Health & Wellness Week, October 13 - 17, 2008

In years past, you’ve known and loved it as the HR Fair. This year, the Department of Human Resources is mixing things up – the HR Fair is evolving into an entire week of health and wellness education and fun.

Throughout the week, HR will host demonstrations of the new Access.SMU On-Line Open Enrollment system. With just a few exceptions, paper enrollment forms will be eliminated for the annual Benefits Open Enrollment - as will those mad dashes to Expressway Tower to deliver your forms to HR on the last day of enrollment! We’re very excited to show you this new tool. 

On Wednesday and Thursday, we’ll be hosting a variety of classes focused on helping you choose the benefit plans that work best for you and educating you on a number of current and practical health and wellness topics. Ever wonder how the vision plan actually works, how to select the medical plan that makes sense just for you, or how to most effectively use our prescription drug plan? Do you have children at home and also care for aging parents? Do you have an interest in a holistic approach to wellness? We’ll have sessions that address these topics, and many more.

For those of you who enjoy visiting with our Benefits vendors, we’ll still be hosting an exhibition hall on Wednesday, October 15, where you can ask the vendors questions and pick up information about the Benefits plans they administer for SMU.  Also sample healthy snacks options available from Aramark and choose to make your business meetings healthier this year!

Last, but not least, we’ll be partnering with other departments during the week to offer you a wider variety of access to health and wellness opportunities throughout campus.

Stay tuned for more details, and make sure to mark your calendars for Health & Wellness Week, October 13 – 17.