2016-2017 Photo Gallery
 New President Jean Kinsey welcomes retirees to the first luncheon of the year, September 27, 2016 |
 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 |
 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 |
 Mark Seeley explained the weather forecast at the January 2107 luncheon |
 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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 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 |
 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 |
Events
Jane Graupman, executive director of the International Institute of Minnesota, is a tireless advocate for new Americans in our community. As the featured speaker for our September Forum, she will provide a primer on their contributions and the challenges they face.
Our next Armchair Traveler program will take us to South Korea with Marilyn DeLong, and to Japan with Kathy Jensen and Gary Engstrand.
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.
The UMRA Photo Club welcomes all UMRA members with an interest in photography. "Perspective" is the theme for October 11.
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
UMRA’s October health insurance workshop will feature a discussion of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and what it means for beneficiaries of Medicare. Staff from the U of M Office of Human Resources will then present their annual update on the University’s retiree health plans.
UMRA members Lee and Kevina Munnich will discuss how they have combined visiting their ancestral homelands with their travels in Europe when the Family History Interest Group meets via Zoom on October 19.
Mary Jane Towle will lead the discussion of This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger when the UMRA Book Club meets via Zoom at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 21.
Guest speaker Jessica Hellmann, Ph.D., is executive director and Ecolab Chair in Environmental Leadership at the U of M Institute on the Environment and a professor in the College of Biological Sciences Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. She will share with us the critical role that universities have to play in addressing the climate crisis.
The 19th-century novel Notes from the Underground is the selection for the meeting of UMRA's Fourth Friday Book Club on October 28.
Matt Guttman will give a webinar on Estate planning.
Review 2021 estate planning webinar.
Stephanie Daily will lead the discussion of West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge when the UMRA Book Club meets via Zoom at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 18.
Todd J. Koch, CPA, MBT, CFP /JAK Partner, has again invited UMRA members to attend the year-end tax planning presentation for JAK clients.