Staff News

Staff
News
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The following
news and events were provided by the Staff Advisory Committee
(SAC):

Brown Bag
Seminar: “Medicare and Rice Health Care Plans: How
Do They Work for You?”
The issue of Medicare and how it interacts with health insurance
plans is a confusing and complex subject.

This topic should
be of interest to almost everyone at Rice — perhaps
some might be looking into the aspect of retiring in the
near future, others might have a parent to whom they provide
some health care advice or assistance or still others may
be the ultimate planner and are already projecting the outcome
of rising health costs upon their future retirement income
and want to maximize each dollar.

Whatever the
reason, take advantage of this opportunity to attend the
February Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Wednesday, Feb. 19, at
noon in the Humanities Building, Room 117.

Rusty Gotcher
from Benefit Planners and Elaine Britt, assistant director
of Human Resources at Rice, will discuss and answer questions
related to Medicare and Rice University’s health-care
plans.

Faculty and staff
are invited to bring their questions and their brown-bag
lunches.

Rice Catering
will serve refreshments and some great door prizes will
be awarded for this session, courtesy of the Houston Aeros,
the Houston Rockets and the Rice Owls Men’s and Women’s
basketball teams.

Congratulations
to Ed Cox, associate professor of history, and Debra Purtee,
assistant vice provost, door-prize winners for January’s
Brown Bag Session on Eldercare and Long Term Health-Care
issues.

Staff, faculty
get a price break for Continuing Studies
Looking to broaden your mind? Don’t forget that Rice
faculty, staff and students are eligible for a 50 percent
discount on most courses offered at Rice’s School of Continuing
Studies.

Continuing Studies
is offering a range of courses this spring to suit the tastes
of almost any palate: "Cultures of Creativity: Centennial
Exhibition of the Nobel Prize," "Historic Houston
Neighborhoods," "Tibetan Meditation: A Healing
for Body, Energy and Mind" and much more. Most start
in February and early March.

The discount
is 25 percent on limited enrollment, professional development
and most information technology courses. Immediate family
members are eligible for discounts too. For information
on Rice discounts, visit the Continuing Studies Web site
at <http://scs.rice.edu>
or call (713) 348-4803.

To view the latest
staff events and news, visit the SAC Web site at <www.ruf.rice.edu/~stafadv/>.