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Retirement Readiness: Social Security 101
Human Resource Services will host two informational sessions on Social Security benefits and preparing for retirement. Learn how Social Security benefits affect retirement, strategies to maximize your benefits,
and ideas to help you set up your retirement income. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend. The hour long sessions will be presented by VALIC: May 6 and 7 at noon in the State College Room MAU. Please
register in advance.
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Financial Wellness: Money at Work Part 1: Foundations of Investing
Human Resource Services will host two, one hour informational sessions on foundations of investing. Learn about stocks, mutual funds, IRAs, risk and how it matches your goals, along with savings principles that
help meet your financial needs. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend. Sessions will be presented by TIAA on: May 6 at 3 p.m. and May 7 at noon in 009 GIL. Please register in advance.
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TIAA June Financial Wellness Webinars: Open to all Employees
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- June 11 | 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. CST
- Equally Prepared: Financial planning for the LGBTQ community
- June 11 | 2 to 3 p.m. CST
- Special Topic: Market-proof your retirement
- June 12 |11 a.m. to 12 p.m. CST
- Paying Yourself: Income options in retirement
- June 12 | 2 to 3 p.m. CST
- Start to Finish: The early career woman’s guide to financial wisdom
- June 13 | 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. CST
- Special Topic: How smart investors ride out market volatility
- June 13 | 2 to 3 p.m. CST
- Inside Money: Managing income and debt
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To register visit: www.tiaa.org/webinars
**times through the webinar link will be shown in Eastern Standard Time
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Focus On: Financial Well-Being
It’s not surprising that money is often cited as the number one source of stress. Whether you have too little, just enough, or an abundance, managing personal finances takes effort and requires planning. What
people often underestimate is how financial health affects total well-being. Money can be the source of relationship conflict, affect your social life, determine the foods you eat, and play a role in your physical
environment.
Financial health is one aspect of total well-being that you cannot ignore, and the time to address it is now. An easy place to start is by reviewing all financial statements; this includes the money you have and
the money you owe. Another important step is to check your credit score. Even if you don’t plan on making any purchases or applying for a loan, keeping an eye on your credit score is one way to make sure your
identity has not been compromised or stolen.
Reviewing your finances and determining a budget that is realistic for you and your family may be stressful at first; but in the end, it will reduce stress and possibly build a nest egg for your dream home, vacation,
or retirement. The key to successful money management is planning and sharing your plans with those you live with so you can align goals and understand expectations. While financial stress may never go away,
taking these steps can help minimize its impact on your well-being.
Need help with a specific financial matter? Our EAP clinicians can connect you with a certified financial expert for a free, 30-minute telephone consultation. Help is just a phone call away –
800.327.4692.
Consultations are per issue, per 12 months — you can ask multiple questions and have multiple different consultations, as long as your question is different each time within the same 12-month period!
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Common Calls for Financial Consultation:
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Choose Health Not Tobacco
Each year the World Health Organization designates May 31 as World No Tobacco Day.
This year the campaign’s focus is on lung health and the increasing awareness on the negative effect tobacco has on the lungs. According to the CDC, lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer death
in the U.S. and smoking tobacco products is the top cause of lung cancer. In addition, according to the CDC, the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is tobacco smoke. COPD includes
emphysema and chronic bronchitis, and causes difficulty breathing and may lead to lung infections and hospitalizations. If you use tobacco products, quitting is the best way you can improve your health and reduce
your risk of these and other chronic and deadly diseases.
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This May 31, and every day, we encourage all of the campus community to choose health and not tobacco. As a reminder of UNI policy 8.10, UNI is a smoke free and tobacco free campus,
including in vehicles on University property. In support of those wanting to quit, UNI Employee Well-being provides nurse health coaching focused on tobacco cessation. The UNI health plans also provide free
tobacco cessation prescription medication. For additional information on these offerings, and to receive a free quit-kit, contact employeewellbeing@uni.edu.
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How to Access Your Benefits Accounts
Many of the benefits offered by the University have their own unique platform in which a member can use to assist in managing their benefits. The platforms may contain specific data pertaining to the member’s
account, or additional benefits and tips to utilizing the plan. Examples would be MyWellmark for your health plan, Delta Dental for your dental plan, ASI Flex for your flex spending account, or IPERS and TIAA
for retirement. If you want more information regarding a specific benefit, and how to log in, take a look at Human Resource Services How to Access Your Online Benefits Accounts webpage.
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