The USC Emeriti Center, USC Career Center and the USC Alumni Association invite you to a town hall-style event celebrating the publication of “The Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life” written by Marci Alboher, Vice President of Encore.org.

Paul Irving, President of the Milken Institute will moderate a conversation with Alboher and Helen Dennis, Specialist in Aging, Employment & the New Retirement along with audience participants who have transitioned into encore careers – second acts for the greater good.

Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

RSVP by June 1, 2013

Cost: $20 includes a box lunch, featured book, and parking for those without a USC retiree Gold Card.

Location

USC – University Park Campus, USC Davis School of Gerontology (GER) Auditorium, 3751 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191

Directions and Parking

For directions, please click HERE. Parking is available in Structure A (Vermont Avenue at 36th Place).

Click to view flyer.

For more information call 213-740-7122 or email emeriti@usc.edu

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4:30-5:00 pm   Q & A with authors and moderator, John Gaspari
Executive Director, USC Center for Work & Family Life

5:00-5:30 pm Reception

Loss of a loved one is always difficult, more so for older spouses.This foursome of seniors, two widows and two widowers, is each searching for what’s next: new love, companionship, sex or something that brings joy and significance.  Follow Sexy Widows on their journey of music and song with humor, fun revelations, and pathos.

Saturday, June 1, 2:00 P.M.
Tickets $20 a person
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Tickets will be sold, if any available, at the theatre box office day of performance
Parking: 24^th Street, 1117 West 24^th St. Los Angeles, Ca. 90007
$5.00 in gated lot directly across from theatre, ample street parking available.

If you miss this performance these other performances are available for you to attend:
Saturday, June 1, 7:30 PM
Sunday, June 2, 2:00 PM
Friday, June 7, 7:30 PM
Sunday, June 9, 2:00 PM
Sunday, June 9, 7:30 PM
To learn more about the writers click HERE

*A Guest Production at 24th Street Theatre

View our Recorded BROADCAST of the April 19th, USC Hearing Health Symposium, where hearing health, research, technology and psychology experts shared their insights and findings.

Click on each session link to watch the panel presentations.

Session I               Exploring Your Hearing Health
Session II             Latest Research, Communication and Effective Self-Advocacy 
Session III            What’s New – Assistive Devices (ALDs), Technologies, Resources

To print Symposium handouts, click on the titles below:

      Tip Card – Communicating W Someone With Hearing Loss

      Questions to Ask an Audiologist

      Seven Questions from John Orr

To view the double sided Symposium flyer, please click HERE 

PROGRAM

9:30 a.m.                Check-In

Welcome from Dean Pinchas Cohen, USC Davis School of Gerontology and
Janette Brown, Executive Director, USC Emeriti Center
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Session I               Exploring Your Hearing Health
Moderator:          James D. Boswell, CEO, House Research Institute
Speakers:             John W. House, M.D., House Clinic and House Research Institute
John C. Goddard, M.D., House Clinic and House Research Institute
Monica Andriacchi, AuD., House Clinic
 
11:15 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.
Session II           Latest Research, Communication and Effective Self-Advocacy 
Introduction:  Charlotte Schamadan, House Research Institute
Moderator:        Katherine (Kathi) Hammons, M.Ed., USC Disability Services
Speakers:           Aaron Hagedorn, Ph.D., USC Davis School of Gerontology
John Orr, Ph.D., USC Emeriti Center, USC Retired Faculty Association
Alison Freeman, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Arineh Khachatoorians, Au.D., Shohet Ear Associates
 
12:30 – 1:15      Box Lunch — Hearing Health Exhibits                             

1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Session III What’s New – Assistive Devices (ALDs), Technologies, Resources
Moderator: Kenneth J. Lopez, Program Chair, Music Industry, Associate Professor, USC Thornton School of Music
Speakers: Ryan Enoch, Contacta, Inc.
Susie Ramirez, EPIC Hearing Healthcare
Roberta Smith, California Telephone Access Program
Reynita Sagon-Alcisto, Au.D., Clinical Application Specialist, Cochlear Americas

2:30 – 2:45 p.m.   Exhibits Open

Cost: Program, refreshments, and lunch are complimentary.  Donations appreciated.
 
For more information: emeriti.usc.edu   or call: 213-740-7122
           
The exhibit area featured a variety of hearing health product and service providers including but not limited to:

CapTel
Caption Call
CA Telephone Access
Contacta, Inc.
LA Chapter HLAA
EPIC Hearing Healthcare
House Research Institute/House Clinic
Cochlear Americas
GLAD    
Widex USA

* Thank you to the House Research Institute, USC Disability Services & Programs and the USC Credit Union for supporting this special Emeriti  Center wellness event. Special thanks also goes to Marilee Potthoff from the House Research Institute who provided most of the speakers and exhibitors and to the USC Disabilities Office for providing CART services for the Symposium.

