Fringe benefits include: paid personal, vacation and sick leave accruals; medical, dental, and prescription plans; group life insurance; retirement; retiree health care; tuition waiver for employee and eligible dependents at any of the Connecticut State Universities (Central, Eastern, Southern or Western) as well as an array of voluntary and supplemental benefits such as Deferred Retirement Contribution plans, Dependent Care Assistance and Medical Flexible spending accounts; long and short term disability insurance plans. With approximately 900 alumni and one of the largest undergraduate geoscience programs in New England, the department prepares graduates for careers in environmental consulting, geoscience, sustainability, education, GIS, government, and industry.