Issue No.11 - WInter 2020
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Letter from Our Executive Director
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It was a busy fall semester for UC's emeriti community. With EmeriTALKS and the Luncheon Speaker Series, we engaged with colleagues from the Carl H. Lindner College of Business and the College of Nursing. Cultural events included a walking tour of Mount Adams and CCM performances. We began our monthly Board of Directors' meetings at the new Faculty Enrichment Center, and we completed the initial phase of development of our new website, which will be launched once beta testing has been completed.
I want to make special mention of the successful, collaborative EmeriTALKS event the Emeriti Center & Association hosted with the Carl H. Lindner College of Business. This event, entitled
Innovation in Business: On Campus and Beyond,
brought together emeriti, faculty, administrators, and students for an informative and lively interview with the college's new dean, Marianne Lewis, PhD. The event was moderated by Board member Ralph Katerberg. This kind of joint venture, where persons from different disciplines and of various demographics come together to have lunch and participate in thoughtful discussion and Q&A, is a wonderful example of how the Emeriti Center & Association and its members are a vital part of the university community.
Our Board of Directors and various standing committees went the extra mile over the past few months to create new opportunities for emeriti locally, regionally, and internationally: teaching, traveling, volunteering, etc. We are all grateful for their effort and the many activities that have been organized.
In this issue of
Emeriti Connection,
you will find information about health-related resources, including discounted membership for emeriti at UC's Recreation Center and complimentary services provided by UC's Audiology Clinic. In addition, our series of AARP features continues with an article about the potential medical benefits of feeling younger. We at the Emeriti Center & Association hope all of this information is useful. And we wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season.
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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As I look out at the beautiful fall foliage, I am grateful to live where there are four seasons to enjoy. Plus, my dinner plate dahlias are still blooming! And at this moment, I am watching a hawk sitting atop one of my hanging baskets, as the leaves fall around him.
The Emeriti Board has started having our monthly meetings in the new Faculty Enrichment Center (FEC). If you have not checked out this beautiful space, I encourage you to do so. Our first speaker in the Luncheon Speaker Series, Dr. Sue Brammer, gave her informative presentation on “Depression in Older Adults” in the FEC. If you are not aware, the FEC is in 540 Langsam Library. The Center will be a place for faculty to come together for presentations, mentoring, social gatherings, and collaborative work. There is also plenty of space to meet a former colleague for coffee.
The International Committee is working on potential opportunities for emeriti to teach or consult with UC partners in several other countries. Hopefully, these opportunities will become a reality in the next year. Also, Anne-Marie Jezequel, an Emeriti Board member and member of the International Committee, has offered to conduct a tour for emeriti of Brittany, her homeland, next fall. Please read about this exciting offer in this newsletter.
Another Emeriti Board member, Geof Yager, is heading up a Pre-Retirement mentoring program for faculty. This is done at other Emeriti Centers/Colleges in the country. Emeriti help those considering retirement focus on non-financial issues, such as the psychosocial aspects of retirement. You can read more about this new initiative later in the newsletter.
And the Health and Wellness Committee is again offering free hearing screenings next spring. See details in the newsletter.
Enjoy the rest of the lovely Cincinnati fall and best wishes for a wonderful holiday season. And as always, I welcome your feedback and suggestions.
Pat Mezinskis
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In This Issue
Staying on Top of Your Game
Arts and Cultural Events
Second Act
AARP's Healthy Living Initiative
Audiology Clinic Services
Brittany, France's Best Kept Secret
Volunteer Opportunities
In Memoriam
University News
Remembering UC's History
Scroll down for individual sections.
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Staying on Top of Your Game
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Campus Recreation Center Offer for Emeriti
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Emeriti stay on top of their games in multiple ways. Your participation in our dynamic UC Emeriti Association provides a wide range of activities for emeriti faculty to get involved, stay connected, and give back to the UC community.
Staying on top of your game also means paying attention to your own individual welfare – including, of course, both keeping your brain and your body fit. Our award-winning
Campus Recreation Center
has initiated a pilot promotional offer for all emeriti that is – well, in a word - fantastic!
Emeriti who wish to become members can do so for the first year for the promotional rate of $30.00/month, which represents a savings of more than 20% or $80.00 over the course of the year. Please consider staying on top of your game. Keep fit physically by taking advantage of the Recreation Center’s promotional offer.
Current members are also eligible for this new pilot program by submitting the application to activate the promotional rate.
