Employee Benefits Overview - Work/Life Initiative
Staff Development and Educational Opportunities
Numerous opportunities are available to employees for furthering their education through formal degree programs or continuing education programs.
- Tuition Reduction
- Organizational Development Services (ODS)
- Information Technology Services
- Academic Outreach and Continuing Education
- Intermountain Academy for Leadership
- Full-time salaried employees, who have completed a probationary period of six months, are eligible for 50 percent tuition reduction for most University of Utah courses.
- Available also to spouses after an employee has completed one year of continuous full-time employment.
- Unmarried dependent children under the age of 26 are also are eligible after the employee has completed three years of continuous service.
Contact the Benefits Department for more information or visit their web site.
- Part of the Division of Human Resources, ODS provides a variety of training and educational opportunities for staff members to improve existing skills/knowledge and provides for professional development within the organization.
Information Technology Services
- An array of classes including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Basic HTML are available through Information Technology Services, located on Wakara Way, the Marriott Library, and through the Eccles Health Sciences Library.
Academic Outreach and Continuing Education (AOCE)
- There's more to LIFE. Classes for every age. Employees can continue their education via AOCE. A variety of classes are available nights and weekends at various locations throughout the valley.
The Intermountain Academy for Leadership
- Provides career counseling to University of Utah employees and members of the community. A Career Development Specialist can help individuals evaluate occupational skills, interests, abilities, and talents to assist in identifying employment opportunities and objectives.
- Offers a Higher Education Leadership Certificate series along with a variety of seminars
that cover specific areas of expertise and are designed for practical application:
- Strategic Planning
- Policy
- Program Management
- Managing Change in Higher Education
- and more
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