Maricopa Gold | Fall 2016

Issue Highlights: 2 Chancellor Message 3 Governing Board Elections

MARICOPA News from the Maricopa Community Colleges Retirees’ Association

Autumn Brings Annual Retirees Meeting The big news from the Maricopa Community Colleges Retirees’ Association is the move of the annual meeting to the fall scheduled for Thursday, November 3.

The reason for the change: The meeting held in April has become a popular Pre-Retirement Planning workshop for employees nearing retirement. The April 24, 2016 meeting was attended by over 200 aging employees looking for direction in planning their retirement. MCCRA is providing a valuable service to current employees and will continue the Retirement Planning sessions in spring and fall. Join the group and share your experiences and expertise with those looking toward retirement.

MCCRA Now on Fiscal Year Calendar MCCRA changed its membership year to a fiscal timeframe from July 1 through June 30. If you have not paid your annual dues, it’s not too late. Use the enclosed 2016 -17 Dues Renewal form to continue, or initiate, your participation in MCCRA. While you are at it, please add a little extra to donate to the MCCRA Endowed Scholarship Fund using the form on page 11.

Membership in the Maricopa Community Colleges Retirees’ Association is free for the first year after a community college employee retires. About 20 newly-retired Maricopans took advantage of the free membership this year. New retirees will receive the benefits of MCCRA membership at no cost. Benefits include activities for retirees, updates on issues affecting retirement and pensions, the Maricopa Gold newsletter four times a year, email through MCCD, and special benefits by joining the Faculty Association, to name just a few.

Be sure to “Like” the MCCRA Facebook page so you will receive timely updates on retiree issues and activities. www.facebook.com/maricopa.edu.retirees

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Annual meeting highlights include a greeting from the new MCCCD Chancellor Dr. Maria Harper-Marinick and an update from the Arizona State Retirement System. New this year are two workshops covering “Estate Planning” and “Volunteerism in Retirement” focusing on how we stay relevant and continue to be community members through volunteerism. The heart of the gathering is the social aspect of joining with your fellow retirees and the MCCRA Board that represents you.

The MCCRA Annual Meeting will be held from 10 a.m. – 12 noon in the Governing Board Room on the 2nd floor of the Maricopa Community Colleges District Office, 2411 W. 14th Street in Tempe, Arizona It is your retiree association, be

active.

Join the MCCRA Board We need your expertise and ideas for how MCCRA can better represent retirees.

Nominations are open for seats on the MCCRA Executive Board for 2017-20. Refer to the enclosed Nomination Form to designate your interest in serving on the Board or to nominate someone else.

You are invited to come to a MCCRA Board meeting even if you are not a board member. Meetings are the third Thursday of the month at 10 a.m. at the Maricopa Community Colleges District Office in Tempe.

Chancellor Harper-Marinick to Lead a New Maricopa Dear members of the Maricopa Retiree Association, I thank you for your many years of service to the Maricopa system. It is with great enthusiasm and unwavering commitment to excellence that I begin my tenure as the Chancellor of the Maricopa Community Colleges. We have started the 20162017 academic year with a sense of momentum and high expectations, building on noteworthy accomplishments of the past to drive transformational change for the future.

With a $7.3 billion economic impact on the community, the stature, value, and influence of the Maricopa Community Colleges cannot be underestimated or ignored. Our rich history, combined with the success of our students and the priceless commitment from our community, perfectly positions us to approach the future with confidence and without hesitation as we redesign our structure and operational framework into one that is outcome-focused, results-oriented, high-impact, and highly efficient.

Our students and our community demand more than what community colleges have traditionally offered. We must evolve so that we can continue to engage competitively in a local and global economy in ways that only a community college can – by producing a workforce that is sought-after for its superior technical and professional skill-set.

