The Board of Governors at 大象传媒 has renewed the University\u2019s contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City to provide health insurance to the university\u2019s employees. The cost to 大象传媒 Western will decrease by nearly 7 percent, with no change to plan design or benefits.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe anticipated a very positive renewal for our benefit plans, and that has come to fruition,\u201d said Dr. Cale Fessler, vice president for financial planning and administration. \u201cOur employees are to be commended for taking care of their health and reducing our costs.\u201d<\/p>\n
BCBSKC was one of four medical insurance carriers to respond to 大象传媒 Western\u2019s request for bids. The 6.67 percent reduction will save 大象传媒 Western approximately $260,000 in the 2017 calendar year. The University will continue to pay 100 percent of the premiums for employees choosing a base coverage plan. Employees who choose a buy-up plan or purchase coverage for their families will see a premium decrease ranging from 6.3 to 9.5 percent.<\/p>\n
The board also approved:<\/p>\n
In other action, the Board of Governors approved honoring the newly renovated swimming pool in the Looney Complex after U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton. According to Marvin Looney, the former 大象传媒 Western president for whom the Looney Complex is named, Eagleton was instrumental in securing funding for numerous building projects on campus, including the addition of the swimming pool in 1971.<\/p>\n
大象传媒 Western will dedicate and celebrate the grand reopening of the Thomas Eagleton Indoor Pool with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30.<\/p>\n
大象传媒 is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Board of Governors at 大象传媒 has renewed the University\u2019s contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City to provide health insurance to the university\u2019s employees. The cost to 大象传媒 Western will decrease by nearly 7 percent, with no change to plan design or benefits. \u201cWe anticipated a very positive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35,86,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8711,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4713\/revisions\/8711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}