Sponsors:

A mentoring initiative linking retired faculty and staff with USC international students is being planned in cooperation with theInternational Students’ Assembly.

The first intergenerational program was on Feb. 12 with an evening reception sponsored by the USC Emeriti Center for interested students and retired staff and faculty. The event began Global Culture Month sponsored by the ISA involving roughly 20 USC student nationality clubs which plan and carry out separate and joint cultural and informational programs during the month. The annual campus-wide International Food Fair will also take place during February.

The retiree community effort is being called: Trojan Global Intergenerational Friends (TGIF, how’s that for an acronym!), is being planned by a steering committee of Jack Wills, Cynthia Berne and Phoebe Liebig of the RFA, and David Tool and Dixon Johnson of the SRA. This activity takes advantage of USC’s prominence as the top American university enrolling the most international students. Also it fits nicely with the USC Strategic Vision concept of “Connecting the Individual to the World.”

It is envisioned that future activities will match up interested retirees with international students for activities such as tutoring, English conversation, American cultural information-sharing, serving as companions for outings to nearby southern California attractions, and home hospitality visits.

More specific information will be provided as the dates and scope of events are determined.

Coffey was touched by the honor. “When I first heard I was going to receive this award,” said Coffey, “I was greatly humbled and delighted. I knew Paul Hadley, and I feel honored to be associated with his name. I have a great deal of affection and respect for the RFA and the Emeriti Center.”

Since his 1998 retirement from the Department of Organization and Management in the USC Marshall School of Business, Coffey has been an important contributor to the quality of life and the positive collegial spirit for USC faculty and staff retirees. Coffey joined the Retired Faculty Association (RFA) immediately after retiring, and as RFA president in 2005 he fostered collaboration among the RFA, the Staff Retirement Association (SRA) and the USC Emeriti Center. He asked the SRA to consider inviting retired faculty to the SRA’s annual holiday celebration. The joint holiday party began a tradition of cooperation that continues today. To assure even greater inclusiveness, Coffey proposed having the two retiree association presidents sit as ex-officio members of the other’s board, a practice which both boards approved and still continue. This led to joint programs and events that have benefited all USC retirees. Both presidents also sit on the executive committee of the Emeriti Center.

When Coffey chaired the President’s Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award committee in 2006, he significantly improved the process of evaluating and ranking applicants. Coffey has also been instrumental in supporting Brown as executive director of the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE). To support Brown in her complex dual administrative role, he has served as volunteer treasurer of AROHE for the past four years, providing timely financial report and sound advice to Brown and members of the AROHE Board. In another typical display of generosity, Coffey hosted a 2011 AROHE strategic planning retreat at his home. Currently, Coffey co-chairs the RFA’s Outreach Committee to extend social support to widows and widowers. He helped in the development of the Emeriti Center booklet, “Upon the Death of a Loved One,” that assists surviving spouses and partners. When the Center sought to connect retired faculty and staff throughout the vast L.A. metropolitan area, he hosted the first EC Regional Social in his home.

“His infectious smile and warmth make him an ideal host,” said Brown. “He personifies the USC Emeriti Center’s motto: Colleagues for Life.”

Photo: Janette Brown, Marty Levine, Bob Coffey, Phoebe Liebig

The AROHE conference was inspirational, informative, and collegial. Three culturally different universities sponsored the conference: the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; North Carolina Central University; and North Carolina State University. For three nights, a different campus hosted a unique cultural dining experience. They showcased the President’s home, two campuses, two art museums, delicious Southern food, student and retiree singing groups, a jazz group, elegant strings and harpsichord, and offered gracious Southern hospitality throughout. Every morning before the conference, many conference attendees willingly arrived early to network with colleagues over breakfast.

Trudier Harris, Professor of English, University of Alabama and Professor Emerita, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was the conference’s keynote speaker who discussed “Outer Space, Inner Space, Creative Space: Riffing on Retirement”

“The keynote speaker was inspirational,” said Brown. “She was bold and informative and she put many superb ideas into wonderful context.”

The entire conference was packed with useful information, innovative ideas, and enough diverse content to keep everyone engaged. The 2012 AROHE conference can claim superb evaluations, highly qualified speakers and panelists, and the collegiality of the conference participants. Those in attendance were retired faculty and staff from the U.S. and Canada, retiree organization directors, and college administrators representing campus offices such as alumni, benefits, development, and human resources.

For many years, the USC Emeriti Center has played a key leadership role in AROHE. It was the late USC Professor Emeritus Paul Hadley’s vision to gather colleagues from the United States and Canada to discuss the importance of campus-based retiree organizations, how to establish them, and how to support colleagues who value the contributions of retired faculty and staff.

