For Your Benefit – Fall 2022
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Greetings UT faculty and staff across the system!
In this issue, we will highlight the many facets of the Be One UT value of United and Connected.Annual Enrollment for 2023 benefits will take place from Saturday, Oct. 1 to Friday, Oct. 14.
Meet ALEX, the Virtual Benefits Counselor!
As the Great Resignation continues, it is paving the way for a new term: the “Great Regret.” Employees who impulsively left their current jobs to pursue new roles at different companies have come to regret their transitions.
Change comes in many different shapes and sizes. While it is easier to embrace small changes every day, big changes leave us hesitant to take the plunge and fully embrace a new way of living.
UT’s current enterprise resource planning (ERP) system—known throughout the university as IRIS—must be replaced.
Across the University of Tennessee System, we want to ensure that UT is a great place to work.
Storytelling and Collaborating
In August, UT Knoxville’s Office of Communications and Marketing hosted its annual campus-wide communications conference, CommuniCon.UT Martin’s weekly newsletter, Addenda, has been communicating to more than 800 employees for more than 30 years.
Bringing UTC Research into the Marketplace
There is a channel for moving academic research into the commercial sphere thanks to a burgeoning partnership between UTC and UTRF.Celebrating Milestones: UT Southern’s First Academic Year
UT Southern completed its first academic year as part of the UT family, hitting milestones and experiencing growth that positions the campus for exciting new possibilities.IPS Partners With Campuses To Offer Academic Credit
IPS agencies’ mission is to provide technical consulting and training for cities and counties, state officials, law enforcement personnel and business and industry employees. However, its statewide collaborations do not stop there.UTSI’s Summer Research Interns
The University of Tennessee Space Institute welcomed 23 undergraduate summer research interns this summer, with seven interns being UT Knoxville (UTK) students.UTHSC, UTK Partner to Address Health Needs in East Tennessee
Collaborations between the UT Health Science Center and UT Knoxville aim to improve health care across Tennessee.The reimagined UT Creamery on Neyland Drive in Knoxville and the Reaching Local Farms Initiative are two new collaborative initiatives of UTIA.
Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership
The NCEL promotes communication and fosters collaboration in every avenue possible. Most often, the NCEL uses the relationships it has already established with NCEL customers.Executive Leadership Institute
The UT Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) was first inspired by the UT Board of Trustees’ call for succession planning for executive leadership.Print out this issue’s Word Search and have fun finding the UT System’s values, locations and key phrases.
The Be One UT values were created—with faculty, staff and student input—to define what UT is and should strive toward in the next decade.
UT Inclusion, Diversity and Engagement (UT IDE) Strategic Alliance
Efforts to move the needle in the inclusion, diversity and engagement space requires that we seek the ongoing input of the varied voices and perspectives that are found on each of our campuses and institutes.The UT System Office of Employee and Organizational Development (EOD) embraces life-long learning and provides all employees with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Payroll, Benefits and Retirement
The UT System Payroll, Benefits and Retirement Office is proud to serve statewide employees of the University of Tennessee.Meet the human resources officers who serve the University of Tennessee System around the state.