Recognizing the unprecedented opportunity in front of us to create a new Maricopa, we have begun our transformation into an innovative, entrepreneurial, civic-minded, and publicly accountable organization that exemplifies excellence in all that we do. The first step in laying the foundation for a more progressive infrastructure was realigning the operation of the Maricopa Corporate College (MCor) under the leadership of Dr. Chris Bustamante at Rio Salado College. The alignment of MCor with Rio Salado is ideal due to Rio’s long history and successful track record of providing customized workforce training programs for business and industry. Although corporate college operations will be directed and managed by Rio Salado, MCor’s coordination with the other Maricopa colleges and divisions will continue.

The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI), which had become a part of MCor, has been reassigned to GateWay Community College where the center is located, and placed under the leadership of GateWay’s president, Dr. Steven Gonzales. The CEI, through its mission as an incubator, houses and provides targeted resources for start-up companies, and is a novel mechanism for meeting the business needs of our community.

Aside from all of the noteworthy changes and excitement for what the future holds, our funding challenges will continue to demand discipline and will require that we make real and often difficult choices, but we will not let this stop us. The District remains financially healthy and stable and has once again earned a triple A bond rating, the highest possible rating, by national rating agencies Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P, AAA), Moody’s Investors Service (Aaa), and Fitch Ratings (AAA). Achieving the triple A rating affirms the District’s creditworthiness and recognizes its continued sound financial stewardship. First earned in 2007, the District has consistently maintained a triple A rating from the three agencies through all subsequent years. A recent refinance of our remaining Bond debt resulted in an unexpected savings of more than $20 million for our local community of taxpayers. We are grateful for the community’s support of our Bond programs and are very excited to report such significant savings!

I thank you for your continued engagement with and support of the Maricopa Community Colleges, and for the warm welcome I have received since becoming Chancellor. Updates and opportunities for feedback will be provided as we continue our journey of transformation, and I encourage you to get involved and let your voices be heard. Each of you helped to shape the Maricopa of yesterday and today, and your experience and expertise is of great value as we shape the Maricopa of tomorrow.

— Maria Harper-Marinick, Ph.D., Chancellor

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Governing Board Elections on November 8 The Governing Board of the Maricopa County Community College District is currently made up of seven persons, five elected from geographical districts within Maricopa County, and two at-large positions representing the entire county.

Board members are elected in staggered years to four-year terms*.

Current Term Expires

Governing Board Members Position

District

Mr. Doyle Burke

Member

1

December 31, 2016

Mr. Alfredo Gutierrez

President

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December 31, 2016

Ms. Johanna Haver

Secretary

3

December 31, 2018

Mr. John Heep

Member

At-Large

December 31, 2016*

Ms. Tracy Livingston

Member

At-Large

December 31, 2018*

receiving the largest number of votes will serve

Ms. Jean McGrath

Member

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December 31, 2018

largest number of votes will serve two years.

Mr. Dana Saar

Member

2

December 31, 2016

*At-large members will serve different terms initially upon election in 2014—the candidate four years, the candidate receiving the next Subsequently, At-Large members will serve four-year terms

GOV ERNING BOA RD C A NDIDATES Four board members will be decided in the next election held on November 8.

Districts 1, 2, and 5 will be up for election along with one at-large member position.

Dana Saar (District 2) and Alfredo Gutierrez (District 5) are running unopposed for re-election.

District 1 brings three new candidates running for the one position: Laurin Hendrix Dennis P. Kavanaugh Moses Sanche The incumbent for one at-large position, John Heep, is being challenged by Linda M. Thor.

For information on the election process for Maricopa County, check out the Maricopa County Recorder’s website— http://recorder.maricopa.gov/elections/

MCCD Named Healthy Employer Even so, we were happy to retire, weren’t we?

Maricopa Community College District was recently named the 11th healthiest employer by the Phoenix Business Journal (PBJ). The selection was a two-part process where companies were first nominated by readers of the publication.

Then, nominees filled out a survey that was scored and ranked. Considerations in the award included tobacco-free workplace policies, dependent access to wellness initiatives, tracking absenteeism because of illness, and employee incentives. The District ranked 11 in the large employer category, which includes organizations with 1,500 or more employees. The award is part of a collaboration between the PBJ and Healthiest Employers LLC.

