Letter from Our Executive Director
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It takes collaborating with the devoted members of the Board of Directors, as well as the emeriti community at large, to create more visibility for and grow the Emeriti Center. I am pleased that in the year since I became Executive Director, together we have increased awareness of the accomplishments of membership, and established more partnerships with both university and community groups, all in the spirit of UC's strategic plan
Next Lives Here.
Key to the continued development of the Center is the use of digital platforms to communicate message and engage audiences, emeriti and non-emeriti alike. In July 2019, we launched the Emeriti Center's official YouTube channel. With this video platform, we are able to share presentations from the established Luncheon Speaker Series and the new EmeriTALKS interview series with a global audience. Speakers, who participated in these events on campus, initially shared their expertise and stories with a live audience of emeriti and guests. Now, with edited versions of their presentations uploaded to the Emeriti Center's YouTube channel, these speakers reach new and exponentially larger audiences. As the metrics show, this is especially true with EmeriTALKS.
This kind of visibility, made possible by technology, is good for the Emeriti Center. More people know about our work. More people will want to participate in our events. Below in this newsletter, you will find links to our YouTube channel, as well as to individual speakers' videos. If you have not viewed the videos, I invite you to do so.
In addition to our YouTube channel, we are busy working with UC's Office of Digital Communications on a new website. This website will be a robust resource for information and news related to the Emeriti Center. When launched, the new site will be organized, user-friendly, accessible, and branded within the design framework of new UC websites: contemporary in appearance and functional across digital devices.
I am excited to work with all of you on the following tasks: communicating the mission of the Emeriti Center to audiences near and far; creating new visibility for our programming; and, inspiring audiences with the expertise of our members and partners. If you would like to share your ideas regarding this, please email me.
This version of the Spring 2019
Emeriti Connection
is updated from the one distributed on August 5. Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Peter DePietro
Provost Fellow/Executive Director of the Emeriti Center
Professor of Electronic Media/New Media
University of Cincinnati
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Letter from Our Board President
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It is late July and my dinner plate dahlias have just started to bloom. I am always amazed that though I plant them in April, it takes three months to see these stunning flowers. This should tell me something about the virtue of patience! Often good things take a long time.
The Emeriti Association has come a long way, thanks to the efforts of Bert Huether and many others. Today we have a 21 member Emeriti board, received approval in 2015 to be an Emeriti Center, and in 2018 hire an Executive Director, Peter DePietro. Now we are able to be a part of the new and innovative Faculty Enrichment Center (FEC). The Center will be a place for faculty (and former faculty) to come together for presentations, mentoring, social gatherings, collaborative work, or just have coffee with one another. The Emeriti Center (Association) will have our monthly meetings in the FEC, as well as several of our Speaker Series presentations. See details about the Speaker Series in this newsletter. The director of the FEC is Dr. Rita Kumar and the location is 540 Langsam Library We are also happy to report that there will be an administrative assistant who will be hired to assist several campus organizations, including the Emeriti Center.
As Peter mentioned in his letter, our new Website will be up and running soon. This is very exciting for us and we look forward to our members visiting the website often for information about what we are doing. Our new board has met this summer and approved this new mission statement:
“The mission of the University of Cincinnati Emeriti Center is to advocate for the interests of emeriti; to provide intellectual and social opportunities to emeriti; and to provide opportunities for emeriti to serve the University, local, and international communities.”
Our new committee structure will be listed on the website. Please read about these and I invite you to consider joining one of our committees.
The challenge grant from Gene and Dottie Lewis offered to the Emeriti Center received a total of $9,219.00. They would like the donations to go to the “Putting Retention 1st in the Zest of Excellence” (PR1ZE) Mentoring Program at UC. Our sincere thanks to Dottie and Gene, as well as all emeriti who donated to this cause.
UC hosted the 21st World Conference of WACE (Advancing Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education) August 5-7. Our campus was an especially fitting setting as UC is where cooperative education was founded. Several emeriti volunteered to assist in this event which had attendees from 30 different countries.
Now I am heading out to pick some dahlias which help me focus on the value of persistence and patience. Feel free to write to me if you have any questions about the Emeriti Center. And as always, I welcome your feedback and suggestions.
Pat Mezinskis
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In This Issue
A Busy Fall Planned for Emeriti
Association's Standing Committees
Second Act
AARP's Prepare to Care Initiative
AROHE News and Information
YouTube Channel Launched
Volunteer Opportunities
In Memoriam
University News
This Month in UC History
Scroll down for individual sections.
