1. travel
2. tourist facilities
3. hotel

UC Travel Interest Group
While serving on the Board of the Council of University of California Retiree
Associations (CUCRA) during its early days of formation, the campus/laboratory
representatives would share their Retirement Association's activities at the semi-annual
meetings. Over time, they expressed interest in experiencing travel opportunities with
other retirees beyond local destinations.
I took this thought and decided to investigate what other Universities offered their
retirees. Unfortunately, I discovered that, of those I contacted, only their Alumnae
Rosemary Norling
Associations
offered travel programs as their fundraisers. After obtaining UC guidelines, a cruise trip through the
Panama Canal was offered in September 1999 and 154 retirees throughout the UC system participated in the
adventure. This reinforced the idea that the UC retirement community wanted to continue their camaraderie and
share travel experiences.
Since the commission received from the Travel Program was generated by all UC retirees, it was decided
that CUCRA should be the beneficiary to help support their mission and be able to send a representative to the
biennial AROHE conference. To date, the Travel Program has provided approximately $51,000 additional financial
support, over and above the annual campus/laboratory dues. This has enabled CUCRA to maintain low dues and to
implement additional opportunities in three ways: (1) subsidizing the cost of hosting CUCRA meetings; (2) a
CUCRA Grant program to assist member associations with one-time projects and activities that were beyond
normal operational costs; and (3) funding the expenses of a second representative (from locations without
professionally staffed centers) to attend AROHE meetings.
CUCRA Chair, Lee Duffus, recently noted "There is no question that the Travel Program income is not only
subsidizing CUCRA's operational budget; it is also being put to good use for retirees and retiree associations
throughout the system, thereby strengthening the entire organization and its effectiveness in serving retirees."
When considering your travel destinations, show your support and continue your UC camaraderie by considering
one of the trips being offered on the CUCRA website and click on "Resources" for the latest tours being offered.
Rosemary Norling, UC Travel Interest Group.
This year's UC Travel Group offerings
You are invited to join us at the
Spring 2015 CUCRA / CUCEA Meetings
Tropical Costa Rica
# 56840
Inspiring Iceland
# 563371
Hosted by the UCSD Retirement and Emeriti Associations
and the UC San Diego Department of Human Resources
Shades of Ireland
# 563656
The UCSD Retirement and Emeriti Associations invite you to attend
the Spring 2015 CUCRA/CUCEA Meetings at UC San Diego.
Including:


Canadian Rockies by Train
# 563537
Treasures of South America
# 563541
Your choice of a bus tour of the new architecture of upper campus,
or a walking tour of brilliant new elements in the Stuart Collection.
A wine & music reception at the newly remodeled UCSD RRC.
Discovering Poland
# 563828
To Book all tours, or for more information, please call Collette Vacations
(800) 681-8942. Be sure to have the Reference # of the tour you are interested in.
Conference Registration deadline: March 16, 2015
Welcome to UC San Diego!
Dear Colleagues,
I am so pleased to
welcome you to UCSD
on behalf of the Emeriti
Association. CUCEA
looks out for our interests with the University
of California and we
are all grateful for the
hard work that CUCEA
does on our behalf. We hope the meeting
here will be enjoyable and productive.
Do try to get out of the hotel from time to
time to visit the campus (a tour of Fallen Star,
a significant new addition to the outstanding
Stuart Collection, is planned) as well as the
splendors of the Torrey Pines Preserve. We
have a wonderful speaker for our dinner
meeting on April 29. Todd Coleman, PhD, is
rapidly emerging as a rock star in bioengineering.
Welcome to San
Diego and UCSD. It is
an honor and a privilege to host the CUCRA
& CUCEA meetings. I
would like to invite all
of our CUCRA and
CUCEA guests to join
me at the pre-dinner
reception hosted by the
UCSD Retirement Association at the Retirement Resource Center
(RRC) on Wednesday, April 29 at 5:30 p.m.
The RRC is the center-of-campus home of
the UCSD Retirement Association and is the
venue of many of our events and activities.
This includes faculty lectures, presentations
on Social Security & Medicare, Fiction Book
Club luncheons, food demonstrations, our
biannual Art & Music Soirees and our International film series.
Joel E. Dimsdale, M.D.
