HR Newsletters 2019

Open Enrollment

Shana Hansen

Wellness and Benefits Coordinator

October is here! Health Insurance Month Open Enrollment Fair:

For active employees, this means you have an opportunity to make changes to your health insurance coverage. The Mississippi Community College Board will host an Open Enrollment Fair On October 23-24, 2019 . MCCB’s Open Enrollment Fair is for all active employees who want to enroll or make changes to insurance benefits as well as medical and dependent flexible accounts. Milton Walker will be available to assist on these days with the selection of your 2020 benefits. Several vendors will be onsite for to dis- cuss their products or just stop by and pick up information. Please see Shana Hansen if you have any questions or suggested vendors.

Oct 23 will be located in the Technology conference room located in the IHL basement. Oct 24 will be located in the 7 th floor conference room.

The effective date for changes made during open enrollment is January 1, 2020. Please see Shana Hansen by October 28, 2019 with any changes for 2020.

KnowYourBenefits.dfa.ms.gov

Check out this website for health care provider lists, a medical explanation of benefits, the state of Mis- sissippi Employees’ Life and Health Insurance Plan, and current news. You may also call BCBSMS at 800- 709-7881.

C3 Wellness We have exciting things happening with C3! August 1, 2019, the Mississippi Community College Board was awarded a second-year wellness grant from the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation. These grant funds are being used to build an outdoor wellness area. The outdoor wellness area is locat- ed in the northern courtyard of the Edsel E. Thrash (JSU) building. We expect the area to open at the end of October! This area is being constructed with commercial-grade turf, picnic tables and umbrellas. With this new addition to the wellness toolkit, C3 plans to offer outdoor lunch and learns. The profes- sional development topics will include: nutrition seminars, stress management, meditation, general health and wellness education. We believe that this addition will motivate increased physical activity throughout the day, promote healthy eating and money-saving habits. There will also be an open shad- ed area built for: stretching, yoga, Tia Chi, outdoor fitness events and fitness challenges. A bicycle share-system and water bottle filling stations will also be an invigorating addition to our cam- pus. This will encourage employees to get outside, get moving, and drink more water as they enjoy our beautiful campus.