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A Busy Fall Planned for Emeriti
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Luncheon Speaker Series and EmeriTALKS
Fall 2019
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September
Susan Brammer, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Topic: Mental Health Issues for Older Adults
Date and time
: September 26, 11:30 AM Lunch, 12 noon - 1:00 PM Talk
Location:
Faculty Enrichment Center, Langsam Library, 5th Floor
Lunch cost and reservations:
Information will be forthcoming.
October
Marianne Lewis, PhD
Dean, Carl H. Lindner College of Business
Topic: TBD
Date and time:
October 24, 11:30 AM Lunch, 12 noon - 1:00 PM Interview
Location:
Carl H. Lindner College of Business, Rooms TBD
Lunch cost and reservations:
Information will be forthcoming.
Save the dates.
Details about speaker events will be forthcoming.
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Cultural Events and Community Engagement
Fall 2019
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September
Mount Adams Tour
Date and time
: September 15, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Attractions
: Immaculata Church, Rookwood Pottery, Passionist Monastery, Cincinnati’s last horse drawn fire company, the city’s oldest Irish pub, an 1890’s bowling alley and the site of the Mount Adams Inclined Plane Railroad.
Information
: The tour will be followed by a get-together at Mt. Adams Bar and Grill.
Charge
: $10 for tour
Emeritus contact
: Jim Steiner
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October
CCM Musical
Forty-Second Street
Date and time
: October 24, 7:30 PM
-or-
October 27, 2:00 PM
Musical numbers
: You’re Getting to be a Habit with Me, We’re in the Money, I Only Have Eyes for You, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Lullaby of Broadway, Shuffle Off to Buffalo, Forty-Second Street
Information:
The performance will be preceded by a social hour in the Baur room with a speaker from CCM Power. The maximum number of people who can attend the event is thirty.
Charge:
TBD
Emeritus contact
: Terry Milligan
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November
Artichoke Cooking Demonstration Class
Date and time
: November 19, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Topic
: Holiday cocktails
Location
: Artichoke store, 1824 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH
Information:
The maximum number people who can participate in the event is twelve.
Charge:
TBD
Emerita/Emeritus contact
: Karen Hughes/Bert Huether
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Emeriti Association's Standing Committees
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Committees for Academic Year 2019-2020
Below is a list of the standing committees and sub-committees for the year.
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Mentoring
Chair:
Bruce Ault
Undergraduate
Chair:
Bruce Ault
PR1ZE
Chair:
Bruce Ault
Members:
Joanna Mitro, Howard Tolley
UCBA
Contact:
Greg Metz
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Transition to Retirement
Chair:
Deborah Degroot-osswald
Members:
Lynn Davis, Mike Magazine
Pre-Retirement
Chair:
Geof Yager
Members:
Bert Huether, Tom Wagner
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Intellectual Opportunities
Luncheon Speaker Series/EmeriTALKS
Chair:
Ken Skau
Members:
Peter DePietro, Bert Huether
Health/Wellness
Chair:
Laura Kretschmer
Oral History
Members:
Peter DePietro, Bert Huether, Gene Lewis
International
Co-Chairs:
George Vredeveld, Ralph Katerberg
Members:
Jerry Paul, Anne-Marie Jezequel, Kathy Burlew, Ann Hoard,
Don Bogen, Dan Durbin, Cora Ogle, Connie Cooper, George Babcock,
Tim Sale
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Arts/Culture
Chair:
Terry Milligan
Members:
Bert Huether, Cynthia Lockhart, Mary Stucky
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Awards/Honors
Recognition Dinner
Co-Chairs:
Pat Kumpf, George Suckarieh
Members:
Peter DePietro, Pat Mezinskis
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Service
Chair:
Bob Endorf
Members:
Jeanie Wolf, Andrea Wall
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Membership and Development
Contact:
Pat Mezinskis
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For information about the list of Emeriti Association's committees,
please contact Pat Mezinskis, Board President.
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Michael Magazine, PhD
No Time To Slow Down
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The phrase
when one door closes another will open
describes well Professor Emeritus and Ohio Eminent Scholar Michael Magazine's journey in retirement. For this Second Act article, we interviewed Michael about his busy and exciting life, since stepping away from his passions of teaching and research at UC. And we learned he has new passions, many of them.
Michael, a New York City native, got his bachelor of science degree in mathematics from the City College of New York. He then ventured on to New York University, where he earned a master of science degree in operations management. His next move was to Florida, where he pursued a degree in industrial engineering and finally a PhD in operations research from the University of Florida.
