Monthly Archives: November 2010

Your 2010 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) – USE IT OR LOSE IT!

The end of the calendar year is right around the corner. Do you still have unused funds in your Flexible Spending Account (FSA)? The funds you contribute to your FSA during 2010 are only available for reimbursement of qualified expenses … Continue reading Continue reading

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What is the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)?

SMU’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a confidential counseling and referral service that can help you and your family deal successfully with life’s challenges. Receive up to 3 counseling sessions at no cost. All full-time employees and their dependents are … Continue reading Continue reading

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Tuition Benefits: Changes in Determination of Tax Status

Good News: you no longer need to complete a Determination of Tax Status Form each year for Tuition Benefits. The Department of Human Resources will notify you before you add or drop a course if your program is determined to … Continue reading Continue reading

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Focus: Achieving Your Highest Priorities –Two Sessions To Be Offered

Competing priorities. Multiple deadlines. A hundred unanswered e-mails and now you’re not sure you’re going to make your daughter’s soccer game. Sound familiar? If so, you’re not alone. There are still only 24 hours in every day, but the amount … Continue reading Continue reading

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New Pharmacy Benefits Manager Effective January 1, 2011

Medco will replace Prime Therapeutics as SMU’s pharmacy benefits manager effective January 1, 2011. You will receive a new BCBSTX ID card, which will include Medco contact information, in late December. You will not receive a separate Medco Rx ID … Continue reading Continue reading

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Quit Smoking For 24 Hours…Or a Lifetime!

The Great American Smokeout is an annual initiative organized by the American Cancer Society that encourages smokers to use the third Thursday of November to make a plan to quit or simply quit smoking, starting that day. Thursday, November 18th … Continue reading Continue reading

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2011 Benefits Confirmation Statement

You made it through Open Enrollment! Your 2011 Confirmation Statement will be delivered via campus mail to your SMU mail box the first week in December. The Confirmation Statement summarizes the benefits elections you made for 2011. If you have … Continue reading Continue reading

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Dedman Center’s Polar BodyAge Assessment Program–An Economical and Convenient Way to Get a Personalized Fitness & Nutrition Plan

Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports is offering a new fitness assessment that provides participants with the tools they need to accomplish their wellness goals and measure their progress. The Polar BodyAge Health and Fitness Assessment is an economical and convenient … Continue reading Continue reading

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Difficult Conversations added as a “Quick Takes” session on Dec 14

Difficult Conversations Dec 14 from Noon-1:00 p.m. HR Training Room, Expressway Tower Suite 206 Facilitated by Jeff Strese, Director of SMU Human Resources We’ve all been there – whether with a manager, co-worker, peer, family member or friend. You want … Continue reading Continue reading

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Understanding and Helping an Aging Loved One-Join Magellan’s Free Webinar

Are you caring for an aging loved one now? Do you anticipate caring for an aging loved one in the next 5 years, 10 years? Even if you are not currently in a care-giving role, now might be the perfect … Continue reading Continue reading

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