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Spring 2020 Activities: Plan Ahead
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February
CCM Undergraduate Operetta
Date and time
: Thursday, February 6, 7:30PM
-or-
Sunday, February 9, 2:00PM
Information:
A performance by the young and promising undergraduate voice students.
Charge:
None
Reservations:
Required
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March
Tour of CVG Control Tower
Date and time
: Thursday, March 19, 1:00PM
Information:
The tour will last approximately two hours, unless they are extremely busy in the control tower.
Those on the tour MUST be a US citizen and provide a photo ID.
A driver’s license usually works. If other ID is required due to some “high level security status of the US," you will be notified.
Charge:
None
Maximum number of participants:
14
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May
Tour of Selected Microbreweries
Date and time
: Wednesday, May 13, 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Information:
A visit to selected microbreweries in the Greater Cincinnati area, including (perhaps) The Woodburn Brewery, MadTree Brewing, Urban Artifact, Taft’s Ale House, Moerlein Lager House, Wiedemann’s Fine Beer, Brewery & Pub. A bus will be provided for the tour, but you will be on your own to get home safely.
Charge:
To be determined
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Date TBD
Tour of Union Terminal & Museum Center
Information
: A “backstage” tour conducted by a docent of Union Terminal with tentative stops in the original board room, the offices of the president and his secretary, the ballroom, the private dining rooms as well as a lecture on the history of this iconic structure. The tour will culminate in the Union Terminal Rookwood Ice Cream Shop, featuring Graeter’s ice cream.
Charge
: To be determined
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Jim Steiner, PhD
Finding New Passions
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When most people think about their retirement and what they will be doing with their newfound time, many are unsure of what their future holds. For College of Medicine Professor Emeritus, Jim Steiner, retirement to Mt. Adams would be a catalyst for him to find new passions in his Second Act!
Jim, who is originally from Lima, Ohio, attended Miami University and graduated from the Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine in 1965. Afterward he joined the United States Air Force and served in Korea. Once he had returned, in 1969, he completed a residency in Pediatric Dentistry at Columbus Children’s Hospital. Then he spent a year in Switzerland as a pediatric dentist in Basel. And in 1970, he accepted a position at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He would retire thirty-six years later.
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While still studying at OSU, Jim and his then girlfriend (now wife) had friends in Mt. Adams, whom they visited frequently. They loved the area, and planned that one day they would live there. After their children had grown and left their Montgomery home, Jim and his wife began looking for their dream home in Mt. Adams. After a four-year search they found it.
After living in Mt. Adams for a number of years, Jim was approached by a company called Architrecks, which conducted tours of various Cincinnati neighborhoods, and asked if he would create a tour for them of the Mt. Adams area. Because Jim was so fond of the area, he was glad to do it. Organizing and conducting the tour was a lot of work, but for Jim it was a labor of love. It was a perfect way to stay social and active in the community.
After performing these tours for almost five years, Architrecks went out of business. Not wanting to stop, Jim and four coworkers continued giving tours of Mt. Adams, with proceeds going to the Mt. Adams Civic Association. Jim is now in his fourteenth year of presenting his tours.
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In addition to being a tour guide, Jim, in his second act, is also a writer. His church had asked him to organize their archives and write a book about their history. He did not hesitate to accept the offer. However, Jim admits that the project was more involved than he originally thought it would be. It took him three years to complete it. The result was the self-publication of his first book
Immaculata on Mount Adams - A 150 Year History.
Now, he is working on his second book, which is about the history of Mt. Adams.
Jim and his wife stay active in the Mt. Adams community. In addition to leading tours and participating in various civic and cultural events, Jim writes a column for the town newspaper. Jim has found new passions in retirement. And he enjoys sharing them with his Mt. Adams community, while walking the neighborhood's historic streets or just hanging out at his favorite Irish pub.
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Photographs courtesy of Jim Steiner, Professor Emeritus
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 Healthy Living Initiative
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Feeling Younger Could Help You Live Longer
by Rachel Nania
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It's not uncommon for Paula Lester's jaw to drop when she spots a patient's age on the chart. The New York-based geriatrician treats plenty of people in their 90s who could easily pass for 70. She also has patients in their 70s who say they feel decades older.
When it comes to age, Lester says, “It really is just a number. It's about how you feel.”
