News Features
A New Way To Save From SURS
SURS is offering a new voluntary savings plan called the SURS Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) through participating SURS employers. The SURS DCP will provide members another avenue to save more and generate additional retirement income. Learn more and see if your...
SURS Winter Newsletter Now Available
Read details about the upcoming trustee election, new Deferred Compensation Plan, investments, legislation and a letter from our interim executive director. Click here to read.
SURS Wins Award for Communications Excellence
SURS has won a first-place Eddy Award from Pensions & Investments newspaper for its communications efforts in promoting the redesign of its defined contribution plan - the Retirement Savings Plan. The Eddy Awards are given annually to private companies and public...
SURS Executive Director Resigns
Martin Noven, executive director of the State Universities Retirement System (SURS), resigned his position on Feb. 18 to focus his attention on a new career opportunity. SURS Board of Trustees thanked Noven for his accomplishments over the past four years. Noven...
SURS Announces Candidates For Upcoming Board Election
SURS will hold a trustee election April 1 - May 3, to fill two expiring annuitant positions. There are also two expiring active-member seats on the board, but because only two active SURS members successfully completed petitions with the required 400 signatures, it...
SURS Urges Members To Carefully Read Emails Offering Retirement Counseling
Many SURS members have recently received unsolicited, potentially misleading emails from companies not affiliated with SURS offering retirement counseling. These emails may appear to come from SURS or appear to represent SURS. They do not. SURS encourages members to...
SURS FY 2020 Annual Financial Report
SURS 102-page annual report outlining assets; liabilities; employer contributions; investment policies, objectives and performance highlights; manager fees; membership and benefit statistics and more is available online for members to review. It is divided into five...
13 Members Apply For Trustee Positions
Thirteen SURS members have submitted applications for the upcoming trustee election including five active members and eight annuitants. The election will be held April 1 – May 3, 2021, to fill two expiring annuitant seats and two expiring active-member seats. The two...
SURS Benefit Summary Statements Now Available
Attention active SURS members in the Traditional and Portable Plans, you can log on to the SURS secure Member Website and view your current account information via your personal Member Summary page. It’s easy! Go to login button in the upper right-hand corner of the...
Online Petitions Available For Trustee Election
The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) will hold a board election April 1 – May 3, 2021, to fill four expiring trustee positions: two annuitant seats and two active-participant seats. An impartial election services company, YesElections, will conduct the...