Retiree Benefits
Access to Campus Resources
ID card
- Retirees are eligible for a College ID card. A retiree card will use the category, Retiree – Admin or Staff.
Email and network accounts
- Retirees retain their email account with the same email address and have access to their archived Outlook email. They also control their email forwarding.
- Retirees retain the ability to log on to a college computer when they are on campus (useful for instance in a shared retirees’ office or the library), but all other network rights and resources are removed the final day of active employment.
- CNAV account is a staff view.
- Retirees continue to receive campus digests.
- Retirees no longer have access to the departmental SDrive, Moodle or PeopleSoft.
- Retirees no longer have access to Office 365, Zoom or VPN service (VirtualPrivateNetwork).
- Retirees will have to follow the network use policy and will have to periodically change their password.
Library privileges
- Retirees retain library privileges. The College ID is used to check-out books, films, interlibrary loan, etc.
- Retirees have access to the Library’s online databases and journals by using their network login and password through the proxy server.
Athletic Facilities
- Retirees have continued access to the Jaeger Athletic Center and Plank Gym via the College ID.
Parking
- Retirees retain their parking tag.
Participation in College Events and Activities
Auditing courses
- Retirees are eligible to audit a lecture course on a no fee, space available basis with permission of the Instructor. Auditing courses process.
Cultural and recreational events
- Retirees have access to campus cultural events and lectures.
Attendance at Majestic Theater events
- Retirees are eligible to a free ticket (unless otherwise noted) with Gettysburg College ID to the Sunderman Chamber Conservatory of Music Series.
HR - Benefits
Post-retirement employment
- The Retirement Healthcare Savings Plan is a benefit program offered via Gettysburg College. Because it is a post-retirement health program, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that the employee be retired from the College in order to access the benefits (VEBA and Grantor Trust money and access to Medicare supplement plans) provided by the program. Therefore, the retirees may not work on a part-time basis at the College and have access to the postretirement benefits.
Updated Policy: Email Usage Policy
Information Technology made updates to the College’s Email Usage Policy to better protect student and college-owned information. The most important change is the prohibition of auto-forwarding college email to external accounts (such as Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook.com, etc.).
This change means that retirees who wish to maintain access to their college email accounts will need to actively log in and check their accounts directly rather than relying on automatic forwarding. We understand this represents a change in practice and are available to provide guidance on managing your account access.
View the Email Usage Policy: https://www.gettysburg.edu/policy/information-technology/email-usage-policy