Like teamwork? Join the Silver Gopher Service Corps
If getting to know more retiree colleagues and serving the University community were among your goals in joining UMRA, sign up for one of the Silver Gopher Service Corps volunteer projects and come for the fun—and teamwork!
The Silver Gopher Service Corps was launched in 2023 with recognition that many UMRA members like opportunities to get to know each other better, and also are interested in using their energies and talents in service to the University and broader community.
Silver Gopher projects are open to all UMRA members. These projects are selected because they support a team-oriented volunteer experience in addition to filling an important service need.
Greeting prospective students and their family supporters on campus, assisting with food distribution in communities experiencing food insecurity, or helping restore natural habitats are among the upcoming Silver Gopher projects.
For questions, please email Jerry Rinehart.
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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.