President, UCSD Emeriti Association
Leanna Selleck
President
CUCRA/CUCEA Shuttle Schedules
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
11:30 - 11:45 AM
First shuttle from the Sheraton to the UCSD Faculty Club
12:00 - 12:15 PM
Second shuttle from the Sheraton to the UCSD Faculty Club
12:30 - 12:45 PM
Third shuttle from the Sheraton to the UCSD Faculty Club
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Shuttle to the Retirement Resource Center
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Bus tour, Architectural developments, UCSD upper campus
6:15 - 6:25 PM
First Shuttle from the RRC to the Sheraton Hotel
6:35 - 6:45 PM
Second Shuttle from the RRC to the Sheraton Hotel
Thursday, April 30, 2015
7:30 - 7:50 AM
First Shuttle to the Faculty Club from the Sheraton
8:10 - 8:20 AM
Second Shuttle to the Faculty Club from the Sheraton
8:35 - 8:50 AM
Third Shuttle to the Faculty Club from the Sheraton
4:00 - 4:15 PM
First Shuttle to the Sheraton from the Faculty Club
4:40 - 5:00 PM
Final Shuttle to the Sheraton from the Faculty Club
You are responsible for making your own travel arrangements (flight to San Diego), &
transfers from the airport to the Hotel, & from the Faculty Club or hotel to the Airport.
Airport Transfers via Cloud 9 Super Shuttle
UC San Diego is the number #1 surfing school in the nation and the campus is so huge that 4 UCLA's campuses
fit on our campus.
In Washington Monthly’s
annual college rankings
measuring universities’
contributions to the public good, the University
of California, San Diego has been rated the
No. 1 college in the nation for the fifth consecutive year. The rankings
are based on three categories: social mobility
(recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and Ph.D.,) and service (encouraging
students to give back to their country).
UCSD is built on top of
two former military
bases, Camp Matthews
(a Marine Corps rifle
range) and Camp Callan (a WWII anti-aircraft
training base). A few of
the buildings on campus (notably, the UCSD
Retirement Resource
Center) are from that era.
Sustainability is part of UC San Diego’s institutional DNA. More than 30 campus structures are
equipped with solar panels and more than a dozen
buildings are LEED certified; wireless sensors are
situated across campus to determine the best time
to gain and expend energy;
and more than
half of the campus community
utilizes alternative transportation.
CLOUD 9 SUPER SHUTTLE RESERVATIONS
Online: http://www.supershuttle.com/default.aspx?content=SanDiego
Or call: (800) 258-3826
Please reserve at least 24 hours in advance
INDIVIDUAL COST (one way)
San Diego (Lindbergh) Airport to the Sheraton La Jolla
ONE-WAY =$22 (excluding suggested 18% tip)
Airport – allow at least TWO hours
from pick-up point to flight departure time
Conference Lodging
Sheraton - La Jolla
3299 Holiday Court, La Jolla, CA 92037
All CUCRA/CUCEA conference attendees are responsible for making their own hotel
reservations.
Special Room Rate at the Sheraton:
A special rate of $145 (discounted from the rack rate of $205),
has been negotiated for the Spring 2015 CUCRA/CUCEA
Conference attendees at the Sheraton - La Jolla. A charge of
$20 will be added for a third person sharing a double room.
How to make Reservations:
Individual reservations can be made by calling Sheraton Reservations at (888) 627-8445, prior to March 16, 2015. Please reference UCSD CUCRA / CUCEA to receive the group rate. After
March 15th, reservations will be taken on a space and rate
availability basis. This special conference rate is available for Wednesday, April 29th, through Friday, May 1.
Spring 2015 CUCEA / CUCRA
Conference & Event Schedule
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
11:30 - 1:00 PM
Shuttle from the Sheraton to the UC San Diego Faculty Club
12:30 - 1:00 PM
Registration, UC San Diego Faculty Club Lobby
1:00 - 3:45 PM
CUCEA Meeting, Faculty Club Lounge
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Shuttle to the Retirement Resource Center
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Afternoon activity, two choices (see page 5)
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Reception, hosted by the UCSD Retirement Association, RRC
6:15 - 7:00 PM
Shuttles to the Sheraton Hotel (see shuttle schedule on page 7)
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Dinner at the Sheraton Hotel, with presentation by Todd Coleman
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Parking:
For those conferees who
choose to drive to the CUCRA/CUCEA conference, and will be staying at the Sheraton, the
rate is $15 per day to self-park.
