News Features

October is National Retirement Security Month.Time to reflect on your vision for retirement and set specific goals to get there. One way is with SURS supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP).  If you haven’t enrolled, now is the time to start saving with DCP....

The State Universities Retirement System’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Sept. 13 to commit up to $100 million to the Pantheon Global Infrastructure Core Plus Fund V, subject to successful contract negotiations. SURS currently has a $57 million investment in...

Gov. Pritzker has reappointed John Lyons to the State Universities Retirement System (SURS) Board of Trustees. He will serve a six-year term. Lyons has served as an appointed trustee since 2019 and has been chair since 2023. He previously was elected to serve as board...

The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) Vice-Chairperson Collin Van Meter, on behalf of SURS elected board members, today announced the appointment of Herbert Pitman as an active-member trustee to the SURS Board of Trustees. Pitman was selected by a majority...

State Universities Retirement System (SURS) Executive Director Suzanne Mayer today announced a vacancy on the SURS Board of Trustees. The three-year, elected active-member seat will be filled by a majority vote of the other elected trustees who will hold seats as of...

Current State Universities Retirement System (SURS) board members Steven Rock, Collin Van Meter and Antonio Vasquez have been reelected by the System’s members. The trustee election was conducted April 2 – May 1 by YesElections, an impartial election services company,...

The FY 2025 Benefit Choice Period to make health insurance changes is May 1 through May 31, 2024. This affects SURS active members as well as annuitants and survivors not enrolled in the Medicare Advantage ‘TRAIL’ Program. This is the only time of the year, other than...

Are you saving enough for your retirement? SURS offers the 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) as an additional savings plan for our members. If you are not already enrolled in the DCP you can learn more by attending the DCP Informational Webinar on April 16....

Voting has started in the 2024 SURS trustee election. Six candidates have met the requirements to be included on the ballot. Voting is open through May 1. SURS members who are eligible to vote should have received voting materials from YesElections either by mail or...

We salute the staff members and students of the 48 Illinois community colleges in the SURS family. Each college offers their students excellent educational opportunities. The proclamation recognizes that America's first public community college was established in...