Whether you are considering retirement, on the verge or already retired, considering how to approach and live within this important life transition is critical. In this two-part workshop led by Susan Terry we will explore the themes to consider in approaching or actively “sitting in” the experience of retirement.

Learn about recycling activist and artist Thomas Dambo’s clumsy, lovable troll installations in Seattle and beyond, and what they are telling us. In this program, you’ll visit the troll outside the National Nordic Museum in Ballard, then move inside for an enlightening talk by UWRA member Lotta Gavel Adams, professor emerita in Scandinavian Studies.

11:30 tour followed by 12:30 lecture

View the traveling Smithsonian exhibit at Tacoma’s Washington State History Museum, highlighting the often-overlooked history of the movement that redefined social justice and activism in America, followed by an illuminating lecture by Prof. Emeritus Mike Honey.

12:30 lecture followed by 1:30 tour

Hear an illuminating lecture by Prof. Emeritus Mike Honey, followed by a tour of the traveling Smithsonian exhibit at Tacoma’s Washington State History Museum, which highlights the often-overlooked history of the movement that redefined social justice and activism in America.

Cash-strapped universities looking to make cuts are targeting liberal arts programs—once the heart of the academy—as prime candidates for elimination. Can the liberal arts prove their worth to students who struggle with debt and will graduate into an increasingly technology-saturated world?  What do the liberal arts really contribute?