Happy New Year!
Mark your brand-new 2023 calendar with upcoming Senior Academy highlights.
We are hosting a mix of web-delivered and in-person events in late winter and spring. The topics span financial planning, keeping physically active, choosing wines, and the history of Eagle Creek Park. New this year—the first of a series of Meet and Greets at local retirement communities where many SA members live. Stay tuned for details!
Our events this year will incorporate memories from Senior Academy’s 30 years, culminating in a big celebration of our 30th anniversary in the fall. Watch your email for invitations to all the events.
Last Lecture speaker Dr. Sherry Queener accepts an honorarium from Dee Metaj, former vice president for development, Indianapolis, at IU Foundation, and Georgia Miller, president of the IUPUI Senior Academy Board of Directors. Queener announced she would donate her honorarium to the Senior Academy Scholarship Funds.
Photo provided by the IUPUI Office of Academic Affairs.
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News about The Last Lecture:
- Nominations are now open for 2023. Jean Robertson, chair of the Last Lecture committee, has announced that the Call for 2023 speaker nominations is now open. The nomination portal will be open until Sunday, February 12, 2023, at midnight. Nominators should provide a 2- to 4-page letter of nomination, accompanied by a CV of the individual you are nominating. Further guidelines are available on our website.
- Dr. Sherry Queener was a huge hit at the 2022 Last Lecture program. The video recording of her inspiring and good-humored presentation, “Fighting Fair,” is now posted on the Senior Academy website.
Ongoing interest group activities:
- The SA Book Club meets over Zoom on January 18, 2023, to discuss Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer. The February 15th book selection is An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden World around Us by Ed Yong. Register for each to get the Zoom link.
- String Theory begins regular meetings in January. The group meets in a member’s home on the second Tuesday of each month at 4:30 p.m. to knit and crochet cold weather accessories for those in need. Register to get details.
SA sponsors students at the MLK dinner:
- Senior Academy will be represented at the campus’s annual MLK celebration dinner on January 15, 2023, at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. We sponsor four student tickets to the annual dinner. Board member Russell Vertner will host the students this year at the SA table. Also attending, SA member Michael Cohen and his daughter. One more seat is available for a Senior Academy member; contact Russell Vertner (moc[dot]oohay[at]rentrevr) to make arrangements.
Follow Senior Academy on Social Media!
- Our brand new Flickr feed displays photos from recent SA events, including the Holiday Dinner, the 2022 Last Lecture, our many volunteer events, and more. Have a look!
- Our Senior Academy Facebook has undergone a facelift. Follow our news and photos on Facebook, too.
- The SA website is regularly updated, so you can register for upcoming events, research past events, learn about ways to give through Senior Academy, and see what some of our members are up to.
- The Member Center is another good way to connect with people. Remember that person you saw in the hall or in line at the coffee shop every morning? You can contact them through the Member Center. You can also receive timely news about your areas of interest by signing up.
For questions and comments, contact us at ude[dot]iupui[at]ymedacas.
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