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ATHLETIC EVENTS Retirees
who have purchased season athletic tickets for at least the last
five years can Web site: http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/index-main.html COMPUTING This policy is currently under review. HANCHER AUDITORIUM There is a 20% discount available for Senior Citizens (65 or older) on events. Contact the Hancher Box Office for further information. 335-1160. Web site: http://www.hancher.uiowa.edu/ DIVISION OF PERFORMING ARTS The Division of Performing Arts is part of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and includes the Department of Theatre Arts, the Department of Dance, and the School of Music. The Division was established in July 2000, to foster collaboration and artistic exchange between artists in each of these fields and to heighten awareness of artistic and scholarly work. The Division offers an annual subscription series including the Mainstage season of University Theatres, the annual Dance Gala performance, ticketed School of Music concerts in Hancher Auditorium and a production by the UI Martha-Ellen Tye Opera Theater. Events are detailed in a Division of Performing Arts brochure that is mailed to music, theater and dance patrons and is also available at the Hancher Box Office, the UI Theatre Building and from the division's marketing office at 335-3213. In addition, numerous faculty and guest recitals are presented by the UI School of Music in Clapp Recital Hall, most of which are free. The Opera Supers, or Friends of Music, meet, host, and escort visiting artists, assist in public relations, and/or act as "supers" in opera productions. Potluck parties follow every major opera production — usually twice a year. The only requirement is a love of music. Call the School of Music to be put in touch with the Opera Supers 319-335-1603. The Department of Theatre Arts presents several student and faculty productions in their Gallery and Workshop series as well as the Iowa New Play Festival. Tickets for these performances are available for a nominal fee at the door. Tickets for the Theatre Department's professional summer repertory season, Iowa Summer Rep are available through the Hancher Box Office beginning in April. The Department of Dance offers an extensive season of concerts in Space Place Theater in North Hall. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance through the IMU Box Office (319-335-3041). The Dance Partners, or Friends of the Iowa Dance Department, support the Dance Gala (the annual dance performance of the Dance Department) by bringing food backstage, hosting guest dancers, doing airport pickups, special mailings, and so forth. The only requirement is an interest in dance. To volunteer call 319-335-2228. For a complete listing of all Division of Performing Arts events: Web site: http://www.uiowa.edu/artsiowa Web site for the Division of Performing Arts: http://www.uiowa.edu/~dpa/ This site includes the Department of Dance, School of Music, Department of Theatre Arts and Center for New Music. To receive UI arts news by e-mail, contact ur-acr@uiowa.edu. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Retired employees of the university continue to have library privileges. Upon presentation of a current university identification card, materials may be borrowed and access to interlibrary loans is available as well as other reference and staff services. Access to electronic materials is dependent upon leasing agreements. OFFICE SPACE Some UI departments provide office space for retired faculty, contingent upon availability of space. This option should be investigated on an individual basis with your department. MUSEUM OF ART The University of Iowa Museum of Art is a major element among the cultural resources of the state of Iowa. In addition to housing temporary and traveling exhibitions, the museum maintains a permanent collection consisting of more than 12,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and decorative art pieces. Included in the permanent collection is a world-class African art collection, given to the museum by Maxwell and Elizabeth Stanley in 1979, and a pivotal Jackson Pollock painting, Mural (1947), given to the university by Peggy Guggenheim in 1953. The University of Iowa Museum of Art is located at 150 North Riverside Drive. Parking for people with disabilities is provided on the west side of the building. The main entrance has moved to the east side of the building, through the Nancy and Craig Willis Atrium, and it is wheelchair accessible. Metered parking is available directly across North Riverside Drive by Art Building West and north of the museum. The museum is open Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. and Thursday and Friday from noon to 9 p.m. For more information or to schedule a tour, call (319)335-1727. Web site: http://www.uiowa.edu/uima/ PARKING Faculty and select staff who have been granted emeritus status with the University of Iowa can apply for an emeritus parking permit. Information regarding the permit and to check on elegibility can be obtained by contacting the Parking Office at 319-335-1475 or e-mailing parking-office@uiowa.edu. Web site: http://www.uiowa.edu/~parking/ UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS The Office of University Relations (OUR) is the central communications office for The University of Iowa. With units dedicated to media relations, print publications, and web development, OUR shares the University’s story on campus and around the world. Web site: http://www.uiowa.edu/~our/news-pubs/index.html UNIVERSITY ID CARD/The Iowa One™ Card Retirees will find it useful to retain their University ID card. UIHC employees or College of Medicine faculty or staff members with a UIHC ID badge must surrender it upon retirement. They may obtain a new University ID card now called the Iowa One™ Card to replace it from Iowa One™ Card Services located in room 253 of the Iowa Memorial Union. Any University retiree without a regular University ID card may also obtain one at the same location. This ID card is a must for all retirees and may be used in the following locations:
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University Libraries Web site: http://www.uiowa.edu/~idcard/ As an added convenience the University of Iowa has partnered with the University of Iowa Community Credit Union (UICCU) to add ATM and PIN-based debit functionality to your Iowa One™ Card. If you choose to open a new Iowa One™ Checking Account at the UICCU, you will have the option of activating your Iowa One™ Card for PIN-based debit use. This means you can use your card for unlimited FREE access to all ATMs, as well as in off campus retail locations that accept PIN-based debit transactions. For more information regarding the Iowa One™ Checking Account contact the UICCU at (800) 397-3790 or www.uiccu.org . For more information regarding the University ID or Iowa One™ Card contact Iowa One™ Card Services in the IMU at 319-335-2716 or go online to iowaonechecking.com. |
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