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Open Enrollment Survey Results

Sydney Wood, director of benefits

The UCO Benefits team is committed to continuous growth and year-over-year improvement. As part of that, we ask our benefit eligible faculty and staff to complete an open enrollment survey each year to determine what was beneficial and areas of opportunity. This year, 180 individuals completed the survey, which represents 14% of our benefit eligible . . .  read more

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Broncho Bites Program Receives Award

Lauren Bieri, director photographic services

UCO’s Broncho Bites Food Recovery Program received the Keep Oklahoma Beautiful 2023 Towering Spirit – Education Award at the annual Keep Oklahoma Beautiful Environmental Excellence Awards Celebration held Nov. 17, at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The program was honored for its positive impact . . .  read more

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Are You Thinking About Retirement?

Molly Steel, benefits specialist

Are you thinking about retiring from UCO in the next few years?  If so, you may want to join UCO Benefits on February 13th at 10am for a Retirement Seminar.   We will be talking about the steps to retirement, Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System (OTRS), retirement timelines, insurance in retirement, and voluntary retirement accounts.   . . .  read more

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Shop Central UCO

The goal of Shop Central is to encourage UCO students, alumni and employees to find new and unique local spots while supporting the Edmond and Oklahoma City metro communities. The best part? These businesses are offering you an exclusive discount or special offer. Just present your UCO ID to any of the participating vendors to receive your discount . . .  read more

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Faculty Senate Update

Kuang-Chung (Glen) Hsu, professor of economics 

The Faculty Senate met on Dec. 14. At the beginning of our meeting, we had open sessions with University President Lamb and Provost Simmons. President Lamb talked about current financial and enrollment issues. Although the enrollment of freshmen this year has improved, we still need a strategic plan to continuously increase student enrollment. Senators . . .  read more

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Upcoming December Elections

Hi Everyone!

Once again, we have a new election coming up! Special general elections will be held across Oklahoma on Tuesday, December 12. Polls will be open that day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. You can find your polling place, as well as your sample ballot on the OK Voter Portal.

Early voting will be available on Thursday, December 7 and Friday, December 8 from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. Early voting locations for each county can be found here.

For more information regarding voting or your eligibility, please contact your County Election Board.

Happy voting!

Information provided by the Oklahoma State Election Board