Operational needs: Help make UMRA run
This will be a new regular column where you can find current organizational tasks that need your help!
Member Portal Renewal Cycle Manager
Do you like databases? Would you enjoy working with our many members to help them use the new Member Portal to join, and to renew, and to use the many features of the system. Virgil will continue as mentor to transition.
- Answer member questions
- Track who has paid membership, or if someone is having difficulty
- Welcome new members when they join UMRA through our Portal
Contact Virgil at [email protected].
JOIE
The committee chair provides leadership for the UMRA JOIE Committee. Also, the chair writes the annual report on the committee’s work and annually updates the UMRA JOIE toolkit.
The committee partners with several liaisons to carry out its mission to recruit and publish interesting articles from university retirees and others for publication on the University’s Digital Conservancy.
Contact Kristine Bettin [email protected]
News
The Campus Club’s Dale Shephard Room provided a perfect venue for nearly 30 UMRA members and guests to interact with University of Minnesota Vice President Chris Gade for UMRA’s first Campus Conversation. His presentation focused on the new vision and strategy for University Marketing Communications.
Meet UMRA member and photojournalist David Hansen. He devoted nearly 50 years working for the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station to promote University of Minnesota research discoveries, in pictures. “I loved my University work. Every day,” he said.
Professor Emeritus John Romano is the newest member of the University Retirees Volunteer Center Leadership Council. Throughout his University experience, he has been a leader among those providing mental health support for students on campus.
I grew up surrounded by positive people. My parents both lived to be 98, and I never heard either of them complain as they grew older. In that spirit, I’d like to share with you some thoughts on the advantages of getting older, as I experience it.
The Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE) invites you to join retirees from across the country at the biennial 2026 AROHE Conference taking place October 6–8 in Gainesville, Florida.