{"id":42,"date":"2012-02-13T22:41:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T22:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/staffsenate\/?p=42"},"modified":"2012-02-13T22:41:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T22:41:16","slug":"benefits-task-force-to-host-forums-seek-campus-input-feb-14-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/staffsenate\/2012\/02\/13\/benefits-task-force-to-host-forums-seek-campus-input-feb-14-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits Task Force to host forums, Feb. 14, 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Benefits Task Force was charged with reviewing and recommending budget-neutral updates to the university\u2019s benefits program. Recommending a meaningful education benefit is an important part of that charge and has been the focus of the task force following the June 10, 2011, announcement that the Northwest Independent Colleges (NIC) Tuition Exchange Program will sunset effective with students entering college in fall 2016. You are invited to review BenTF\u2019s <a title=\"BenTF Best Thinking Memo Jan. 31, 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/files\/resources\/5950_Best_Thinking_Memo_2012-01-31_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">current best thinking<\/a> about this important topic and to provide feedback via this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/files\/resources\/10319_Feedback_Form_Feb2012.docx\">feedback form<\/a> by Feb. 24 to <a href=\"mailto:bentf@pugetsound.edu\">BenTF@pugetsound.edu<\/a>. Additionally for those who wish to discuss the recommendation in person, we will be holding open forums in Murray Boardroom at the following times:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feb. 14: 1\u20132:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Feb. 15: 11 a.m.\u2013noon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After considering campus input, a final recommendation will be submitted to the president\u2019s cabinet on March 1, and cabinet will make a final recommendation to the board of trustees for action at its May meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Benefits Task Force was charged with reviewing and recommending budget-neutral updates to the university\u2019s benefits program. Recommending a meaningful education benefit is an important part of that charge and has been the focus of the task force following the June 10, 2011, announcement that the Northwest Independent Colleges (NIC) Tuition Exchange Program will sunset [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benefits","category-meetings","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/staffsenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}