Dec. 1 is an important date for all full-time faculty and staff at MSU.

Complete open enrollment now

First, Dec. 1 is the deadline to complete open enrollment for your employee benefits. Open enrollment is the annual period during which you can elect, decline or make changes to your medical, dental, vision and cafeteria/flexible spending plans for the coming calendar year.

You can find more information about open enrollment, including instructions for how to complete open enrollment online or over the phone, on the open enrollment webpage.

Reduce your health insurance premiums

Dec. 1 is also the deadline to save up to $360 on your annual health insurance premiums.

This year’s wellness incentive includes the following vaccination combination:

• COVID bivalent (or original series if not previously completed; or prior booster) vaccination qualifies for $15 per month discount.
• Seasonal flu vaccination qualifies for $15 per month discount.

Both vaccinations must be completed in 2022 and prior to Dec. 1 to qualify.

Employees who did not complete their vaccination at Magers Health and Wellness Center must contact Magers to submit their vaccination information before Dec. 1 to qualify for the discount.

Recognizing MSU Way and United Way donors

I also wanted to take a moment to recognize the contributions by our university community as part of the United Way and Missouri State Way campaigns.

Through these campaigns, the university community raised $67,989.56 for the United Way and $405,199 for the Missouri State University Foundation.

I want to personally thank each of you who participated in the United Way campaign. Please join me in congratulating our employees who gave to the campaign at the Leadership Level.

• James Baker
• Richard N. Biagioni
• Bradley V. Bodenhausen
• Tara L. Boehne
• Jeffery S. Coiner
• William Paul Deal
• Ryan T. DeBoef
• Frank Einhellig
• Stephen C. Foucart
• Terrel A. Gallaway
• David A. Hall
• John Havel
• Brian D. Heaton
• Tamera S. Jahnke
• Grant P. Jones
• Rachel A. Knight
• Allen D. Kunkel
• Julie J. Masterson
• Victor H. Matthews
• Theresa A. McCoy
• Natalie B. McNish
• David B. Meinert
• Michael W. Merrigan
• Kyle L. Moats
• Matthew D. Morris
• James Moyer
• Zora Mulligan
• Sarah B. Nixon
• Joye H. Norris
• Thomas A. Peters
• Barbara Susan Robinson
• Jennifer R. Severson
• Margaret Suzanne Shaw
• Don Simpson
• Denita Siscoe
• Priscilla K. Skeeters
• Clifton M. Smart
• Elizabeth C. Strong
• Rebecca Swearingen
• Robert Thurman
• Barri Tinkler
• Paula M Wilhelm

I also want to personally thank each of you who participated in the Missouri State Way campaign. All university community members who contribute to the foundation this fiscal year will be invited to a special gathering 3-5 p.m. May 12 at Tent Theatre. Mark your calendars now.

Please join me in congratulating our current employees who are members of the Founders Club.

• Gib Adkins
• Craig Albin
• Cynthia Aurentz
• Randy Bass
• Samuel Bass
• Tracy Beckham
• Stephen C. Berkwitz
• Theresa Bettmann
• Richard Biagioni
• Tara Boehne
• Eric Bosch
• Chuck Busby
• Cindy Busby
• Lisa Casey
• John F. Chuchiak
• Angie Cockrum
• Julie Combs
• David Mark Cornelison
• Ryan DeBoef
• Rachael Dockery
• Toby Dogwiler
• Brent Dunn
• Monika Feeney
• Wendy Ferguson
• Steve Foucart
• Cindy Fulp
• Rob Fulp
• Julie Gallaway
• Terrel Gallaway
• Douglas Gouzie
• Brian Greene
• David Hall
• Jill Heyboer
• Marcia Himes
• Cynthia Howell
• Danae Hudson
• Michelle Hulett
• Tammy Jahnke
• Kurt Killion
• Rachel Knight
• Allen Kunkel
• Cameron LaBarr
• Dennis Lancaster
• Jill Layman
• Jon Leamy
• Jill Martin
• Robert Martin
• Jerry Masterson
• Julie Masterson
• Victor Matthews
• Jennifer McNay
• Dave Meinert
• Carol Miller
• Kyle Moats
• Eric Morris
• Matt Morris
• Taleyna Morris
• Zora Mulligan
• Eric Nelson
• Tom Peters
• Angela Pinegar
• John Prescott
• Gay Ragan
• Kent Ragan
• Philip Rothschild
• Elizabeth Rozell
• Christina Ryder
• Pam Sailors
• Alan Schick
• Karl Schmidt
• Kishor Shah
• Suzanne Shaw
• Dee Siscoe
• Jeanie Skibiski
• Clif Smart
• Brenda Smith
• Elizabeth Strong
• John Strong
• Becky Swearingen
• Mark Templeton
• Alan Tinkler
• Barri Tinkler
• Shawn Wahl
• Brooke Whisenhunt

Thanks for all you do for Missouri State!