MESSAGES April 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
UWC Events You Don’t Want to Miss!
UWC Annual Scholarship Luncheon – Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, Boulder Country Club
Join University Women’s Club friends as we announce and honor the 2025 scholarship recipients!
FINAL Registration Deadline is Wednesday March 26, 2025
Find details and the registration form here: https://boulderuwc.org/activities/scholarship-luncheon/april-2025-scholarship-luncheon/
Honors Reception
The UWC Honors Reception will be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. This is the last event of the year!!
Join friends to celebrate UWC!
- Honor the 2025 Margaret Willard Award recipient
- Meet the 2024 Margaret Willard Award recipient
- Enjoy outstanding entertainment from Mindy Anderson, acclaimed local violinist
You’ll enjoy an assortment of hors d’oeuvres as you mingle with friends and make more memories under the tent on the patio of the University Memorial Center.
There is no charge for this event, but registration is necessary (deadline is April 28).
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Our issue this month begins with UWC events coming up. I am so excited about these upcoming events and the chance to connect with all the wonderful women of UWC! It’s hard to believe that we’ve already had our final Lecture Luncheon. What a great series of speakers we have had, thanks to the outstanding work of the Program Committee.
And now, we get to see who this year’s recipients are for six scholarships! You’ll want to meet them at the Boulder Country Club on Tuesday, April 15 at 11:00am. Register yourself and a friend, swing by your friend’s house to pick them up, and go to 7350 Clubhouse Road in Boulder. This year’s theme, “On The Path To Your Future” represents the feeling we have as your Scholarship Fund donations bring a world of possibilities to our young winners. Hurry to register by the March 26 deadline! The diligent attention that the Scholarship Committee showed in selecting each recipient is so appreciated; their work is such a rewarding way to serve University Women’s Club.
The Honors Reception begins at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, in the University Memorial Center Plaza Tent! This is an annual event where we honor women who have generously contributed so much to UWC and the University of Colorado. There is NO CHARGE for attending, but you do need to register. This year professional violinist Mindy Anderson will provide delightful musical interlude, taken from her repertoire that includes classical pieces, operatic arias, jazz standards, Broadway hits, pop, folk, and film music.
An assortment of hors d’oeuvres will be a delightful indulgence, and beautiful bouquets at the colorful tables will surely please you. Parking on the campus should be less of a problem because CU classes will have ended. Attendees can also anticipate the presentation of the prestigious Margaret Willard Award. Hearing the winners’ stories broadens our awareness of the ways in which we to can connect and contribute to our larger community. We also take time at this reception to recognize and honor all those who have served University Women’s Club with their time, leadership and service. These are moments to solidify friendships, celebrate each other and welcome in the next president. In passing the gavel, we assure the continuance of the cohesion and power that our interest groups, philanthropy, and programing have provided for over 108 years.
Come celebrate the University Women’s Club in May!
Anne Hudson
2024-2025 President
UWC NOTES
Membership Update
The UWC membership is currently over 340 women strong – and we are active! Collectively, we have attended 5 lecture luncheons (total luncheon attendees exceed xxx), are engaged with xx interest groups, have contributed robustly to the scholarship fund, and provide a place for women to meet, form friendships, provide mutual support, and explore and discuss.
Merry Bullock, UWC Membership Chair
Recap of the 5th Lecture Luncheon in Pictures
Follow-up to the 5th Lecture Luncheon – Using Our Outdoor Voices
Merry Bullock, UWC Member
Dean Lolita Inniss’s talk offered some wise words and inspiration about the importance of asking questions, being alert, and using our voice. This article is one step in that process.
I visited the Colorado congressional delegation last month as part of a psychologists’ “fly in” to speak with legislators. We met with staff legislative assistants for Senators Hickenlooper and Bennett, and for Representatives from across Colorado. They were happy to see us and had a strong and consistent message: our legislators need to hear from us! They need to know our concerns – about the country, the world, our local communities, and our personal lives. They also told us that it is really valuable for them to hear stories, personal reflections, and personal concerns.
So how do we do that?