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Christina Schultz, New Foundation CEO Christina Schultz was introduced as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation during the Governing Board’s regular April meeting.

The selection of Ms. Schultz was made following a national search. Prior to her selection, Ms. Schultz served for nine years as the leader of institutional advancement and development at Dixie State University in St. George, Utah. She was the university’s first female and longest serving Vice President.

Ms. Schultz, who joined the Foundation April 18, has extensive experience in higher education leadership positions. Prior to her work with Dixie State University, she served as Director of Development at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center at California State University, and the University of Southern California.

Ms. Schultz earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a specialization in marketing from the University of Southern California and a Master of Arts degree in Communications Management from the same university.

Helping Your Community www.vsuw.org The Maricopa Community Colleges will participate in the annual United Way Campaign 2016 this fall allowing us to show our collective support for the communities where we live. As in the past, Maricopa will support the Valley of the Sun United Way and the Mesa United Way.

MCCRA Members Offer Advice at PVCC The Executive Board of the Maricopa Retirees’ Association gave an informative workshop on September 13, 2016 discussing retirement preparation and planning.

Ann Oehmke, Ken Roberts, and Sue Isackson, members of the Executive Board, hosted the retirement discussion at Paradise Valley Community

The United Way, through myriad programs, focuses on ending

College. All employees were invited to attend. Future

hunger and homelessness, increasing financial stability, and

sessions are planned at other campuses.

helping children and youth succeed. Their mission aligns with our institution’s goals to change individual lives and build strong communities through education.

Planning is already underway and college leadership teams are being assembled. With Chancellor Harper-Marinick leading the effort, Rio Salado President Dr. Chris Bustamante will serve as the Chancellor’s Executive Council Champion.

We encourage all retirees to participate this year, in any capacity that fits individual budget and time. The size of the gift is not nearly as important as the effort we make, even in small ways, to support those in need.

The United Way wants to partner with retirees in a special way, more information on this will be included in the next GOLD edition.

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Panel members discussed some of the issues they considered in advance of retirement, what they did to prepare for retirement, and what they might have done differently. Participants were encouraged to bring and ask their questions about pending retirement from the District.

Ann, Sue, and Ken are not professional retirement counselors, financial planners, or leisure consultants.

However, they are retired Maricopa employees who are eager to share their experiences and perspectives about retiring from MCCCD.

Find-a-Grave

By Gordon Jesse, Faculty Emeritus In the past few years, interest in ancestry research has

Within a few minutes, I traced my ancestry back three

increased and many people are delving into their heritage.

generations and saw photos of grave markers of them,

One piece of advice often cited is to make use of free

although the markers are largely unreadable at this point.

online research tools before paying to join any commercial

I now know names, dates, and the cemeteries where their

sites, and this just makes sense. One free tool that I found

graves are located in Kentucky and Virginia.

has the unlikely name of Find-a-Grave: www.findagrave.com/ No, it’s not a shopping site for burial plots. Actually, it’s a very simple premise: a searchable database of who’s buried where. Many volunteers have gone through their local cemeteries, photographing each grave marker and recording name and birth and death dates. They then enter

One thing I already knew was that my grandfather was orphaned at age 14, left home, and within a couple of years, had found his way to Denver. It makes sense that in 1900, when a 14-year-old boy traveled on his own from Kentucky to Colorado, there was no real documentation or any real track of him, thus he was lost to the Kentucky family.

that photo and data into a database. Results can vary, but

Because of this, there was no link on Find-a-Grave

let me give you a quick example of my recent experience.

between him and his parents. Find-a-Grave has online

I have always known my maternal grandfather’s place and date of birth and his place and date of death, but that didn’t get me much on Find-a-Grave. His grave in southeastern Colorado was already listed, but the trail ended there. During a visit to a cousin this summer,

forms to add information, and in a few minutes I was able to make the linkages between his grave in southeastern Colorado and his parents’ in Kentucky. I was able to contribute a small bit of information about our little branch of the family to the larger community.

