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Introduction

About the DePaul Emeritus Society

DePaul University values its ongoing connections with its faculty and staff retirees, as it values their past contributions to the university’s mission. The DePaul University Emeritus Society was founded in 2008 with the merger of the Staff Emeritus Society and the Emeritus Professors Association. The Society is sponsored by the University’s Office of Mission and Values.

The purpose of the DePaul Emeritus Society is to provide a means for ongoing connection, communication, and socialization between the university and its emeritus faculty and staff, and between individual retirees whose professional lives were for so many years dedicated to university service.

Photos, events, and information of interest to members of the DePaul Emeritus Society will be posted to this blog. Please take a look, add your comment, offer to be an "author" or just enjoy.

Friday, December 20, 2013

DO NOT USE PAYFLEX COUPONS

ALERT - 
DO NOT USE PAYFLEX 
COUPONS FOR YOUR 
2014 BENEFIT PREMIUMS

The following email was sent to all retirees who have an email address with DePaul University.  A snail-mail letter will also be sent to all retirees.

Dear Retiree,

DePaul has learned that PayFlex mailed Retiree Medical premium payment coupons to retirees in error.  Please disregard this correspondence as PayFlex is no longer working with DePaul in this capacity.

Our new vendor, CONEXIS mailed payment coupons on 12/18/2013 to all retirees and surviving spouses enrolled in the Retiree Medical Plan.  You should receive this correspondence and the payment coupons within the next few days.  Premiums can be made on a monthly basis or as an annual premium by attaching your check for the annual premium to one of the monthly payment coupons.  If you pay your premiums by ACH please remember to contact your financial institution to discontinue payments to PayFlex and to set up automatic payments to CONEXIS.
We regret any inconvenience and/or confusion resulting from the mailing from PayFlex and look forward to improved service from CONEXIS.

We wish you a very Happy Holiday season.

Dorothy Bailey
Sr. Benefits Administrator | Office of Human Resources | DePaul University
Mailing Address:  1 East Jackson Boulevard | Chicago IL 60604
Office Location:  14 East Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1300 |  Chicago IL 60604
Tel:  (312) 362-8496 | Fax:  (312) 476-3230
dbaile13@depaul.edu


Source: Email sent December 20, 2013 by Mission and Values 

Letter sent by Payflex on December 24, 2013:

 

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Fr. Richardson's 2013 Christmas Letter

Christmas -- 2013



Fr. Richardson's 90th Birthday Party

The Student Center was filled with well wishers today -- many DES members among them -- to help Fr. Richardson celebrate his 90th birthday.  A few photos from the day:

Doris Brown and Ellin Kelly

Jerry Goldman, Joyce Fecske (former VP of HR), Gerry Timm

Elaine Beaudoin and Nancy Rospenda

Jack Lane and Dave Sims

Jackie Price gives Fr. Richardson a birthday hug.

Fr. Richardson enjoys the crowd singing Happy Birthday -- with Merle Reskin

Father addresses the well wishers
Pat Ewers (Former Academic VP) has a heart to heart with Father

Ellin Kelly, Mary Hie, and Jackie Price

Irwin Peters who also celebrated 90 years this year

Janice Pranger and Jeanne LaDuke
Bonnie and Paul Camenish, Elaine Beaudoin, Mike Mezey, Dick Meister, Chuck Suchar

Photos courtesy: Elaine Beaudoin

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Pope-Davis Resigns as Provost

Email sent to DePaul University Community on Friday, December 13, 2013:

Dear Campus Colleagues,

Effectively immediately and with the approval of the Board of Trustees, I accepted Dr. Donald Pope-Davis' resignation today as provost of DePaul University.

While words cannot express our regret that Don's service as provost was so short lived, I certainly respect his decision.

Don will be afforded a six-month sabbatical, after which he will teach and conduct research as a fully tenured professor in the department of psychology in the College of Science and Health.

Dr. Patricia D. O'Donoghue has agreed to return to the position of interim provost, also effective immediately.

We are grateful to Don for serving as provost these past six months. He cares deeply about DePaul University. Please join me in wishing Don the very best in his future endeavors.

Sincerely,

Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M.

President

Source: Email sent December 13, 2013 from the Office of the President.