2016-2017 Photo Gallery
 Past President Donna Peterson greets the Library contingent: Tim Johnson, Kris Keisling and Julia Wallace |
 President Jean Kinsey with our March 2017 speaker, State Economist Laura Kalambokidis |
 Jan Hogan introduces UMRA's grants program and the award winners speaking at the October 2017 luncheon |
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 Mark Seeley explained the weather forecast at the January 2107 luncheon |
 Donna Peterson addresses Tim Johnson, with a group in the depths of the Library Archives, Sept 27 |
 A rapt audience follows the economic picture presented by Laura Kalambokidis |
 Katherine Fennelly spoke Oct 25 about how the PDGR grant helped adapt her e-learning course for others |
 Officers and Board members meet to plan for 2016-7 on August 11 at Midland Hills |
 Speaker Mark Seeley with Presidents Jean Kinsey and Donna Peterson at the January luncheon |
 Mark Seeley poses with Jeanne and Mike Markell, after his Jan 24 presentation |
 Book club chair Pat Tollefson (left) shared ideas with new member Susan Rose about starting a book club, Oct 25 |
 Members enjoy coffee before the March 2017 luncheon meeting |
 Kathleen O`Brien, Oct 2016, shared from her extensive research about Minnesota women leaders |
 New President Jean Kinsey welcomes retirees to the first luncheon of the year, September 27, 2016 |
 Darlene Kenyon, Carol Urness, and Dorothy Bohn at the September luncheon |
 UMRA Photo Club members enjoy a Great Dragon lunch before their monthly meeting, this one March 10, 2017 |
 The annual reception offers the opportunity for new members to learn more about UMRA. Karen and Jim Storm chat with Earl Nolting about the discounts members enjoy. |
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 Political Science Professor Kathryn Pearson explained election results November 15, 2016 |
Events
Please join us for a special event hike and outing on Monday, May 23 at Franconia Sculpture Park at 29836 St. Croix Trail N, Shafer MN 56074, near Taylors Falls. You must sign up online for this hike.
May 24 will mark UMRA’s return to in-person luncheon forums at the Campus Club for the first time in more than two years. Provost Rachel Croson will be our special guest and John Coleman, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, will be our keynote speaker. Reservations open April 28 and are due by May 16.
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is the Fourth Friday Book Club selection for its meeting on May 27 via Zoom. More …
Join us for a brisk 3 to 4 mile walk on Monday, June 6th at the U of M St. Paul Campus. We will be walking mostly on level sidewalks although we may encounter some gravel roads too. There will be some hills and steps along the way. At the end of our walk, we will stop for ice cream at the St. Paul Student Center.
Mark your calendars and register for the inaugural Age-Friendly University Day to be hosted by the University of Minnesota Age-Friendly University Council on June 20 at the McNamara Alumni Center on the East Bank of the Twin Cities Campus. More …
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 …