Retirement Benefits | Policies | SIU

Human Resources offers the following retirement-related services:

1. group sessions on retirement;
2. assistance in processing retirement applications;
3. liaison between retirees and the State Universities Retirement System;
4. information about retirees to Media and Communications Resources;
5. assistance to retirees and spouses with respect to their continued participation in the state's Group Insurance Program.

Additional benefits include:

1. access to computing services;
2. enrollment for course work (credit, noncredit, audit): on the same basis as active personnel;
3. health service: with payment of a fee, use of the Student Health Service for immunization for travel to foreign countries;
4. library: use of library facilities (including carrels, on a space-available basis) for retiree and spouses or domestic partners;
5. office and laboratory facilities: obtainable on a space-available basis by application to the chair of the appropriate department;
6. publications: a mail subscription to the Daily Egyptian at one-half the regular subscription rate; 
7. campus recreational facilities (including the Recreation Center, at a discounted emeritus rate, and Campus Lake);
8. Student Center discount benefits: Emeritus Courtesy ID Cards are available from the ID card office upon request entitling the bearer to a 15% discount on University Bookstore clothing and gift purchases as well as a 10% discount on purchases at the Marketplace Food Court in the Student Center.