Current Retiree - Support Staff Retirement Programs

As a Support Staff member, you were eligible for two types of retirement savings plans:

  • Columbia University Retirement Plan for Support Staff (the University contributed to a retirement plan on your behalf)
  • Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan (you contributed to a retirement plan and made contributions through paycheck deductions.

There are several options available to you at retirement for these plans. You can either:

  • Leave your assets in their current investments until age 70½ ;
  • Roll over the assets to a successor plan (e.g. an IRA); or
  • Take a lump sum distribution.

    For more information, contact TIAA or Vanguard.

TIAA

Phone: 1-800-842-2252

Website: http://www.tiaa.org/columbia

University Retirement Plan #: 100430

Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan #: 100431

 

Vanguard

Phone: 1-800-523-1188

Website: http://www.vanguard.com

University Retirement Plan #: 090067

Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan #: 096141