March 2013
Dear IUPUI Senior Academy Member:
With the changing of the clock to daylight savings time and the emergence of daffodils and tulips from their slumber, harbingers of Spring are everywhere. For the IUPUI Senior Academy, this means that it is time to begin the process of electing some new members to the SA board. Like most organizations, the Senior Academy solicits nominations from the membership, and then the SA Nominating Committee prepares a slate of candidates for election by the entire membership of the Senior Academy.
As a member of the IUPUI Senior Academy, will you please nominate someone for the SA Board? You are encouraged to carefully consider offering your own name as a candidate for Board membership. Please submit names and email addresses for nominees by April 5th.

Board Term: This year, we will elect six members for a two-year term on the Board.
Members elected to the SA Board in May will begin their two-year term of service in July.

Responsibilities of SA board members include attendance at monthly board meetings which are held on the second Thursday of each month at 10 am. Board members also need to be actively involved in planning programs for SA members, developing initiatives which permit retired IUPUI staff and faculty to remain engaged with the campus and community, and advancing the opportunities for the Senior Academy to maintain a strong connection with IUPUI and contribute to the enhancement of all facets of IUPUI.
The SA Nominations Committee is responsible for this election process. If you would like to learn more about serving on the Senior Academy Board of Directors, please contact any of the Nominations Committee members.
Current members of the SA Nominations Committee include:
Name email address
Bill Bosron wbosron@iupui.edu
Giles Hoyt ghoyt@iupui.edu
Walt Linne wlinne@iupui.edu
Randy Strate rwstrate@aol.com
Harriet Wilkins hwilkins@iupui.edu
Becky VanVoorhis, Chair rvanvoor@iupui.edu

We, on the SA Nominations Committee, look forward to receiving your nominations for new SA Board Members.

Please submit the names and email addresses for all nominees to the Nominations Committee Chair: rvanvoor@iupui.edu by April 5, 2013.

Thanks,
Becky VanVoorhis
Rebecca VanVoorhis
Nominating Committee Chair

Program: E-books and E-readers

Speaker: IMCPL staff

Location: IUPUI Learning Center, 5980 W. 71^st Street, Indianapolis

Date: Friday, March 22, 2013

Program: The Last Lecture

Speaker: To be announced

Location: To be determined

(A reception will follow the Lecture.)

Date: April, 2013 – date and time to be announced

Program: Tour of Vonnegut Memorial Library

Location: Emelie Building, 340 N. Senate Avenue, Indianapolis

Date: May, 2013 (exact dates to be announced)

Program: Overnight(s) at New Harmony, Indiana

Location: New Harmony, Indiana

Date: June, 2013 (exact date to be announced)

Program: Senior Academy Annual Meeting

Location: To be announced

Date and Time: Wednesday, January 9, 3:00–4:30 p.m.

Place: Ice-Miller Conference Room
Innovation Center, IU Research and Technology Corporation
351 W. 10th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Map Link: http://iurtc.iu.edu/about/contact/directions-Indianapolis.shtml

Presentation: US Education Attainment and IUPUI Plan 2025

Speaker: Nasser Paydar, Ph.D., IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor

SENIOR ACADEMY MEMBERS

FESTIVE HOLIDAY DINNER

  Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Time: 4:30 PM to 7:15 PM

PLACE: HOLLYHOCK HILL RESTAURANT

ADDRESS:  8110 NORTH COLLEGE AVENUE

INDIANAPOLIS

 An appetizer, relishes and a salad will start our family style dinner.  These will be followed by platters of chicken, shrimp, tenderloin steak and vegetables.  Dessert, coffee and tea are included.

 Guests may arrive at 4:30 PM if they wish to mingle and enjoy cocktails, wine and other beverages.  Cocktails may be ordered and paid for individually.  Dinner seating time 5:30 PM.

 The cost is $30.40 per person, which includes tax and gratuity.  You are welcome to bring guests.  There is an entrance for the handicapped.  Space is limited to 50 people, so please mail your reservations in soon.

 Envelopes including place cards to reserve their favorite seats will be available as guests arrive.

 Reservations must be received by Friday, November 30, 2012

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 Reservations for Holiday Dinner on December 5th

 Name(s) of person(s) attending:________________________________________

 Your phone number:_______________________________________________

 Please return this portion with your check in the amount of $30.40 per person, made payable to IUPUI Senior Academy by Friday, November 30, 2012.

