{"id":57360,"date":"2019-01-14T16:29:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T23:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=57360"},"modified":"2019-01-18T18:18:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T01:18:17","slug":"applications-open-for-employee-spring-semester-tuition-assistance-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=57360","title":{"rendered":"Applications open for employee spring semester Tuition Assistance Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_57365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57365\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fall2018-commencement.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-57365\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fall2018-commencement-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Fall 2018 commencement ceremony at the Broadmoor World Arena. \" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fall2018-commencement-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fall2018-commencement-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fall2018-commencement-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fall2018-commencement-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fall2018-commencement-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall 2018 commencement ceremony at the Broadmoor World Arena.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>UCCS faculty and staff who want to save money on their or their dependent\u2019s spring tuition bill may begin by submitting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cu.edu\/employee-services\/benefits-wellness\/current-employee\/tuition-assistance\/dependent-options\">Tuition Assistance<\/a> application through the <a href=\"http:\/\/my.uccs.edu\/\">employee portal<\/a>. If a dependent will be using the benefit, the employee must submit the application on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Submit the tuition assistance benefit application by the deadline for the campus the employee or dependent will attend:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CU Boulder \u2013 Feb. 1<\/li>\n<li>CU Denver | Anschutz \u2013 Feb. 6<\/li>\n<li>UCCS \u2013 Feb. 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Benefit details<\/strong><br \/>\nCU&#8217;s tuition assistance benefit provides benefits-eligible employees, their spouses or dependents with tuition assistance in order to curate and sustain continuous learning.<\/p>\n<p>Employees can receive nine waived credits per academic year for eligible undergraduate or graduate courses at any CU campus.<\/p>\n<p>Dependents have two options: Attending a CU employee&#8217;s home campus and receiving nine waived credit hours or attending a different CU campus and receiving tuition assistance of $270 per credit hour, up to nine hours. An employee must waive their benefit for the academic year if they want to give it to a verified dependent to use.<\/p>\n<p>Employee Services has created step-by-step videos to guide employees through completing the benefit for <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/306041536\">themselves<\/a>, for a dependent using <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/306041387\">Option A &#8211; Home Campus<\/a> and for a dependent using <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/306041471\">Option B \u2013 Other Campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Tuition Assistance Benefit applies only to the cost of credit hours. Employees and dependents are responsible for all non-waived tuition, campus student fees and taxes.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Tuition Assistance, policies and upcoming deadlines, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cu.edu\/employee-services\/benefits-wellness\/current-employee\/tuition-assistance\/dependent-options\">Employee Services website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>UCCS faculty and staff who want to save money on their or their dependent\u2019s spring tuition bill may begin by submitting the Tuition Assistance application through the employee portal. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=57360\" title=\"Applications open for employee spring semester Tuition Assistance Benefit\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,49],"tags":[44,85],"class_list":["post-57360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-campus-announcements","tag-administration-and-finance","tag-human-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fall2018-commencement.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-eVa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57360"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59167,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57360\/revisions\/59167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}