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HIKING
October 17 hikeEvent Date:Join us to hike Nine Mile Creek. It is a 5+ mile flat hike, with mostly paved roads, along a pretty winding creek. Slow to medium pace. It is not a loop, so you can turn back early if desired More... |
PHOTO CLUB
'Perspective' is the theme for October Photo Club meetingEvent Date:The UMRA Photo Club welcomes all UMRA members with an interest in photography. "Perspective" is the theme for October 11. More... |
HIKING
October 3 hikeEvent Date:Join us at 9:30 a.m. for a 4 mile moderately paced hike around lakes and woods in the private conservation area of North Oaks. We will see eagle and osprey nests and hopefully a variety of wildlife. More... |
ARMCHAIR TRAVELER
Travel to South Korea and JapanEvent Date:Our next Armchair Traveler program will take us to South Korea with Marilyn DeLong, and to Japan with Kathy Jensen and Gary Engstrand. More... |
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BOOK CLUB II
Fourth Friday Book Club September meetingEvent Date:The Russian classic Fathers and Sons is the selection for the Fourth Friday Book Club meeting in September. More... |
FINANCE AND LEGAL GROUP
Tax Efficient Distributions to Family and CharitiesEvent Date:Todd J. Koch, CPA, MBT, CFP /JAK Partner, has again invited UMRA members to attend the year-end tax planning presentation for JAK clients. You may review the fall 2021 presentation recording and slides. |
HIKING
Hidden Falls hikeEvent Date:We'll explore Hidden Falls Regional Park in Saint Paul. This will be an easy 4 to 5 miles with most of it along the Mississippi River. Hope for early fall colors! More... |
BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I to meet September 16Event Date:Judy Helgen will lead the discussion of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray when the UMRA Book Club I meets on Friday, September 16. More... |
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PHOTO CLUB
Photo Club to meet in personEvent Date:“Clouds” will be the theme when the UMRA Photo Club meets in September. Cue the Joni Mitchell music! More... |
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BOOK CLUB II
Fourth Friday Book Club to meet August 26Event Date:Where the Crawdads Sing is the selection for the Fourth Friday Book Club meeting on August 26 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. CDT via Zoom. More... |
BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I to meet August 19Event Date:Becky Anderson will lead the discussion of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell when the UMRA Book Club I meets on Friday, August 19. More... |
HIKING
August 15 HikeEvent Date:Join us for a 5 to 6 miles hike around lakes and through the woods at Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington. This will be a moderate to brisk paced hike. More... |
HIKING
August 1 Hike is cancelledEvent Date:The August 1 hike at Lake Nokomis is cancelled. Only 1 person registered. I'm sorry but we need more hikers to make it worthwhile and fun. More... |
BOOK CLUB II
Fourth Friday Book Club to meet July 22Event Date:The life of an outsider is vividly captured in Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, a debut novel that was discovered through a writing competition and quickly became a worldwide best seller. More... |
HIKING
July 18 HikeEvent Date:Join us for an urban hike and lunch! of about 5.4 miles at a pace to accommodate all hikers. We will meet outside Longfellow Grill in Minneapolis, walk across the Franklin Avenue Bridge to University's River Flats. More... |
BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I to meet July 15Event Date:Kathy Cramer will lead the discussion of Circling the Sun by Paula McLain when the UMRA Book Club I meets via Zoom at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 15. More... |
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PHOTO CLUB
Photo Club to meet IN PERSONEvent Date:"Horizon" is the theme for the in-person meeting of the UMRA Photo Club on July 12. More... |
BOOK CLUB II
Fourth Friday Book Club to meet June 24Event Date:Sociologist and author Arlie Russell Hochschild travels the deeply conservative Louisiana bayou country in her 2016, but still timely, exploration of contemporary American politics. More... |
BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I reads Still LifeEvent Date:Several UMRA Book Club I members are avid fans of the Louise Penny books while for a few this was their first introduction to the mysteries set in Three Pines. More... |
HIKING
June 20 HikeEvent Date:Please join us for a moderately paced 5.5 mile hike through the woods and around the ponds and lakes of Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan. This trail is a bit rugged so wear good hiking footwear. Picnic after. More... |