Conference Organizers & Emergency Numbers
The Spring 2015 CUCRA/CUCEA Conference is organized by the
UCSD Retirement Resource Center
Suzan Cioffi, Director
Email: RetireeLink@ucsd.edu Phone: 858-534-4724
Mailing address: 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0020, La Jolla, CA 92093-0020
Emergency Phone* during Conference, 4/29 and 4/30
(858) 722-7183 (*For all medical emergencies, please dial 911)
7:30 - 8:30 AM
Shuttles to the Faculty Club from the Sheraton (see page 7)
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Registration and continental breakfast, Faculty Club
9:00 - 12:00 PM
CUCRA-CUCEA Joint Meeting, Atkinson Pavilion, Faculty Club
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Luncheon at the Faculty Club
1:00 - 3:45 PM
CUCRA meeting, Faculty Club
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Shuttles to the Sheraton (see shuttle schedule on page 7)
Wednesday afternoon activity, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Participants have two choices:
Walking Tour of Fallen Star or Narrated Bus Tour of Major Recent Architectural Developments.
On Wednesday afternoon, at the end of
the CUCEA meeting CUCEA participants
will ride the bus from the Faculty Club to
the RRC. CUCRA participants will ride
with RA volunteers from the Sheraton
Hotel to the RRC. From the RRC, participants can participate in one of the two
following activities from 4:30 PM to 5:30
PM.
1. Walking tour to visit Fallen Star.
(Activity level: moderate)
This group will walk to the Fallen Star
from the RRC, which is about a ten minute walk, at a moderate pace.
Do Ho Suh’s Fallen Star is the 18th permanent sculpture commissioned by UCSD’s Stuart Collection. It
reflects Suh’s on-going exploration of themes around the idea of home, cultural displacement, the perception of our surroundings, and how one constructs a memory of a space. His own feelings of displacement when he arrived in the U.S. from Seoul, Korea in 1991 to study led him to measure spaces in order
to establish relationships with his new surroundings. He had to physically and mentally readjust.
2. Bus tour of UC San Diego's Major Recent Architectural Developments (Activity level: low)
Take a one-hour bus ride around campus to see some of UCSD's major new developments. Starting
from the UCSD Retirement Resource Center at 4:30 PM, you'll be given a one-hour grand tour of some of
the newest, sleekest additions to UC San Diego's upper campus. The bus tour will bring you back to the
RRC at 5:30 PM, just in time to participate in the lovely, pre-dinner reception.
Reception at the UCSD Retirement Resource Center
hosted by the UCSD Retirement Association
Wednesday, April 29
Ω
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us after your selected afternoon activity for a
delightful reception at the Retirement Resource Center, the
center-of-campus home of the UCSD Retirement Association.
There is no charge to attend this event.
Enjoy a sumptuous array of delicious hors d'oeuvres
paired with local San Diego wines. This is a great opportunity
to mix and mingle with all CUCRA and CUCEA members, and
with members of the both UCSD Retirement and UCSD Emeriti
Association Boards of Directors. We thank our UCSD Retirement Association two-time President, and long-time CUCRA
Representative, Dr. Marguerite Jackson, for catering this delightful social event. Don't miss it!
CUCRA/CUCEA Dinner - Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Humphrey's, Sheraton - La Jolla
Wednesday, April 29
Ω
7 - 9 PM
Be sure to select this activity on the registration form and prepay to participate.
The capstone event of the evening is the joint CUCRA/CUCEA Dinner, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, which will be
held in the private California Room of Humphrey's - La Jolla, located in the Sheraton Hotel, just five minutes from the UC San
Diego campus. A delicious menu and fascinating presentation by UC San Diego Associate Professor of Engineering, Todd
Coleman, awaits you. Professor Coleman was just named by San Diego Magazine as "One of 50 People to Watch". Here is a
great opportunity to hear what all the buzz is about, and learn about his cutting edge research in wearable bioinformatics.
