News for the Wake Forest community
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Updates from HR: COVID-19 updates, wellbeing opportunities, benefits
Wake Forest University Human Resources provided updates about COVID-19 and vaccines, wellbeing opportunities, benefits and more.
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Proposals funded: Anderson, Donati, Yazdani, Rejeski
Congratulations to Wake Forest University faculty T. Michael Anderson, George Donati, Saami Yazdani and Jack Rejeski on each of their funded research proposals.
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OCCE hosts “Get Connected to Wake Forest” webinar
The Office of Civic & Community Engagement (OCCE) at Wake Forest University will host a “Get Connected to Wake Forest” Zoom webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 9, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Open to Winston-Salem nonprofit organizations and community members, Get Connected will explore ways to get involved with Wake Forest community initiatives.
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Flexible Spending Account plan updates
In December, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which provides relief for employer sponsored Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Wake Forest University has elected to move forward with the following provisions —
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Update: Provost Kersh’s annual address postponed to Feb. 24
Given the many faculty and staff colleagues focused on containing the surge in COVID cases among students, Provost Kersh’s annual address to campus has been postponed to Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 4 to 5 p.m. We look forward to seeing you then; a Zoom link will be circulated in advance.
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SAC meeting on Feb. 10 with speakers James Raper and Bethany Fay
The next Staff Advisory Council (SAC) meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
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Proposals funded: Brunsting, Benfer, Giles, Kim-Shapiro
Congratulations to Wake Forest University faculty Nelson Brunsting, Emily Benfer, Steven Giles and Daniel Kim-Shapiro on each of their funded research proposals.
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New feature: Enable live transcription for Zoom meetings
Live transcription (real-time subtitle/captioning) is now available within Zoom meetings for Wake Forest University accounts. This feature allows attendees to enable on-screen machine-generated subtitles/captions and an associated transcript during the meeting. It is not currently available when using breakout rooms or Zoom Webinar. To start using this feature, visit zoom.wfu.edu, sign in with your WFU credentials,…