University of Wisconsin - Madison
Join us for conversation and food !
Join fellow UWRA members for breakfast (or a cup of coffee or tea) at Elie's Family Restaurant (formerly known as Green Forest Restaurant). Members gather once a month for breakfast and lively conversation.
You can check out Elie's website.
Do you have photos, home movies and videos, cassette tapes, and who knows what in a box under the bed or on a thumb drive in a drawer calling for your attention? Or thousands of photos on your phone or computer or in the cloud? Not sure how even to begin organizing, preserving, sharing, and passing on these memories? Need some motivation to get started?
October is Family History Month and National Archives Month, and the time is perfect to join your UWRA colleagues for an introduction to options for preserving your memories digitally. Using results from this past May’s survey of members, UWRA Member Jane Richard will discuss reasons for preserving your memories, outline steps in the process, suggest how to choose whether to do this yourself or work with a professional service, and how to find resources for learning more.
If you imagine yourself as a DIY-er or feel uneasy sending your memorabilia to someone else, UWRA Member Scott Springman will show you a couple of relatively easy methods to digitize a few–or even a large number of–pictures and suggest how AI might help.
Joyal Holder, Owner and Chief Preservation Officer of Holder Printworks of Madison, which helps preserve family memories, will describe what it’s like to work with a professional to archive your legacy.
After these informal presentations, we will have plenty of time for you to ask questions and share some of your experiences.
If you have preliminary questions for the speakers, please send to Program Coordinators Brad Hughes at bthughes@wisc.edu, Jane Richard at janemrichard@gmail.com, Scott Springman at srspring@wisc.edu and Kathy Christoph at kathy.christoph@gmail.com by Friday, September 13.
Food Pantry Contributions:
Checks payable to UW-Foundation, with "Open Seat" on the memo line may be mailed to UWRA, 21 North Park Street, Room 7205, Madison, WI 53715-1218.
Registration Deadline: Monday, September 16
Registration:
Advance registration is required. You are encouraged to register online. To register by phone or email, call the Association office. If you or your guest registered for this seminar but cannot attend, please cancel your registration online, or email/call the UWRA office.
NOTE: The weblink and virtual call information will be included in the meeting reminders registrants receive.
UW-Madison Retirement Association 21 N Park St, Room 7205 Madison WI 53715-1218 608-262-0641 retireassn@mailplus.wisc.edu
Advance registration is required.
NOTE: The weblink and virtual call information will be
included in the meeting reminders registrants receive.
To register by phone or email, contact:
Retirement Opportunities Committee (ROC) offers programs and activities to help UWRA members live a rewarding retirement, all the while making new friends and having fun!
Program categories include: Health in Aging; Nature; Culture/Intellectual; Government/Political; Home Concerns; Social Justice; University Updates, and History, etc. The committee coordinates the "Activities in Retirement" column in the monthly newsletter.
Interested in possibly joining the committee? You are invited to attend a committee meeting to check it out. Please register.
Advance registration is required in order to receive virtual call information. To register by phone or email, call or email
Get a breath of fresh, country air while connecting with friends in the wide-open spaces at Apple Holler. On the 78-acre family farm, it is easy to safely social distance while having bushels of fun. Besides picking peaches, pears, and apples, guests can also stroll the picturesque rolling hills of our orchards and explore a breathtaking forest of 150-year-old oak trees, which is home to wildlife like deer, birds, and much more!
The magic of Apple Holler actually started thousands of years ago with the sun rising over the Great Lakes and the rich soil created by the mighty glacier. It’s the pristine water from the ancient Inland Sea and the magic and excitement in the air on warm summer days and crisp autumn nights.
You'll enjoy apple picking, farm tram tour, farmyard animals following a home cooked lunch on the Farm, shopping in the store. Of course, there will be pies and cider donuts.
In our way home, we'll stop by a local bakery for a tour and sweet treats!
This is a UWRA and Verona Senior Center partnered travel opportunity. Register now to join the fun. Seating is limited, so register today!
$106 per person and includes bus transportation, driver tip, orchard admission, homemade lunch on the farm, apples & treats.
