VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3 FALL 2015 UC BERKELEY RETIREMENT CENTER NEWSLETTER Director’s Notes RETIREMENT CENTER Over the past year, we’ve had a number make the process as easy and convenient MISSION STATEMENT of exciting developments at UCBRC. as possible. Please note: prices for these The UC Berkeley We launched our new website at http:// services increased slightly to cover credit Retirement Center is retirement.berkeley.edu, our e-newsletter, card processing and administrative costs. the CenterExpress, an events calendar with All of this great progress at UCBRC dedicated to developing online registration, and online credit card wouldn’t have been possible without the programs and services payments. hard work and dedication of Summer that contribute to the Our improved website design and user- Scanlan. We’re very proud of Summer, well being and creativity friendly layout is easy to navigate. It’s also who took a new position as the CalNet of retired faculty, staff easy for us to update, making the site a Coordinator of UC Berkeley’s Information and their families and great resource for timely UCBRC news Services and Technology department. that support the UC and events. Many of you already receive As most of you know, Summer has been community. the CenterExpress via email. I’d like to the anchor of the UCBRC team, ensuring thank those of you who completed our the smooth operation of our many e-news survey -- as requested, we will programs and services. Please join me in adapt the CenterExpress to be delivered congratulating Summer on this wonderful CONTACT US every other Monday (about twice a month). career achievement and opportunity! 101 University Hall We also received feedback regarding small We would like to congratulate 1000+ Berkeley, CA 94720-1550 font size. If font size has been an issue recently retired UCB, LBNL, and OP Phone: 510-642-5461 for you, we encourage you to review an faculty and staff and look forward to the Fax: 510-643-1460 article on adjusting size depending on your opportunity to connect with you! Please Email: [email protected] computer and browser type: https://www. mark your calendars for October 22, 2015 Web: retirement.berkeley.edu health.ny.gov/help/text_size.htm. for our Reception Honoring New Retirees Our new Online Events Calendar allows -- a chance to celebrate and connect with HOURS you to see LIR, Association events and programs based on your interest. Keep an Monday–Friday: workshops by month or in a chronological eye out for an invitation. 1pm-4pm list, along with location, date and event **Please note: the CenterPiece description. For LIR, you can choose to newsletter comes out annually in the fall and excluding holidays register for one session or an entire series. includes information about trips, events, The system also allows you to register your lectures, and workshops for the following guests, and sends automatic confirmation academic year. Be sure to subscribe to the emails. See step-by-step instructions CenterExpress e-news, as it is our primary for how to register on the insert of this method of communicating with retirees newsletter. about upcoming events. Don’t miss out! We are also pleased to now accept Send your name and email address to online credit card payments for Retiree [email protected] and ask to sign up for bMail Service and Retiree Parking permits. the CenterExpress. This program -- now in its pilot phase Best, -- offers retirees a safe, easy and secure way to pay without having to get out the checkbook. We encourage your feedback at [email protected] so that we can Cary Sweeney, Director FALL 2015 the Connection The Retirement Center has arranged these discounts and services Cal Rec Club Join the Cal Rec Club for $332/year. The Cal Rec Cal Connections Club offers memberships to UC Berkeley retirees at To take advantage of these special offers, you a discounted rate. See http://recsports.berkeley.edu/ about/member-services/membership-types/uc-berkeley- must use a Retiree ID card that identifies you as a emeriti-retirees/ for more information. retired from UCB, LBNL or UCOP; or their surviving spouse or partner. To obtain your free card, come by Cal Performances Discounts the Center between 1pm and 4pm daily or call 510- Retirees enjoy a $5 discount on most performances 642-5461 to order by mail. in the 2015-2016 season (Special Events and Exclusive Engagements excluded). Season brochures are available at the Cal Performances Ticket Office in Selected Cal Connections Zellerbach Hall or by calling 510-642-9988. For more • 20/20 Vision Plan discount at the University Eye information and performance locations visit http:// Center www.calperformances.org. • Free admission to the Berkeley Art Museum Note: Discounts will only be available for in-person (when it reopens) or charge-by-phone sales. This discount is limited to • Faculty/staff rates at the Pacific Film Archive one ticket per retiree per