Events

The Best of Portugal: From the Age of Discovery to Today

Spain at a Slower Pace: The Best of Barcelona and Madrid

Spend eight nights in Madrid and Barcelona in 2025. Express your interest by March 7, 2025.

The Best of the Canadian Maritimes

Independent City Discoveries: Québec City

Spend four nights in Québec City in 2025. Express your interest by October 2, 2024.

Discoveries Along the Douro: Portugal’s Best-Kept Secrets

Spend 9 nights on the Douro River in Portugal in 2025. Express your interest by June 7, 2024.

Mexico City: History, Art, Culture and Politics

Cabinet of Curiosities: Herbarium Collection

Cabinets of Curiosities will seek out the University of Minnesota Herbarium on the St Paul Campus.  Tim Whifeld, Collections Manager, will share his knowledge of that amazing collection and explain its critical importance in the twenty-first century. Botanists study these pressed plants, individually and collectively, to estsblish a history of plant life, often over centuries, because they contain compelling evidence of the ever modulating geographical distribution of plants and evidence of how climate, pests, and other factors have changed species over time. 

Signature City St. Augustine

Income Tax Year End Moves for 2024 & 2025 filing

Presented by Andy Whitman, PhD, Licensed Attorney, Tax Preparer & Volunteer Financial Planner at Prepare + Prosper.

Choose the moves that are right for you. Everyone's tax situation is different, consult with a tax professional to come up with a financial plan well before year end.

Cabinets of Curiosity: Kerlan Collection

The Kerlan is one of the world’s leading collections of rare books, manuscripts, and original art of children’s literature. It contains the work of more the 1,700 authors and illustrators from the 19th and 20th centuries to today, and it is the founding and largest collection within the University’s Children’s Literature and Research Collections.

Life & Estate Plans: Life, Incapacity, and Gifting

Estate Planning Attorney Matt Guttman discusses trusts and other estate planning issues.

Tropical Costa Rica

The Retiree Association at Winona State is inviting UMRA members to join them a trip to Costa Rica in 2024. The final date to register is October 2, 2023. You're encouraged to register some time in August as spaces will fill up.

Absolute Southwest — A Canyonlands Adventure

Your UMRA Travel Committee has added a new Road Scholar tour in 2024 for members, "On the Road: Absolute Southwest - A Canyon Lands Adventure." The journey begins on Monday, October 28, 2024 to Friday, November 8, 2024. Register by May 1.

Splendid Spain

This trip begins in Madrid and ends in Barcelona with stops 3 cities in between. International round trip airfare from NYC is included in the quoted price. See the attached a copy of the e-brochure with highlights and complete itinerary.  Register by May 1.

Financial Life in Retirement

Topics relevant to managing investments in retirement.  By David Foster, CFP©, CRPC©, CRPS©