Webinar today - Making the Most of Workplace Retirement and Health Plans – The U.S. Department of Labor has Resources that Can Help

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Webinar: Making the Most of Workplace Retirement and Health Plans – The U.S. Department of Labor has Resources that Can Help

Register to attend the live training webinar, "Making the Most of Workplace Retirement and Health Plans – The U.S. Department of Labor has Resources that Can Help."
Note: This webinar was originally scheduled for May 15, 2018. Those who registered for the original webinar will not need to register again. New login information will be emailed the day before the webinar.

	Date: Thursday, July 26, 2018  Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (EDT)
Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.

• Speakers: 
  • Abiezer Moyet, Supervisory Benefits Advisor, U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration
  • Justin Padilla, Benefits Advisor, U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration
• Learning outcomes: This webinar will introduce you to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) – the agency responsible for administering the Federal law governing workplace retirement and health plans provided by private sector employers. This includes many well-known laws including ERISA, COBRA, and HIPAA. Participants will learn how EBSA assures the security of the retirement and health benefits of workers and their families and the resources EBSA has to educate and assist the public in making the most of their workplace-based benefits. Through its three education campaigns – the Saving Matters Retirement Savings Education Campaign, the Fiduciary Education Campaign, and the Health Benefits Education Campaign – EBSA provides education to workers and their families and small business owners to help them understand the law so they are prepared to make informed and timely decisions. Participants will be introduced to EBSA’s publications, online tools, and videos for workers that help with basic financial planning including setting goals, budgeting, and managing debt. The resources for workers also help in preparing for a financially secure retirement with information and tools to determine a target retirement saving rate and how much one might spend in retirement. EBSA also has resources to help workers understand the protections under the law for their retirement and health benefit plans. In addition, participants will learn about the resources EBSA has for small businesses. For those with no retirement plan, EBSA provides information on the many retirement savings options available; for those with a retirement or health plan, EBSA provides resources to help them understand and comply with the law. Lastly, participants will learn how to locate the information on EBSA’s Website – whether they prefer to look by audience, topic, or law – as well as how to order free copies of EBSA publications.
• Expected level of knowledge for participants: No prerequisite knowledge required

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Instructors - Canvas meeting Thursday July 12

UNCG is hosting a NC Canvas Meeting for those interested in learning more about using Canvas or migrating to Canvas on Thursday, July 12th from 8:30am-4pm.  This is a free meeting, with lunch provided.  Sessions are performed by instructional technologist and librarians from all over the state.  Some sessions include Canvas Quizzes.Next (new quizzing demo), accessibility in Canvas, Canvas ARC, the library integrating in Canvas, Canvas Commons, and more.   

Please be sure to check out the schedule for the day and register to attend if you want to learn more about using Canvas your institution or are thinking about migrating to Canvas. 

If there are any questions about this event, please email:  nc_canvas_meet-l@uncg.edu 

This meeting is being hosted and sponsored by UNCG instructional technologists, Information Technology Services (ITS), University Libraries, and UNC CAUSE. 

NIH releases strategic plan for data science

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-releases-strategic-plan-data-science

Library workshop Mon 6/11, 11 - 11:30 am Finding Health Information You Can Trust

Finding Health Information You Can Trust

 

Where do you get your health information...Facebook? Blogs? Great Aunt Betty? 

 

Learn about some resources for finding and evaluating online health information during this workshop. Please come with your iSpartan (UNCG email) user name and password. 

Monday 6/11, 11 am - 11:30 am

Jackson Library CITI lab (across from the Checkout Desk)

RSVP at https://workshops.uncg.edu/Workshops-By-Category/251

Moving from WorldCat Local to WorldCat Discovery

This summer, the red search box on the libraries home page will start pointing to WorldCat Discovery, a newer version of our library catalog and discovery system.

Want a sneak peak?  WorldCat Discovery is already active.

Sat May 19 - Guilford County Heart and Stroke Walk

The 2018 Guilford County Heart and Stroke Walk will be held at UNCG on the morning of Saturday May 19. Suggested donation instead of a set registration fee and free parking.

Instructor CFP - create an open textbook

Call for Proposals: University Libraries and the Provost Office Seeks Faculty to Author Open Textbooks.

Open access textbooks present the opportunity to revolutionize how knowledge is disseminated. By making teaching materials freely available online, readers worldwide can engage with them, regardless of their ability to pay.

We invite UNCG faculty members to submit textbook proposals for any discipline taught at UNCG at the undergraduate or postgraduate level (a UNCG faculty member must be the sole or lead author). We seek proposals for texts that are comprehensive works geared toward a specific field of study. Preference will be given to proposals with applicability towards multiple, high-enrollment courses taught by faculty in a single department.

Faculty are invited to apply through a competitive grant process that will award $5000 to two faculty who submit successful proposals outlining efforts to create an open textbook.   The funds will be given in two payments $2500 at the beginning of the project and $2500 when completed. The winners will be given three years to finalize their textbook.  The chosen faculty will be provided help with design, editorial and production services through the University Libraries’ participation in the Open Textbook Network Publishing Cooperative.  For more information please contact Beth Bernhardt (beth_bernhardt@uncg.edu)

PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS:

Please visit https://tinyurl.com/textbookpropsal2018  and submit a description of your project and include the following information:

1.       Your name, job title, department; please include complete contact information. Include brief bios for coauthors if applicable.

2.       A statement of support from your Department Chair, Assistant/Associate Dean or Dean.

3.       Describe your intended audience, and any courses that would be likely to use the book at UNCG or other schools.

4.       Provide manuscript specifics, such as a table of contents, chapter-by-chapter description, and the manuscript’s estimated length.

5.       How often do you anticipate revisions/updates will be required?

6.       Briefly discuss how you will address peer-review for your manuscript and please suggest 2–3 possible peer-reviewers (2 reviewers must not be affiliated with UNCG), including contact information, affiliation, etc.

Applications must be submitted by May 8th, 2018.

Applicants notified by May 11, 2018.

Textbook available July 2021.