A recent global cybersecurity incident involving the MOVEit Transfer Software has affected two of Wake Forest’s third-party benefits administrators. Both TIAA, the University’s retirement plan administrator, and Genworth, Long Term Care Insurance Provider, have notified the University that Pension Benefit Information, LLC (“PBI”), a vendor […]
Childcare Network, a national early care and education provider, is currently offering priority enrollment for WFU employees and affiliate workers at their Winston-Salem and Kernersville locations. Limited spaces are available at each location (as of May 17, 2022); enrollment is available on a first […]
Parental Leave for Staff The parental leave program provides eligible staff with paid leave following a birth or adoption. Faculty have a separate policy. The parental policy for staff has been revised to allow staff members to take parental leave within 12 months of the […]
CREF Money Market R2 Accounts The Wake Forest University Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) offers a mix of mutual funds and annuities to help you save and invest for retirement. One of those investments is the CREF Money Market R2 account (Expense Ratio: 0.235%), which was […]
Members of the university’s BlueCross BlueShield medical plan may access their insurance card by registering with Blue Connect, using the Blue Connect mobile app, or calling (877) 275-9787 (Plan number: 14163668). Members may access their OptumRx insurance card or set up home delivery by […]
Update (4:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2): The OptumRx retail network disruption issue has now been resolved. Members with open inquiries can return to their retail pharmacy or call their retail pharmacy to have their prescriptions reprocessed. On behalf of OptumRx, we apologize for any inconvenience […]
Earlier today, President Wente announced a four-day extension to the university’s 2021-2022 winter break, which will now begin Monday, Dec. 20 and continue through Monday, Jan. 3. Read more »
On Oct. 28, Tina Bice joined the Human Resources team as Project Manager and on Nov. 1, Brooke Doe joined the Human Resources team as an HRIS Analyst. Tina initially joined Wake Forest University in July 2018, most recently serving as the Assistant Director of […]
Wake Forest will join other higher education institutions and businesses in requiring all employees to receive an FDA approved or authorized COVID-19 vaccine. Wake Forest will also require the influenza vaccine once again. Faculty and staff who have not already submitted COVID-19 vaccine documentation, will […]
As part of the university’s ongoing transition to Workday at Wake, the Professional Development Center (PDC) Online, along with portions of the current PDC reservation system, will be replaced with Workday Learning in the fall of 2021. Workday Learning is a user-friendly learning management system […]