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NEWS
HELLO, my name is Ginny HansonWhen UMRA member Ginny Hanson worked at University Relations, she was the expert on the proper use of Goldy Gopher (among many other things) and was once asked if it would be OK to put Goldy on a cemetery headstone. More...Published: |
NEWS
On-campus parking discountOne of the best discounts UMRA members receive is from University Parking & Transportation Services. More...Published: |
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NEWS
Announcing UMRA Cyber Tips and TricksThe UMRA web team is introducing a new series of articles called Cyber Tips and Tricks. We hope these articles will help you understand some of the features on the new UMRA website, give you insight into how the same or similar features are used on other sites. More...Published: |
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FAMILY HISTORY
Tracing family history with DNA testingEvent Date:The Family History Interest Group learned about tracing family history using DNA testing and tools including Ancestry DNA, 23andMe, and GEDmatch which uses the GEDCOM files generated by those companies to connect across platforms. More... |
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BOOK CLUB II
Book Notes | ‘Being Mortal’Event Date:"Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End" by Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, inspired a spirited and sometimes somber discussion by members of UMRA’s Fourth Friday Book Club about end-of-life health challenges. More... |
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BOOK CLUB I
Book Notes | 'West with Giraffes'Event Date:At age 105, Woodrow Wilson Nickel is living in a nursing home. He decides he needs to write his life story, and what a story it is. It’s the story of a destitute young man during the Great Depression who found a reason to keep living against all odds: driving two giraffes from New York City to San Diego. More... |
NEWS
UMRA has launched a new websiteAfter a year of planning and site development work by the UMRA web migration team, a new UMRA website launched in December. More...Published: |
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NEWS
Winter ProgrammingStay at home and watch the UMRA Forums. No driving in snow! No slogging through slush! January and Feburary forums will be by Zoom. More...Published: |
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NEWS
A new look for the UMRA website in DecemberAfter a year of planning and site development work by the UMRA web migration team, we will launch a new UMRA website in December. The redesign was necessitated by the U's move to a new web software version. The new design was informed by feedback from UMRA members and our web statistics. More...Published: |
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BOOK CLUB I
Book Notes | This Tender LandEvent Date:This Tender Land is an epic coming-of-age story set in Minnesota during the summer of 1932. It chronicles a mesmerizing journey of four children who escape the horrors of the Lincoln Indian Training School and sneak away in a canoe in search of a home. More... |
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NEWS
HELLO, my name is Chip PetersonUMRA member Chip Peterson retired from the U of M Learning Abroad Center, and in his younger days hitchhiked through every mainland country in the Americas, some 100,000 miles. More...Published: |
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GRANTS FOR RETIREES
It’s not too late to applyUMRA’s Professional Development Grants for Retirees program is an annual competition with applications accepted October 1 to December 31. Funding of up to $5,000 per grant is available. Retirees from all five campuses within the U of M System are eligible. More...Published: |
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NEWS
Member discounts: Northrop and BookstoresMore than a dozen University units, including Northrop and U of M Bookstores, offer nice discounts to UMRA members. Let's show our support by giving them our business while enjoying a discounted price. More...Published: |
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FAMILY HISTORY
Kevina and Lee MunnichEvent Date:Kevina and Lee Munnich gave a presentation on "Family History Tourism". They shared information about 4 different sites and insights into their family's history. More... |
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VOLUNTEER CENTER
A 'powerfully gentle' leaderUMRA Past President Jerry Rinehart retired from the University as vice provost and dean of students. He is admired for being a “powerfully gentle” leader, and he continues to be an exemplar of service to others. More...Published: |