
Be all you can be as a University retiree!!
With the University of Minnesota Retirees Association (UMRA).
UMRA has a new telephone number. It is 612-626-4403. Messages are checked and processed on a daily basis.
The Call for Proposals to the UMN retiree small grant program has been released. Proposals are due December 15, 2009. The Office of the Vice President for Research and the University of Minnesota Retirees Association announce the second cycle of Professional Development Grants. More details are in the 2009-2010 Call for Proposals. Last year's winning grantees are listed and their projects described on our grants page.
Mark your calendars! The next UMRA luncheon meeting of the new term will be Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 11:30 am. The speaker is John Freeman, Distinguished McKnight Professor of Political Science and Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. "Democracy and Markets." Note special instructions for November reservations.
This web site has been updated and revised with the help of the U Relations Department. Send any suggestions for additional improvement to the webmaster. (See link below.)
Beginning this academic year, retirees joining UMRA for the first time get a 60% reduction in fees. This "introductory membership" costs only $10 for a single or $15 for a couple for the first year.
New officers were elected at the annual meeting in May. All the officers, new and continuing, are listed in About Us.
New Benefit of Membership! The Campus Club now offers a membership fee discount to UMRA members. And more! For further details on this and all discounts, see Member Benefits & How to Join.
We hope you find this website useful and we invite you to send comments and suggestions to the Webmaster, Ron Anderson, at rea@umn.edu