(Return times are approximate)
Return Verona Senior Center
Lunch includes turkey gobbler sandwich, potato salad, strawberry apple chips, pickle, beverage, hot apple pie with ice cream.
Register online. Mailed in reservations using the Registration Form and checks are accepted. Registrations much be received no later than Noon on Friday, August 30, 2024.
UWRA refunds an event fee if cancelled prior to the registration deadline. Refunds after the registration deadline are only processed if a wait-listed registrant can attend. Refunds made by check.
Contact trip coordinator Sandi Haase at (sandi.haase@wisc.edu) or the UWRA office at 608-262-0641.
Interested in a multi-day trip in 2025? Our travel partner, the Verona Senior Center, has teamed with Collette Travel to offer two multi-day trips in 2025.
See a stunning display of vibrant foliage while traveling from historic Boston to the coast of Maine -- Colors of New England (October 3-10).
Experience breathtaking views and priceless artifacts on the Classical Greece tour (November 9-19). Click on the links to learn more.
A representative from Collette is offering an information session on both of these 2025 tours. Come and join us at the Verona Senior Center to learn more about the trips.
Registration not required. Simply check in at the Senior Center Front Desk when you arrive.
For more information contact:
A team led by Arlene Larson, Federal Health Programs and Policy Manager at the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds, will present a seminar on the health care coverage options available to UW employees and retirees in 2025.
The presentation will include an overview of changes to benefits and participating insurers for 2025. In addition to Arlene’s review of the upcoming enrollment virtual forums, key dates, and Medicare rate changes.
The 2025 Wisconsin Group Health Insurance open enrollment period will begin September 30 and end October 25. The It’s Your Choice 2025 Decision Guide is scheduled to be mailed by September 20. However, all information included in the Decision Guide will be available on the ETF website (etf.wi.gov) on September 30.
Visit the ETF website for the latest information about open enrollment, including webinar offerings.
If you have preliminary questions for the speaker, please send to Program Coordinator Kathy Zweifel at kazweife@wisc.edu by Thursday, September 19.
Registration Deadline: Monday, September 23
Registration: Advance registration is required. You are encouraged to register online. To register by phone or email, call the Association office. If you or your guest registered for this seminar but cannot attend, please cancel your registration online, or email/call the UWRA office.
Parking:
Click here for a printable map of Oakwood Community Grounds for Parking and Room location.
UW-Madison Retirement Association 21 N Park St, Room 7205 Madison WI 53715-1218 608-262-0641
Monthly planning meeting of the Committee on Financial Matters in Retirement (CFMR).
The Committee offers monthly programs on topics dealing with financial matters in retirement. The topics include seminars on State health insurance coverages, federal and state tax changes, estate planning, management fees to invest, administer and dissolve a trust, how to protect against identity theft and other economic topics of interest to our members.
For further information, contact either Chair Jack Sorenson at jwsoren1@gmail.com or Co-Chair Jurgen Patau at jrpatau@wisc.edu
The Employee Benefits and Resource Fair is an annual tradition at UW‒Madison, timed to correspond with the start of the annual benefits enrollment period for all employees. The Fair is a one-stop shop to learn about many of the services and opportunities available. One of the main purposes of the Employee Benefits and Resource Fair is to provide help with annual benefits enrollment (September 30-October 25, 2024).
For a complete list of event features, visit the Employee Benefits and Resource Fair web page . The event is free, and there is no need to register in advance.
Professor Barry Burden will offer an analysis of the upcoming presidential election from the perspective of a political scientist. The presentation will illuminate the ways that the current campaign reflects and deviates from previous election cycles and what factors are likely to drive the results in Wisconsin and across the country.
Barry Burden is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Elections Research Center, and the Lyons Family Chair in Electoral Politics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Burden's research and teaching focus on U.S. elections, public opinion, representation, and the U.S. Congress. His recent research examines aspects of election administration and voter participation.
He is the author of Personal Roots of Representation, co-editor with Charles Stewart of The Measure of American Elections, co-author with David Kimball of Why Americans Split Their Tickets, and editor of Uncertainty in American Politics. Burden has published articles in journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Election Law Journal.
