Newsletter Volume 8 Issue 1 - August 25, 2021 |
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Please make sure to use the In Person registration link/tab if you would like to attend at the Luce Center rather than via Zoom. Those on the permanent Lunch Colloquium list will need to sign up for the September 9th Colloquium if you plan on attending in person -- otherwise, you will be automatically registered for the Zoom session.
Our first Lunch Colloquium will feature Patrick Allitt, Cahoon Family Professor of American History, who will review the history of environmental alarms in the United States and discuss his views on the current environmental crisis.
I am deeply appreciative of all the work that Gretchen Schulz and her committee have done during the past year to identify and recruit numerous stimulating presenters for the weekly Lunch Colloquiums. I’m also grateful for the Zoom Team (Ron Gould, Marilynne McKay, and Vernon Robbins) for assisting with the Lunch Colloquiums during July and during our practice hybrid session in early August. Their assistance will be invaluable as we switch to hybrid sessions next month.
Save the Date: 20th Anniversary Celebration
We will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Emeritus College’s founding on Friday, October 29th at 4:30 pm in the Klamon Room, in the Claudia Nance Rollings Building. The planning committee, chaired by John Ford, has been meeting regularly and will provide more details as we get closer to the celebration.
Finally, I wish to thank Gretchen Schulz and Ann Hartle for their assistance with editing and proofing this newsletter.
--Ann
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Zoom Updates
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Return to Campus Information
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University Senate and Faculty Council Nominations
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Parking Permit Renewals
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Lunch Colloquium - Thursday, September 9
Patrick Allitt
"How Should We Think About Environmental Crises?"
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Lunch Colloquium - Monday, September 20
Alan Abramowitz
"In Search of the Elusive Swing Voter"
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Interdisciplinary Seminar
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AROHE Conference
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Faculty Activities
Donna Brogan
Joyce Fleuckiger
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In Memoriam
Hoyt Oliver
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Walking the Campus with Dianne
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Please remember to make sure your Zoom program is up-to-date. The most recent version is 5.7.6.
You can check your version by opening the Zoom App. If you haven't already signed in, you will see the Version you are currently using listed at the bottom of the screen. If you are signed in, you will want to click on the Account button on the top right of your screen (it is usually a box with your initials). Once you have clicked on that box, you will get a drop down menu that includes a "Check for Updates" option. Click on that and you will either get a message indicating you have the latest version or an offering to upgrade.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please feel free to contact Dianne at dianne.becht@emory.edu
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Return to Campus Information |
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Based on the current COVID-19 conditions in Atlanta, and in consultation with public health experts on and off campus, Emory University has developed guidelines and resources for a continued safe learning environment.
Effective July 1, general campus-wide visitor restrictions were lifted.
Definition of a Visitor
Visitors, in general, are not active members of Emory’s faculty, staff, or student populations. Since retired faculty members and emeriti are not active faculty members, they are classified as visitors.
Visitors are still asked to comply with the following COVID-19 protocols when on campus:
- Visitors must adhere to all current and applicable Emory COVID-19 health and safety protocols at the time of their visit, including face covering requirements, symptom checking, and recommended hygiene practices.
- No visitor is allowed on Emory’s campus if infected with COVID-19 or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms at the time of the visit. Accessing campus shall indicate agreement to follow all campus safety protocols.
- Visitors who refuse to or cannot comply with campus protocols will be required to leave campus.
Emory COVID-19 Visitor Guidelines
Emory supports healthy and safe experiences for its campus community through modified operations and implementation of policies in recognition of the COVID-19 pandemic. To support this safe and healthy environment, all visitors, vendors, suppliers, service providers, and anyone else accessing campus are strongly encouraged to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
Before, During, and After Campus Visits
To mitigate the risks of transmission of COVID-19 in our community, Emory is committed to maintaining safety and health protocols across its campuses. Visitors accessing campus are expected to align with the following policies, principles, and guidelines:
- Agree to abide by all federal, state, local, and Emory University mandates, policies, protocols, and procedures related to COVID-19, including all required training and testing.
