts…
Carebridge Faculty and Staff Assistance Program Offers Support, Stress Relief Opportunities This Holiday Season
Carebridge offers free, confidential assistance with a wide range of support and services to employees and their families 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Their team can be reached at 800.437.0911 (TTY: 711). If you are struggling with…
A Passion for Leadership and Teamwork: Custodial Manager Annette Statum
Annette Statum vividly recalls the hot summer day in 1994 when she walked down Ainsley Drive to the Commissary because she’d heard the University was hiring. Busy raising her children at the time, Statum was looking for part-time work. After…
Scott Reynolds ‘Can’t Stand to See Kids Walk through Snow to Get on a Bus’
Very early on winter mornings, Scott Reynolds navigates a payloader along the streets and through parking lots on the Syracuse University campus. Following a snowfall, Reynolds and his 60 colleagues on the Facilities Services grounds team work to clear the…
CANCELED: ‘Build Your Financial Know-How’ Wellness Workshops Offered to Faculty and Staff This Spring
Becoming more conscious about your financial wellness starts with building your financial know-how! No matter what chapter of your life you are in, you can always begin, change or improve your financial story. A new financial wellness workshop series for…
Five Ways to Bust Through a Late-Winter Workout Slump
We’re in that time of year when the shine of (and often, commitment to) New Year’s resolutions has dulled, but the renewed energy that spring weather brings is still, optimistically, a few weeks away. It can be tough to remain…
Mark Your Calendar—Open Enrollment Begins Nov. 4
Open Enrollment, the annual period when University employees reflect on their benefit options for the coming year, begins Monday, Nov. 4, and continues through Friday, Nov. 15. This is the one time of year when individuals may elect or change…
Syracuse University Goes Purple to Support Dating and Domestic Violence Awareness
In honor of National Domestic and Dating Violence Awareness Month, the Barnes Center at The Arch sponsored the “SU Goes Purple” decorating contest during the month of October. The contest invited University offices and departments to decorate their workspaces purple…