- Phone Calls
There is an APP “Five Calls” that makes this REALLY easy. You tell it your location and it lets you know whom to contact.
The first page of the app asks “what is important to you?” and lists a long list of issues from economic to world to local. Selecting one of these brings another page with details on the issue, and there is then the relevant legislators for this issue are listed at the bottom of the page.
Also listed is a button to “see your script” and a phone number to call.
It is so easy to be active and engaged using this app!!
- Post Cards
You can also send postcards to your representatives
Here is contact information:
- Senator Michael Bennet, 202-224-5852 (DC). Address: Russell Senate Office Building 261, 2 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20510
- Senator John Hickenlooper, 202-224-5941 (DC). Address: Russell Senate Office Building, 2 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002
- Congressman Joe Neguse (CD-2), 202-225-2161,2400 Rayburn HOB. Washington, DC 20515
- You can also send emails. This may be the most effective means of sending your Personal stories (losing employment, how important social security is to you, experiences of your friends, colleagues, neighbors)
Whatever your opinion on issues before us, it is important, easy, and effective to use your voice. We have always been a participatory democracy and this is an especially important time to participate!
How to Attend to UWC Events at University Memorial Center (UMC)
Consider Taking the Bus
Note: All of the RTD busses require exact change.
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RTD Trip Planner. Enter the address from which you are starting, then enter the address at which you want to end (Broadway and Euclid Ave, Boulder) and the time at which you want to arrive. Click “Plan Your Trip” and RTD will figure out your choice of routes including any transfers you have to make.
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Consider using the following bus routes in Boulder: the SKIP, the 204, and the DASH, all stop on Broadway very close to the UMC. Other buses, including the STAMPEDE and the HOP, stop on 18th Street just behind the UMC.
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Catch the HOP at the 29th Street Mall – The HOP is an easy ride from the mall and runs about every 10 minutes. Catch the clockwise bus on 29th Street just across from the former Macy’s entrance. It will take you to 18th Street behind UMC. When you return, take the counter-clockwise bus from the east side of 18thStreet. The HOP goes in a loop, so either direction will get you there, but it is a shorter route on the south side of the loop.
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Park at the Table Mesa Park-N- Ride – 5170 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Board the DASH toward downtown Boulder. The bus stops on Broadway at Euclid Ave. There is no cost to park at the Table Mesa Park-N-Ride for the first 24 hours. The cost of the bus ride for seniors is only $1.50 round trip for the first 3 hours. If you have an EcoPass, you ride for free.
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Park at the Table Mesa parking lot near Chase Bank and get on the SKIP, which stops on the north side of the Bank and takes you to the UMC. The cost is the same as the DASH.
Share Rides
Do you need a ride to the UWC Lecture Luncheons? Can you offer a ride to another UWC member to the Lecture Luncheons? The UWC Board is trying an experiment to see if we can facilitate attending the UWC Lecture Luncheons. Sign up here!!!
Drive and Park in Euclid Parking (Parking Garage Next to the UMC)
Options for Payment
- Pay at the Pay-station (Enter your license plate number and pay by cash or credit card.) The price is $2.00/hour for up to 3 hours. You do not need to place the receipt on the car dashboard.
- Download the ParkMobile app on your mobile phone. Enter the Zone Number found on the Pay-station, and select the desired number of hours to park. The duration can be adjusted as needed on your phone. (Link to ParkMobile – App for your phone)
Great news! The lower levels in the garage are no longer reserved for permit holders. The whole garage is available for visitor parking.
Happy Hour / Tea Time Conversations
We invite anyone and everyone to join us on Monday afternoons for our Happy Hour / Tea Time. These Zoom meetings occur every Monday except National or Religious Holidays from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. We each have four minutes to talk to the group about a topic in our personal lives or within our philosophies. It’s an opportunity to get to know fascinating women on a much deeper level.
Topics for April and May can be found below. Contact Andie Kutinsky (drandie at gmail.com) to get on the mailing list.
April
4/7/25 – Favorite romance movie
4/14/25 – What is your biggest cooking catastrophe
4/21/25 – No HHTT – Easter and Passover Week
May
5/5/25 – Gift that was the best ever
5/12/25 – Favorite book
5/19/25 – Where were you during a momentous occasion?
