Flexible Spending

Open Enrollment Deadline: Tuesday, Dec. 2

December 1, 2014

Employees will need to either confirm their current coverage or make changes using our UP online Open Enrollment Tool by Tuesday, December 2, at 3 p.m. The effective date of the elections and new rates will be January 1, 2015.

The Flexible Spending Account is an annual election. Employees who had this benefit in 2014 and wish to continue will need to re-enroll online through the University’s provider website for Flex-Plan at http://tinyurl.com/n654hrk, as paper forms are no longer accepted. The company code is “UOP”, instructions for online FSA enrollment can be found at http://tinyurl.com/plc6d2b.

For more information, please see Andy Sherwood, human resources, in Waldschmidt Hall 502, during Open Enrollment drop-in hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 8:30 to 10 a.m., and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

An American Dream—an opera by librettist/Portland Magazine editor, Jessica Murphy Moo, and composer Jack Perla—was produced by OperaLab Japan in Tokyo (November 2024) and Manhattan School of Music (December 2024).

Larry Larsen, Performing and Fine Arts, designed the scenery for this year’s production of Nordic Fire for the Portland Revels that is playing at the Alberta Abbey from December 13 through December 22. He also is designing the lighting for Lakewood Theatre Company’s production of The Maltese Falcon based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett, which plays at the Lakewood Center in Lake Oswego from January 3 through February 9.

Lizhong Hao, Business, presented “The Impact of Auditor and Client Bargaining Power on Audit Pricing: A Two-Tier Stochastic Frontier Approach.” The 2024 Corporate Behavior and New Development of Financial Markets International Conference. Chongqing, China. November, 2024.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, was a discussant and participant at the International Congress on the Future of Theology ‘Legacy and Envisioning.’ Organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education. Vatican City. December 9–10, 2024. Aihiokhai was also a discussant and participant at the General Assembly of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (INSeCT). Rome, Italy. December 8 – 13, 2024.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, completed the training requirements to be certified in the DiSC assessment on December 19, 2024. The DiSC assessment is a powerful tool that helps individuals and teams improve communication, collaboration, and workplace dynamics by providing insights into behavioral and communication styles. If you’d like to explore using the DiSC assessment for your individual or team’s leadership development, please contact Dave Houglum.

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