Spouses are welcome to attend the
dinner. Per person price is $60, which
includes dinner, coffee, tea, tax and
tip. Bar orders are no-host & extra.
Professor Todd Coleman’s research is
multi-disciplinary at its core. His main
goal is to use tools from information theory, neuroscience, machine learning and
bioelectronics to understand – and control – interacting systems with biological and computer parts. His research in developing multi-functional, flexible bio-electronics are enabling wireless health
applications that are minimally observable to the user. His brain-machine interface research uses information theory, control theory and neuroscience to interpret – and design – systems from the viewpoint of multiple agents cooperating to
achieve a common goal. The benefits of this research include helping subjects
with disabilities as well as enabling all members of society to enhance capabilities
in many daily activities. His research on causal inference uses information theory
and machine learning to understand causal relationships in time series of data.
Within the context of neuroscience, it is being used to understand dynamical aspects of brain function. The approach is applicable to arbitrary modalities and to a
variety of applications, including financial networks, social networks and network
security.
Wednesday afternoon activity, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Participants have two choices:
Walking Tour of Fallen Star or Narrated Bus Tour of Major Recent Architectural Developments.
On Wednesday afternoon, at the end of
the CUCEA meeting CUCEA participants
will ride the bus from the Faculty Club to
the RRC. CUCRA participants will ride
with RA volunteers from the Sheraton
Hotel to the RRC. From the RRC, participants can participate in one of the two
following activities from 4:30 PM to 5:30
PM.
1. Walking tour to visit Fallen Star.
(Activity level: moderate)
This group will walk to the Fallen Star
from the RRC, which is about a ten minute walk, at a moderate pace.
Do Ho Suh’s Fallen Star is the 18th permanent sculpture commissioned by UCSD’s Stuart Collection. It
reflects Suh’s on-going exploration of themes around the idea of home, cultural displacement, the perception of our surroundings, and how one constructs a memory of a space. His own feelings of displacement when he arrived in the U.S. from Seoul, Korea in 1991 to study led him to measure spaces in order
to establish relationships with his new surroundings. He had to physically and mentally readjust.
2. Bus tour of UC San Diego's Major Recent Architectural Developments (Activity level: low)
Take a one-hour bus ride around campus to see some of UCSD's major new developments. Starting
from the UCSD Retirement Resource Center at 4:30 PM, you'll be given a one-hour grand tour of some of
the newest, sleekest additions to UC San Diego's upper campus. The bus tour will bring you back to the
RRC at 5:30 PM, just in time to participate in the lovely, pre-dinner reception.
Reception at the UCSD Retirement Resource Center
hosted by the UCSD Retirement Association
Wednesday, April 29
Ω
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us after your selected afternoon activity for a
delightful reception at the Retirement Resource Center, the
center-of-campus home of the UCSD Retirement Association.
There is no charge to attend this event.
Enjoy a sumptuous array of delicious hors d'oeuvres
paired with local San Diego wines. This is a great opportunity
to mix and mingle with all CUCRA and CUCEA members, and
with members of the both UCSD Retirement and UCSD Emeriti
Association Boards of Directors. We thank our UCSD Retirement Association two-time President, and long-time CUCRA
Representative, Dr. Marguerite Jackson, for catering this delightful social event. Don't miss it!
CUCRA/CUCEA Dinner - Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Humphrey's, Sheraton - La Jolla
Wednesday, April 29
Ω
7 - 9 PM
Be sure to select this activity on the registration form and prepay to participate.
The capstone event of the evening is the joint CUCRA/CUCEA Dinner, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, which will be
held in the private California Room of Humphrey's - La Jolla, located in the Sheraton Hotel, just five minutes from the UC San
Diego campus. A delicious menu and fascinating presentation by UC San Diego Associate Professor of Engineering, Todd
Coleman, awaits you. Professor Coleman was just named by San Diego Magazine as "One of 50 People to Watch". Here is a
great opportunity to hear what all the buzz is about, and learn about his cutting edge research in wearable bioinformatics.
Spouses are welcome to attend the
dinner. Per person price is $60, which
includes dinner, coffee, tea, tax and
tip. Bar orders are no-host & extra.
