Recent RAPS Scholarship contributions RAPS GOES TO Eastern Canada! SEPTEMBER 3-10, 2019 Montreal Quebec City Ottawa Rockport Toronto Niagara Falls Quebec City and St. Lawrence River A portion of your fare supports the RAPS Scholarship Program! You’ll discover the best of Eastern Canada with RAPS! Our tour is led by Collette, a travel company with more than 100 years’ experience. Book by March 4, 2019, and save $100 per person! $3,199per person if booked by March 4 BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY Includes R/T airfare from PDX, Hotels, Hotel Transfers, Air Taxes, Fees/Surcharges To learn more: Contact Larry Sawyer, RAPS 503-771-1616 / larry_sawyer@comcast.net Should RAPS start a travel group? Your opinion needed OUR CURRENT PARTNERSHIP with Colette Travel has provided opportunities for enjoyable tours that also resulted in a portion of the proceeds being donated to the RAPS Scholarship. Recently, the RAPS Scholarship Committee members have wondered whether additional member interest in participating in custom tours might be developed through a RAPS group focused on travel. We envision the travel group meeting quarterly. The program at the meeting would be a presentation by someone who has been on an unusual trip or had interesting experiences abroad. An example of the type of presentation is the RAPS member meeting program last February when Jim and Joan Peck talked about their trip on the Camino de Santiago. The group might meet at PSU as the Bridge Group does, or at various homes as the Book Group does, or at some other venue. Lunch meetings, afternoons, evenings—all are possibilities. Whether greater focus on travel would increase interest in scholarship-supporting trips is unknown, but such a group should be enjoyable in itself. What do you think? Would it fit in well with the overall programming of RAPS? Would it be interesting? Should we go ahead with planning this group? Please email Joan Shireman at joanshireman@gmail.com with your thoughts. RAPS SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS between March 1 and August 31, 2018 were made by: Priscilla M. Blumel in memory of Professor Maxine Thomas. Bob Lockerby Diane Ness in honor of Ms. Lisa M. Ness Larry and Diane Sawyer Dawn White Raffle participants at the President’s Gathering of Retired Faculty and Staff 5 OCTOBER (Saturday, October 13) PSU Vikings play University of Northern Colorado Bears at Providence Park, 1844 SW Morrison St. Complimentary football tickets are still available through the RAPS office. Please call (503-725-3447) or email (rapsmail@pdx.edu) the RAPS office, leaving your name and contact information. NOVEMBER (Thursday, November 15) “What’s Happening in Afghanistan?” Grant Farr, professor emeritus of sociology and specialist on the Middle East, brings us up to date on the political situation in Afghanistan. 333 SMSU. DECEMBER (Thursday, December 6) Annual RAPS Holiday Brunch, held at Nordia House in southwest Portland. Upcoming fall term member events
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