 Please mail to:

IUPUI Senior Academy

355 N. Lansing Street, Room 109A

Indianapolis, IN 46202-2896

Can making snow angels, playing Monopoly, building sandcastles or chasing fireflies improve your well-being as you age? Get the facts from informative presentations by Dr. NiCole Keith, faculty member of the IU Department of Kinesiology, and Margaret Burlingame, President of Fitness and More for Seniors, LLC.

Then explore new ways to experience the joy of play – and re-visit playful activities which you left behind when you became an adult. Kit Newkirk, an IUPUI instructor of English for Academic Purposes, will draw on her knowledge as co-founder of The Game Preserve to describe the different types of board game designs . . . which may help attendees understand why they like playing some games and hate others! Kit will also engage interested participants in trying out some new board games. Carolyn Lausch, retired educator will offer interested participants time to try a brief activity from her class series for older adults, I’ve a Story To Tell. Dr. David Ford, a retired professor from the IUPUI Department of Sociology, will share his experiences working with a therapy dog and discuss opportunities to provide a temporary home for dogs awaiting adoption. There will be several other presenters and exhibitors offering information about topics such as Master Gardening, Tour Group Travel, Music, etc.

This free program is part of the 2012 Spirit and Place Festival. The program is co-hosted by the IUPUI Senior Academy and the Pike YMCA. Food will be provided by Humana.

Date: Wednesday, November 7, 10:00 AM-Noon
Location: Pike YMCA, 7114 Lakeway Dr West
Enter from Zionsville Road onto 73rd Street – MAP

The John D. Barlow Lecture in the Humanities
“Cry the Cosmos”
Ray Bradbury and the American Imagination

Thursday, November 8, 2012 – IUPUI Campus Center

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Reception. First Floor Atrium
6:15 – 7:30 p.m. Lecture. Theater

Featuring Professor Jonathan R. Eller , Professor of English and Director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies Institute for American Thought, IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

Professor Eller first met Ray Bradbury in 1989, eventually developing a working relationship that lasted until Mr. Bradbury’s death in June 2012. Professor Eller is the author of Becoming Ray Bradbury (2011), which centers on Bradbury’s early life and development as a writer.

Presented by:
IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI
Liberal Arts Student Council
Information/RSVP: libarsvp@iupui.edu

http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/barlowlecture

Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 11:00 A.M. (check-in at 10:45 A.M.)
Guided Tour: Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture
Location: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road
Reservations: Mary Grove (mgrove2@iupui.edu or 291-8759). Please reserve to assure an adequate number of docents.
Cost: Free admission to IUPUI group.
The exhibit features more than 250 Islamic artifacts from Spain to Indonesia from the seventh century to the present, including calligraphy, ceramics, paintings, woodcarvings, and textiles. It offers an overview of Islamic culture throughout history. Pieces in the exhibition would have been cherished in the homes of royalty as well as modest levels of society. The exhibition draws from collections across the United States and other countries such as Kuwait, Great Britain, France, Denmark, Morocco and Italy.

Judy Chicago – The 2012 Jane Fortune Outstanding Woman Artist Lecture

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 6:00 p.m.

In Herron’s Basile Auditorium in Eskenazi Hall, 735 West New York Street
(Herron is arranging for parking –see link below).

Judy Chicago is an artist, author, feminist, educator, and intellectual whose career now spans over five decades. Her influence both within the beyond the art community is attested to by her inclusion in hundreds of publications throughout the world.

http://www.herron.iupui.edu/event/judy-chicago-jane-fortune-outstanding-woman-artist-lecture

