Resources and Referrals
This site provides links and information to other resources that might be of use to Willamette Faculty and Staff. The information here may or may not be benefit-related, but the provision of this space in and of itself is intended to be of value to our faculty and staff.
Willamette University makes no guarantees of the quality and does not endorse any one vendor or provider identified on these lists. In some cases, the lists are simply a compilation of information gathered from employees (ie. list of area daycare providers that other faculty and staff use). Others are links to external resources about which Willamette University makes no express or implied endorsement.
If you review one of these lists and would like to add a resource, please contact Keith Grimm in the Human Resources office at (503) 370-6210 (or internal extension 4100).
Resources for Employees with Children
Ride-Share Links and Resources
- Commuter Email Groups
Willamette University's Human Resources office maintains a ride-share email group for the large number of Willamette employees who commute from the Portland area. To be added to this mail group, please email Keith Grimm in the Human Resources office. In addition, there is a broader email group for all commuters to Willamette maintained by Jo Meyertons in WITS.
- Cherriots Bus Service
Salem area bus service is free to Willamette employees. Access to bus service is gained by showing your Compass Card (employee ID card).
- Mid-Valley Rideshare
Provides information on many types of alternative transportation, including carpooling, vanpooling, rail, bicycling, emergency ride home program, park-and-ride and others.
- CarPoolMatchNW.org
This is a Northwest-based on-line carpool match website. CarpoolMatchNW provides referral services only and does not certify the character of rideshare participants. As with all such services, participants are advised to carefully screen referrals prior to sharing any personal information.
- Emergency Ride Home Program
Willamette University is now a participant in the Emergency Ride Home Program! This program, a cooperative effort between Cherriots and Mid-Valley Rideshare, provides employees who carpool, bus, or use other forms of alternative transportation to get to work with a free taxi ride home in the event of an emergency. You may obtain an application to sign up for this program through Human Resources, or at MVR Emergency Ride Home