The Retired Faculty and Administrative Officers (RFAO) Organization

Vision:

The UVM Retired Faculty and Administrative Officers Organization aspires to enhance the contact between members and current faculty and administrative officers to maximize the well being and educational experiences of all members of the UVM community.

Mission:

The UVM Retired Faculty and Administrative Officers provides a variety of services that enrich the lives of its members and benefit the university and the greater community.

RFAO Goals:

• To provide a wide range of activities, including educational, informational, cultural, social, and volunteer opportunities
• To monitor and share information on benefits affecting health and life style choices
• To advance all modes of communication with its members, the university, and the greater community
• To assist the University of Vermont in accomplishing its mission and goals

Membership:

Retired faculty and administrative officers are automatically, upon their official date of retirement, members of the UVM-RFAO. RFAO members are also automatically included in the RFAO listserv from which UVM communications and communications from the RFAO are regularly sent.

We encourage all retired faculty and administrative officers to participate in UVM-RFAO activities, so as to maintain and enrich interactions with colleagues who have worked together for many years, as well as to stay connected to UVM.

Current RFAO Executive Board Activities:

Your Executive Board meets monthly except in June and July and is involved in the following activities:

• Working with UVM officials on matters such as health care insurance and other post-retirement benefits
• Surveying our members on issues of importance and providing feedback of the results
• Maintaining our website and an RFAO listserv to keep members up-to-date on Executive Board activities
• Hosting annual fall and spring luncheons with a guest speaker
• Administering the UVM Retired Scholars Award Program
• Working with the UVM Foundation
• Involvement in the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE)

RFAO-FORUM Listserv:

The RFAO established the RFAO-FORUM listserv that is a bidirectional forum for communication among RFAO members. The RFAO-FORUM is separate from the UVM-RFAO listserv, which is unidirectional providing UVM & RFAO announcements to members. The RFAO-FORUM is a means for RFAO members to communicate and converse with other RFAO members.

To join the RFAO-FORUM, send an email to listserv@list.uvm.edu and include the following text in the body of the message:

subscribe RFAO-FORUM first_name last_name

After sending the email, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to activate your subscription.

To post to the RFAO-FORUM, send your message to the RFAO-FORUM@LIST.UVM.EDU using the same email address that you used to join the listserv.

UVM Software Access to Retired Faculty

UVM licenses software for use by UVM employees, students, & affliates.  The RFAO has reached an agreement with the VP for Faculty Affairs to create a new classification of active retired faculty who continue to pursue research & scholarship, allowing retired faculty access to software.

Apply for software access: the Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) Retired Faculty Software Access Guidelines

UVM portal of available software (you will need AppsAnywhere installed on your PC/Mac)