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Upcoming Events

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment: Monday, October 21 through Friday, November 8, 2024.

Northwestern is committed to offering meaningful benefits for faculty and staff. Open Enrollment is your annual opportunity to choose medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage for the coming year. You are encouraged to explore the options available during Open Enrollment to ensure you have the right coverage for you and your family in 2025.

More information is available on the Open Enrollment webpage.

Benefits & Well-being Fair

The fair is meant to help faculty and staff become more aware of the benefits available to them. The virtual fair features live sessions, video overviews, vendor information, and flyers to assist faculty and staff members in the selection of medical, dental, vision and other benefit plans.

Review the Benefits & Well-being Fair website.

Prospective Retiree Information Session

Are you considering retirement? The Northwestern Benefits Office invites you to attend a virtual information session on May 29, 2024 from Noon to 1 pm. We will have a representative from UnitedHealthcare to discuss the Medicare Advantage plan. Additionally, the Benefits Office will discuss Via Benefits and the Legacy Retiree plans.

To participate, please register online.

For more information on the plans that will be discussed, please see the Retiree Benefits website.

New Faculty & Staff Benefits Orientation

Attend a live information session to learn about the benefits for which you are newly eligible!  Attend one of live session.

Well-being

Well-being programs are sponsored by YourLife and the Office of Human Resources, Benefits. Programs are available to benefits-eligible faculty, staff, retirees and eligible family members. We encourage you to participate in these programs. Taking responsibility for one’s health and well-being is vital to getting the most out of your life and making valuable contributions to the mission of the University.

Upcoming Events: https://planitpurple.northwestern.edu/calendar/hr-wellbeing

 

Work/Life & Family Resources

Join us for the month of October in a series of events to celebrate National Work and Family month. View upcoming events on PlanIt Purple.