SCHOLARSHIPS
Message from the Scholarship Chair
The UWC scholarship committee has been busy evaluating applications for the $5,000 scholarships we provide to up to 6 CU non-traditional undergraduates.
What materials do we use to evaluate applications?
We receive applications from the CU Financial Affairs Office. This year each applicant was identified to us only by a number rather than their name. The application form provided basic information about when students expect to graduate, as well as short answer questions to reveal family or personal responsibilities, challenges or financial constraints that have impacted them. Students also describe extracurricular activities, work /internship experience, honors and awards, grade point average, and their major.
We also receive two essays, which really help to identify those students who have determination and perseverance in the face of challenges. One essay asks about students’ future career plans and intended accomplishments. The second asks them to describe their own unique perspective they bring to the university, and how their personal experiences, skills, and background contribute to their potential to make a positive impact on the future.
The essays are an opportunity for students to demonstrate their writing skills, as well as to reveal in some detail the obstacles, setbacks and hardships they have overcome. All the students we reviewed revealed their dreams and aspirations, both personally and professionally. Each of the six scholarship recipients chosen this year had every excuse to abandon their academic goal to finish their education, but each has the grit, determination, discipline and sheer drive to be unstoppable.
Our scholarship recipients will share their extraordinary stories with you on April 15 at our annual Scholarship Luncheon. They will inspire you. It will make you proud to know that your donations are helping these remarkable individuals complete their undergraduate degrees and contribute to this country’s future.
I want to recognize the committee members who attended meetings, evaluated applications, and reached a consensus to choose the scholarship recipients. Thank you to committee members Kathleen Salzberg, Jane Cummings, Rebecca Batizy and Ruth Hammer. Each committee member “sponsors” a student and will introduce that person at the luncheon.
It is easy to donate to ensure that the UWC can continue a greater than 40-year history of providing our scholarships to non-traditional students at CU Boulder.
Jean Manifesto
UWC Scholarship Chair
Donations to the Scholarship Fund
Donations February 11 through March 10, 2025 (note: MESSAGES reports donations from the month prior to our publications deadline).
Amy Austin
Lynne Barnett
Rebecca Batizy
Laura Border
Merry Bullock
Joan Cardone
Carmen Caver
Mary Anna Dunn
Kitty Edwards
Catherine Ertz
Tina Facteau
Michelle Hofmeister
Anne Hudson
Anita Hueftle
Karon Johnson
Susan Katz
Lois Kraft
Patty Ludke
Jean Manifesto
Ann McBryan
Barbara Miller
Judy Minger
Mary Morgan
Norma Portnoy
Beth Rauch
Carol Saunders
Liane Starn
Lyn Wickelgren
Support Scholarships Through Your Donations and through Your Grocery Shopping!
You can donate director to UWC by clicking here: https://boulderuwc.org/uwc-donation-form/
Or, if you shop at King Soopers, Safeway, or Albertson’s, you can participate in their community award programs, and 5% of your purchases will be donated to UWC to support our scholarships at no cost to you!!
The King Soopers program works by linking your King Soopers Loyalty Card account to the UWC Account. Directions for signing up can be found here: https://www.kingsoopers.com/i/community/community-rewards
The Safeway program works through a Safeway Community Giving Card that you can obtain from Norma Portnoy (normaportnoy1112 at gmail.com) or at UWC events.
DID YOU KNOW?
April 1 – April Fool’s Day
April Fools’ Day has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, though its exact origins remain a mystery. April Fools’ Day traditions include playing hoaxes or practical jokes on others. Speculation of its origin includes the notion that this celebration was tied to the vernal equinox, or first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, when Mother Nature fooled people with changing, unpredictable weather. It is assumed in literary circles that April 1 has been associated with ‘foolishness’ as early as Geoffrey Chaucer‘s The Canterbury Tales (1392).
April 22 – Earth Day
Our Power, Our Planet – the theme of Earth Day 2025.
The theme encourages people to support renewable energy and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
What led to the adoption of Earth Day?