Professor Todd Coleman’s research is
multi-disciplinary at its core. His main
goal is to use tools from information theory, neuroscience, machine learning and
bioelectronics to understand – and control – interacting systems with biological and computer parts. His research in developing multi-functional, flexible bio-electronics are enabling wireless health
applications that are minimally observable to the user. His brain-machine interface research uses information theory, control theory and neuroscience to interpret – and design – systems from the viewpoint of multiple agents cooperating to
achieve a common goal. The benefits of this research include helping subjects
with disabilities as well as enabling all members of society to enhance capabilities
in many daily activities. His research on causal inference uses information theory
and machine learning to understand causal relationships in time series of data.
Within the context of neuroscience, it is being used to understand dynamical aspects of brain function. The approach is applicable to arbitrary modalities and to a
variety of applications, including financial networks, social networks and network
security.
Conference Lodging
Sheraton - La Jolla
3299 Holiday Court, La Jolla, CA 92037
All CUCRA/CUCEA conference attendees are responsible for making their own hotel
reservations.
Special Room Rate at the Sheraton:
A special rate of $145 (discounted from the rack rate of $205),
has been negotiated for the Spring 2015 CUCRA/CUCEA
Conference attendees at the Sheraton - La Jolla. A charge of
$20 will be added for a third person sharing a double room.
How to make Reservations:
Individual reservations can be made by calling Sheraton Reservations at (888) 627-8445, prior to March 16, 2015. Please reference UCSD CUCRA / CUCEA to receive the group rate. After
March 15th, reservations will be taken on a space and rate
availability basis. This special conference rate is available for Wednesday, April 29th, through Friday, May 1.
Spring 2015 CUCEA / CUCRA
Conference & Event Schedule
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
11:30 - 1:00 PM
Shuttle from the Sheraton to the UC San Diego Faculty Club
12:30 - 1:00 PM
Registration, UC San Diego Faculty Club Lobby
1:00 - 3:45 PM
CUCEA Meeting, Faculty Club Lounge
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Shuttle to the Retirement Resource Center
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Afternoon activity, two choices (see page 5)
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Reception, hosted by the UCSD Retirement Association, RRC
6:15 - 7:00 PM
Shuttles to the Sheraton Hotel (see shuttle schedule on page 7)
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Dinner at the Sheraton Hotel, with presentation by Todd Coleman
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Parking:
For those conferees who
choose to drive to the CUCRA/CUCEA conference, and will be staying at the Sheraton, the
rate is $15 per day to self-park.
Conference Organizers & Emergency Numbers
The Spring 2015 CUCRA/CUCEA Conference is organized by the
UCSD Retirement Resource Center
Suzan Cioffi, Director
Email: RetireeLink@ucsd.edu Phone: 858-534-4724
Mailing address: 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0020, La Jolla, CA 92093-0020
Emergency Phone* during Conference, 4/29 and 4/30
(858) 722-3365 (*For all medical emergencies, please dial 911)
7:30 - 8:30 AM
Shuttles to the Faculty Club from the Sheraton (see page 7)
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Registration and continental breakfast, Faculty Club
9:00 - 12:00 PM
CUCRA-CUCEA Joint Meeting, Atkinson Pavilion, Faculty Club
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Luncheon at the Faculty Club
1:00 - 3:45 PM
CUCRA meeting, Faculty Club
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Shuttles to the Sheraton (see shuttle schedule on page 7)
Welcome to UC San Diego!
Dear Colleagues,
I am so pleased to
welcome you to UCSD
on behalf of the Emeriti
Association. CUCEA
looks out for our interests with the University
of California and we
are all grateful for the
hard work that CUCEA
does on our behalf. We hope the meeting
here will be enjoyable and productive.
Do try to get out of the hotel from time to
time to visit the campus (a tour of Fallen Star,
a significant new addition to the outstanding
Stuart Collection, is planned) as well as the
splendors of the Torrey Pines Preserve. We
have a wonderful speaker for our dinner
meeting on April 29. Todd Coleman, PhD, is
rapidly emerging as a rock star in bioengineering.
Welcome to San
Diego and UCSD. It is
an honor and a privilege to host the CUCRA
& CUCEA meetings. I
would like to invite all
of our CUCRA and
CUCEA guests to join
me at the pre-dinner
reception hosted by the
UCSD Retirement Association at the Retirement Resource Center
(RRC) on Wednesday, April 29 at 5:30 p.m.