Hadley began in 1984 with a survey of public and private universities conducted by the USC Emeriti Center and then invited 10 institutions to the “West Coast Conference on Retirement in Colleges and Universities” in 1985. AROHE became a nonprofit organization in 2002 when Paul Hadley became its president and established the association’s secretariat within the USC Emeriti Center

The world of gerontology has lost one of its Greats with the passing of David A. Peterson September, 2012.  An outstanding educator, mentor extraordinaire, and researcher, he was a major force in shaping the field of gerontology as we know it. His work on the AGHE Standards and Guidelines for Gerontology and the Core Principles documents began the path exploring the potential for academic comparability of programs that led to AGHE’s Program of Merit.

His leadership extended through the USC’s Davis School and Andrus Gerontology Center (1978-2003), as President of AGHE, and the California Council of Gerontology & Geriatrics.  He has been recognized by his colleagues with awards and scholarships established in his name at these very same Institutions, as well as the Association for Adult and Continuing Education.   A legend in his own time, he was successful in ushering in the first Ph.D. in gerontology, as well as numerous dual degrees with law, business, social work, Hebrew studies, and health administration.

A man of gentle demeanor and a consummate consensus builder, he championed the development of academic program innovation, student career development, and the credibility of Gerontology as a field of study.  His writings focused upon quality of education not only for those studying to work with older adults but for strategies teaching older adults.

Those of us fortunate enough to study under and work with David learned a special appreciation for his ability to step back and analyze before making decisions, as well as his prowess on the tennis court!

It is with this in mind that we include comments from some of his colleagues.

Betty Douglass,  AGHE Executive Director, 1980-1997

David was President of AGHE (1984-1985) and quickly determined that if it was going to increase and improve the services provided to its members, it needed to diversify its sources of income, which then came largely from membership dues.

Being a successful grant-writer, he aggressively began teaching me, AGHE’s fairly new Executive Director, to write grant proposals. Over the next 10 years, with his often serving as project director or co-director, AGHE was the recipient of several awards from the U.S. Administration on Aging and the AARP Andrus Foundation.  These projects generated a whole series of publications still being sold by AGHE, several articles on gerontology education in peer-reviewed journals, and numerous new services for our members.

He received the Clark Tibbitts Award in 1993 and in 2007 AGHE established the David A. Peterson Award presented annually for the best article of the year in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education. Throughout the many years he served on the Executive Committee and long after he was AGHE’s President, David donated his time, expertise, energy, and institutional resources to benefit this organization and the field of gerontology and geriatrics education.  And he was also incredibly kind, generous, reliable and smart.

Betsy Sprouse AARP Andrus Foundation, Retired

Meeting David Peterson was like meeting a rock star. I was working on my master’s at Syracuse, and met Dave in the Chicago airport when we were both on our way to the first AGHE meeting in 1975. I had just figured out that my interests in gerontology were in education for the professions, older adult education, and academic administration, and almost everything that I had read on these topics until then was written by David Peterson.  Once we figured out we were both going to the same meeting and introduced ourselves, I had a barrage of questions for him about where the field of gerontological education was going, and what I should write my thesis on. I’m sure I was both naive and obnoxious (memory fails on that front), but I clearly remember that Dave was patient and encouraging, and interested in what I was doing and where I wanted to go in my career. My path changed a bit over the years, but Dave’s friendship and interest in my career did not, and I will be forever honored by that.

James E. Birren, Ph.D.  Founding Dean, Andrus Gerontology Center

David Peterson was a valuable head of the Davis School of Gerontology. He had a background in education and a broad perspective on developmental issues that are implicit in learning about gerontology. He also had an interest in the progress of individual students. These intellectual assets led him to be both a leader and a pioneer in academic gerontology.
On a personal level he had a moderate temperament and was approachable on many problems associated with developing a new and complex academic field. In my many years of association with him, I always found him to be reasonable, reflective and constructive.  There are few who could fit into his academic shoes. I placed unusually high value on him as an academic leader, colleague and friend

Edward Schneider, MD, Professor and former Dean, Andrus Gerontology Center

When I came to USC twenty-five years ago, David was the acting dean of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.  He was an effective dean and I wondered why he didn’t want to be the permanent dean. But, in his usual self-effacing manner, David explained that he did not want the spotlight as Dean and would be very pleased to help me learn the ropes. He was invaluable to me as the Director of the School. As a lifer at NIH, I knew almost nothing about academia in general and gerontology education in particular.  David was recognized as the nation’s premier expert on gerontology education.  I considered myself very fortunate to have David as Director of the School.  When universities decided to start a gerontology program, they called upon David Peterson to guide them.