(Information taken directly from earthday.org.)
“The decades leading up to the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, Americans were consuming vast amounts of leaded gas through massive and inefficient automobiles. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of the consequences from either the law or bad press. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. Until this point, mainstream America remained largely oblivious to environmental concerns and how a polluted environment threatens human health.”
“The stage was set for change with the publication of Rachel Carson’s New York Times bestseller Silent Spring in 1962. The book represented a watershed moment, selling more than 500,000 copies in 24 countries as it raised public awareness and concern for living organisms, the environment and the inextricable links between pollution and public health.”
“Earth Day 1970 would come to provide a voice to this emerging environmental consciousness, and putting environmental concerns on the front page.”
Member Acknowledgement
Membership Courtesy
If you know of a member who would appreciate a card, note, or any personal contact due to illness, death, or other reasons for support, please inform UWC at boulderuwc@gmail.com with “Acknowledgements Chair” in the subject line.
Members In Memoriam
As information to members, and to remember those who have passed away, UWC includes an “In Memoriam” section on the website. This section honors those UWC members that we know about who have died since 2020. Details honoring their passage are here.
If you are aware of UWC members who have left us, please let Joyce Spencer, webmaster, (jjandbobs at msn dot com) and Tam Van Spriell (tamvanspriell at gmail dot com) know the member’s name for prompt inclusion on our website and in future MESSAGES.
INTEREST GROUPS
Interest Group News
What We Are Reading This Year
Reading lists for the Original Book Group, Mysteries and Thrillers, Fiction/Non-Fiction, the 4th Tuesday Group, and the Bookies was published in the March issue of MESSAGES. You can see these lists here
Second Monday Book Group
- Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endingsm Prachi Gupta
- The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner
- Bruma Sahib, Paul Theroux
- Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, Lisa Sea
- The Bandit Queens, Parini Shroff
- Why Fish Don’t Exist, Lulu Miller
- The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, Hampton Sides
- The Spectator Bird, Wallace Stegner
- Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt
- The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Photos from Interest Group Activities
Karen Haimes, DD Mallard, Ruth Harvey, Kathy Randall, Joyce Bograd, Diana Maiden, Tam Van Spriell
Music Group
Upcoming Interest Group Activities
Theater Goers
The Theater Goers group will see one more Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC) play together this spring. Please join us on Sunday, April 20 for the 2:00 p.m. matinees performance of The White Chip followed by a conversation and reflection at the Dairy. You and a friend/partner may purchase tickets from the Dairy website.
Please contact interim chair Cindy Meyer for details, a 5% UWC Theater Goers discount code for individual performances, and to be added to the e-mail list. Also, please contact Cindy if you would be willing to help organize additional plays for next fall, at 713-256-9185 or cfmeyer at sbcglobal dot net.
Interest Groups Information
Bicycling – The weekly Thursdays meetings will resume in May 2025. New Chairs needed. Please contact Interest Groups Chair Lois Linsky if interested (303-499-2689).
Book Group – Afternoon – Fourth Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. mostly at members’ homes or on ZOOM. Vaccinations required. Chairs: Mary Anna Dunn 720-355-8174; Lois Linsky 303-499-2689.
Book Group – Biographies – Third Friday at 3:00 p.m., in person. Chair: Mary Pierce 303-360-0157.
Book Group – The Original Book Group – Formerly Evening – Second Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Meetings held in members’ homes. Chairs: Judy Reid 303-746-2983; Judy Thompson 608-469-6883. This group has been meeting continuously since the 1950’s.
Bridge Group – First Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Chair: Karen Neff 303-494-0467.
French Conversation – All Speaking Levels – Dates and times to be determined. Chair: Zdenka Smith 303-330-2856.
Games Group – It’s Anyone’s Game – Board and card games. Third Tuesday from 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. at home of Chair in Louisville. Contact chair to join. Chair: Kathleen Newton 720-548-8661.
Garden Group – Third Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. Chairs: Jyotsna Raj 303-447-8831; Jean Rohrschneider 720-542-9788.