The RRC is the center-of-campus home of
the UCSD Retirement Association and is the
venue of many of our events and activities.
This includes faculty lectures, presentations
on Social Security & Medicare, Fiction Book
Club luncheons, food demonstrations, our
biannual Art & Music Soirees and our International film series.
Joel E. Dimsdale, M.D.
President, UCSD Emeriti Association
Leanna Selleck
President
CUCRA/CUCEA Shuttle Schedules
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
11:30 - 11:45 AM
First shuttle from the Sheraton to the UCSD Faculty Club
12:00 - 12:15 PM
Second shuttle from the Sheraton to the UCSD Faculty Club
12:30 - 12:45 PM
Third shuttle from the Sheraton to the UCSD Faculty Club
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Shuttle to the Retirement Resource Center
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Bus tour, Architectural developments, UCSD upper campus
6:15 - 6:25 PM
First Shuttle from the RRC to the Sheraton Hotel
6:35 - 6:45 PM
Second Shuttle from the RRC to the Sheraton Hotel
Thursday, April 30, 2015
7:30 - 7:50 AM
First Shuttle to the Faculty Club from the Sheraton
8:10 - 8:20 AM
Second Shuttle to the Faculty Club from the Sheraton
8:35 - 8:50 AM
Third Shuttle to the Faculty Club from the Sheraton
4:00 - 4:15 PM
First Shuttle to the Sheraton from the Faculty Club
4:40 - 5:00 PM
Final Shuttle to the Sheraton from the Faculty Club
You are responsible for making your own travel arrangements (flight to San Diego), &
transfers from the airport to the Hotel, & from the Faculty Club or hotel to the Airport.
Airport Transfers via Cloud 9 Super Shuttle
UC San Diego is the number #1 surfing school in the nation and the campus is so huge that 4 UCLA's campuses
fit on our campus.
In Washington Monthly’s
annual college rankings
measuring universities’
contributions to the public good, the University
of California, San Diego has been rated the
No. 1 college in the nation for the fifth consecutive year. The rankings
are based on three categories: social mobility
(recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and Ph.D.,) and service (encouraging
students to give back to their country).
UCSD is built on top of
two former military
bases, Camp Matthews
(a Marine Corps rifle
range) and Camp Callan (a WWII anti-aircraft
training base). A few of
the buildings on campus (notably, the UCSD
Retirement Resource
Center) are from that era.
Sustainability is part of UC San Diego’s institutional DNA. More than 30 campus structures are
equipped with solar panels and more than a dozen
buildings are LEED certified; wireless sensors are
situated across campus to determine the best time
to gain and expend energy;
and more than
half of the campus community
utilizes alternative transportation.
CLOUD 9 SUPER SHUTTLE RESERVATIONS
Online: http://www.supershuttle.com/default.aspx?content=SanDiego
Or call: (800) 258-3826
Please reserve at least 24 hours in advance
INDIVIDUAL COST (one way)
San Diego (Lindbergh) Airport to the Sheraton La Jolla
ONE-WAY =$22 (excluding suggested 18% tip)
Airport – allow at least TWO hours
from pick-up point to flight departure time
UC Travel Interest Group
While serving on the Board of the Council of University of California Retiree
Associations (CUCRA) during its early days of formation, the campus/laboratory
representatives would share their Retirement Association's activities at the semi-annual
meetings. Over time, they expressed interest in experiencing travel opportunities with
other retirees beyond local destinations.
I took this thought and decided to investigate what other Universities offered their
retirees. Unfortunately, I discovered that, of those I contacted, only their Alumnae
Rosemary Norling
Associations
offered travel programs as their fundraisers. After obtaining UC guidelines, a cruise trip through the
Panama Canal was offered in September 1999 and 154 retirees throughout the UC system participated in the
adventure. This reinforced the idea that the UC retirement community wanted to continue their camaraderie and
share travel experiences.