David was a terrific partner in fundraising.  His dry wit complimented my overly wet variety.  Donors loved David Peterson.  When I was soliciting a major gift from Ed and Rita Polusky, they indicated that they had a special fondness for David and would be pleased to fund the Polusky Director’s Chair as long as he would be the first chair holder.  Although I was fortunate to obtain several chairs during my tenure, my greatest pleasure was being able to tell David that he finally had his own chair.

Each year, David would meet with me and provide feedback from faculty and staff and made suggestions to me on how to improve my deanship.  Obviously the session lasted a long time. I was truly blessed to have such a selfless, talented and knowledgeable partner.  David was treasured by our students and staff who truly loved him.  He was always there for those who needed his sage advice.

I remember asking David what he was doing on summer vacation.  He told me that he was going to a small village in Africa to put in sewer pipe.  He was a lay minister in his church and his faith in god and man was always evident.

He will be greatly missed by all of us.

Kelvin Davies, Faculty, Davis School of Gerontology

I was so sad to learn of David’s passing.  He was a man of great integrity and inner strength.  He was generous in his dealings with colleagues and students, and unflagging in his support for our school and center.  Dave’s contributions to our educational program in Gerontology were enormous and our field has lost a true pioneer and leader.  Although it has been many years since Dave graced our halls, we will all be walking in his footsteps for many years to come.

Dean Pinchas Cohen, MD. Davis School of Gerontology and Andrus Gerontology Center

I speak for everyone associated with the USC Davis School when I say what an amazing mind and spirit David Peterson had, and what an enormous impact he had on the field.  It is with great sadness that we say goodbye, but we are proud to honor his exceptional life and legacy.

Jolene Fassbinder, MSG, MACM, Program Officer, Archstone Foundation

I had the great pleasure of doing my undergraduate and graduate studies under the leadership of Dr. David Peterson.  His compassion was unsurpassed and his guidance always reassuring.  Somehow I knew that with Dr. Peterson’s leadership, what appeared to be a major obstacle in completing my studies would somehow be removed.

Those of you who knew Dr. Peterson do not need me to tell you that he was a true pioneer.  He promoted and researched careers in aging, and set the state for students like me to actually pursue a lifelong dream in the field of aging.  For that I will be forever grateful.  As the former executive director of the California Council on Gerontology & Geriatrics (CCGG), I took great pride in carrying on his work.I will miss Dr. Peterson’s gentle spirit in the days and years to come.

And final comments from a Graduate of the MSG program at USC – Cheryl Svensson, Ph.D that says it all “He was the Best”.

We want to acknowledge his wife Ellen who has been his stalwart companion through the very long battle with Parkinson’s disease, along with his son and daughter and their families.

Thank you David for your compassion, integrity and inspiration.

Pauline Abbott, Ed.D.  Director Emerita, CSU Fullerton Institute of Gerontology & Ruby Center

Phoebe Liebig, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, USC

Presents a workshop series  for USC retirees, faculty and staff

LIFE TRANSITIONS SERIES: Refocusing – The Future of Work, Purpose and Fulfillment

This is a five-part series of exercises and assessments designed for USC retirees and current faculty/staff to help them transition successfully to their next phase of life. No matter where you are in your career, this workshop will help you clarify “What’s next?”  Click to: REGISTER online

Five Thursdays: September 27, October 4 and 11, and November 1 and 8

Location: UPC, GER 224

Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

 Fees:  Fees are waived for the first 12 registrants – $100 for the series (sessions 1 through 5)

            $60 for sessions 1 through 3

            $40 for sessions 4 & 5

Session 1 – Navigating Change (Thursday, September 27)

Participants will gain an understanding of the stages of change and how to successfully manage change and transition in their lives. 

 Sessions 2 & 3 – Finding Your Purpose (Thursdays October 4 and 11)

Through self-examination and discovery, participants will create a roadmap and a transition plan for their “encore” lives.

 Sessions 4 & 5 – Strategies for Competing in the New Workplace (Thurs, Nov. 1 and 8)

Participants will learn how to effectively prepare themselves for a successful job search, whether it be full-time, part-time, volunteer work or a consulting endeavor. This will include an exploration of different job options, using personal branding as a marketing tool, creation of an updated resume, job search strategies and the use of social media, interviewing preparation and tips for successful networking.

 The workshops are conducted by Pearl Hilliard and Joyce Fernandez, former professional and organizational development specialists at USC.

Click: REGISTER online

Questions? Contact us at (213) 740-8921 or emeriti@usc.edu

For more information about this series you may

contact the facilitators directly: 

 Pearl Hilliard:    pahilliard@ca.rr.com

 Joyce Fernandez:  jfernandez310@aol.com