Working for Rice is a hoot!
There’s so much to love about being a Rice employee: comprehensive benefits, exclusive discounts on campus, access to great services and facilities, and even connections to the Houston community. Our goal is to list as many as we can here to ensure everyone takes full advantage of Rice's unconventional perks.
Additional Perks
Seasonal Flu Shots
Rice annually provides on-campus seasonal flu shots and health screenings to all benefits-eligible faculty and staff. Look for an email announcing the dates and times each year.
Rice Bookstore Discounts
All Rice employees may stop by the bookstore and enjoy 10% off of everything except textbooks, computer software, and computer hardware.
Banking Perks
As a Rice University employee, you may have access to membership and special discounts at several area banks, including Smart Financial Credit Union, Frost Bank, and Chase Bank.
Car Insurance
Special offers by AAA. Please see the flyer for more information.
Equipment Checkout Services
Need access to electronic equipment that you don’t have? No problem. Fondren Library and the Digital Media Commons (DMC) partner to allow employees to check out still cameras, video cameras, adapters, lighting, tripods, microphones, computers, and more with a Rice ID
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Rice University is a qualified employer under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans after you have made 120 qualifying monthly payments (or 10 years of payments) under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer.
To be considered for PSLF, you only need to submit a PSLF form. The easiest way to do this is by using the PSLF Help Tool. For more information, visit studentaid.gov.
Smoking Cessation
Rice has implemented a tobacco/nicotine user surcharge of $50/month/user. We will ask you questions during open enrollment that will allow us to determine if you, your spouse, or both of you are tobacco/nicotine users. If you want help in quitting, we have a tobacco cessation program for benefits-eligible faculty and staff called Pelago (formerly Quit Genius). There is no cost to you for Pelago.
