Faculty & Staff

The Professional Development Center (PDC) has started a new monthly initiative to highlight resources available for one hard skill and one soft skill. These resources are available to Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff members free of charge. November’s hard skill is Microsoft Excel…

The IRS has announced its latest dollar limitations, this time pertaining to the medical Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs). The medical FSA contribution limit will increase to $2,850. Faculty and staff looking to increase their annual contribution to the FSA maximum amount of $2,850 for 2022 will…

CWRU’s employee assistance provider, IMPACT Solutions (now part of All One Health), is offering a webinar and handout to assist faculty and staff improve their personal financial literacy. The webinar is available on-demand by following these instructions: Go to myimpactsolution.com.On the…

Benelect open enrollment for 2022 began Nov. 8 and will run through Nov. 30. Additionally, the Virtual Benefits & Wellness Fair also began Monday, Nov. 8, and will run through Friday, Nov. 12. This year, the university will once again conduct the annual Benefits Fair in a virtual format.…

Applications are now open for Nord Grants, financial awards made to individual full-time faculty members or faculty members in collaboration with others, for the purpose of developing innovative teaching and research projects that directly benefit student learning. Such projects could include (but…

The IRS has announced the dollar limitations for qualified retirement plans and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for 2022: The contribution limit for retirement plans has increased to $20,500.The catch-up contribution limit on the retirement plans for employees aged 50 and over remains the same at…

Employees planning to add dependents to their benefits for the 2022 calendar year who are not covered under the employee’s 2021 benefits plan must provide appropriate dependent verification to Benefits Administration prior to making their elections during open enrollment this November. Providing…

The Office of Faculty Development is pleased to announce ACES+ Opportunity Grants 2022. These grants provide small amounts of supplemental support for current or proposed projects and activities where funding is difficult to obtain through other sources.  Examples of funding support include: Seed…

Benelect open enrollment for 2022 is set to begin Monday, Nov. 8, and run through Tuesday, Nov. 30. The 2022 Benelect guide, the new premium rate sheets and instructions for making your elections in the online enrollment system are now available online. As a reminder, the Virtual Benefits &…

Calling all faculty and instructors who are interested in exploring and expanding their knowledge of student assessment: Applications are open now for the Assessment Learning Community Fellowship Program, facilitated by the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education…