From the President
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
2025-05: Thank you for this opportunity to serveAll good things come to an end, and my term as president of UMRA is nearly over. It has been a pleasure to serve as your president, and I look forward to continuing to volunteer in various roles. More...
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Book Notes | ‘The Frozen River’
Event Date:Author Ariel Lawhon's book of historical fiction is based on the real life of Martha Ballard, a midwife and healer in 1789 colonial Maine. Members of the UMRA Book Club liked the first-person narrative with Martha telling the story. Also, the descriptions of the woods and landscape, the Ballard mill, and the Kennebec River. It is a good read. More...
Financial fraud losses are increasing exponentially
Event Date:It is not the level of one’s intelligence that makes people vulnerable to financial scams. But thinking you’re immune to scams can make you more vulnerable. And, despite efforts to make people aware of financial scams, fraud losses are increasing exponentially, according to Jay Haapala, head of AARP’s Fraud Watch Network and the guest presenter for UMRA’s May 2025 Living Well Workshop. More...
Election of UMRA’s 2025–26 officers and directors
The election of UMRA officers and new board members for 2025–26 will be conducted via an online poll from May 12 to 18, with the results to be announced at our annual meeting on May 20. Sally Gregory Kohlstedt leads the slate of nominees as president-elect. She came to the University of Minnesota in 1989 as a professor and associate dean, and retired in 2018.
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Letter to President Cunningham and Provost Croson
On April 30, the UMRA Board of Directors sent a letter to University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham and Provost Rachel Croson expressing the Board's support for the University admnistration as it confronts the legal, ethical, and moral challenges created by the current federal leadership.
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Rwanda and the British Columbia Coast
Event Date:The April 23, 2025 Armchair Traveler Program featured Ceeya Patton-Bolman sharing insights, maps, and photos based on her 20 years of experience in Rwanda, and Gene Allen sharing pictures, maps, and information about the British Columbia Coast and its San Juan and Gulf Islands. More...
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