Golfing – For the Casual Golfer – 1:00 p.m. every Thursday at various golf courses, new members welcome. Chair: Susan Planck 303-499-3916.
Hikers and Slow Hikers – Every Friday at 9:00 am, September to May; 8:30 June to August. Meet at southern end of the east side of covered parking lot opposite the lower-level east entrance to the former Macy’s. Chairs: Joan (Joanie) Cardone 303-263-7823; Frieda Holley 303-499-3733. Please note: Dogs are not allowed on UWC hikes.
Italian Conversation – Wednesday, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. on Zoom. Chair: Maxene Wilson 303-530-4619.
Music – Second Monday afternoon of most months in members’ homes, providing a venue for musical performers to meet and share their love of music in an intimate setting. Chairs: Berry Todd 303-442-9083; Tula Roberge 303-443-2509.
On the Road Again — Occasional in-person road trips. Chair: Kathy Randall 303-746-4528.
Out to Lunch – Usually Fourth Wednesday, at noon at various local restaurants. Chairs: Jean Rohrschneider 720-542-9788; Jyotsna Raj 303-447-8831.
Readers’ Theater 2 – Third Monday 4:00 p.m. at the Boulder Library. Chairs: Patty Ludke 303-817-1020; Kathy Randall 303-746-4528.
Spanish Conversation Advanced – Contact chair for details. Chair: Diana King 303-803-4583.
Sunday Afternoon at the Movies – Usually second Sunday, to see movies at a theater in Boulder or nearby theater. Chairs: Sharon Nehls 303-494-5778; Carmen Caver 803-606-5619.
Theater Goers – Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company matinees. Acting Chair, Cindy Meyer 713-256-9185.
Groups that are at capacity
- Book Group – The Bookies – Kathy Randall 303-746-4528.
- Book Group Small – Fiction and Non-Fiction, Joyce Bograd.
- Book Group – Second Monday, Janet Evans.
- Book Group – Mysteries, Betty Barnes.
- Bridge Group Intermediate level – First Wednesday Chair: Karen Neff
To start a new interest group requires at least five members including a chairperson.
If you are interested in starting a new group please contact the Interest Group Coordinator for more information: Lois Linsky Interest Group Coordinator, 303-499-2689.
To form a new book group, contact Kathy Randall, 303-746-4528.
Suggested New Groups
Any interest? Remember to start a new group there must be a leader and five participants.
- Tatting
- Antiques
Send your photos for MESSAGES!
Send your interest group photos and/or photos you have taken of Boulder and surrounds for inclusion in MESSAGES – send to MESSAGES editor Tamera Van Spriell at boulderuwc@gmail.com
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Officers
President – Anne Hudson
Past President and President Elect – Andie Kutinsky
Secretary and Secretary Elect – Sharon Nehls
Treasurer and Treasurer Elect – Frieda Holley
Board Members
Acknowledgements: Donations made “in honor of” – Joyce Spencer
Advisory/Parliamentarian – Frieda Holley
Honors Reception – TBD
Interest Groups Chair – Lois Linsky
Margaret Willard Award Chair – Andie Kutinsky
Membership Chair – Merry Bullock
Membership Coffee – Lynne Barnett
MESSAGES Co Chairs
Editor – Tam Van Spriell
Copy Editor – Kathleen Salzberg
Technical Editor – Merry Bullock
New Members – Shirley Harkess
Nominating Committee – Kathy Randall
Opera Brunch – Sandy Johnson
Programs
Chair – Norma Portnoy
UMC Liaison – Tam Van Spriell
Registration – Lynne Barnett
Scholarship Committee Chair – Jean Manifesto
Scholarship Luncheon – Jonette Lucia
Website – Joyce Spencer
Zoom Masters – Merry Bullock, Lynne Barnett
Non-Board Positions
Document Repository – Frieda Holley
Email Communications – Diana King, Coordinator
Archives/Historian – Karen Neff
Photographer Coordinator – Berry Todd
CALENDAR
UWC Calendar 2025
April
- Tuesday, 15 April 2025 – Scholarship Luncheon
May
- Tuesday, 13 May 2025 – Honors Reception
