April 15, 2008

Conference to focus on purposeful living for retirees

Katherine Markee, associate professor of library sciences and oral history librarian, and Dan Mroczek, professor of child development and family studies, will speak during two sessions of the conference, which will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at University Plaza Hotel, 3001 Northwestern Ave., West Lafayette.

The registration fee for the conference, Purposeful Living in Retirement, is $10 per person, which includes lunch and conference materials.

Conference sessions include Preserving Family History for Future Generations with Markee; morning exercise with personal trainer Sidney Pellissier; Discovering Your Second Career: My Story with Doris Myers, an artist educator; Personality and Longevity in Purposeful Living with Mroczek; A Spiritual Bucket List by keynote speaker the Rev. Dan Berger Sr., pastor of First United Methodist Church; and Solutions for Caregivers with Bruce Achterkirch, national account manager for United Health Group, Evercare.

The day also will include refreshments and exhibits.

Registrations must be made by Wednesday (April 16). To make arrangements, contact the Purdue Office of Special Events at (765) 494-0900.

Writer: Christy Jones, (765) 494-1089, christyjones@purdue.edu

Source: Lowell Landrum, Purdue University Retirees Association program chairman, (765) 447-6033

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu

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