Information in blue text blocks is sponsored by the Emeriti Association
https://www.emeritiassociation.org

Joselyn Herrera Velazquez

Nacarre Turner

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

With best wishes,
Muriel Zimmerman, President, UCSB Emeriti Association
Tom Gerig, Treasurer, UCSB Emeriti Association
Judy Gough, Chair, UCSB Emeriti Association Development Committee

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.  We will be discussing two chapters, one by Ruth Ben-Ghiat describing the means by which Italian universities were brought under fascist ideological control, and the other by John Connelly describing how Polish universities were able to maintain a degree of independence and integrity under state socialism. Discussion questions inviting comparisons to our current situation will be distributed ahead of time. 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.

Bike Rides for Emeriti and Retirees

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.

Nathan Salmon

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"

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. 

Photo by William Ashby

Missed President Muriel Zimmerman's Note on "Offers and Opportunities for Emeriti"? Read it Here.

Information in brown text blocks is for
emeriti and retirees
https://www.hr.ucsb.edu/emeriti-retirees-center

Attacks against UC retirees: Staying safe in a digital world

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. 

Meet with Andrew Fung, Fidelity Investments. In-person, 45-minute appointment dates: Thursday, February 12, and Wednesday, March 25.

Join UC Retirees Travel 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.

Information about Rehired Retirees is Now Located on the Emeriti Retirees Center website.

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."

Ellen Pasternack

Coordinator
Emeriti Retirees Center
Ellen.Pasternack@hr.ucsb.edu
(805) 893-2168