Since the commission received from the Travel Program was generated by all UC retirees, it was decided
that CUCRA should be the beneficiary to help support their mission and be able to send a representative to the
biennial AROHE conference. To date, the Travel Program has provided approximately $51,000 additional financial
support, over and above the annual campus/laboratory dues. This has enabled CUCRA to maintain low dues and to
implement additional opportunities in three ways: (1) subsidizing the cost of hosting CUCRA meetings; (2) a
CUCRA Grant program to assist member associations with one-time projects and activities that were beyond
normal operational costs; and (3) funding the expenses of a second representative (from locations without
professionally staffed centers) to attend AROHE meetings.
CUCRA Chair, Lee Duffus, recently noted "There is no question that the Travel Program income is not only
subsidizing CUCRA's operational budget; it is also being put to good use for retirees and retiree associations
throughout the system, thereby strengthening the entire organization and its effectiveness in serving retirees."
When considering your travel destinations, show your support and continue your UC camaraderie by considering
one of the trips being offered on the CUCRA website and click on "Resources" for the latest tours being offered.
Rosemary Norling, UC Travel Interest Group.
This year's UC Travel Group offerings
You are invited to join us at the
Spring 2015 CUCRA / CUCEA Meetings
Hosted by the UCSD Retirement and Emeriti Associations
and the UC San Diego Department of Human Resources
Tropical Costa Rica
# 56840
Inspiring Iceland
# 563371
Shades of Ireland
# 563656
The UCSD Retirement and Emeriti Associations invite you to attend
the Spring 2015 CUCRA/CUCEA Meetings at UC San Diego.
Including:
i
i
i
Canadian Rockies by Train
# 563537
Treasures of South America
# 563541
Your choice of a bus tour of the new architecture of upper campus,
or a walking tour of brilliant new elements in the Stuart Collection.
A wine & music reception at the newly remodeled UCSD RRC.
A no-host dinner at Humphrey's, Sheraton, with a special guest speaker
Discovering Poland
# 563828
To Book all tours, or for more information, please call Collette Vacations
(800) 681-8942. Be sure to have the Reference # of the tour you are interested in.
Conference Registration deadline: March 16, 2015
CUCRA / CUCEA SPRING 2015 Registra on Form Please PRINT this page, and mail it along with your payment. Tell us which mee ng(s) you plan to a end: CUCEA Mee ng, Wednesday, April 29, 1 ‐ 3:45 PM Joint CUCRA/CUCEA Mee ng, Thursday, April 30, 9 AM ‐ 12:00 PM CUCRA Mee ng, Thursday, April 30, 1 ‐ 3:45 PM Please print your name as you wish it to appear on your nametag: Organiza on, Title: UC Affilia on: Email address: Telephone: ( ) Emergency contact (name and phone): ( ) Please check the one box that applies: Registra on fee ONLY (includes the served luncheon on Thursday, April 30): $30 Registra on fee plus Wednesday dinner ($30 plus $60 = $90) Registra on fee plus Wednesday dinner with one guest ($30 plus $60 plus $60 = $150) Your meal selec on: Chicken Meat Fish Vegetarian Guest meal selec on: Chicken Meat Fish Vegetarian Please select ONE box in the lines above for each individual's dinner. Menus are on the back. Dietary restric ons? Accessibility concerns? Ques ons about this form or registra on? Email us at Re reeLink@ucsd.edu Please make your check payable to: UCSD Re rement Associa on And mail it to us ALONG WITH THIS COMPLETED FORM no later than March 15, 2015 UCSD Re rement Resource Center * ATTN: CUCRA / CUCEA Conference* 9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0020 La Jolla, CA 92093‐0020 CUCRA / CUCEA Conference Dinner Humphrey's, Sheraton ‐ La Jolla Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Please make your selec on from the entrées listed below. Indicate your selec on by checking the box on the other side. Poultry ‐ Chicken Floren ne Chicken breast stuffed with spinach, basil, parmesan, mozzarella and rico a cheeses in a light herb sauce mushroom riso o and fresh seasonal vegetables Meat ‐ Rib Eye Grilled Rib Eye with blue cheese, chive bu er and smoked bacon, onion roasted potatoes and fresh seasonal vegetables Fish ‐ Halibut Macadamia Macadamia‐encrusted halibut with dark rum raisin sauce, jasmine s r fried rice with fresh seasonal vegetables Vegetarian ‐ Portobello Wellington Grilled marinated mushroom, eggplant duxelle, roasted red peppers and squash in a puff pastry with primavera sauce, accompanied with potato riso o CUCRA / CUCEA Conference UC San Diego Wednesday, April 29 and Thursday, April 30 FAQs: Frequently Asked Ques ons 1. Parking: For those not staying at the Sheraton: If you are coming to the CUCRA/CUCEA Confer‐