I happened to find out some information that I didn’t

I urge you to visit Find-a-Grave and start investigating your

previously know: the names of his mother and father, and

own family heritage. Your results may not be as immediate

the years of their deaths.

as mine, but it’s a fun process, kind of like your own

I went to Find-a-Grave, navigated to the search form, and

detective story. Find-a-Grave is a great starting place.

filled-in what I now knew of my great grandparents. Wow!

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A Walk on the Camino

By Fred Gaudet folks along the way to share a “buen camino;” to walk with for a few miles; or to join for a meal. And, of course, there were always others in the alberques, sometimes too many others.

Fifth, I tried to be a peregrino, that is, I engaged in the spiritual aspects of the Camino, such as attending mass in various churches, sometimes with dozens/hundreds of others and once as the only person. The thousand-year old pull of Santiago de Compostela was amazing.

In Spain, Portugal, and France there are over a dozen Caminos that lead to Santiago de Compostela, the purported burial place of the apostle St. James. For over a thousand years, peregrinos, have made the trek, or “The Way,” to Santiago de Compostela.

We walked the Camino Frances, so-called since it started in After retiring in 2002 from GateWay Community College, I

France, crossed the Pyrenees into the Basque areas of Spain

became a long distance hiker, completing the Arizona Trail

then across different terrains and through small villages, and

twice, Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, Appalachian

large cities such as Pamplona, Burgos, and Leon.

Trail, plus other trails totaling over 12,000 miles. In 2014 a new adventure beckoned me, dramatically different than my other

A typical day started by leaving the alberque around 6 am,

hikes: a 500-mile Walk on the Camino de Santiago.

walking for a few hours than stopping at a bar/café for café con

First, there were plenty of other pilgrims, or peregrinos. There

lunch we stopped at an alberque between 2 and 3; showered;

have been almost a quarter of a million folks every year on the

washed clothes by hand; and rested or went sight seeing.

Caminos. What a difference from my other hikes: on the Arizona Trail maybe five hikers; on the CDT, perhaps a dozen or so; on the PCT, not more than a hundred; on the AT, quite a few,

leche and a tortilla papa, something like a potato frittata. After

I particularly liked the artistic renditions in churches of religious and historic stories on the retablo of the main altar and in the

especially those gathered at shelters.

side chapels; in the stain glass windows; on the capitals; on the

Second, there was a place to stay every night in an alberque—a

the life of Christ and various saints; the four gospel writers

hostel-like facility with a dozen to over 100 beds. The distance

surrounding Christ the King; the trials and tribulations of saints,

between alberques could be as little as 5-7 kilometers, but a

including the beheading of John the Baptist and the upside

more reasonable walking distance was 12-17 miles. There were

down crucifixion of St. Peter. There were depictions of Santiago

small cafes, bars, etc. to get a bite to eat and/or a big meal.

Peregrino in sandals with a staff and gourd water bottle and

Stores provided supplies for the occasional breakfast or lunch if

of Santiago Matamoros,

eating-places were miles apart. Obviously, a backpack with tent,

or Moor Slayer, on a

sleeping bag, stove, etc. was not needed, only a small day pack.

white horse with a sword

Third, there were plenty of cultural and historical places that I visited. From a book on my tablet, The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago, The Complete Cultural Handbook, I made a list of my “must sees:” churches, cathedrals, buildings, bridges, plus Roman roads, mines, and rest stops that displayed some of the best ‘what-ever’ in Spain. I brought a monocular and bright headlamp for poking around interesting places. I even went close to some of the locales that Don Quixote rode past when he was protecting damsels and pilgrims some 600 years ago.

Fourth, I travel with a friend, Lionel Diaz who had recently retired from the Maricopa District. There also were plenty of

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arches over entries to the structure. Recurring themes included

killing the Moors. There were warnings to avoid sinful things, such as the rich couple with a bag of money being dragged to hell by a goat-devil and people being put into pots of boiling oil.

Particularly interesting were the elaborate carvings on the arms, backs, and underneath the

Senior Discount on Classes seats of the choir chairs.

In addition to the array of saints and religious stories, were the more mundane representations: a monk slapping a student on his bare bottom; prostitutes; the gluttonous fat man with his belly in a wheel barrow; and two angles urinating.

