News and Events

Online payments are now being accepted for Membership Dues and Donations.  See updates under the Join/Donate page or Tab at the top of this page.

View the Gater Retiree Gazette list for the latest updates and any luncheon reservation information.

Upcoming Retirement Association Board of Directors meetings in 2024:

  • 10 am, Monday, September 16th

  • 10 am, Monday, December 16th

 

 

MAY -  Zoom Event: Bill Issel “Peace with Justice: Bishop Mark Hurley and the Strike at SF State” an updated version of his award-winning journal article on the role of Bishop Hurley in settling the SF State strike in 1969.  

Date: Wednesday, May 29, 10:00am

More info here (pg.4): https://retire.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/SFSU_RetirementAs…

 

MARCH - Annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon & Meeting

Friday, March 15, 2024 : 11:30 am–2:00 pm 

See February Gater Retiree Gazette (GRG) under NEWS for details to register ~ or here:  https://retire.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/SFSU_RetirementAs…

 

FEBRUARY - Zoom Event: The James Webb Space Telescope: Our Giant Eye on the Invisible Sky :  An Illustrated Talk by Andrew Fraknoi

Date: Friday, February 16th, 10:30am

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sMvv_wUlfTbNJFu-yOXgJs-OvND2Yevb/view?usp=sharing

 

JANUARY - SFSURA Event - Guided Tour of Botticelli Drawings, Legion of Honor

Date: Wednesday, January 17, 10:30 am Meeting
Place: The Palace of the Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue at Clement Street

Lunch: Lunch at the Legion Café will be available at approximately noon.

Limit: Our tour will be limited to ten people. It is necessary to sign up in advance.

                       ~ or ~ 

Botticelli Drawings - a Second Option for Viewing in January 2024

https://www.famsf.org/events/botticelli-drawings-curator-talk?mc_cid=4efbe4c748&mc_eid=8325d7562

 

Zoom Meeting Event, SFSU President, Lynn Mahoney, Tuesday, December 12, 1:00PM

Third week of November: annual luncheon and election of officers

Retirement Association Board of Directors meetings:

  • 10 am, Monday, May 20

  • 10 am, Monday, February 19

  • 11 am, Monday, December 18

  • 11 am, Monday, September 18

 

October 9, 2023

Walking Tour of the Historic Presidio of San Francisco

Our tour will begin at the Presidio Chapel. Bob Cherny, who
has written about the artist Victor Arnautoff, will explain the
mural Arnautoff created there in 1934. ...

July 12, 2023 

Zoom program, Jim Kelley, professor emeritus of Geology and long-time dean of the College of Science will offer a Zoom program about California water:   

“Whisky is for Drinking, Water is for Fightin’ Over," a comment attributed to Mark Twain.

April 17, 2023

Zoom presentation on Ansel Adams, keyed to Ansel Adams in Our Time, an exhibition of Adams' work that will open at the DeYoung Museum on April 8th.

March 17, 2023 - St. Patrick's Day Luncheon 

Basque Cultural Center

February 27, 2023

Zoom presentation on San Francisco's rich collection of art created by the New Deal agencies in the 1930s and early 1940s. 

Fall 2022 - November 17

Tour of new buildings at SFSU Campus with picnic lunch.  See following link:   https://tinyurl.com/s9za7je9

October 3, 2022 (2:30pm)

Zoom Meeting for all members with SFSU President, Lynn Mahoney

April 28, 2021

Zoom Meeting for all members with new SFSU President, Lynn Mahoney

January 23, 2020

Tissot Exhibit - Docent Tour                                                                                                        Legion of Honor                                                                                                                     

November 14, 2019

Annual Fall Luncheon and Meeting, 11:30 a.m.
Basque Cultural Center

March 15, 2019

St. Patrick's Day Celebration 
Basque Cultural Center

November 14, 2018

Annual Fall Luncheon and Meeting, 11:30 a.m.
Basque Cultural Center

September 20, 2018

Truth and Beauty Art Exhibit & Docent Tour                                                                            Legion of Honor - Private Tour                                                                  

