Emeriti Retirees Center Newsletter
Staying Connected
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- This year's Emeriti Association's Promise Scholars Still Need Our Help
- Emeriti and Retirees: Sign Up for a Field Trip to the Chumash Museum and Cultural Center on Thursday, February 5. Deadline to reserve is today! Scroll down for details.
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Reading Group: "Universities & Authoritarianism" will meet next on Tuesday, February 10. Contact Ellen Pasternack to join.
- Next Bike Ride is February 10. Scroll down for additional detail.
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Register now for a Webinar with Dickson Emeriti Professor Nathan Salmon on Thursday, February 12 at 4 pm
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UCNet has a new webpage featuring how UC Retirees can stay safe in a digital world. Learn more below.
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Andrew Fung, Fidelity Investments, will be on campus for one-on-one meetings on Thursday, February 12
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UC Retirees Travel Preview is on February 13 at 10 am (for 2027 Tours)
- Rehired Retirees Information is now on the Emeriti Retirees Center Website
- Archived Webinars
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Joselyn Herrera Velazquez
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Please Sponsor This Year's New Promise Scholars |
Dear Emeriti:
Every year, the UCSB Emeriti Association awards scholarships to two UCSB Promise Scholars. These are high-achieving, low-income students, many of whom are first-generation college students. They are selected not only for their academic excellence, but also for their potential to make a meaningful impact in their communities and chosen profession.
This year, we are proud to support two new, exceptional Promise Scholars: Joselyn Herrera-Velazquez, an incoming freshman, and Nacarre Turner, a transfer student.
Meet our newest Promise Scholars.
Each of our scholar recipients receives $2,500 a year, funded entirely through donations raised by the Emeriti Association. To sustain this commitment, our fall/winter campaign goal is $15,000.
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we have already raised $9,200! We are now seeking $5,800 to finish fully funding these outstanding students.
If you have not yest contributed to the Emeriti Association's Promise Scholars Scholarship Fund, please consider making a tax-deductible gift today. A donation in any amount helps reduce financial concerns for these students, and enables them to focus on their studies and graduate without significant debt.
Please make a donation at this time.
Your support will make a lasting difference.
Learn about the impact of our scholarships
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With best wishes,
Muriel Zimmerman, President, UCSB Emeriti Association
Tom Gerig, Treasurer, UCSB Emeriti Association
Judy Gough, Chair, UCSB Emeriti Association Development Committee
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Deadline to Reserve is Today!
UCSB Emeriti Association Presents a Trip to the Chumash Museum and Cultural Center
for Emeriti and Retirees
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 10 am to noon |
Enjoy a self-guided tour of the new Chumash Museum and Cultural Center in Santa Ynez. Docents will provide an introduction to the museum and will be on hand to answer questions. Carpooling is encouraged. Reserve for yourself and a guest by sending an email to Ellen Pasternack, or calling her at 805-893-2168. Please mention if you are interested in carpooling as a driver or passenger. Discounted group price is $9 per senior (65+) and $10 for emeriti ages 18 to 64. Checks should be made out to "UCSB Emeriti Association" and mailed to:
Emeriti Retirees Center
Human Resources
3101 SAASB
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6130
Reservations will be considered final once payment has been received. There are no refunds. Questions? Please contact Ellen Pasternack, or call her at 805-893-2168.
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UCSB Emeriti Association Presents
an Ongoing Reading Group for Emeriti and Retirees:
Universities and Authoritarianism
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The Emeriti Association announces the next meeting of a new reading group for emeriti and retirees to discuss two articles each month on how authoritarian regimes globally have attempted to control universities and how universities, their faculties, and students respond. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 10, from 4 - 5 pm on Zoom. Convener of the reading group is Board member Chuck Bazerman, bazerman@ucsb.edu. Register by contacting Ellen Pasternack, epasternack@ucsb.edu. You will receive a link to the month's readings with confirmation of your attendance.
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Bike Rides for Emeriti and Retirees
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SB Emeriti Association presents an ongoing series of bike rides for emeriti and retirees on Tuesday mornings from 9 am to @ 11:30 am: February 10.
Tuesday, February 10 - Meet at the east end of Shoreline Park Parking lot above the Harbor for a 15-mile ride. Breakfast will probably be at Jeannine's, but riders choose.
Please arrive early enough to prepare your bike. Write to Bill Prothero, prothero@ucsb.edu, if you want to join or have questions.
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| UCSB's Emeriti Association Presents a Webinar with Nathan Salmon, Dickson Emeriti Professor, on Thursday, February 12,
at 4 pm: "The Significance of Saul Kripke’s Naming and Necessity"
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Fifty-six years ago, at the ripe old age of 29, a logic prodigy from Omaha gave a series of three talks that would change philosophy. Working without any written text or notes, Saul Kripke gave these talks in a casual, informal, almost conversational style. The impact of his ideas was colossal. The talks were transcribed, then published as an article, later as a monograph with a newer preface. It would be difficult to overstate the work’s significance. In this presentation, I will provide my own perspective on one reason that "Naming and Necessity" should be celebrated as a major game-changer in the entire history of philosophy.
Nathan Salmon is an American philosopher in the analytic tradition, specializing in metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of logic.
Salmon was born January 2, 1951, in Los Angeles to a working-class family of Sephardi Jews of Spanish-Turkish heritage. A first-gen college student, Salmon graduated from El Camino College (1971) and from the University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1973, M.A., 1974; Ph.D., 1979).
Salmon was assistant professor of philosophy at Princeton University from 1978 to 1982. Salmon is currently Edward A. Dickson Professor of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he has taught since 1984.
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Attacks against UC retirees: Staying safe in a digital world
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Following up on recent attempts to defraud UC retirees, UCNet has created a new webpage delineating what the University of California is doing to protect you and what steps you can take to keep yourself and your data safe. Want to learn more? Experian is offering two comprehensive, free, hour-long webinars on Tuesday, March 24th. Register for a 9 am or a 2 pm session.
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| Meet with Andrew Fung, Fidelity Investments. In-person, 45-minute appointment dates: Thursday, February 12, and Wednesday, March 25.
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OAT/GCT Trips Preview Webinar on February 13 |
Join us to preview our 2027 tours with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) and Grand Circle Travel (GCT) on Friday, February 13, at 10 am for a preview of July -December 2027 trips: Mongolia & the Gobi Desert, Great Britain, Iceland, Portugal/Spain, and China.
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Missed some of the Emeriti Association's fascinating webinars? You can find them archived on the association's website. Featured: "How a Comet Impact 12,800 Years Ago Changed Natural and Human History Forever."
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| Coordinator
Emeriti Retirees Center
Ellen.Pasternack@hr.ucsb.edu
(805) 893-2168
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Human Resources UC Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3160 US
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