- No persons are allowed to be on Emory’s campus or in an Emory facility if they display or have experienced any of these symptoms, or others, as outlined by the CDC:
- Fever, chills, or cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fatigue, muscle, or body aches
- Headache
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea
- No persons are allowed on Emory’s campus or in an Emory facility if they have been diagnosed with COVID-19 within the last 10 days or required to quarantined based on CDC guidelines.
- In the event that a visitor or any supplier’s personnel, who is or has been present or performing services on Emory property, tests positive for COVID-19 within 2 days of being on Emory property, then the visitor or supplier shall: (a) immediately notify Emory at the number listed below; (b) take immediate action to quarantine such a person and any other personnel who may have come in contact with the person testing positive for COVID-19 and direct them not to come to Emory’s campus or any Emory facility; (c) and assist Emory in identifying any other persons on Emory property who may have come in contact with such a person. Emory will clean and disinfect all areas any infected person may have contacted on Emory property.
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University Senate and Faculty Council Nominations |
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We are still seeking a candidate for the University Senate and Faculty Council.
Please consider becoming a representative to the University Senate and Faculty Council for a three-year term that begins Fall 2021. The representative from the Emeritus College will attend meetings and submit a short report for the newsletter after each meeting. Since we are a voting member of the Senate and Faculty Council, it is important that we continue to have representation.
Holly York previously held this position and is willing to serve another term but would love to give someone else the opportunity to participate and keep up connections while staying involved within the Emory community and contributing to the visibility of the Emeritus College.
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Parking Services recently contacted the Emeritus College with a message that any Retiree who has not received an updated permit since September 2020 may email them with your name, phone number, mailing address and vehicle make, model, color, license plate number and state of registration to have an updated permit mailed to you. Call 404-727-7275 or visit online: http://transportation.emory.edu/
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Lunch Colloquium - Thursday, September 9, 2021 |
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“How Should We Think About Environmental Crises?”
Patrick Allitt
Cahoon Family Professor of American History
Lunch Colloquium - Zoom Meeting
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The idea of the end of the world has been central to American history since the Puritans. After the atomic bombs of 1945 it became possible to imagine that the world would be destroyed not by an angry God but by human folly. Fears over nuclear weapons and then over environmental issues like pollution, over-population, and resource exhaustion led to a succession of alarms in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, and finally to expressions of dread that global warming will be apocalyptic. In today’s Colloquium, the first of the Fall 2021 series with which we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Emeritus College, Dr. Allitt will review the history of environmental alarms to show their continuity with the jeremiad tradition and older forms of American catastrophism. And he’ll discuss whether he still holds with the un-catastrophic views he expressed in his 2014 book, A Climate of Crisis: America in the Age of Environmentalism.
About Patrick Allitt:
Patrick Allitt is Cahoon Family Professor of American History. He was an undergraduate at Oxford in England (1974-1977), a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley (PhD, 1986), and held postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Divinity School and Princeton University. At Emory since 1988, he teaches courses on American intellectual, environmental, and religious history, on Victorian Britain, and on the Great Books. Author of seven books (most recently A Climate of Crisis: America in the Age of Environmentalism, 2014) and almost innumerable articles, op eds, and reviews, he is also presenter of many individual talks (available online) and of lecture series with "The Great Courses,” including American Religious History (24 lectures), 2001; Victorian Britain (36 lectures), 2002; Introduction to U. S. History (in collaboration with Allan Guelzo and Gary Gallagher; he recorded the last 36 lectures in this 84-lecture series), 2003; The American Identity (48 lectures), 2005; The Conservative Tradition (36 lectures), 2009; The Rise and Fall of the British Empire (36 lectures), 2009; The Art of Teaching (24 lectures), 2010; The Industrial Revolution (24 lectures), 2014; and The American West: History, Myths, and Realities (36 lectures), 2017. His current project is a lecture series on tourism in Britain (36 lectures).
