From the President's Desk
I’ve given up the struggle against banality – so here goes: I can’t believe how the summer is flying by! It seems like yesterday that we had our well attended May Provost’s reception – but, in fact, Labor Day is around the corner. We’ve already laid out the schedule for most of EPIC’s 2017-18 regular activities. You can find the dates for our fall events biweekly Tuesday Talks and our monthly intergenerational Graduate Scholar series in the
calendar on our website.
Profs. Carolyn Greenberg, Mischa Schwartz, and Daniel Thys have volunteered to identify and recruit speakers. If you are interested in serving on the program committee, or would like to suggest an interesting speaker, please contact us. Carolyn is also working on developing a number of musical activities for EPIC. Here, again,
let us know if you want to collaborate on this effort.
Our successful yoga series, led by Prof. Emerita Ginny Papaioannou, continues in the Fall, weekly, on most Thursdays. (Thanks Lalla Grimes, for all the detail work you’ve put into this.) Prof. Jo Shepherd is working on another Speakers Series at Morningside Gardens. Last year’s talks were very well received and it was a rewarding experience for those who delivered the lectures.
There is excellent news for those of you who wish to audit classes. Thanks to Dean Jason Wingard and Chris Cardillo at the School of Professional Studies, arrangements are now in place to allow retired faculty to register to audit any class in the University if they have written permission from the course instructor. SPS Dean Emeritus Frank Wolf helped work this out for us.
More detail and instructions are available on our website.
There is an
August 28th online submission deadline for those interested in further study.
EPIC’s annual meeting is
September 12, and on
September 26th we will host a luncheon reception to honor Columbia’s new retirees. We are simply delighted that Professor Emeritus Bernard Berofsky (Philosophy) has agreed to assume his a.k.a., Sebastian, and dazzle us with magic tricks. Please do mark this down as a “must-do” event – an opportunity to enjoy yourself in the excellent company of fellow emeriti.
Have a good day,
Jeanne Mager Stellman, President, EPIC
Professor Emerita & Special Lecturer
Mailman School of Public Health