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Michael credits his love of baseball and his admiration for New York City's home team, the Yankees, for the start of his research and work in the area of analytics. When attending Yankees' games, he would sit in the bleachers and record statistics of game activities, including players' performance on the field.
Initially, Michael did not think of incorporating his two passions of sports and mathematics into his professional life. However, at UC he would go on to create courses in the College of Business that merged the two.
The first course was Bracketology, which focussed on properly filling out the annual NCAA Basketball brackets, and covered strategies for selecting winning teams. The second course was Sports by the Numbers, which looked at on-field decision making from athletes, how organizations gauged ticket prices, how agents negotiated contracts with athletes, and sports betting. ESPN analyst Joe Lundari, standing to the right of Michael in the photograph, was a guest lecturer.
As a national expert on sports analytics, Michael has had the pleasure of visiting ESPN, where one of his former students is now an associate producer. In addition, Michael has involved his students in research for the National Hockey League.
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Another door has opened during Michael's second act. He is now an actor in Cincinnati. In 2011, he appeared as an extra in the
Ides of March,
a film which starred George Clooney. In 2015, he had a role as a New Yorker in the critically acclaimed film
Carol,
which starred Kate Blanchett. And in 2018, he appeared in a cameo role in the film
Gotti
, which starred John Travolta. All of these films were shot in the Cincinnati area. Michael has truly been bitten by the acting bug. He is taking acting lessons and very much enjoying them.
All in all, retirement is not a time to slow down. It is a time to try new things and open new doors!
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Photographs courtesy of Michael Magazine, PhD.
Do you happen to be in the middle of your own Second (or third) Act?
Email us
to let us know and you may find your story in a future newsletter.
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AARP's Prepare to Care Initiative
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Caregiving Workshops Urge Preparation
by Sarah Hollander
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Terry Supancic took on caregiving gradually over four years, from sorting medications for her mother, Teresa, and arranging meals to taking over her finances when dementia set in. By the time her mother died last year, at 92, Supancic had learned a wide range of practical skills and ways to deal with her emotions. Now she volunteers as an
AARP Prepare to Care
presenter, helping others create a caregiving plan for loved ones.
“I can look at that time, in hindsight, and go forward with real confidence,” said Supancic, 67, a retired pastoral associate from Warren. “Nowadays, there are more caregiver supports. We really want people to realize there are all these resources.”
Prepare to Care workshops are one of AARP Ohio’s initiatives—along with advocating for caregiver tax credits and more home-based services—to improve conditions for family caregivers in the state. The goal: to help people consider caregiving before a crisis hits.
AARP hosted training sessions this year for volunteer presenters in the Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Findlay areas. Those volunteers have gone on to give Prepare to Care talks at libraries, community centers, places of worship and organization meetings. “By doing this, we vastly multiply the number of presenters and will be able to reach so much more of the public,” said Ken Davis, AARP Ohio’s manager of outreach and volunteer engagement. He hopes they will host 75 sessions across the state by the end of the year.
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Caregiving needs increase
Prepare to Care covers what to expect and how to create a caregiving plan, including starting the conversation, setting goals, forming a team to help and reviewing finances. Common challenges are the reluctance of some parents to talk about money issues, and caring for people who’ve become angry or combative as a side effect of Alzheimer’s disease. “Caregivers just need to know they’re not alone,” Supancic said.
The program’s emphasis on creating a team (with help from siblings, relatives, friends and the community) and focusing on self-care resonated with the couple. “It can be all-encompassing and overwhelming,” said Josephine, a retired accountant. “If you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of someone else.”
Ohio has roughly 1.5 million family caregivers who provide nearly 1.4 billion hours of unpaid care a year, worth $16.5 billion. The state’s over-65 population is projected to increase during the next decade, so caregiving numbers will likely multiply, said Kelley Neal, AARP Ohio’s volunteer engagement specialist.
“America is aging,” she said. “The role of caregiver is growing.” Prepare to Care workshops are free and open to all.
To request a presentation or volunteer as a presenter, contact Neal at
ohvolunteers@aarp.org
or call 866-389-5653. For more information or a copy of the Prepare to Care guide,
www.aarp.org/caregiving
or call 877-333-5885 (English) or 888-971-2013 (Spanish).
This story is published with special permission by AARP Ohio. It originally appeared in The AARP Bulletin in June 2019.
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AROHE News and Information
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Newsletter from the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE)
UC emeriti can sign up for a free subscription to
AROHE Matters
e-newsletter by sending an email request to
info@arohe.org.
