Open Enrollment for SEHP Plan Year 2025 runs from Oct. 1 - 31, 2024.  For medical plan coverage for next year, all employees need to make an election in the Membership Admin Portal (MAP). Information about the SEHP is available in the 2025 Enrollment Guide and the 2025 Plan Rates and Health Plan Comparison Highlights Chart. 

The SEHP Open Enrollment website has on-demand Open Enrollment and vendor videos to provide additional information about the available plans and options.

KU was well-represented at the 150th Anniversary AAAS Fellows Gala Sept. 21 in Washington, D.C.  

American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows are selected for their scientific excellence, achievement and service to society. This year, KU welcomed three new fellows: Donna Ginther, Bala Subramaniam and Kristin Bowman-James. KU currently hosts 30 fellows.  

Other KU fellows in attendance were Candan Tamerler, Sharon Billings, Ilya Vakser, Allard Jongman, James Kindscher (KUMC), A. Townsend Peterson and Joan Sereno. Matthias Salathe (KUMC), Shelley Hooks and Robin Lehman also attended as representatives of KU leadership. 

The deadline is approaching to submit nominations for two KU International Affairs competitive awards honoring faculty activity:

  • The International Affairs Advisory Board International Research Award

  • The George and Eleanor Woodyard International Educator Award

Click the links or visit the International Affairs website for more information and criteria. Nominations and supporting materials should be submitted via email to whitneydenning@ku.edu by 5 p.m. on Oct. 3.

Sharon Billings, a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, will present her inaugural lecture, "Predicting Ecosystems of the Future with the Forests and Grasslands of Today" at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1.

Billings' lecture will be held in the Beren Petroleum Conference Center at Slawson Hall.

The event is free and open to the public. Register here.

Last week, Chancellor Doug Girod and Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer talked about several topics that have a great effect on KU Lawrence and Edwards, including the HLC reaffirmation of accreditation, the 2024 Campus Master Plan, One KU leadership structure and new space for the School of Architecture and Design.

To hear about these issues and what they mean for the Jayhawk community, we encourage you to watch the Chancellor's Weekly Update from Sept. 26.

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