Emeriti and Retirees Association

President’s Message

Welcome to the Spring President’s Message. Hoping those of you who went to warmer climates this winter are back safe and sound and just in time for Spring in Nebraska!! 

ERA has been working hard to provide the kind of activities and events that will keep you learning and building your community. Starting the year off with Coach Kelly Hunter Natter, Nebraska Volleyball, and providing lunch for everyone in an attendance was both a great social activity and a truly educational event. The program committee has outdone themselves this spring in the quality of programs and hot topics scheduled.  

Your board has been working on how to raise money for the student scholarships given each year. We want to give more scholarships as well as increase the amount of the scholarship dollars given in the future. This year’s recipients attended a board meeting to share what these scholarships meant to them.

As we continue to advocate for our students, staff and faculty we look to our involvement both on campus and in the community. In doing so we have brought in Danielle Conrad to share how we can better advocate for our university with our legislators. Matt Blomstedt, our campus and system-wide advocate to provide great insight to what our campus is going through and how it relates state-wide. We’re looking at the possibility of attending the staff senate and the faculty senate at least once per semester to share our mission, learn how we might help them and to encourage them to provide information to their pre-retirees about getting involved with ERA.

As you can see, we’re a busy group! We’d love for you to be actively involved whether that be at the luncheons, hot topics, tours, or coffees; or on a committee to continue to help us move to the future. Please let me know if you’d like to be a part of either of our two new committees – the Care Team and the Marketing and Communication Committee. 

Don’t hesitate to contact me for future involvement, or just to share your perspective.

Stay healthy, 
Vicki Highstreet
2026 ERA President