Burden earned his Ph.D. at The Ohio State University and was a faculty member at Harvard University before joining UW-Madison in 2006. He is affiliated with the La Follette School of Public Affairs, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Center for Demography of Health and Aging. At UW-Madison he is involved with First-Generation Badgers and BadgersVote. He has been an expert witness in multiple court cases and legislative hearings concerning changes to election laws and practices.
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If you have preliminary questions for the speaker, please send to Program Coordinator Michael Bernard-Donals at michael.bernarddonals@wisc.edu by Thursday, October 3.
Checks payable to UW-Foundation, with "Open Seat" on the memo line may be mailed to UWRA at the address below.
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 7.
Join members of the Verona Senior Center on a multi-day international tour.
Our travel partner, the Verona Senior Center, has teamed with Collette Travel to offer a multi-day trip to Sunny Portugal with an optional 5-day, 4-night Madeira Island Post Tour Extension in 2024.
The trip leaves Madison and heads for Lisbon. Highlights include choice on tour: "Calcadas" Walking Tour or "the Way of the Cod" tour, Belem, Cork Factory, Evora, Winery Visit, Alentejo, Lagos, Algarve, Silves, Setubal, Portuguese Riviera, Obidos, Sintra, Choice of tour: National Palace of Sintra or Free Time, UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Prices include round trip air from Dane County Regional airport, air taxes and fees/surcharges, hotel transfers. and 14 meals. Does not include cancellation waiver and insurance.
Registration is made directly through Collette at: "Discover Sunny Portugal"
An informational meeting about this tour is scheduled for:
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
1:00 P.M.
Verona Senior Center, 108 Paoli Street, Verona
Questions
Contact the UWRA office at 608-262-0641 or trip coordinator Sandi Haase at (sandi.haase@wisc.edu).
Kathy Kuntz is the Director of the Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change in Madison, Wisconsin where she leads climate action efforts both internal to County operations and countywide. Dane County is on track to be carbon neutral in its facilities, fleet and land conservation efforts by 2030. Consistent with the County’s 2020 climate action plan, they aim to cut countywide emissions in half by 2030.
Kathy has almost 30 years of experience implementing programs focused on resource efficiency and climate action. Prior to joining Dane County Kathy led Cool Choices, a nonprofit that worked with businesses and local governments on sustainable practices and prior to that Kathy led Focus on Energy, Wisconsin’s statewide energy efficiency and renewable energy program.
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Committee on Financial Matters in Retirement and the Retirement Opportunities Committe. If you have preliminary questions for the speaker, please email them in advance to program coordinators Tom Eggert at tleggert@wisc.edu and Jack Sorenson at jwsoren1@gmail.com by Wednesday, October 23.
Registration Deadline: Friday, October 25
James Tarp holds an MBA and is an Enrolled Agent (EA), specializing in guiding individuals through complex tax scenarios and providing strategic planning advice. Passionate about creating holistic financial strategies, he specializes in seamlessly integrating tax and financial plans to help clients build their legacy.
Taylor Robson, also an EA and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), combines his extensive knowledge in personal finance with a focus on integrating tax strategies with broader retirement goals. Taylor takes pride in working closely with clients to develop comprehensive plans and is dedicated to ensuring they have a clear understanding of every aspect of their financial strategy.
Join us for the annual tax update discussion about all things of interest to seniors!
If you have preliminary questions for the speaker, please send to Program Coordinators Don Miner at dlminer655@gmail.com and Sandi Haase at sandi.haase@wisc.edu, by Monday, November 4
Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 31
Join us for a conversation about bone health as we age with Christina Morganti, Associate Professor in Department of Orthopedics and Director of Bone Health.
Dr. Morganti began her private practice career in September 1999 after earning a sports medicine fellowship from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in July 1999. Her medical school and internship was completed at the State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Syracuse. After a year of research at Tufts University in Boston, Dr. Morganti completed her residency in orthopaedic surgery at SUNY in 1998. During residency she studied strength training and aging and its effects on bone density, muscles and balance Dr. Morganti was Board Certified in July 2002 by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
More details to follow.
If you have preliminary questions for the speaker, please send to Program Coordinator Millard Susman at msusman@wisc.edu by Tuesday, November 5.
Registration Deadline: Friday, November 8.
