Gerontology students attend the Minnesota Gerontological Society Conference

Gerontology students attend the Minnesota Gerontological Society Conference

Gerontology students Paul Baymler, Kaleena Briceno, Katherine Johanson, and Hillary Johnson along with Gerontology Program Coordinator Sue Humphers-Ginther attended the annual meeting of the Minnesota Gerontological Society in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 25, 2014. This year’s conference theme was “Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining – Preparing the Workforce for an Aging Society”. Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jacquelyn James of the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College, spoke on “The New Context of Later Life: Rethinking the Education, Work, Leisure Paradigm.” In several breakout sessions, students learned about research, practice, and policy perspectives on the changing nature of work in later life. Katherine Johanson, a junior with majors in Gerontology and Psychology, was awarded a Gerald Bloedow Undergraduate Scholarship at the conference.