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Lunch Colloquium - Monday September 20, 2021 |
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“In Search of the Elusive Swing Voter"
Alan Abramowitz
Allen W. Barkley Professor of Political Science
With the rise of partisan polarization and straight ticket voting, swing voters seem to be vanishing from the American electorate. While there definitely are fewer voters who are “up for grabs” in U.S. elections, there is still a group of voters who are open to supporting Republican or Democratic candidates and this group can play a crucial role in deciding the outcomes of close elections like the 2020 presidential election. In this presentation, Dr. Abramowitz will present evidence about the characteristics of these swing voters and the factors that influence their candidate choices.
About Alan Abramowitz:
Alan Abramowitz, PhD, the Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science, is a widely cited expert on national politics, polling, and elections. His expertise includes election forecasting models, party realignment in the U.S., congressional elections, and the effects of political campaigns on the electorate. His “Time for Change” model has predicted election outcomes with a remarkable degree of accuracy since the 1980s. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters, and his most recent books are: The Great Alignment: Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump (Yale University Press, 2018), The Polarized Public: Why American Government is So Dysfunctional (Pearson Longman, 2013), and The Disappearing Center: Engaged Citizens, Polarization, and American Democracy (Yale University Press, 2010).
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Interdisciplinary Seminar |
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In 2014, John Bugge initiated the Emeritus College Interdisciplinary Seminars to foster intellectual stimulation and continued growth in the life of the mind in a truly collegial atmosphere. Each year participants have typically met together weekly for 8-12 sessions to discuss a topic or book of mutual interest that spans multiple fields. Each participant chooses a subtopic, shares readings, and takes responsibility for informally chairing one of the seminar sessions and leading the lively discussion that inevitably follows. Previous participants have greatly enjoyed these intellectual opportunities and some of the presentations have later appeared as Colloquium topics.
This spring, when it appeared that we would be able to return safely to in-person meetings at the Luce Center, we were eager to schedule a weekly fall seminar from September to November. Two requests for seminar topic proposals have appeared in this newsletter, but to date there have been no responses or requests to join a discussion list for possible topics. Reaching out to previous seminar participants with the suggestion of “Atlanta” as our subject piqued some interest but little enthusiasm for Zoom conferencing.
Unfortunately, COVID-19 is still very much with us, and even though we’re vaccinated, comfort levels vary about travel and indoor meetings. This fall our members will have the opportunity to return to (masked) face-to-face interaction at our Colloquiums. As these sessions change from weekly to biweekly, we hope more free time will increase enthusiasm for intellectual interaction among our members.
We are going to put the Interdisciplinary Seminar 2021 on hold for now and consider a session from February to April 2022. If you have questions about the Interdisciplinary Seminars, or suggestions for topics or books for a group to consider, please contact Marilynne McKay, mmckay@emory.edu. All ideas are welcome and all EUEC members are eligible to participate.
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THE AROHE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: OCTOBER 12-14, 2021
Join Your Emeritus College Colleagues for the Event
We think most of our members know that Emory’s Emeritus College is a long-time (indeed, founding) member of the Association for Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE), and that EUEC directors Gene Bianchi and John Bugge served on the Board of the Association for many years, and that Gray Crouse is completing a second term on the Board right now. And, of course, most of you know that Emory hosted the (then) biennial conference of the Association in the fall of 2018—with the members of GA-HERO, the Georgia Association of Higher Education Retiree Organizations, as our co-hosts on that hugely successful occasion.
Arizona State was due to host in 2020. COVID forced the cancelation of that conference. But AROHE decided to schedule a virtual conference for this fall—specifically for three days in October, the 12th to the 14th. AND, with the encouragement of big-time Trekkie fan, Bill Verdini of ASU, who is currently President of the Board, we decided to embrace its virtuality whole-heartedly. Thus, the title and the primary promo for the conference read as follows:
"Reimagining Retirement: Let Us Boldly Go"
Cyberspace. The final frontier. And the site of the next AROHE enterprise. Join us as we venture into virtual realms to explore the opportunities for collegial relationships, intellectual engagement, and productive endeavor that Retirement Organizations present—both to their members and to the colleges and universities they serve. And help us discover further ways that ROs and AROHE itself might yet do more to re-create retirement as a time of purpose and passion for all on board the “starship” of our Association.
