------------------------------------------- Make SURE "Format > Word Wrap" is NOT set in Notepad ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ copy & paste into Microsoft Word and run a SPELL-CHECK ------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- click on every URL to be sure that it works "as typed" -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- in Gmail, use "Rich formatting" 8-25-11 -- make item titles bold -- make section titles bold & centered -- first line of paragraphs indented 5 spaces -- no blank line between paragraphs within a given item -- do not put URLs on a separate line -- get rid of underscore-line separators -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Subject: MSU Retirees -- e-Notices, 3/31/12 ------------------------------------------- MSU Retirees Association Events & Announcements Looking ahead to MSURA events in April and May: Monday, April 9, 2012, 2:00 pm, Monthly Meeting, MSUFCU Hdqr: Jim Spackman will give a presentation on the new Military History Museum opening at Fort Custer in Battle Creek: http://www.retirees.msu.edu/meetings.html Monday, April 16, 2012, 2:00 pm, Special Tour, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at MSU: Tour of NSCL, including FRIB. Tour will last approx 90 minutes. Cameras are encouraged. The tour route is handicap-accessible and safe for guests with medical implants. The tour stays on level floors for the duration, and normally takes no stairs. Our tour will begin with an extensive slideshow and introduction with demonstrations in the seminar room: http://www.retirees.msu.edu/meetings.html Monday, May 7, 2012: Annual Meeting and Luncheon. MSURA slate of officers for 2012-13 to be presented at Annual Meeting. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Noon in the Lincoln Room, Kellogg Center. Speaker: Trustee Melanie Foster, Vice Chairperson, MSU Board of Trustees. See the April newsletter for a reservation form and additional information: http://retirees.msu.edu/Newsletters.html MSURA's April 2012 "Spartan Senior" newsletter is available online: http://retirees.msu.edu/Newsletters.html NOTE -- for e-Notices, we have discontinued the use of shortened "ow-ly" links for web site addresses. We will be using normal, full-length links in e-Notices. Other MSU Events & Announcements MSU's Benefits Open Enrollment dates have been announced: http://sourcelive.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/benefits-open-enrollment-dates-announced/ Faculty Emeriti Lectureship: Wednesday April 11 at 2:00 pm for refreshments and 2:30 pm (Radiology Auditorium) for presentation by Dr. Andrea Cathryn Bozoki: Normal Cognitive Aging versus Mild Cognitive Impairment. “Doc, am I getting Alzheimer’s.” Final offering for the Spring Semester 2012 Lifelong Library Faculty Emeriti program: Friday, May 4, 10-11:30 am, Reference Instruction Room (Main Library, 1st Floor, behind the Reference Desk). Arlene Weismantel, AD for Public Services & Steven Sowards, AD for Collections: Trending Now: Not Your Grandmother's Academic Library! Seating is limited, so for us to reserve your place, you must register by calling Stephanie Perentesis at 517/884-0836 or by emailing: perente1@mail.lib.msu.edu Contemplation It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it. (Jacob Bronowski) All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. (Havelock Ellis) Miscellaneous Twitter: http://twitter.com/MSURetireesAsso and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MSURetirees To unsubscribe from e-Notices or to change your e-mail address, send your request to the e-Notices List Manager at MSURA.List.Manager@gmail.com MSU Retirees Association, Michigan State University, 22 Nisbet Building, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone (517) 353-7896, email: msura@msu.edu and web site: http://www.retirees.msu.edu/ Gordon Williams, MSURA List Server Manager (en1206)