The Last Lecture offers the university community the opportunity to hear reflections on life’s lessons and meaning from a retired or current IUPUI colleague of exceptional merit. The lecturer will be asked to share with students, staff, faculty, and the general public the wisdom she or he gained through academic pursuits and life experiences; and to distill a life of inquiry, reflection, and service into guidelines and advice for successive generations.
Nominations: All IUPUI faculty, retired faculty, staff, and students are invited to submit nominations for The Last Lecture speaker. Nominators should submit a brief justification why his/her nominee deserves the consideration. Nominators should also confirm the nominee’s availability on the date of the lecture.
Eligibility: All current and retired IUPUI based faculty and staff are eligible.
Speech Guidelines: 30-40 minute speech on the general subject of the speaker’s accumulated wisdom of a lifetime.
Date and Place: March 22, 2013, IUPUI Campus Theatre
Sponsors: The Last Lecture is co-sponsored by the IUPUI Senior Academy, the IUPUI Administration, and the IU Foundation.
Remuneration: The IU Foundation will offer a remuneration of $1,500.00.
Information: Golam Mannan, Committee Chair, at 317-228-0324 or by e-mail: gmannan@iupui.edu
Deadline: Nominations should be submitted no later than December 15, 2012.
Nominations should be sent to: Golam Mannan, IUPUI Senior Academy, 355 North Lansing – AO 109, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 or via e-mail to gmannan@iupui.edu
Selection process: All nominations are considered by a committee of the Senior Academy. Selected nominees are invited to submit a synopsis of their proposed presentation for review by a committee of current and retired faculty, staff, and students. The committee’s selection of the speaker will be announced in early February. The names of previous speakers and their presentations are available on the IUPUI Senior Academy website at http://www.iupui.edu/~sacademy

October 4                 Making Your End-of-Life Wishes Known – Susan Hickman

November 7               Spirit and Place

December 5 or 12  Holiday Dinner

January                     Open

February                   Open

March 22                  The Last Lecture

April                          Open

May                          Overnight at New Harmony  

June                          Senior Academy Annual Meeting

The Last Lecture Series offers the university community the opportunity to hear reflections on life’s lessons and meaning from a current or retired IUPUI colleague of exceptional merit. Each speaker will share the wisdom gained from past experiences and distill a life of inquiry, reflection, and service into important guidance for successive generations.
James A. Lemons is Hugh McK. Landon Professor of Pediatrics emeritus and past director of neonatal-perinatal medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He has developed major research programs in fetal and neonatal metabolism with continuous NIH funding and other grant support for over 30 years. Under his leadership, the neonatal-perinatal section has burgeoned and acquired a faculty with unrivaled, internationally recognized clinical, teaching, and research accomplishments in stem cell biology, fetal and neonatal metabolism, clinical and translational research, and international health care research. His areas of focus include women’s and children’s issues, and he remains actively engaged in supporting the School of Medicine’s ongoing partnership with the Riley Mother and Baby Hospital of Kenya in Eldoret, Kenya, which he was instrumental in establishing.
RSVP online by March 23: www.iupui.edu/lastlecture/
DATE: Friday, March 30, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Herron School of Art & Design
Eskenazi Hall—Basile Auditorium
735 W. New York Street

March, 2012 Golam Mannan is coordinating this with the LL committee.
Date: March 30, 2012
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: INHR 101 (Eskenazi Hall). Parking in Lot 85, across the street from Eskenazi Hall, will be covered.

April, 2012 Harriet Wilkins is coordinating this event
Date: April 10, 2012
Time: Begins at 10:00 am
Event: Indiana Historical Society: View “You are there” exhibits and a presentation on the interactive style of
exhibits. Lunch. Option to visit more exhibits or take archives tour: “Behind the Scenes”.
Location Indiana Historical Society: 450 W. Ohio St. Free parking is available on site.

May, 2012 Jean Gnat is coordinating this event
Date: May 9 to 11, 2012 (Wed to Fri)
Location : Clifty Falls State Park (there is a one- time $5 entry fee when you enter the park)
Event: Overnights at a State Park
Registration: To register please contact Jean Gnat by phone or e-mail (317-872-3605) (jgnat@iupui.edu)
Each individual will make his/her own reservations at the Inn. Phone: 1-877-563-4371 or
www.indianainns.com. There is no elevator at the Inn, so if you need a first floor room, please
indicate that when you make your reservation. Please let Jean Gnat know if you are coming
as she needs to know numbers for some of the planned activities.

May, 2012
Date: May 31, 2012
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: Athenaeum (400 E. Michigan St.)
Event: Annual Meeting
Parking: There is parking immediately east of the Athenaeum. You may obtain a token inside the Athenaeum
for a nominal fee to be used to pay for parking as you exit the lot.