After 33 days the walk culminated at the noon pilgrim mass in the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela with the swinging from the ceiling of the botafumeiro, a giant incense burner originally used to fumigate the sweaty peregrinos. I was so emotionally drawn into the swinging botafumeiro that I attended three more pilgrim masses.

A Compostela Certificate of Completion of was acquired.

Since 2014 was the eight hundred anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi’s walk on the Camino, a Sancti Francisci Conventus Compostelae commemorating the event was given at the Convento San Francisco.

So that the memories of my Walk on the Camino do not fade away too soon, I’ll be in the Iberian Peninsular in September and October, 2016, walking on two more Caminos: the Caminho de Portugués and the Camino Primitivo in Spain.

Until our paths cross, “buen camino” or “bom caminho.”

Emeritus Status Awarded The Governing Board grants Emeritus status during its monthly meetings based on nominations of recently retired faculty and executive staff.

M A RCH 2016

Thomas Butler, Reading; and Reyes Medrano, Business; Paradise Valley Community College Dr. Diana L. Abel, Early Childhood Education, Rio Salado Community College

M AY 2016

Dr. Douglas Sawyer, Math/Science, Scottsdale Community College

As of July 1, 2016, people age 65 and older who are residents of Maricopa County can take advantage of a tuition discount for credit classes at all Maricopa Community Colleges. The discounted rate is 50 percent off the current County Resident tuition.

To be eligible for the Senior Citizen Tuition Rate, students must be 65 or older at time of enrollment, residents of Maricopa County, and eligible for in-state tuition. All credit courses at all Maricopa Community Colleges are eligible for the discount. It does not apply to clock-hour or non-credit courses. Registration and course fees are not discounted.

How Seniors Students Enroll at a Discounted Rate Eligible students who wish to enroll at the discounted tuition rate must wait to enroll until after the first class meeting, and then submit the Senior Citizen Tuition Rate form and proof of eligibility prior to the second class meeting.

• Find the class and section number, print and complete the Senior Citizen Tuition Rate and take it to the college Enrollment Center after the first class meeting to enroll.

• Because students must enroll after the start of class, tuition and fees are due at the time of enrollment.

More information and the Senior Citizen Tuition Rate form are available at maricopa.edu/senior-citizen-tuition-rate and at any college Admissions, Records and Registration Office.

(Check the website in the near future for information on upcoming changes to the registration process)

JUNE 2016

Dr. Loretta Kissell, Communications; and Michael T. Hewett, Reading; Mesa Community College Dean Stover, English/Humanities and Religion; and Vincent Huffman, Anthropology; GateWay Community College Anne Dudley, Math; and Suzanne Murry, Business and Information Technology; Glendale Community College

AUGUS T 2016

John Lampignano, Medical Imaging Faculty and Director of Center for Teaching and Learning, GateWay Community College Dr. Rosemary Leary, Chemistry, Chandler-Gilbert Community College

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Serving Others by Learning

by Delia “Dee Dee” Tapson, PHR Creative Pathways Coordinator, Maricopa Community College District

HOW WOULD YOU LIK E TO HELP PUT THE “ U ” A ND “ I ” IN COMMUNIT Y ?

WHERE DO YOU S TA RT ? WH AT C A N YOU DO? RE TIREES A RE IN V ITED. At Maricopa Community Colleges, employees have been participating in the Valley of the Sun’s United Way Project Connect and working with those individuals that are homeless or close to homelessness. Employees participate by being guides to individuals seeking assistance from a variety of community partners offering their services. For example, it is not unusual for someone that is homeless to either lose or have their identification stolen. So, what does Project Connect do? They connect them by providing them transportation to the nearest motor vehicle department if they had a previous Arizona ID. If the person is from another state, then Project ID can assist them by starting the process of being able to get the appropriate paperwork needed to get their ID.