If you go to the website for AROHE—and the conference—you’ll find a charming and informative video of Bill at the top of the scroll of conference information in which he introduces himself as “the Captain” of “the Starship AROHE.” (And a little further down the scroll, there’s a video of Gretchen Schulz, who is serving as co-chair of the Program Committee, talking about—what else—the program.)
Of course, if you’re willing and able to spend time browsing on the conference website, you’ll find full information about all aspects of the conference—including a detailed day-by-day schedule for all its programming—including sessions in which Ann Rogers and Ron Gould and Gretchen will be presenting. But you may prefer to pick up the basic information about the pleasure and profit in store for you should you decide to register to attend right here—in passages taken from the article we’ll be running in the September issue of AROHE MATTERS, the newsletter of the association.
Excerpts from the AROHE MATTERS September Newsletter
As we put the finishing touches to the program for our virtual conference, we are thrilled to invite you to join us for an experience that will take you soaring into the realm of exciting new ideas and social activities even as you put your feet up in the comfort of your home.
Here’s what you’ll enjoy in the course of our journey:
The Program
Keynoter Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, Geriatrician and Professor of Medicine, UCSF Division of Geriatrics
“Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life”
Keynoter Jean Accius, Senior Vice President, Global Thought Leadership, AARP
“Returning to Normal Isn’t an Option: The Opportunity to Create a New, Stronger, and More Inclusive Future is Now”
Plenary panels on “The Pandemic as Case Study: How Technology Can Support the Resilience of Elders” and “The Age-Friendly University Global Network: Advancing Inclusivity in Higher Education”
Concurrent sessions on topics such as retirement housing; senior travel; post-pandemic programming [with our own Ann presenting]; intergenerational initiatives; lifelong learning [with our own Ron and Gretchen presenting]; diversity, equity, and inclusion; consortia to connect retirement organizations {with reps from GA-HERO presenting]; strategic planning—and more. There will also be opportunities for free-flowing conversation on issues of the greatest mutual interest.
Keynote addresses, plenary panels and concurrent presentations will be recorded so you can watch them for a month following the conference. That is a lot of added value for the modest price of registration (More on registration below).
The Resource Exchange Fair
Our virtual conference will also include The Resource Exchange Fair, always a much-appreciated feature of AROHE conferences. While conference attendees will be able to visit the virtual fair at any time and stuff their “swag-bags” with resources, we have set aside two periods when those exhibiting at the fair will staff their virtual booths and interact with attendees. During those periods you can speak with our sponsors, AROHE board members, and retirement organizations (ROs) there to share their best practices [a group that will includethe EUEC]. You will especially want to speak with winners of our Innovation Awards. They will offer information about their successes that you can take home with you when the conference concludes.
Registration Deadlines
Registration information is available on the conference website. Reduced fees are available for those who register by September 17 and for group registrations.
And Speaking of Group Registrations . . .
Back to this article for our own newsletter. We do hope that many of you—beyond the five of us that are already involved in presenting, moderating, and otherwise participating in the conference programming—will be interested in registering to attend the conference. As you’ll see if you do take a look at the conference website, there will be lots of interesting sessions to attend—and there will be lots of fun available, too, with activities (like laughter yoga) arranged for the many breaks we have built into the three-day schedule—and time for “social networking” (and parties), as well.
What with NO need to pay for plane fare and hotel rooms and so forth, the cost of attending will be minimal, even for individual attendees. But for those who can register as one of a group of attendees from a single Retirememt Organization, it’s even minimaller (if that’s a word—I suspect it isn’t). With five Emory people already set to register, all Emory attendees can claim the $80 registration fee instead of the $100 one. What a deal!
So if you would like to register, let Ann Rogers (at ann.e.rogers@emory.edu) know that you wish to do so—by the early registration deadline of September 17. As our Director, Ann is the one who’ll have to turn in names of those in our group (a list to which she can keep adding through the early bird deadline). And she’s the one who’ll have to ante up the payment as well. (We individual members of the group will be able to reimburse her via a mechanism called Zelle that she will explain.)
We look forward to sharing our experience on “the Starship AROHE” with as many of our wonderful EUEC crew as possible. Let us “beam you aboard”—so you can learn even more than you already know about how to “live long and prosper.”
