Subject: MSU Retirees -- e-Notices, 10/16/12 Michigan State University Retirees Association (MSURA) MSURA EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS 3/4/13: Florida Retirees Luncheon, 11 am, Bradenton FL. Speakers: Pres. Lou Anna K. Simon, new HR Asst. VP Sharon Butler, and Renee Rivard. Email Marsh Hestenes for info: hestenes@msu.edu Guidelines for submitting announcements for potential distribution via MSURA's e-Notices: e-Notices are published twice each month, when warranted by pending announcements. Proposed announcements should be 200 or fewer characters in length and, whenever possible, be accompanied by a link to a web page where readers can obtain additional information. (The web link is not counted in the 200 characters.) If a web link is not available, please provide a contact name with email address (or with phone number & area code) so readers can obtain additional information. If a Twitter posting is also desired, provide a separate 100 character (or less) announcement with web page or contact information (http://twitter.com/MSURetireesAsso). The deadlines for submission of announcements for consideration are six days prior to the e-Notices publication dates, which may be found at: http://retirees.msu.edu/E-notices.html Submit proposed announcements to the e-Notices Editor (Gordon Williams) via email: MSURA.List.Manager@gmail.com Note: Any MSURA member that has a Facebook account can post announcements to MSURA's Facebook page (the 200 & 100 character limits do not apply to announcements on Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/MSURetirees OTHER MSU EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS The MSU Community Charitable Campaign pledge forms have been mailed. There is a choice this year -- if you would like to make your pledge online, the website is: http://www.msuccc.msu.edu/pledgeform.htm 11/10: The new Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at MSU will be dedicated Saturday, Nov. 10, during an outdoor public ceremony. Register for the dedication ceremony: http://broadmuseum.msu.edu/ 11/11: MSU Global Festival is held in November and offers the greater Lansing community the chance to explore cultures from around the world. For more information: http://cvip.isp.msu.edu/globalfestival/ The MasterCard Foundation announced its partnership with MSU in The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, supported by $45 million in funding to MSU, the largest cash commitment in our university's history: http://www.msu.edu/stories/master-card-foundation/ CONTEMPLATION "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." (Anais Nin) "Reality is something you rise above." (Liza Minnelli) "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." (Golda Meir) "Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life." (Robert Louis Stevenson) LAUGH, SMILE, ENJOY "For fast-acting relief try slowing down." (Lily Tomlin) "Odd things animals. All dogs look up to you. All cats look down at you. Only a pig looks at you as an equal." (Winston Churchill) "I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time." (Peanuts cartoon, Charles Schulz) "The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." (Casey Stengel) 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 (en1217) Guidelines for submitting announcements for potential distribution via MSURA's e-Notices: e-Notices are published twice each month, when warranted by pending announcements. Proposed announcements should be 200 or fewer characters in length and, whenever possible, be accompanied by a link to a web page where readers can obtain additional information. (The web link is not counted in the 200 characters.) If a web link is not available, please provide a contact name with email address (or with phone number & area code) so readers can obtain additional information. If a Twitter posting is also desired, provide a separate 100 character (or less) announcement with web page or contact information (http://twitter.com/MSURetireesAsso). The deadlines for submission of announcements for consideration are six days prior to the e-Notices publication dates, which may be found at: http://retirees.msu.edu/E-notices.html Submit proposed announcements to the e-Notices Editor (Gordon Williams) via email: MSURA.List.Manager@gmail.com Note: Any MSURA member that has a Facebook account can post announcements to MSURA's Facebook page (the 200 & 100 character limits do not apply to announcements on Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/MSURetirees