Reminders
* If you don't receive your W-2 form in the next couple of weeks, call Payroll at 978-3074 to see if it has been returned or to order a duplicate. New for Calendar Year 2011: OASDI Fica employee has changed from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent. For information about 2010 W-2 information and changes to the 2011 paychecks and more, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?384.
* New and returning students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a library orientation from 11 a.m.-noon or 2-3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, in Ablah Library. For more information or to schedule library orientations for classes and student groups throughout the year, contact angela.paul@wichita.edu or 978-5084.
* WSU has used Electronic Personnel Action Forms (ePAFs) for student and graduate assistants for more than a year. Locating the correct dates and other information can be challenging for any originator. Dust off the ePAF cobwebs and join us in the lab Thursday, Jan. 13 or 20, for a refresher session. http://www.wichita.edu/j/?805
* HealthQuest is pleased to offer our members the nation's leading tobacco cessation program: Quit For Life! Employees who elected during open enrollment to participate in the tobacco cessation program to receive a premium discount are not required to quit using tobacco. They must simply complete the requirements of the program. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/cnews/?cnid=5948.
* The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Swarm Division will hold its 85th annual meeting at WSU on Thursday and Friday, April 7-8. We encourage interested scientists, students and educators to develop topical symposia and/or workshops for the division's 2011 annual meeting. For more information and submission deadlines for symposia/workshop proposals, go to http://www.aaas-swarm.org/signup.cfm. For more information, contact niall.shanks@wichita.edu.