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Donna Brogan
Professor Emerita of Biostatistics
Dr. Donna Brogan taught a 16-hour Zoom virtual workshop spread over four days in July and August of 2021 on the topic of "Complex Survey Data Analysis using the SAS Procs." The workshop was sponsored by the Center for Data Science at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Participants included faculty and students from the School of Nursing, Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) and other health sciences departments. SAS (Statistical Analysis System) was accessed by the instructor and participants via Apporto at RSPH.
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Joyce Flueckiger
Professor Emerita of Religion
Unwritten Hinduism: A Conference in Honor of Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger, was held Friday, August 13, 2021 via Zoom.
Joyce Flueckiger has been an ethnographer and scholar of South Asian religions at Emory University’s Department of Religion since 1992. She has carried out extensive fieldwork in India, working in Chhattisgarh, Hyderabad, Tirupati, and Mussoorie. Dr. Flueckiger's research projects share theoretical interests in indigenous categories and in everyday, vernacular religion. One goal of Dr. Flueckiger’s research is to bring unwritten Hindu traditions into the mainstream of the study and teaching of religion, with a particular emphasis on their gendered performance and experience.
The conference, in honor of Dr. Flueckiger’s retirement in August 2021, highlighted her legacy and ongoing impact at Emory University and the fields of religious studies and South Asian studies.
The meeting brought together leading scholars in South Asian religions, many of whom are Dr. Flueckiger’s advisees, and highlighted themes of gender, materiality, and performance in unwritten Hindu traditions. The conference was held in conjunction with the late August re-opening of the newly renovated gallery of South Asian art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, which Dr. Flueckiger has taken an active part in shaping.
The event was sponsored by the Department of Religion, the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies’ South Asia Seminar, and the Michael C. Carlos Museum.
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Hoyt P. Oliver
Professor Emeritus of Religon
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Hoyt Peder Oliver, 85, passed away at home in Oxford on June 15, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents, The Reverend Young Allen Oliver and Selma Pederson Oliver, and sister Linda Oliver Long. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, LaTrelle (Blackburn), children Laurie and Erik, and grandsons Lucas, Simon, and Arthur.
Hoyt was best known as a professor at Oxford College of Emory University, where he expanded the minds of thousands of students through courses in philosophy, sociology, and religion for forty years. However, he was also an avid gardener who shared generously, an outdoorsman who instilled that love in his children and grandchildren, a talented cook who nourished family and guests, a masterful woodworker who "released" beautiful sculptures, a vocalist who sang with his church choir for nearly sixty years, a calming counselor for couples he was to join in matrimony, a servant of the community through many civic endeavors, a true partner in leadership, an infamous humorist, a mentor, and a visionary.
As children of Methodist ministers, both Hoyt and LaTrelle had moved every few years; hence they sought to put down deep roots in one special community, Oxford. Hoyt's path was like a Möbius strip in that his post secondary academic studies and career began and ended with Emory. In addition to a certificate (AA) from "Emory at Oxford" and a BA (philosophy) from Emory, Hoyt completed a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from Boston University and a PhD in Religion in Higher Education from Yale University. For three years between Emory and Boston, he served with the Methodist Board of Global Ministries as a short-term missionary in Seoul, Korea. An Eagle Scout himself, he led a Boy Scout troop there and taught English in two schools. He became The Reverend Doctor through ordination into the ministry of the Methodist Church in 1962 and returned to Oxford to join the faculty of Oxford College in 1966.
Rejoice, smile, and laugh, for as he would say, "I've gone OHM."
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Walking the Campus with Dianne |
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Students, faculty, and staff are returning to campus, the fall season is approaching and it's time to start walking again!
Let's visit an area of campus that is extremely busy during any given semester. Many people come and go in this area almost at a constant pace, and here you will not see the traditional marble structures, but an artistic overhang connected to a concrete building.
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Where will you find this on the Emory Campus? |
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Emory University Emeritus College
The Luce Center
825 Houston Mill Road NE #206
Atlanta, GA 30329
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