{"id":25,"date":"2018-03-05T21:12:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T21:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/hr\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:30:35","slug":"announcements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #000000\">Important Announcements<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Open Enrollment for Health Insurance: May 1 &#8211; 31, 2026 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #c70000\">NEW 05-01-2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>May 1 \u2013 31, 2026<\/strong> is your annual opportunity to add or remove dependents from coverage or change your Anthem medical or Cigna dental plan without a qualifying life event. If you are <strong>not<\/strong> making any changes to your medical or dental coverage, you <strong>DO NOT<\/strong> need to do anything.<\/li>\n<li>Starting May 1st, log in to <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/corect.ct.gov\/psp\/PEPRD\/?cmd=login\"><strong>CORE-CT<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and click on the Benefits Details tile, then Benefits Enrollment tile to submit your choices. Watch for your confirmation email once your enrollment is processed.<\/li>\n<li>To see what&#8217;s new, please go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/carecompass.ct.gov\">Care Compass website<\/a> and click on &#8220;Open Enrollment May 1-31&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Employee Request for Compensation for Activities App &#8211; <span style=\"color: #c70000\">NEW 02-09-2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/02\/Employee-Request-for-Compensation-for-Activities-App-Announcement-February-2026.pdf\">Announcement Memo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2026 DAS Holiday Schedule and WCSU Changes to the 2025 DAS Holiday Schedule &#8211; <span style=\"color: #c70000\">NEW 02-02-2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/01\/State_Employee_Observance_-of_-Holiday_2026.pdf\">2026 DAS Holiday Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/12\/WCSU_Changes_to_2026_DAS_Holiday_Schedule.pdf\">WCSU Changes to 2026 DAS Holiday Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Voluntary Schedule Reduction Program\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2023\/08\/Voluntary_-Schedule_-Reduction_Program_Letter_-to_University_August_-2023.pdf\">Voluntary Schedule Reduction Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prudential Defined Contribution Plans<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>To make an appointment with Prudential representative Davelva Perez, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/davelva-perez.empowermytime.com\/#\/\">Empower Appointments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Employee Assistance Program<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wcsu.edu\/hr\/benefits\/employee-assistance-program\/\">EAP Services Offered: Monthly Newsletters, Webinars &amp; New Log-In Link to Solutions EAP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/benefits\/employee-assistance-program\/\">Solutions Employee Assistance Program Monthly Topics, Newsletters and Frontline Supervisor Newsletters<\/a> can be found on the main Employee Assistance Program webpage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>CORE-CT Inquiries<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>Any issues relating to CORE-CT (all inquiries, password resets, etc) should be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:CORECTIssues@wcsu.edu\">CORECTIssues@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>WCSU New Hires, Promotion &amp; Terminations<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/hr\/new-hires-promotions-transfers\/\"> New Hires &amp; Promotions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/hr\/retirements-resignations\/\"> Terminations &amp; Retirements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notary Public Services &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ee0000\">REVISED 02-02-2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/02\/Notaries_on_Campus_0226.pdf\">Listing of Notaries on Campus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important Announcements Open Enrollment for Health Insurance: May 1 &#8211; 31, 2026 &#8211; NEW 05-01-2026 May 1 \u2013 31, 2026 is your annual opportunity to add or remove dependents from coverage or change your Anthem medical or Cigna dental plan &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}