event; cannot be combined • Discount on annual membership to the UC with other discounts; is not retroactive; and all sales Berkeley Botanical Garden are final. Retiree ID card required at the door. • Cal Athletics season tickets discount To order tickets, call Cal Performances at 510- • Discounts on select Cal Performances events 642-9988. • Use of Cal Rentals to find and list rentals • Discounted membership at the Cal Rec Club UC Botanical Garden • Chronicle of the University of California discount Retirees of UCB, LBNL and UCOP can receive a • Retiree bMail and bMail forwarding service discounted Affiliate Membership to the garden with • Access to the campus Health Care Facilitator Retiree ID card. Affiliate memberships are discounted • Access to International Travel Care from the regular rate, $40 for an individual and $60 for a • Free enrollment to the Berkeleyan e-newsletter family membership. • Free UCB library card For more information, go to http://botanicalgarden. • Music Department performance discounts berkeley.edu/membership/ and scroll down to Cal • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI@ Affiliates section. Berkeley) membership discount Retiree bMail and bMail Forwarding • 10% Cal Student Store discount Did you know you can keep your @berkeley.edu • Discounts on online purchases at UC Press bMail account for a low annual fee? Alternatively, you (use code 15W2181 for discount) can also choose to set up a permanent forward so that • Wellness Letter discount for new subscribers email sent to your @berkeley.edu bMail address is • Discounted membership to the Faculty Club redirected to your home address. • Discounted membership at the Women’s Faculty Retiree bMail comes with campus tech support, Club (WFC) storage space, anti-virus software downloads, and more! See http://retirement.berkeley.edu/bmail for For expanded descriptions and details on any of pricing and online applications. these Cal Connections visit http://retirement.berkeley. Retiree bMail service is also available to retirees of edu/id_card. UCOP and LBNL - just submit the application for new service. 2 510-642-5461 - [email protected] FALL 2015 Retiree Spotlights Find out what recent retirees have been up to Meredith Minkler, Professor Emerita Patrick Cullnane, Retired Staff Tell us about yourself Tell us about your career I was Professor of Health In 2014 I retired and Social Behavior, School of as director of the UCB Public Health, with 39 years Retirement Center. of service when I retired. I Formerly, I was director was founding director of the of special projects at the UCB Center on Aging and for American Society on Aging. many years served as a Senior My time at Cal capped 48 Researcher at PolicyLink, a years of service dedicated national organization focused to community health on health and social equity. development. Has your work changed as Emeritus? How are you staying connected with campus? Very much so, and my official title, Professor of I serve on the UCBRC Transforming Retirement the Graduate School, enables me to continue to make committee and volunteer as opportunities present. I contributions on campus while pursuing new interests. I enjoy conversations with Cary Sweeney as she manages give guest lectures on campus and around the county and UCBRC in its next iteration and value the opportunity to the world. I also spend much more time in the community, contribute a lifetime of experiences and knowledge. I also such as working on re-entry and criminal justice reform in continue to sing with the Faculty Club Monks. Oakland and Richmond. What did you enjoy about working on campus? What are What are you most proud of accomplishing? you most proud of accomplishing? As a young Assistant professor, while consulting on Working with retirees, “pre-retirees,” campus family planning in India, I was in a unique position to colleagues, and my terrific staff was enjoyable and study the national compulsory sterilization campaign. I enriching. Together, we maintained excellent programs met with the Minister of Health of Pakistan and convinced and services through leaner times; reinstituted the biennial him not to pursue this path, which ultimately brought retiree conference; modernized the database; sharpened down the government of Indira Gandhi. the focus of the pre-retirement program; and established I co-led the first in-depth study of grandparents raising the Transforming Retirement initiative. This initiative grandchildren during the crack cocaine epidemic, where focuses on a new paradigm for assisting faculty and staff in we developed interventions based on research. After preparing for and transitioning to next life chapters. outgrowing its campus home the center was transferred to What are you enjoying most about retirement? AARP in Washington DC, where it has served thousands My wife Barbara and I are enjoying the flexibility and of such grandparents and their families, and helped freedom of time.