Back Row: Dee Dee Tapson, Kim Burnes, Rayan Klyana Front Row: Lisa Widowski, JoAnn Dunlap, Heather Frengley Missing: Miguel Martinez

SOME OF THE OTHER SERV ICES PROV IDED A RE: By participating in any volunteer opportunity “U” become the “I” in our Community!

• Showers & haircuts • Clothing • Information on housing services • Job finding assistance • Department of Economic Security for benefits • Bicycle repair • Food for their dog or cat But this isn’t the only thing you can do. You can connect with various organizations close to your home by connecting with them. Listed are just a few of the website links you can use to find those activities: • Volunteermatch.org • HandsonPhoenix.org

Employees that have participated in these activities have stated how much they learned about our community. They were able to take this learning back to assist students that find themselves in similar situations.

SOME OF THE S TATEMENT S M A DE WERE: “Even just donating my time and compassion is enough to make a difference.” ~ Anonymous

“Project Connect was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had in my life. I felt so much joy, happiness, love, and peace while I was there”! ~ Rayan Klyana

• Valley of the Sun United Way “Great access to resources that our students might need.”

A variety of different opportunities are available throughout the cities. You can help put food boxes together, make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the Phoenix Rescue Mission, read to elementary age students, mentor youths or just help out with big events such as the various Walks/Runs, events being hosted by the various Non-Profits in our valley.

~ Anonymous

As Muhammad Ali said: “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

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Where are they now?

MARICOPA

DR . A N A J A RV IS Chandler-Gilbert Community College students learned how to speak and write proper Spanish under the instruction of Dr. Ana Jarvis until she retired in 2014.

Faculty Emeritus Jarvis is enjoying retirement but still keeps busy working on the 11th edition of one of her

Online edition only?

popular textbooks. When she has free time, she enjoys

Currently, the quarterly Maricopa Gold newsletter is

FROM BA RBA R A H ACK E T T

printed and mailed to over 1,600 retirees. It is also available in an electronic format online and on the

the company of Jane Austin and Agatha Christie.

In my last year of teaching (2003-2004) in the English

Facebook page for MCCRA.

Dept. at Glendale Community College, I began exploring

RE TIREES – WE NEED YOUR INPUT.

For the last 12 years, my life

Would you be in favor of the Maricopa Gold newsletter being available only in an online format? m YES, to online version only or m NO, I prefer to receive a printed copy Send email to aoehmke@cox.net with your vote, call her at (602) 265-9497, or return with your dues payment.

my options for retirement. has been a joyous, rewarding endeavor.

I have been a volunteer in the Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Program. In Dec. 2003, I agreed to sponsor a family of eight from the Congo. My English Dept. friends (and one very generous student) completely outfitted an apartment for the family (two parents and six children, ranging from two to sixteen years of age.) I have maintained contact with them. They are U.S. citizens, and three of the boys are presently in Arizona colleges.

Subsequently, when church friends heard what I was doing, my garage became a “warehouse” for household items. I then began providing household items for incoming refugees. Donations “mysteriously” ended in 2006.

In 2006, I had the opportunity to create and conduct

What are you doing in your retirement?

a “Playtime/Learning/Enrichment Program” for 3

Send us a paragraph about your adventures or activities and we will share it with other Maricopa retirees. Email: patti.n.johnson@cgc.edu

The program took place at an apartment complex that

and 4 year old refugee children. Each child had to be accompanied by a caregiver: parent or grandparent. rented almost exclusively to refugees. My program ended the summer of 2015 when the complex was sold; soon after, my husband developed a serious health problem.

I urge anyone interested in welcoming refugees to Phoenix to contact Catholic Charities, Lutheran Social Services, or the International Rescue Committee.

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Gold Nuggets The State Press

TURF PARADISE TURNS 60

After 120 years in print, ASU’s student newspaper, The State

Turf Paradise is Arizona’s first sports franchise and

Press, is going out of print.

has operated continuously in the same location at

The daily will be available online.

