Retiree Benefits Town Hall Oct. 5 1-2 p.m.

Join us for a virtual benefits town hall on Thursday, October 5 from 1-2 p.m. Representatives from the university’s insurance vendors will provide information and answer questions about medical insurance (both Medicare-eligible and non-Medicare eligible), as well as dental and vision benefits.

Please submit questions by Sept. 29 using this online form.
You can join the Town Hall on Oct. 5 at umsystem.zoom.us/j/99279170662

The virtual retiree town hall will focus on university health insurance benefits for retirees (umurl.us/retireeben) for the 2024 calendar year.

Breakfast Tuesday, September 12, 2023

President’s Message regarding price increase:  Last year we were able to hold the line on the cost of our breakfast sessions, but we were notified that cost per attendee will go up by $2.50 ($17.50 total). Therefore, we have no choice but to pass this on to those of you who attend. The Board approved this change reluctantly and only for one year in the hope that we can find additional sponsors that would enable us to reduce the cost to you. As you know, a portion of the breakfast is already subsidized by Central Bank and Trust.

“Points, Pots, Pipes, and Powwows”

History books tend to include Missouri’s Indigenous population only during periods when they were a threat to the state’s white settlement. These histories overlook the fact that Native people have lived here for at least twelve thousand years and continue to call Missouri home today.

Historian Greg Olson will talk about the centuries of Indigenous presence in the state. He will discuss the inventiveness and adaptability that have enabled Missourian’s Indigenous population to change and evolve in the face of the extreme challenges they encountered. Olson will show how this resilience, allowed Indigenous people and their traditions to survive in Missouri in the twenty-first century.

Pre-registration and payment (via credit card (PayPal Guest Checkout,) PayPal Account, Venmo bank transfer) for the breakfast and Zoom webinar must be received by Monday, September 4, 2023.  If you have paid for the in-person breakfast and find that you are unable to attend, you may watch the webinar via the Zoom link. The link will be sent to all registrants a day or two before the meeting. While there are no refunds, the paid reservation for the in-person breakfast is transferable to someone else for this breakfast event only.

8:00 – 9:30 a.m. for in-person breakfast at the Country Club of Missouri on Forum Blvd:

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. the Zoom webinar:

Registration is due by May 30 and is limited to 50 people.

Breakfast & Field Trip – Jefferson Farm Extension and Education Center – Tuesday, June 6, 8:00-9:30 a.m.

The June 6 breakfast will be held at Jefferson Farm Extension and Education Center, a 67-acre educational farm designed to engage the community in experiences about food and agriculture. The farm is located at 4800 New Haven Road. Paved parking and walk-ways are available and persons with special needs will be able to park just a few steps away from the meeting area. Following breakfast, we will tour the grounds and learn about programs conducted there. Breakfast will be enjoyed under a covered pavilion, so we will meet rain or shine! Dress for the weather and remember to wear walking shoes if joining the tour. This breakfast and field trip event is an in-person event without zoom. Learn more at: https://extension.missouri.edu/programs/jefferson-farm.

Registration is due by May 30 and is limited to 50 people.

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Pre-registration and payment (via credit card (PayPal Guest Checkout,) PayPal Account, Venmo bank transfer) for the breakfast.

8:00 – 9:30 a.m. for Breakfast & Field Trip – Jefferson Farm Extension and Education Center

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Pre-registration and payment (via credit card (PayPal Guest Checkout,) PayPal Account, Venmo bank transfer) for the breakfast and Zoom webinar must be received by Monday, April 24, 2023.  If you have paid for the in-person breakfast and find that you are unable to attend, you may watch the webinar via the Zoom link. The link will be sent to all registrants a day or two before the meeting. While there are no refunds, the paid reservation for the in-person breakfast is transferable to someone else for this breakfast event only.

8:00 – 9:30 a.m. for in-person breakfast at the Country Club of Missouri on Forum Blvd:

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. the Zoom webinar:

Registration is now closed.

MURA SPRING SOCIAL hosted by President Mun Y. Choi, 4:30 – 6 pm in the Walsworth Family Columns Club at Memorial Stadium. A short program will recognize the Chancellor’s 2021 and 2022 Faculty and Staff Retirees of the Year, MURA Kitty Dickerson Scholarship Recipients, and the retirees’ support of the University family. The $10 registration fee will go to the MURA Scholarship Fund. The deadline is April 4.

You must have a Paypal or Venmo account which you can set up while registering.