Marriage licenses, birth certificates, adoption papers: UC needs them from most employees and retirees by next Thursday (May 17), otherwise you and your family members may be de-enrolled from UC-sponsored health benefits.

Family member eligibility verification packets went out by mail to home addresses in March and early April, and reminders went out in mid-April to people who had not yet responded. Now the crunch is on to get the documents in, and, at this late date, your best bet is to fax them or upload them to Secova Inc.’s secure database. Secova is the vendor administering the verification project on behalf of UC.

Some people are exempt from the verification project:

• Employees and retirees with no family members enrolled in UC-sponsored health insurance
• Employees in post-doctoral positions
• Retirees who are enrolled in the vision plan only
• Medical residents
• Student employees
• Employees hired after Feb. 13, 2012 (for whom verification requests will come later)

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Report summaries added to demonstrations website

UC Davis' Demonstration Reviews website has been updated with summaries of two reports that came out last week:

• Academic Senate special committee
• Robinson-Edley's "Response to Protests on UC Campuses," from Charles Robinson, UC general counsel, and Christopher Edley, dean of the UC Berkeley law school

Summer Sessions discount for career staff

UC Davis career staff get a break on fees for Summer Sessions — this year offering everything from high-demand science and writing courses, to personal finance and introductory sculpture.

About 600 courses are on the schedule in two sessions:

• Summer Session I — June 25-Aug. 3 (registration closes June 29)
• Summer Session II — Aug. 6-Sept. 14 (registration closes Aug. 10)

Fees, based on the 2011-12 academic year, are $271 per unit for UC students and career staff and $340 for non-UC students; there is an additional, campus-based fee of $292 per session, but UC career staff pay just $11 per session.

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Tree Campus USA, fourth year in a row

UC Davis is a Tree Campus USA once again — making the list for a fourth consecutive year, having not missed since the Arbor Day Foundation started the list in 2008.

The program honors colleges and universities and their leaders “for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation,” the foundation’s chief executive, John Rosenow, wrote in a letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi.

The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden announced the Tree Campus USA status in a web posting, stating, in part: “Congratulations to our Grounds and Landscape Services team for taking care of our trees and keeping them a priority for our campus and the environment!”

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