The notion of how old you feel versus how old you really are has been attracting more attention from researchers and medical professionals. Recent studies have linked subjective age — the age that you feel — to a range of health outcomes, including
depression
,
dementia
and
longevity
. The findings: The younger you feel, the better off you may be.
Adults who feel younger report fewer chronic conditions than those who feel older. They also take fewer medications, visit the doctor less often and are more likely to maintain a normal weight, according to data collected from a large national study on health and well-being led by the University of Wisconsin.
Biology may be at play when it comes to the association between feeling younger and living longer. Researchers recently identified more favorable biomarkers associated with liver and kidney function in adults 55 and older who reported feeling younger than their chronological age, compared to those who felt their age or older. This finding could help explain the lower prevalence of age-related disease among more youthful-minded adults, says pathologist Bharat Thyagarajan, the study's lead author and an associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at the University of Minnesota.
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Find what makes you feel young
Asking patients how old they feel isn't common medical practice yet. But Thyagarajan said it is a “fairly easy” thing to include during a routine doctor's visit, and doing so could help identify patients at higher risk for age-related diseases so they can be screened more intensively.
One problem with posing the question, however, is that most physicians aren't equipped to “help guide people to feel the best they can,” says Lester, who practices at NYU Winthrop Hospital and is a clinical associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health.
It's not as easy as telling patients who identify with an older subjective age to “think young,” Lester says, especially if that patient is dealing with a debilitating condition. Instead, she encourages adults who feel their age or older to “think about what's important to them” and to do what makes them feel young.
"Some people might feel younger if they go for a walk outside, or, if they can't walk, if someone takes them in a wheelchair outside,” Lester says. “Someone might feel younger if they play a card game or an activity that they did when they were younger... It's a matter of finding what they enjoy, and if they have to adapt it, figure out a way to adapt it.”
And be sure to take assistance where you need it. Lester reminds them: “It's better to use a little bit of help to be able to do things and enjoy things. And sometimes you need a little bit of help to avoid a lot of help.”
This story is published with special permission from AARP. It originally appeared in The AARP website in October 2019.
https://www.aarp.org
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Audiology Clinic Services
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Free Hearing Screenings
The University's Speech and Hearing Clinic has been providing speech, language, and hearing services to the Cincinnati area for over 40 years. For our emeriti members, the organization offers many benefits that you can take advantage of, like the following:
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Free Hearing Screenings & Hearing Aid Dispersement
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Assisted Listening Devices & Amplifiers
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Because the Speech and Hearing Clinic is a part of the University of Cincinnati, they offer discounts for UC employees and their family members, so reach out today and see what services they can offer.
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Auditory Processing Evaluation
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Hearing Conservation Programs
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Speech and Hearing Clinic
Health Sciences Building (HSB)
3225 Eden Avenue
Third Floor, Suite 325
Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
(513) 558-8988
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Brittany, France's Best Kept Secret
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Immersion in the Breton Culture
with
Anne-Marie Jézéquel, PhD
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Dear Emeriti,
I am inviting you to join me next September to discover Brittany, my country, which is unique from all other French regions. It is the homeland of the Breton people, one of the six Celtic nations, and located in the westernmost part of France, by the sea. Brittany is called
Finistère
, meaning ‘
land’s end
’, but it’s true Breton name, “
Penn ar Bed
” translates to “
the head of the world
”!
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I want to share my heritage, my knowledge of French and Breton culture and its diversity: a fascinating mix of spectacular coastline, medieval towns, magical islands and inland woods. It is a seafood heaven. In the journey through Brittany, we will discover a people whose language, exceptional folklore, rich customs, music and dress remain a vivid homage to their past and yet securely anchored in the present.
The trip will begin with a two-day stay in Paris, giving you the opportunity to enjoy the City of Lights, and a backdrop for understanding the unique aspects of Breton life. Via train from Paris, we will begin in the mythic city of Quimper where we will experience with an immediate immersion in the original Breton culture. We will be participating in discussions on a wide range of subjects, from art, culture, business, music, language to human-interest topics with visits and through testimonies from experts and locals. We will explore natural landmarks, including, but not limited to, the Isle de Sein, the village of Ménéham, museums, and architecture in the towns of Pont-Aven on the foot of Gauguin, Locronan, city of pilgrimage and famous weavers, the fishing port of Concarneau, and lovely sandy beaches along the coast. We will end our trip in the naval port of Brest, nested in the most beautiful of natural harbors!
