Finance and Administration News
Introducing New Financial Wellness Benefit for Ohio University Employees
The University has partnered with CAPTRUST Financial Advisors to help employees improve their financial wellness.
Exciting employee perks, discounts at OHIO – now including pet insurance
Discounts on pet insurance available through the AllOne Health (formerly Impact Solutions) discount marketplace website.
UHR to begin mailing IRS Form 1095-C to employees this week
This week, University Human Resources will be mailing IRS Form 1095-C to employees who were eligible for health insurance benefits last year.
Athens wins EPA award encouraging environmental excellence
The Ohio Economic Development Association awarded the City of Athens the 2024 Gold Level Encouraging Environmental Excellence in Communities Award. The award recognizes an organization or local government’s commitment to environmental oversight and excellence.
Notable benefits of the award include enhanced environmental assistance from the Ohio EPA, reduced time to obtain permit modifications and marketing opportunities to highlight environmental accomplishments.
To obtain the award, the city had to complete environmental, economic and social sustainability requirements and meet at least 12 of the EPA’s criteria.
Policies such as banning plastic bag usage and increasing the use of solar energy have helped Athens earn the award.
Community Makerspace fosters sustainable creativity in Athens
According to a study conducted by Boston University, 34 billion pounds of textiles are discarded in the United States each year. This translates to roughly 100 pounds of discarded textiles per person. Of those textiles that are discarded, 66% are sent to landfills.
Heather Fuston, manager of the UpCycle Ohio Community Makerspace, said her organization is doing its part to stem a tidal wave of textile waste from flowing into local landfills. Last year, UpCycle Ohio recycled 19,000 pounds of textiles and helped people in communities across Athens County mend their clothes. This not only keeps textiles out of landfills but also reduces the number of new textiles that need to be produced.
Ohio University holds Sustainable Valentine’s Day event
Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Ohio University’s Office of Sustainability allowed students to express their love — for the Earth.
On Wednesday, Ohio University students met on the Third Floor Atrium of Baker Center from 5-7 p.m. to make Valentine’s Day arts and crafts using recycled materials such as scrap paper and egg cartons. Sam Crowl, director of sustainability at Ohio University, says the Sustainable Valentine’s Day workshop is one of several events the Office of Sustainability holds throughout the year during the holidays encouraging students to think sustainably by balancing people, planet and economic prosperity.
“Sustainability is the attempt to find the sweet spot between people, planet and economic prosperity and we’re trying to target initiatives that achieve that sweet spot not only now, but ongoing into the future,” Crowl explained. “There’s lots of ways to define sustainability, but it’s that people, planet, prosperity model that I try to get students to think about when they’re making decisions. Think about the impact on people, on society and what things cost.”
Sunrise Athens offers space to discuss climate policies
President Donald Trump was inaugurated Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States. For many Americans, this was a day of shared loss and national frustration. On Inauguration Day, climate change mitigation group Sunrise Movement Athens hosted a meeting to offer a healing space, organized by co-Presidents Maeve Fellerhoff and Celia Hawk.