With KU Men’s Basketball’s first home exhibition game on Tuesday, KU Parking is reminding faculty and staff of game day parking restrictions. 

Parking lots 20, 31, 54, 70, 71, 72, 90, 93, 117, 118, 125 and 127, along with the Allen Fieldhouse and Central District garages, will be used for game parking. All vehicles that do not have a game parking permit must be removed from these lots before 5:30 p.m. on weeknights and 8 a.m. on Saturdays of game days.  

The parking fine for being in these parking lots after the restricted time is $100, which increases $10 each time a ticket is issued.  

Students with valid permits who are on campus for academic purposes can park in most parking lots north of Jayhawk Boulevard or in lots 34, 38, 61 and 62 after 3:30 p.m. on game days during the week. Faculty and staff with valid permits may also park in lots 6, 7, 17, 35, 37, 41 and 129. See a map of game day restrictions.  

To help remember to move vehicles from restricted lots on game day, Outlook calendar reminders can be imported for both Windows and Mac. 

On Tuesday, Chancellor Doug Girod recognized 12 professors for their excellence in the classroom at the University Teaching Awards ceremony at the Jayhawk Welcome Center.   

Honorees on the Lawrence campus included: 

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month concludes, KU Information Technology highlights the ongoing importance of strong passwords and multi-factor authentication. 

Although KU systems are protected by Duo, many employees use external platforms, such as cloud storage, communications tools or software services that fall outside KU’s security coverage. Protecting those accounts helps reduce risk to both personal and university information. 

Ways to Strengthen Account Security: 

Strong password and MFA habits provide essential protection for all accounts, on and beyond KU systems. 

Chief Academic Officer/Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Barbara Bichelmeyer will deliver the annual State of the Campus address at 3:30 p.m. today in the Kansas Union Ballroom. All faculty and staff are invited to learn more about the successes, challenges and opportunities for Lawrence and Edwards campuses.  

The event will be livestreamed and recorded for those unable to attend in person. A community connection event with food and drink will follow the provost's address. 

Employees have until midnight Friday to enroll in the 2026 State Employee Health Plan.  

This is an active enrollment, meaning all employees with current coverage or wishing to have coverage in 2026 must enroll through the Membership Administration Portal (MAP). Members who have waived coverage will remain waived unless they enroll.  

Please see the SEHP Open Enrollment Guide to review changes for 2026 and to select a plan.  

When logging into MAP, employees on the Lawrence and Edwards campuses should choose from the drop-down menu the "University of Kansas" and not the "University of Kansas Medical Center." KU single sign-on is required to access MAP. 

Establishing performance goals is an important part of the employee evaluation process. Now is a great time to review goals, assess progress, realign objectives and set new goals.  

Remember that goals are most effective when employees establish mutually agreed-upon goals with their supervisor and then document them in the MyTalent goal plan. The fiscal year goal plan runs from July 1 to June 30.  

Additional resources for goal setting:  

Thanks to a Jayhawks Elevate idea, KU Parking has updated its instructions to streamline deliveries on the Lawrence campus. Delivery drivers can stop by any information booth to obtain a free, 20-minute delivery permit, which will allow them to park in any color-zone stall, loading stall or garage stall to deliver goods to customers. 

Delivery drivers should never park or block ADA-accessible stalls or access ramps and should not park in individually reserved parking spaces that are marked with signage. Drivers will be subjected to tickets if they do so. For further information about deliveries, please email KU Parking at kupark@ku.edu.   

Jayhawks Elevate is a continuous improvement program that enables employees to bring ideas forward on how KU can be more cost-effective, improve efficiency, enhance experiences and generate revenue. Visit Jayhawks Elevate to see success stories, ongoing projects and to submit an idea. 

Music can make movement more fun and is the theme for the final week of Movetober. Join members of the KU Marching Jayhawks for a group walk featuring live music at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday in front of Watson Library. Participants can also draw inspiration from a movement-friendly playlist curated by Sean Hunt, assistant director of custodial services, who also performs as a DJ and hip-hop artist.  

Additionally, participants are encouraged to share a photo of themselves moving to music or a favorite movement playlist in the Movetober Teams channel.  

From Oct. 5 to Oct. 31, Movetober is a KU Employee Wellness initiative encouraging movement in all forms. Participants should log last week’s activity in the Movetober Weekly Tracker by noon today to be eligible to win prizes. All movement minutes should be entered by 5 p.m. Nov. 6. 

KU’s 113th Homecoming starts today and culminates with Saturday’s KU football game against Oklahoma State at the David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. 

From movie night at the Booth to late-night bowling, the week is filled with activities. Find the full schedule of events on the KU Alumni’s Homecoming website. 

Other highlights include announcing the winners of the 2025 Homecoming Awards at Saturday's football game and opportunities to participate in community service projects throughout the week.  

The Kansas Board of Regents’ Open Up Learning Kansas Steering Committee is hosting a virtual workshop on Open Educational Resources at 10 a.m. Friday. Kim Veliz, lead librarian for Research and Instruction at Butler Community College, will present the workshop “Understanding OER: The Basics for Higher Education.” 

Faculty and other staff members interested in learning about OER are invited to attend. During the workshop, participants are encouraged to share their OER experiences, concerns, successes and questions. Registration is required. 

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