Events

Cancelled: Ancient Egypt & Nile River Cruise

This trip has been cancelled.  

Smartours is offering a trip to Egypt, visiting cities along the Nile and a 3 day Nile cruise for $3,749 per person, double occupancy, RT from N.Y., on 3 dates.

Winter celebration and songs to bring the light

Join UMRA members at Midland Hills Country Club in Roseville for an afternoon of comradery, food, and entertainment. After an hour of mingling and nosh, the highlight of this mid-winter event will be an hour of song and music by Twin Cities musicians Dane Stauffer and Dan Chouinard.

Prepayment of $35 per person, or $38 after January 5

Fourth Friday Book Club to welcome special guest Julie Schumacher

.UMRA’s Fourth Friday Book Club discuss Dear Committee Members with special guest and New York Times bestselling author Julie Schumacher when it meets via Zoom on January 26.

Knowing Iceland

Event Date: January 24, 2024, at 10:00 AM

For our Armchair Traveler Program on January 24, 2024, Kate Maple took us to western Iceland.  Her photos are incredible and her descriptions are informative and poetic.  She and her friend and traveling companion Michelle Schermann had an amazing experience exploring some lesser-known parts of Iceland and we had an amazing experience hearing all about it and seeing amazing pictures.

Book Notes | ‘Fox Creek’

Event Date: January 19, 2024, at 2:00 PM

Set in the Northwoods of Minnesota, 'Fox Creek,' the 19th book in the Cork O’Connor mystery series by William Kent Krueger, is about the conflict between Native and white people in the use of natural resources in both the U.S. and Canada.

Photo Club January meeting

"Reflections" will be the theme when the UMRA Photo Club holds its first meeting of the new year on January 9.

Reframing your identity

Event Date: January 30, 2024, at 12:00 PM - January 30, 2024, at 1:30 PM

The first session of the three-part “Reimagining Retirement” series developed by the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education featured University of Toronto sociology professor Michelle Pannor Silver, PhD. She discussed how careful planning for late career transitions can honor one’s lifelong commitment to work. 

Tax update 2023 and 2024

Topics include tax changes; tax reducing moves required now and tax management in 2024.

Employee Benefits course: An Oxford style debate

Andy Whitman's Employee Benefits class will be holding an Oxford style debate on four different topics. During the debate a Board of Distinguished Professionals questions each Team, and finally comments on Team performance after the end of the debates.

Solving the Mystery of a Grandfather’s Death

Event Date: December 6, 2023, at 10:00 AM

Knowing your family’s medical history is important for everyone, especially as we become more aware of the role played by genetics in many medical conditions. See this video of Michelle Casey, previously a senior research fellow in the School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy & Management, as she presents her trek through family medical history.

December 4 hike

Please join us for an invigorating hike from The Monument located at the intersection of Mississippi RIver Blvd and Summit Avenue in St. Paul to Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis and back.  This hike is on paved trails, approximately 5.5 miles in length, and will be at a pace suitable to the weather.

Book Club II to meet December 1

UMRA’s Fourth Friday Book Club will discuss The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy when it meets on Friday, December 1. This is a departure from the usual fourth Friday meeting to accommodate the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. 

Santa Fe and Taos: A tale of two cities

Get an insider's perspective on Santa Fe and Taos alongside local artists, exploring the Georgia O'Keeffe museum, enjoying traditional music and learning about native cultures. The deadline for reserving a space is June 2, 2023.

Book Notes | ‘Strongmen from Mussolini to the Present’

Event Date: November 17, 2023, at 2:00 PM

The topic covered by this well-researched and carefully documented history is depressing but very important as the battle between democracy and autocracy continues around the world today.

Share pictures and laughter with the UMRA Photo Club

The UMRA Photo Club welcomes all UMRA members with an interest in photography. We share “theme” and “photographer choice” pictures, we ask questions, and we laugh a lot.