News & Updates and Special Discounts

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News, Events and Announcements

ERSRI Pension Information

Need Wellness Info?

 

Weight Watchers At Work Wellness Incentive Information

 

Eligible Employees:

all State of RI employees are eligible to participate in the Rewards for Wellness programs and screenings, but only employees who are paying the State employee co-shares that are posted on the Office of Employee Benefits web site at www.employeebenefits.ri.gov are eligible to receive incentives for co-share credit.

Currently, at URI, only Classified employees who are members of ACT/NEA, Council 94/Local528, Nurses, and non-union classified employees are eligible.

 

 

Special Discounts

Various companies and organizations throughout the region regularly contact Human Resources and offer special discounts on their products and services to University employees.

Listed below are the current offers.

Please contact Dawn Smith at 874-5567 with any questions.


RI Spring Flower & Garden Show

RI Convention Center, Providence - February 23 - 26, 2012

Weight Watchers at Work

at least 15 enrollees are needed to have a Weight Watchers at Work program

please contact Laura Kenerson or Dawn Smith at 874-5567 for more information

State Employee Wellness Initiative Gym Discounts

 

AT&T Discount

AT&T offers URI employees a special discount on their monthly voice and data plans. Employees are eligible to receive 15% off qualified plans. Existing AT&T phone numbers can be enrolled in the program by visiting www.wireless.att.com/discounts and using your URI  email address to validate the account. If you are considering switching to AT&T, or have any questions about the program, you can contact Brian Krause at brian.j.krause@att.com or visit AT&T @ 6670 Post Road, North Kingstown, RI (or www. http://www.att.com/storelocator/) and mention discount code 3737780. 

AT&T also has a corporate account set up for URI needs.  Please direct any inquiries regarding that plan to Brian directly.

 

A 10% discount is offered to URI State of RI employees on anything except textbooks at the
URI Kingston bookstore located in the Memorial Union.

 

A 10% discount is offered to URI State of RI employees on anything except textbooks at the Coastal Institute Bookstore at Narragansett Bay Campus.

 

River Bend Athletic Club

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers

Verizon Wireless Discount

up to a 15% discount is available to employees for Verizon Wireless services. Visit www.vzw.com/ryl (it stands for register your line). Or you can call 866-456-7892. The group is called RI Dept Administration

 

Sprint Discount

Sprint offers a 23% discount to the employees of URI on select monthly service plans. Existing Sprint customers are also eligible. You can visit your local Sprint store (www.sprint.com/storelocator) with your Employee ID card or paystub and reference the Corporate ID: GUHPI_URI_ZZZ. Please contact David Saccardo at david.2.saccardo@sprint.com if you have any questions.

T-Mobile USA

The listings above do not imply any form of endorsement by the University of Rhode Island for the products or services of these organizations.