Valparaiso University is concerned with the health and well-being of our campus community. It is committed to having a campus community that embraces a healthy lifestyle. Changes to health care benefits and some enhancements to services provided by the Office of Human Resource Services will help the community achieve this goal. Effective 1/1/08, Valparaiso University will be commencing new health plans. ALL health care benefit eligible employees are required to complete an online form to declare whether or not they will opt for this benefit and to identify the plan that best suits their needs. 

This will be the first time that all enrollment will be done online. Open enrollment is October 1 through November 2, 2007. We have reserved rooms 261A and 261B on October 11th and 12th in order to help with open enrollment for those who feel they need assistance. In addition to the different plans, we are also focusing on the importance of a healthy lifestyle. In days to come, we will be adding articles and other features that will serve to educate and guide us towards a healthy lifestyle. It is critical to educate the campus communicate about different ways to move towards that goal.   

As we are all well aware, service providers are very savvy regarding the utilization of technology to communiate with clients and provide services. The campus is no different. We must use our technology to reach our goal for moving towards a more health conscious community. Utilizing the internet, intranet, email, and even instant messaging where appropriate will be key to educating and informing the campus community about our goal and the different health-oriented activities, tools, and information that will be made available to help reach this objective.