To view online copies of
AROHE Matters
click on the link below. The newsletter is a good resource for information about retirement in higher education.
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Online Video Platform and Archive
Recently, the Emeriti Center launched our first
YouTube channel
. On this digital platform, we present edited videos of the speakers who participated in the Luncheon Speaker Series and EmeriTALKS last spring semester.
This content is available to a global audience, thus spreading awareness of the Center's work collaborating with scholars, artists, and industry leaders across disciplines. We will continue to grow the channel with different sections and topics.
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Theatre as Art, Business, and Community Developer in the Digital Age
Terrence Milligan,
Mo
derator
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Direct-to-Consumer Ancestry Testing in the Age of Genetic Crime Solving
Diana Brightman, Speaker
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Transforming Cincinnati's Urban Core, An Economic and Social Metamorphosis
Danilo Palazzo,
Moderator
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Everything I Know, I Learned in Cincinnati: A Case Study of Collective Impact
Nancy Zimpher,
Speaker
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There are many volunteer opportunities for emeriti in Greater Cincinnati. Here are some.
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American Red Cross
American Red Cross Cincinnati-Dayton Region is always looking for enthusiastic volunteers ready whenever a crisis happens. Volunteering is simple. All you do is enter in your zip code on the American Red Cross website, and apply for various opportunities that are posted on the American Red Cross website. Locations vary and each opportunity is different.
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Brighton Center: A Community of Support
Brighton Center aims to help the regional community, people young and old, by working with individuals to help them become self-sufficient. The Center has a special volunteer group specifically for volunteers 55 years and older. There is a quick questionnaire that volunteers fill out so they can place volunteers based on skills.
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Yvonne Marie Brown
Yvonne Marie Brown, 93, was born on October 18, 1926 and passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2019. Yvonne was a resident of Ohio at the time of passing.
No obituary was available.
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Lucille Pederson Hardgrove
Lucille Pederson Hardgrove, 99, passed away on June 26, 2019. She was a resident at Samaritas, MI for the past six years. For sixty years prior to that, she resided in Cincinnati, Ohio where she, as a Professor Emeritus in the University of Cincinnati Department of Communications, taught for over thirty years.
Lucille was married to Jerard M. Pederson for thirty-eight years, he passed away in 1982; and George Hardgrove for seven years, he passed away in 2004. She was mother to son Marshall (deceased 2009) and Pamela Hall (Allan).
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Rudolph F. Verderber Jr., PhD
Rudolph F. Verderber, 85, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of the University of Cincinnati and noted textbook author, passed away on May 16, 2019 in Naples, Florida. Dr. Verderber began at UC in 1959 as Instructor of Speech and Director of the Forensics program. He retired as a full professor in 1998, having been honored with UC’s Distinguished Teaching Professor in 1994. He is survived by his wife of forty-five years, Kathleen and their daughter, Allison Verderber Herriott (Brian); two sons, Gregory (Rita) and Randolph (Deborah).
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Margaret Voelker-Ferrier
Margaret Louise Voelker-Ferrier, 71, passed away July 5, 2019. Margaret was born on June 25, 1948 to the late Adolph and Grace Heck Voelker in Evansville, IN. Margaret is survived by son Timothy Ferrier, daughters Tara Kasica, and Tracy Evans. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Vernon Ferrier.
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UC's Innocence Project Featured on NPR
Not only did the opera
Blind Injustice
make its stage debut in Cincinnati this week, the creative retelling of six cases successfully handled by the University of Cincinnati’s Ohio Innocence Project was featured on NPR’s
All Things Considered
during its July 23 nationally syndicated radio program.
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Ohio Cyber Range at UC
UC is leading the way to address cybersecurity issues, serving as a demonstration site for the Ohio Cyber Range. Because of the success of the OCR, housed within CECH’s School of Information Technology, both state and military partners will next move to establish between twelve and fifteen programming centers throughout Ohio, where students will work alongside industry professionals and educators. The partnership involving UC seeks to generate more interest in cybersecurity education and bolster the state’s IT talent pipeline.
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College of Business Building
Construction of the new home of the Carl H. Lindner College of Business, designed by the Danish architectural firm Henning Larsen, is now complete. UC students will find a gleaming new building when they come back to campus for the Fall 2019 semester.
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The articles featured above appeared in UC News.
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During the summer of 1977, the University of Cincinnati became one of
Ohio’s state universities, the culmination of a transitional period that began in 1968.
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