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February 19, 2012 by Matthew Dickinson

Judging by a quick scan of this morning’s Sunday political talks shows, the controversy regarding religious-based exemptions from requirements to pay for contraceptives remains a hot topic.  Much of the talk by the various pundits centered on whether the Republican … Continue reading →

February 18, 2012 by Matthew Dickinson

It was about a month ago, just after the New Hampshire primary, that New York Times columnist Nate Silver estimated that Mitt Romney had a 98% chance of winning the 2012 Republican nomination. Today, in light of national polls showing … Continue reading →

February 17, 2012 by Jonathan B.

February 17, 2012 by Heather Stafford

Are you interested in learning more about the investment options that are available through TIAA-CREF? In addition to meeting individually with Erik Moreau, our TIAA-CREF consultant (click here to view visit schedule) you can also access a wealth (no pun intended) of information on the Middlebury TIAA-CREF Financial Services web page here.

enroll.tiaa-cref.org/middleburycollege/index.asp

What can you do here? Just a few of the options include:

• Review fund information and fact sheets for equities, real estate, fixed income, money market, guaranteed and multi-asset investments
• Check out the plan performance card (link goes to core plan information)
• Compare investment performance (link goes to core plan information)
• Set up your portfolio
• Access calculators and education tools that can help you to create an investor profile worksheet, evaluate your retirement goals, review TIAA-CREF’s online publications, and organize your finances to establish an effective savings strategy
• Review a list of frequently asked questions and answers
• A glossary of terms (pop quiz – what does ERISA stand for?)

Still have questions? To speak with a customer service representative at TIAA-CREF, call 1.800.842.2776, then enter 0 followed by your Social Security number and you will get to talk to a person. If you wish to schedule an appointment to meet with Erik Moreau, please call 1.866.904.7801 x275142.

Watch for more information about an open meeting on March 29^th.  Erik will give a live demonstration of the TIAA-CREF website, the Middlebury College micro-site, how to establish your on line access, etc.

This week’s employment snapshot:

There are currently 19 faculty positions, one summer Language School faculty position, 17 external job postings and four internal job postings on the Middlebury College employment opportunities websites.

Employment Quick Links:

Faculty Employment Opportunities: go/faculty-jobs (on campus), go.middlebury.edu/faculty-jobs (off campus)

Summer Language School Faculty Opportunities: go/ls-faculty-jobs (on campus), go.middlebury.edu/ls-faculty-jobs (off campus)

Staff Employment Opportunities: go/staff-jobs (on campus), go.middlebury.edu/staff-jobs (off campus)

February 17, 2012 by Joseph Watson

We were going to wait to announce the new Cellphone booths in Davis Family Library until we’d had a chance to evaluate them and decide on a permanent location for them, but Brittany beat us to the punch with this post on middblog.  (Thanks Yiling Zhang for the great picture.)

We’ve installed these in an attempt to solve two problems.   For years we’ve had complaints about people having cell phone conversations adjacent to study areas.  Other academic libraries like ours have successfully used cell phone booths like these to solve that problem.  Also, there are about thirty staff members working in shared offices in Davis Family Library and these folks don’t have a private place for phone calls to their doctor, baby sitter, etc.   Part of the reason we acquired the cell phone booths was to enhance the work/life balance of these staff members.

We purchased them at a deeply discounted price and we hope they’re worth it.  Only time will tell.   In Brittany’s post she mentioned that the location of the one on the upper level might not be ideal.  If you have suggestions of better spots in Davis Family Library for these, please feel free to drop me a line at jwatson@middlebury.edu  Thanks!