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.
Major stock market indices are at or near all-time highs, The Federal Reserve successfully managed a “soft-landing,” avoiding a recession, bringing inflation rates to “targeted” levels, and subsequently cut interest rates, a harbinger of increased economic growth. All indicators point to the economy as being in “good” shape. However, there are loud complaints that some commodities, most notably food and gasoline prices, are still too high, and that wage growth has lagged, thus projecting the perception of lingering high inflation.
Join us when Steve Rick, Director and Chief Economist at TruStage (formerly CUNA Mutual Group), answers to these and many more economic and financial questions.
Steve’s primary responsibilities at TruStage includes conducting strategic research, analysis, and forecasting of the financial services industry with special emphasis on the consumer and credit union markets.
His forecasts serve as a starting point for the strategic planning process and help to create a clear understanding of the underlying trends and links between the general economy, the financial services industry, and policy owners. Steve publishes the Credit Union Trends Report, a monthly “pulse check” on the economic state of the credit union movement. He has authored a textbook on asset-liability management for credit union executives.
Steve is one of our most popular presenters, so this promises to be an enlightening and entertaining session on our economy.
If you have preliminary questions for the speaker, please send to Program Coordinators Jack Sorensen at jwsoren@gmail.com and Judith Taylor at judithtaylor@charter.net by Wednesday, December 11, 2024.
Parking:
Click here for a printable map of Oakwood Community Grounds for Parking and Room location.
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: Friday, December 13, 2024
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
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
Electronic Technology Committee assists members in staying abreast of changing electronic technology, which includes devices such as computers, tablets, telephones, cameras, printers, and software applications.
Interested in possibly joining the committee? You are invited to attend a committee meeting to check it out. Contact Chair Rachel Baker at rachel.baker@wisc.edu for virtual meeting details.
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
MEETING FORMAT This is a hybrid meeting format. Attendees will be able to attend in-person or virtually using zoom link. Please indicate how you will attend when registering.
Pottery is made by forming a clay body into objects of desired shape and heating them to very high temperatures which induces reactions that lead to permanent changes including increasing the strength and rigidity of the object. Much pottery is purely utilitarian, but some may also be regarded as ceramic art.
Have you ever wondered what it is like to work with clay to “throw a pot” or hand-build a vessel? Now’s your opportunity!
Donzghu Pottery Studio LLC hosts groups to experience working with clay. Prior skill is not needed.
Join us for a fun and creative afternoon. You will have the opportunity to experience throwing on a wheel and hand-building. Your pieces will then be finished, fired, and ready for pick-up in approximately 4 weeks.
You may just discover that you want to dive into the world of ceramics and unleash your creativity!
Class is limited to 15 participants. Register early. If greater interest, activity will be repeated at a future date.
Please note that clay can be messy, wo it is recommended wearing clothes that you don't mind getting dirty!
This is a self-drive activity.
$67 per person and covers all class fees, firing your creations, and two take home projects.
Register online. Mailed in reservations using the registration form and checks are accepted. Registrations much be received no later than Noon on Tuesday, December 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.
Questions
Contact the UWRA office at retireassn@mailplus.wisc.edu (608-262-0641) or trip coordinator Sandi Haase at (sandi.haase@wisc.edu).
UW-Madison Retirement Association 21 N Park St, Room 7205 Madison WI 53715-1218 608-262-0641
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:
Details to follow
Tom Eggert has emeritus status at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he developed classes in sustainability and systems thinking. He taught the first class on sustainability at UW in 1994 and has received numerous teaching awards. He served on the UW task force that created the Office of Sustainability, he was a Fulbright Scholar to Latvia (where he taught classes on sustainability) and he was one of the co-developers of the School of Business’ certificate in Business, Environment & Social Responsibility. In 2008, he founded the WI Sustainable Business Council, and served as the Executive Director until his retirement in 2018. In addition, he founded and oversees Wisconsin Microfinance; a non-profit that raises money for microloans.
If you have preliminary questions for the speakers, please email them in advance to program coordinator and speaker Tom Eggert at tleggert@wisc.edu by Tuesday, January 14.
Registration Deadline: Friday, January 17
We will start our day with a stop at the Sheboygan Area Visitor Center to stretch our legs and refresh. Located inside the Visitor Center is the Science on a Sphere (SOS) exhibit, a suspended spherical screen projecting online data sets transforming it into a giant animated planet.
