Events

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Estate Planning

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Matt Guttman will give a webinar on Estate planning.

A review of past webinars is good preparation for the fall 2022 programs.  Review 2021 estate planning webinar.

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Photo Club to meet February 8

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“Backlit or backlighting” will be the theme when the UMRA Photo Club meets by Zoom on February 8. All UMRA members with an interest in photography are welcome. More …

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Backlit Bunnies

Book Notes | This Tender Land

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This Tender Land is an epic coming-of-age story set in Minnesota during the summer of 1932. It chronicles a mesmerizing journey of four children who escape the horrors of the Lincoln Indian Training School and sneak away in a canoe in search of a home.

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This Tender Land, book cover

Gopher Women’s Basketball November 20—join the fun!

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UMRA has reserved a block of 30 seats for the Gophers vs. Presbyterian College game at Williams Arena on Sunday afternoon, November 20. Email Will Craig to purchase your tickets by November 4.

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‘Signs’ is the theme for November Photo Club meeting

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'Signs' will be the theme when the UMRA Photo Club meets in person on Tuesday, November 8. Newcomers are welcome!

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Kevina and Lee Munnich

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Kevina and Lee Munnich gave a presentation on "Family History Tourism".  They shared information about 4 different sites and insights into their family's history. 

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Kevina and Lee Munnich

3-Minute Thesis Competition, Graduate School

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This is one of the Graduate School's signature events which challenges graduate students to communicate the significance of their research to a non-expert audience, using one slide, in just three minutes.

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Como Lakeside hike

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Please join us to hike around Como Lake. This will be a moderately paced hike of around 5 miles on a level paved pathway. Shorter options are available for those that want to hike less.

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Hidden Falls hike

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We'll explore Hidden Falls Regional Park in Saint Paul. This will be an easy 4 to 5 miles with most of it along the Mississippi River. Hope for early fall colors!

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Fourth Friday Book Club October meeting

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The 19th-century novel Notes from the Underground is the selection for the meeting of UMRA's Fourth Friday Book Club on October 28.

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Notes from the Underground, book cover

Korea and Japan: September 2022 Armchair Traveler

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At this presentation, we traveled to South Korea with Marilyn DeLong and to Japan with Kathy Jensen and Gary Engstrand.

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Photo Club to meet March 12

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The March meeting of UMRA’s Photo Club will begin with a presentation on photo composition by photojournalist David Hansen. 

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Book Notes | The Personal Librarian

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This historical novel tells a compelling story about the archivist and librarian who developed the Pierpont Morgan Library into a world-class collection in the early 20th century and kept secret her African American heritage her whole professional life.

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The Personal Librarian

Tax Efficient Distributions to Family and Charities

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Todd J. Koch, CPA, MBT, CFP /JAK Partner, has again invited UMRA members to attend the year-end tax planning presentation for JAK clients.

You may review the fall 2021 presentation recording and slides
Please start at 00:01:51 due to technical issues.

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'Perspective' is the theme for October Photo Club meeting

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The UMRA Photo Club welcomes all UMRA members with an interest in photography. "Perspective" is the theme for October 11.

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