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Register Now for Life Planning Seminar
Human Resources and the Benefits and Retirement offices are hosting a two-day Life Planning Seminar on April 11 and 12. Topics will include retiree health insurance, deferred compensation, financial planning, and more. Employees can pick which sessions they attend. All sessions are free, though pre-registration is required.
Sign Up for UT Alert
As National Emergency Preparedness Week continues, today is a good day to sign up for the UT Alert text messaging system if you have not yet done so. UT Alert allows students, faculty, and staff to be notified via text message to their mobile phone in the event of an emergency or campus closure.
Start National Emergency Preparedness Week with Online Training
Today kicks off National Emergency Preparedness Week. Every day this week, “Tennessee Today” will feature ways for UT faculty, staff, and students to learn how to protect themselves and others in an emergency. One key way to prepare for an emergency is to receive training. The university offers online training to all students, faculty, and staff.
Changes in National Institutes of Health eRA Commons Access
UT faculty who have National Institutes of Health eRA Commons access may be affected by a new log-in process implemented by the agency. Those who established their eRA Commons account before October 8, 2011, have until February 22, 2012, to change their password.
Tennessee Baseball Welcomes Faculty and Staff with Free Admission
It’s baseball time in Tennessee, and Tennessee Athletics wants to remind UT employees they you can gain free entry into every home baseball game this season with a valid faculty or staff ID. Guests of faculty and staff may purchase general admission tickets at a 20 percent discount.
Spotlight
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Spring Mic/Nite March 7
Faculty and staff are invited to Mic/Nite for a “Pecha Kucha-powered” social gathering featuring 13 UT faculty and staff presentations.
Kudos
Our Department of History is home to faculty recognized as National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the American Council of Learned Societies, Fulbright, and MacArthur fellows. In fact, 60 percent of the history faculty have won major research awards in the last decade.
With ten NEH awards, UT is tied for seventh place with Washington University (St. Louis) and UC-Irvine on the list of all universities, both private and public, that have been awarded the most NEH Fellowships since 2005.
Work @ UT
Working at the University of Tennessee offers more than just a stable job. Generous vacation and personal leave, numerous retirement options, free tuition, and all the added benefits of life at a major research university.
