President’s Council of Retired EmployeesFriday 6 February 2026 at 8:15 amFoster Board Room, 3rd Floor, Buchanan Alumni House and Zoom Members: Michael Eckardt, Cindy Eves-Thomas (Website editor), Richard Judd (Secretary), Richard Kent, Jennifer Perry, Thomas Sandford (Chair), Claire Strickland, Althea Tibbetts Ex Officio Members: Sarah McPartland-Good, Kelly Straub Minutes: One correction; Cindy motioned approval, Mike […]
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Message from the Chair, President’s Council of Retired Employees Last year’s keynote by Dr. Lenard Kaye, “Staying Engaged as We Age: It’s Just Plain Old Good Medicine” were words of wisdom for our age group. Evidence indicates that being engaged increases our emotional and physical health. Opportunities are available for us to stay engaged, if […]
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President’s Council of Retired EmployeesFriday 9 January 2026 at 8:15 amFoster Board Room, 3rd Floor, Buchanan Alumni House Members: Louis Bassano, Richard Borgman (Vice Chair), Gail Dyer-Martin, Michael Eckardt, Cindy Eves-Thomas (Website editor), Richard Judd (Secretary), Richard Kent, Jennifer Perry, Thomas Sandford (Chair), Claire Strickland, Althea Tibbetts. Ex Officio Member: Sarah McPartland-Good. Minutes: Mike moved […]
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President’s Council of Retired EmployeesFriday 5 December 2025 at 8:15 amFoster Board Room, 3rd Floor, Buchanan Alumni House and Zoom Members Present: Louis Bassano, Richard Borgman (Vice Chair), Gail Dyer-Martin, Michael Eckardt, Richard Judd (Secretary), Jennifer Perry, Thomas Sandford (Chair), Althea Tibbetts; Ex Officio Member: Sarah McPartland-Good, Minutes: Althea moved, and Gail seconded a motion […]
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President’s Council of Retired EmployeesFriday 7 November 2025 at 8:15 amFoster Board Room, 3rd Floor, Buchanan Alumni House and Zoom Members: Louis Bassano, Richard Borgman (Vice Chair), Gail Dyer-Martin, Cindy Eves-Thomas (Website editor), Richard Judd (Secretary), Richard Kent, Jennifer Perry, Thomas Sandford (Chair), Claire Strickland, Althea Tibbetts Ex Officio Members: Sarah McPartland-Good. Minutes: Althea moved, […]
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President’s Council of Retired EmployeesFriday 3 October 2025 at 8:15 amFoster Board Room, 3rd Floor, Buchanan Alumni House and Zoom Members: Louis Bassano, Gail Dyer-Martin, Michael Eckardt, Richard Kent, Jennifer Perry, Thomas Sandford, Claire Strickland, Althea Tibbetts. Ex Officio Member: Sarah McPartland-Good Approval of Minutes of 9/5/25: Louis moved approval. Althea seconded. Approved. Members: Gail […]
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President’s Council of Retired EmployeesFriday 5 September 2025 at 8:15 amFoster Board Room, 3rd Floor, Buchanan Alumni House Members: Louis Bassano, Michael Eckardt, Cindy Eves-Thomas (Website editor), Richard Judd (Secretary), Jennifer Perry, Thomas Sandford (Chair), Althea Tibbetts. Ex Officio Members: Taylor Defa, Sarah McPartland-Good, Approval of 6 June 2025 Minutes: Louis moved approval; Althea seconded. […]
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President’s Council of Retired EmployeesFriday 6 June 2025 at 8:15 amFoster Board Room Members: Louis Bassano, Gail Dyer-Martin, Richard Judd (Secretary), Richard Kent, Thomas Sandford (Chair), Jen Perry, Althea Tibbetts, Gail Werrbach, Sarah McPartland-Good (ex officio) Approval of 2 May 2025 Minutes: Minutes were approved with a correction: table tents were not done by the […]
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President’s Council of Retired EmployeesFriday 2 May 2025 at 8:15 amFoster Board Room, 3rd Floor, Buchanan Alumni House and Zoom Members: Louis Bassano, Gail Dyer-Martin, Michael Eckardt, Cindy Eves-Thomas (Website editor), Richard Judd (Secretary), Thomas Sandford (Chair), Claire Strickland, Althea Tibbetts, Gail Werrbach. Ex Officio Member: Sarah McPartland-Good. PCRE members introduced themselves to our new […]
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Old timers would say if we didn’t have snow in January, we’d have it in the spring. That was certainly true this year, small amount at a time often. As a 1965 Senior at Farmington State Teachers College (the college’s Centennial year), the year before the college became part of the University of Maine System, […]
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