19th Avenue and Bell Road since 1956. The iconic

statepress.com

U.S. due to Arizona’s climate.

track offers one of the longest racing seasons in the

www.turfparadise.com

100 YEARS: LET’S CELEBRATE! The National Park Service

EXPERIENCE MATTERS Heard of the Encore movement? Meet Encore

turned 100 on August 25,

founder and CEO Mark Freedman at the Camelback

2016, and they’re celebrating

inn in Scottsdale on Monday, October 31, 2016.

all year long! The centennial

The Experience Matters annual lunch is from

kicks off a second century

12 noon - 1:30 p.m. Freedman will discuss how

of stewardship of America’s

intergenerational partnerships are “Our Route to the

national parks and engaging communities through recreation, conservation, and historic preservation programs.

Centennial (U.S. National Park Service) nps.gov/subjects/centennial/

Future.” Check out Experience Matters, Connecting Talent with Community at emaz.org and encore.org for more information.

EXPLORE NEW FRONTIERS Interested in learning how to de-stress with laughter,

SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK CELEBRATES 83RD BIRTHDAY Enjoy the beautiful fall weather at Saguaro National Park outside Tucson. The park is

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play the piano or meet your spiritual guides, it’s all possible through New Frontiers for Lifelong Learning.

Maybe hiking or traveling is more your style.

They’ve got that too. Also offered are ASU Emeritus College professors presentations and classes from the Mesa Active Adult Center. Sponsored by Mesa

celebrating its birthday and

Community College, New Frontiers offers workshops

the anniversary of a 100-year

and sessions all over the east valley. Check online at

old saguaro cactus. The park is

newfrontiers.mesacc.edu for the Fall 2016 Class

open to vehicles from sunrise to sunset daily. saguaronationalpark.com

avoid carnivorous plants, prepare for an emergency,

Schedule.

Maricopa Community Colleges Retirees’ 2017-20 Board

Nomination or Self-Nomination Form In nominating someone other than yourself, please confirm the nomination with the nominee. Be sure to indicate the appropriate employee group and contact information.

I nominate: _________________________________________________________________________________________to be a candidate for the 2017–2020 MCCRA Board.

Please check employee group: Contact info/e-mail: _______ Faculty _______ MAT/CEC _____________________________________ _______ PSA _______ M&O/Crafts/Public Safety _____________________________________

Nomination form can be mailed with dues form or mailed to: Ann Oehmke Or e-mail information to: aoehmke@cox.net 500 W. Clarendon, E13 Phoenix, AZ 85013

Maricopa Community Colleges Retirees’ Association •

2016–17 Dues Renewal

Name_________________________________________________________________________________Check if any info is new _____ Address____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Street ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ City State Zip

Phone: Home (

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) ______________________________________

Email address______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Membership Dues are $25/year valid from July 2016 through June 2017.

Dues $_______________

Make check payable to: MCC Retirees’ Association Mail to: Margaret Hogan, Treasurer • MCC Retirees’ Association (MCCRA)

2411 W. 14th Street • Tempe, AZ 85281-6942

Maricopa Community Colleges Retirees’ Association •

MCCRA Endowed Scholarship Fund

Name___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Street City State Zip

Phone: Home (

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Email address__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Retired from which college ________________________ Check if any info is new _____ Contributions You can contribute in several ways to the MCCRA Endowed Scholarship Fund. You may write a check payable to the: Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation Mail to: 2419 West 14th Street

Tempe, AZ 85281 Or you can donate on line at www.mcccdf.org.

Either way, please indicate you are supporting the MCCRA Endowed Scholarship. A receipt will be sent to you.

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2411 W. 14th Street Tempe, Arizona 85281

Maricopa News at Your Fingertips Two online publications will keep you in touch with what’s happening in the college district.

If you want to keep up with what’s going on at the community colleges, log on to the online newsletter, The Maricopan at: administration.maricopa.edu/the-maricopan

Maricopa Matters Check out Maricopa Matters, the news magazine that focuses on success stories from across the District.

It addresses matters of importance to our students, employees and community members. maricopa.edu/maricopa-matters

MARICOPA GOLD

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Maricopa Community Colleges Retirees’ Association

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(MCCRA) 2411 W. 14th Street • Tempe, AZ 85281

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