EyeMed Participants

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TRS/ORP Contribution Rates

Please note the information below regarding average salary limitations and contribution rates for the Teachers Retirement System (TRS).  The following policy for maximum salary increases in order to compute a member’s highest two-year average salary for FY2016 is as follows: FISCAL YEAR 2016 –TRS Average Salary Limitation – beginning July 1, 2015  Employees of the […]

USG e-clips from June 11, 2015

University System News: www.northwestgeorgianews.com Deal: Georgia nets low rates, earns top marks for bonds http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/associated_press/news/politics/deal-georgia-nets-low-rates-earns-top-marks-for-bonds/article_3cf11434-0fa2-11e5-b1d1-13faa1d9fb21.html Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that Georgia has maintained its AAA bond rating and sold $1.28 billion in three different series of general obligation bonds to fund capital projects throughout the state, which range from construction on new university buildings […]

USG e-clips from June 12, 2015

University System News: www.washingtonpost.com College initiatives seek to combat sexual assault http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/06/12/college-initiatives-seek-to-combat-sexual-assault/ By Nick Anderson Here are some things college and university officials are saying about efforts to prevent sexual violence and help those who report it. Dozens of current and recent students who participated in a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll on sexual assault […]

USG e-clips from June 15, 2015

University System News: www.washingtonpost.com College initiatives seek to combat sexual assault http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/06/12/college-initiatives-seek-to-combat-sexual-assault/ By Nick Anderson Here are some things college and university officials are saying about efforts to prevent sexual violence and help those who report it. Dozens of current and recent students who participated in a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll on sexual assault […]

USG e-clips from June 16, 2015

University System News: www.onlineathens.com Future of textbooks increasingly looks digital http://onlineathens.com/uga/2015-06-16/future-textbooks-increasingly-looks-digital By Lee Shearer Students and teachers in some University of Georgia introductory biology courses experimented with using a free digital textbook instead of expensive paper texts in fall 2013 courses, and liked it. About 86 percent of nearly 700 students surveyed after the courses […]