Text Box: Text Box: Text Box: Current tax laws provide significant opportunities for retirement savers. Voluntary contribution limits are listed in the table below:  If an employee has at least 15 years of service with a qualifying employer, the employee may be eligible to make an even higher contribution. In addition to the contribution limits, employees age 50 and older by the end of the tax year can make "catch-up contributions" . You are eligible to make catch-up contributions if: • You will have reached age 50 by the end of the year, and • The maximum amount of elective deferrals that can be made to your 403(b) account have been made for the plan year. The maximum amount of catch-up contributions is the lesser of ($5,000 for 2006), or • Your includible compensation minus your other elective deferrals for the year. 1The 403(b) contribution limits will be returned to the 2001 level on January 1, 2011 unless Congress extends the increased limits beyond that date. Text Box: 403(b) Contribution Limits: TIAA-CREF, ING & SCUDDER Text Box: More Wellness Activity Text Box: Human Resources Newsletter Text Box: Page # Text Box: Mark Your Calendars! The annual Marietta College Holiday Party will once again be held at the Lafayette Hotel on Saturday, December 2. Social Hour (Cash bar) begins at 5:30PM with dinner buffet beginning at 6:30PM. Dancing and door prizes will begin immediately following dinner. Look for your invitation in campus mail! We hope to see everyone there! Text Box: Did you know? The entire Marietta College employee handbook can be found at the following website: http://www.marietta.edu/employees/handbook.pdf Contributing more money to your retirement account is not only a sound investment for the future, it can also save you tax dollars now Text Box: ANNUAL OPEN ENROLLMENT Watch your e-mail for reminders (beginning in early November) about the annual open enrollment sign up period for 2007 pre-tax benefit elections. NOTE: Even if you are only pre-taxing your health/dental premiums, and not participating in reimbursement accounts, you must complete the Flexible Spending election form to continue your pre-tax contributions.

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(left to right) Cheryl Arnold, Linda Gorman and Elaine O’Rourke

Bonita Lowe, Tanya Judd and Kelly Boyer at an early morning fitness class