Cathy Borem memorial and interment

Some of you may recall the announcement last year of the June 2020 passing in Arizona of College of Education retiree Cathy Borem (obituary). Due to the Covid pandemic, the local memorial/interment service was postponed until this year.

There will be a visitation and memorial service held for Cathy on Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 9 am to 1 pm at Chapel Hill Gardens South Funeral Home, 11333 S. Central Ave., Oak Lawn, IL. 60453 with interment to follow at 1:30 pm at Chapel Hill Gardens South Cemetery.

 

Updated GSU SUAA Board Membership List

Click here to view an updated GSU SUAA 2020-2021 board membership list.

(pdf file)

 

SUAA Foundation Scholarship Program

The SUAA Foundation is excited to announce its new scholarship program. The SUAA Foundation will offer up to four scholarships of up to $500 per scholarship annually.  The scholarships will be awarded for use in accredited degree-seeking programs, eligible technical/trade programs, eligible certificate programs, and for professional development (travel expenses are excluded). The applicant must be an SUAA member in good standing or the spouse/partner, child or grandchild of an SUAA member in good standing. Application materials are available on the SUAA website.  Review of applications will begin on June 1, 2019.

Click here to download the 2019 SUAA Foundation Scholarship Application. The form and other information is also available on the SUAA website at https://www.suaa.org/.

 

 

 

GSU SUAA Fall Forum Presentation

The GSU Chapter of SUAA welcomed Daniel Hertz, Research Director at the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, to its 2018 Fall Forum on October 18. The topic of Hertz’s presentation was “Finding a Path Forward: Illinois’ Fiscal Mess, Pension Reamortization, and Building a State That Serves Everyone.”

Use the links below to review slides from the presentation:

• Microsoft Outlook format
• PDF format

 

GSU SUAA Meeting Notes 8-16-18

Click here to download/view/print the notes from GSU SUAA’s 8/16/18 meeting. This is a pdf file.

 

GSU SUAA notes from 5-24-18 meeting

Click here for notes from GSU SUAA’s 5-24-18 meeting (pdf).

 

July 2018 SURS Advocate

Click here to view/download/print the July 2018 SURS Advocate newsletter.

 

Annual Membership Luncheon on May 24

GSU SUAA Members,

Plan to attend the GSU-SUAA Annual Luncheon, Thursday, May 24, in Engbretson Hall at 12:00 noon.

There will be a full membership meeting at 11:30, immediately before the luncheon. All members attending can vote on action items. One action will be proposed changes to the Bylaws. Click here to review the Bylaws with proposed changes: additions are highlighted in yellow and deletions are struck through. An agenda will be sent at a later date.

Take the opportunity to join us, relax, enjoy a nice lunch, and visit with other members.

Colleen Rock Ellis
GSU-SUAA President

 

Candidate Petitions Now Available

The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) will hold a board election during April 2018 to fill three expiring trustee positions. All active SURS members and annuitants are encouraged to consider running for a trustee position.

An impartial election services company will conduct the election. Candidate packets and petition forms are available now from kcarson@surs.org for information. Completed petitions will be due to SURS on Jan. 31, 2018.

The SURS Board of Trustees consists of 11 trustees: five appointed by the governor including the chairperson who also serves as the chair of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, four active members elected by SURS active members, and two annuitants elected by the annuitants of the System.

Two active board member terms and one annuitant (retired) board member term will expire in June 2018. Dorinda Miller, Steven Rock and John Engstrom currently hold the seats, respectively.

The voting period will be April 2 through May 1, 2018, with results to be announced on May 4, 2018.

Active member candidates are nominated by petitions in writing, signed by no less than 400 participants. Annuitant candidates are also nominated by petitions in writing, signed by no less than 100 annuitants. All candidates must also complete an application.

All eligible SURS members will receive a ballot along with candidate information prior to April 2, 2018. Members will be able to vote by returning a paper ballot in a postage-paid envelope, by phone or online. Voting will be handled directly through the election services company.

Inactive members may sign candidate petitions for active-member positions but inactive members are not eligible to vote.

The SURS Board of Trustees meets quarterly, with additional committee meetings scheduled throughout the year. Trustees are also required to meet certain annual ethics, legislative and fiduciary training requirements as well as complete eight hours of educational conferences on investments and public pension administration.

Elected trustees serve six-year terms.

 

GSU SUAA Fall Forum 10/26/17

What is the predicted stability of SURS in 20-25 years?
What is the impact of the economy and State payments on the SURS fund?

Attend the Fall Forum, sponsored by the GSU SUAA Board, to get the answers!  

Thursday, October 26
12:00 p.m.
E Lounge

Featured Speaker:
Martin Noven, Executive Director,
State Universities Retirement System (SURS)
RSVP to crock@govst.edu 
There will be a short question & answer period, following Mr. Noven’s presentation.
Since the forum is at noon, feel free to bring a sack lunch.