Approximate price: $4000.00
(excluding airfare)
Anticipated dates: September 10-22, 2020
Minimum number of travelers: 14
Sincerely,
Anne-Marie
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There are many volunteer opportunities for emeriti in Greater Cincinnati. Here are some.
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Cincinnati Arts
The Cincinnati Arts Association includes more than 1,000 dedicated and talented volunteers who contribute to operations and administration of our organization. It is part of their mission to provide quality arts and entertainment experiences, exceptional customer service, and first-class venues for the Greater Cincinnati community. Volunteers become active participants in these services and ambassadors for the arts in Cincinnati.
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Keep Cincinnati Beautiful
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, a partner of the
City of Cincinnati's Department of Public Services
,
empowers people to build community and create a positive future through neighborhood revitalization, education, and mobilization. The programs are a catalyst for change, transforming under-served neighborhoods and empowering communities to create vibrant spaces that unite the city.
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Robert Ridley Cardell, Jr., PhD
On August 19, 2019, Robert 'Bob' Ridley Cardell, Jr., PhD passed away after a short illness. Loved and respected by many, Bob is survived by his wife of 60 years, Emma Lou Smith Cardell; three sons, Robert III, David, and Greg; six grandchildren, Brian, Robert IV, Emily, Elizabeth, Sarah, Rose; two great grandchildren Cooper and Rory. Bob was the former Chairman of the Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Cincinnati. An esteemed academician and research scientist, Bob rose to the top of his profession. He began conducting research at the Henry Ford Hospital before expanding his career to include teaching at Harvard University, the University of Virginia and the University of Cincinnati.
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Gordon R. Salchow
October 4, 2019, Gordon R. Salchow passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side. He is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Kathy Stewart Salchow; daughters, Kelly Salchow MacArthur and Raegen Amme Stauffer; grandchildren, Oskar, Gable, Sutton, and Sloane; sons-in-law, James MacArthur and Morgan Stauffer; sisters-in-law, Roxanne Salchow, Kay Grimminger, and Susan Stewart; brother-in-law, Sam Grimminger. He was a Professor Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati where he was appointed, in 1967, to develop a new curriculum and a department of graphic design. Its initiatives and its success quickly established UC as one of graphic design's most respected educational institutions. He directed that academic unit for many years, continuing in a full-time teaching role, and then retired in 2010.
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Helga Slessarev
On August 14, 2019, Helga Slessarev passed away in San Anselmo, California. She became Head of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature at the
University of Cincinnati
in 1973, and retired from the university in 1989. No additional obituary information is available.
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UC Students Create Free Health Clinic to Serve Uninsured
Medical students and physician-faculty at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have opened a free health clinic in northern Hamilton County in hopes of increasing access to health care services for uninsured Tristate residents. The clinic is located in the Healing Center, a non-profit in Springdale, Ohio, and began its first day of operation on July 13. The clinic was created by medical students, who will provide care under the supervision of physicians who are on the college’s faculty.
The clinic was featured on CNN.
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UC is Central to Cincinnati's Innovation Story
The University of Cincinnati's 1819 Innovation Hub exemplifies the notion "that Cincinnati is an innovative, energetic, growing city that makes visitors and locals alike feel a deep sense of connection and possibility," according to Forbes. The 1819 Innovation Hub anchors the Uptown Innovation Corridor, the development of which aligns with several of the central pathways and platforms in the university's strategic direction,
Next Lives Here.
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UC Grad Brings Dinosaurs to Life in 'Jurassic Park Live Tour'
Douglas Puskas, a graduate of CCM, brings the creatures to life in arenas across the U.S. as the lead animatronics technician for the show.
The production features more than 24 film-accurate, life-sized dinosaurs — including fan-favorite Velociraptor Blue and a Tyrannosaurus rex more than 40 feet in length — that are custom-built with the latest technology, scientific precision and Hollywood studio quality, according to Feld Entertainment officials, producers of the show.
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The articles featured above appeared in UC News.
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Two hundred years ago, in November 1819, the first classes of the Cincinnati College — the institution that would become the University of Cincinnati — met in what was then the heart of a river town of about 10,000 people. About 70 students led by a faculty of three, began their studies, which leaned heavily toward Greek and Latin. Tuition was $20.00 per term.
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Emeriti Connection
is produced and distributed by the Office of the Executive Director of the Emeriti Center. If you have questions or comments, please email us at
emeriti@uc.edu.
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Issue No. 11 - November/December 2019
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