Open Enrollment book available online
Open Enrollment is an opportunity to review benefits and make new choices for 2015. The Open Enrollment book with details about benefits options for eligible faculty and staff and instructions for making changes is now available from the Benefits Office website at www.benefits.umich.edu. Direct questions on personalized benefits plan rates to Wolverine Access at wolverineaccess.umich.edu/f/u24l1s13/normal/render.uP. For frequently asked benefits questions, ask Human Resources at hr.umich.edu. Consult with a benefits representative in the Shared Service Center Contact Center by calling 734-615-2000 (Ann Arbor campus), 734-615-2000 (local or off-campus), or 866-647-7657 (toll-free) 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
UM-Flint seeks to improve University Avenue corridor
The UM-Flint will assist efforts to create a safe, walkable University Avenue corridor with the help of a $1 million federal grant to Kettering University to support neighborhood revitalization efforts. UM-Flint’s departments of Earth and Resource Science and Public Health and Health Sciences will share about $100,000 of the federal grant. The Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program grant will help convert the University Avenue corridor into a vibrant region by developing and implementing sustainable crime prevention strategies. According to a Department of Justice press release, the grant was awarded for a plan to connect 16 law enforcement and security organizations, including UM-Flint’s Department of Public Safety, to university researchers, local non-profits, and residents in an effort to raise standards of living.