ence, and are not staying at the Sheraton ‐ La Jolla, the price to park in a Faculty Club parking spot is $2 for two hours, $4 for four hours, and $7 for eight hours. You may pay this fee at the Faculty Club Welcome Desk on the le as you enter. Then, please return to your vehicle and place the parking pass on your vehicle's dashboard. For those staying at the Sheraton: If you are staying at the Sheraton ‐ La Jolla, the price to self‐park in the large, well‐lit parking lot adjacent to the entry, is $15 per day. This allows in and out privileges. The Sheraton does not offer valet parking. 2. Registra on & Info Desks: CUCRA/CUCEA Registra on & Info Desk at the Faculty Club: Wednesday, April 29, 11:30 AM ‐ 1:30 PM Wednesday, April 29, 3:30 PM ‐ 4:30 PM Thursday, April 30, 7:30 AM ‐ 9:30 AM Thursday, April 30, 11:30 AM ‐ 1:30 PM Thursday, April 30, 3:00 PM ‐ 4:30 PM CUCRA/CUCEA Info Desk at the Sheraton ‐ La Jolla: Wednesday, April 29, 11:00 AM ‐ 1:30 PM Thursday, April 30, 7:00 AM ‐ 9:30 AM 3. UCSD Re rement Associa on Luggage Check at the Faculty Club: Wednesday, April 29: For those conferees who arrive at the Faculty Club directly from the airport with their luggage, you may check your bags in at Luggage Check between 11:30 AM ‐ 1:00 PM, and retrieve bags between 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM. Thursday, April 30: For those conferees who wish to check out of the Sheraton ‐ La Jolla the morning of April 30, and bring luggage to the Faculty Club, you may check your bags in at Luggage Check between 8 AM and 9:00 AM, and retrieve bags be‐
tween 12 PM and 1 PM, and again between 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM. CUCRA / CUCEA Conference UC San Diego Wednesday, April 29 and Thursday, April 30 FAQs: Frequently Asked Ques ons ‐ 2/2 4. UCSD‐RA Volunteer Drivers will be available at the following mes: Wednesday, April 29, 4 PM ‐ 4:30 PM, from the Sheraton to the RRC Thursday, April 30, 4 PM ‐ 4:30 PM, from the Faculty Club to the Sheraton. 5. Lunch Op ons for guests arriving at the Faculty Club on April 29. The Faculty Club serves lunch for members and their guests weekdays from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM Chef Ed proudly prepares a variety of buffet lunch op ons featuring two hot entrees, a salad bar, a sandwich bar, two daily soup selec ons, dessert sta on and beverages. Cost: Guests: $14, Members $10 Other lunch op ons: At just a five minute walk straight down the hill (east) from the Faculty Club lies the Price Center, with a wide variety of quick and inexpensive lunch op ons (Burgers, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Mexican, pizza, soup and salads, sub sandwiches, and Thai). See: h p://universitycenters.ucsd.edu/eat.php 6. Conference Luncheon at the Faculty Club on April 30. Dietary concerns. A chicken entrée will be served at this luncheon. Please let us know if you prefer a vegetarian entrée, need a gluten‐free entrée, or have any other dietary concerns. 7. Ques ons or concerns? We hope we have provided all the informa on you will need to plan your visit to San Diego, but if there is anything else you need, please do not hesitate to contact us at: Re reeLink@ucsd.edu or by phone (858) 534‐4724. UCSD Re rement Resource Center Suzan Cioffi, Director Home of the UCSD Re rement Associa on & the UCSD Emeri Associa on Loca on: University Center 400, south of the Triton Student Services Center Mailing Address: 9500 Gilman Dr., Dept. 0020, La Jolla, CA 92093‐0020 (858) 534‐4724 Ω Re reeLink@ucsd.edu Ω Emeri @ucsd.edu