Welcome to The University of Maryland Retired Faculty Association

Welcome to the website for the University of Maryland Retried Faculty Association (UMDRFA). You can learn about the organization and what it contributes to UMD retired faculty on this site. UMDRFA serves all retired faculty, and seeks to tie them together as well as to UMD.

For more information on our programs please see our Presentations page

Updates about Medicare D (as of October 2025) – visit our Medicare D web page.

Forthcoming Seminars and Webinars

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming Silver Terp Seminars and Webinars, all on Zoom. Seminars are by UMD faculty covering scholarly topics, but the presentations are aimed at the broad University community. UMDRFA Webinars focus on topics for retired faculty that are more “practical” and which may help colleagues navigate the complex life of becoming, and being a retiree.

Silver Terp Seminars

Thursday, November 6, 1 PM: Sally Simpson (Criminology): The “Corporate” Criminal Career

Tuesday, December 9, 1 PM: Jonathan Auerbach (English) Early Cinema as New Media

Thursday, January 8, 1PM: Spencer Benson (Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics): Will China be the New Leader in Higher Education?

UMDRFA Webinars

Tuesday, November 18, 1 pm: Samuel Handwerger (Robert H. Smith School of Business) Beyond Basics: Sophisticated Fraud Schemes Targeting Educated Professionals in 2025

The UMD Retired Faculty Association is a membership organization open to all UMD retired faculty (see below about joining our group).

The UMD Retired Faculty Association (UMRFA) encourages and facilitates the continued involvement of retired faculty with the university, identifies and advances the continuing intellectual interests and scholarly activities of UMRFA members, offers a range of programs on topics of interest, provides information about issues of concern, and acts as focal point for social interaction, intellectual exchange, and the cultural enrichment among our members.

The organization is sponsored by the University of Maryland Office of Faculty Affairs.  However, this site is operated independently and UMRFA is responsible for its content.

UMRFA MEMBERSHIP

Whether you have attained retired faculty status very recently or in the past and have not already become a member of our group, we encourage you to join now and sign up at: https://go.umd.edu/UMRFA-membership. There are no dues associated with membership, but donations are encouraged and very much appreciated.