May 9, 2018

Casanova: the Life of a Libertine                                                                                                  Lecture by Professor James Kohn                                                                                                Library 286 (Faculty Commons)                                                                                                

March 16, 2018

St. Patrick's Day Celebration 
Basque Cultural Center
 

December 7, 2017                                        

Klimt and Rodin & Gods in Color                                                                                                                                    

 

November 14, 2017

Annual Fall Luncheon and Meeting, 11:30 a.m.
Basque Cultural Center 

                                                                                    

March 15, 2017

St. Patrick's Day Celebration 
Basque Cultural Center

 

November 15, 2016

Annual Fall Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.
Basque Cultural Center                                                           

                                                     

March 17, 2016

St. Patrick's Day Celebration
Basque Cultural Center
 

November 17, 2015

Annual Fall Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.
Basque Cultural Center
 

November 5, 2015

Oakland Zoo, 10:30 am - 12 pm                                                                                                        

March 17, 2015

St. Patrick's Day Celebration 2015 (photos)
Basque Cultural Center
 

February 6, 2015

Coit Tower Tour
1 Telegraph Hill Blvd.
San Francisco, CA
Program:  Docent Led Tour

November 18, 2014

Annual Fall Luncheon, 12:15 p.m. (photos)
Basque Cultural Center
 

June 27, 2014

49er Stadium Tour, 12:15 p.m. (photos)
Santa Clara, CA
Program: VIP group tour.

June 27, 2014

Rosie the Riveter, 11:30 a.m., Friday lunch
WWII Home Front National Historic Park
Ford Point, Richmond, CA
Program: Docent led tour.

March 14, 2014

St. Patrick's day Luncheon 2014, 11:30 a.m. Friday (photos)
Basque Cultural Center.
 

November 19, 2013

Annual Fall Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday (photos)
Basque Cultural Center.
 

October 17, 2013

Flora Grubb Gardens, 10 a.m. Lunch Thursday
 

March 23, 2013

Walt Disney Family Museum Tour, 10 a.m. Saturday
The Presidio
 

March 13, 2013

St. Patrick's Day Celebration 2013, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday (photos)
Basque Cultural Center
 

November 15, 2012

Annual Fall Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. Thursday (photos)
Basque Cultural Center
Program: Speaker President Leslie Wong .

September 13, 2012

Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, 10:30 a.m. Thursday (photos)
Tiburon, CA
Program: Lecture, lunch, and tour of RTC.

May 10, 2012

Sonoma County Museum, 11 a.m. Thursday (photos)
Sonoma, CA
Program: The Tsars' Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts Under the Romanoffs

April 28, 2012

Lundberg Studios Tour, 11 a.m. Saturday (photos)
Lundberg Studios
 

March 15, 2012

St. Patrick's Day Luncheon 2012, 11:30 a.m. Thursday
Basque Cultural Center
 

November 15, 2011

Annual Fall Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday
Basque Cultural Center
Program: Vice President Rosser will discuss the "University Reorganization of Colleges and Departments"

November 13, 2011

Beach Blanket Babylon, 2 p.m. Sunday Matinee
Club Fugazi
 

May 4, 2011

Hard Hat Tour of J. Paul Leonard Library, 2:45 p.m. Wednesday
Meet in front of Old Administration Building
Program: Guided tour through library construction

March 17, 2011

St. Patrick's Day Luncheon 2011, 11:30 a.m. Thursday (photos)
Basque Cultural Center
Program: Irish entertainment

March 13, 2011

Lamplighters Music Theatre 2 p.m. Sunday Matinee (photos)
University of San Francisco’s Presentation Theatre
Program: Gilbert and Sullivan: “Trial by Jury” and “Engaged”

January 19, 2011

Reading and Book Signing, 2 p.m. – Wednesday
Program: Professor Emerita Elizabeth C. Wright will introduce her book “Dear Bob, Dear Betty; Love and Marriage During the Great Depression”

November 16, 2010

Annual Fall Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday (photos)
Basque Cultural Center
Program: Don Gerth will discuss his new book “The People’s University: A History of the California State University”