The Emeritus College is a professional organization, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, which is open to all faculty at Emory University who are retired or who are considering retirement. The purpose of the Emeritus College is to provide intellectual and service opportunities within the University and the wider community. Please note that it is not necessary to be a faculty member with emeritus status in order to belong to the Emeritus College of Emory University. While the Emeritus College provides an organizational base for official University ties, it does not have a role in formulating policy regarding emeritus status or appointing emeritus faculty. If you are a faculty member who is retiring and would like more information concerning emeritus status, please contact the appropriate department chair or dean.
The title "Professor Emeritus" refers to a male emeritus professor. In this case it is capitalized, being part of the title. The title for the female equivalent is "Professor Emerita," being the feminine form of the "Emeritus" title. However, the word "emeritus" may also be used as an adjective, in which case it is not gendered or capitalized (e.g. "Are there many emeritus professors affiliated with your department?"). The title of our organization is not meant to refer only to male professors, therefore, but is used as an adjective. As Professors Emeriti/Emeritae, many of our regular members have reached emeritus status.
Retirement Brochure: Click image above for PDF version.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Click image above for website.
Emory Alumni Association: Click image above for website.
Beckett Papers (Graduate School): Click image above for website.
Faculty Staff Assistance Program: Click image above for website.
Please note than many benefits offered by the FSAP are for Active Faculty and Staff.
Academic Exchange: Click image above for website and newest issue.
The Academic Exhange is an Emory publication focused on faculty interests and concerns.
Helen Dennis, keynote speaker at the 2008 Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE) conference in Los Angeles, provided USC retirees with a list of 14 recommended books on successful aging, brain health, etc., listed below (source). We have several of these books in the Emeritus College offices in case you'd like to come in and peruse them (where we are). Have a book you think should be listed? Let us know!
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Terminology
The title "Professor Emeritus" refers to a male emeritus professor. In this case it is capitalized, being part of the title. The title for the female equivalent is "Professor Emerita," being the feminine form of the "Emeritus" title. However, the word "emeritus" may also be used as an adjective, in which case it is not gendered or capitalized (e.g. "Are there many emeritus professors affiliated with your department?"). The title of our organization is not meant to refer only to male professors, therefore, but is used as an adjective. As Professors Emeriti/Emeritae, many of our regular members have reached emeritus status.
University Resources
University Contacts
| Human Resources: Retirement Benefits | 404 / 727.8425 | Website |
| Access and renewal of Eagle account (Email) | 404 / 727.7777 | Website |
| Arts at Emory Tickets | 404 / 727.5050 | Website |
| Emory Athletics | 404 / 727.5196 | Website |
| Emory Alumni Association/Alumni Travel | 404 / 727.4239 | Website |
| Blomeyer Health Fitness Center | 404 / 727.4600 | Website |
| Osher Lifelong Learning Institute | 404 / 727.6000 | Website |
| Disability Services | 404 / 727.6016 | Website |
| Courtesy Scholarship | 404 / 727.7613 | Website |
| Sparkfly Discount Program | 404 / 727.7613 | Website |
| Emory Card | 404 / 727.0224 | Website |
| Libraries | 404 / 727.6872 | Website |
| Parking Information | 404 / 727.6106 | Website |
| University Bookstore | 404 / 727.6222 | Website |
| University Publications | 404 / 727.6216 | Website |
| Woodruff P.E. Center | 404 / 727.6547 | Website |
| Work-Life Resource Center | 404 / 727.8000 | Website |
Other University Links
Retirement Brochure: Click image above for PDF version.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Click image above for website.
Emory Alumni Association: Click image above for website.
Beckett Papers (Graduate School): Click image above for website.
Faculty Staff Assistance Program: Click image above for website.
Please note than many benefits offered by the FSAP are for Active Faculty and Staff.
Academic Exchange: Click image above for website and newest issue.
The Academic Exhange is an Emory publication focused on faculty interests and concerns.
Readings
Helen Dennis, keynote speaker at the 2008 Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE) conference in Los Angeles, provided USC retirees with a list of 14 recommended books on successful aging, brain health, etc., listed below (source). We have several of these books in the Emeritus College offices in case you'd like to come in and peruse them (where we are). Have a book you think should be listed? Let us know!
- Successful Aging by John W. Rowe and Robert L. Kahn (Random House, 1998)
- The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life by Gene D. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. (Harper Collins, 2000)
- The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain by Gene D. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. (Basic Books, 2005)
- AgeLess: Take Control of Your Age and Stay Youthful for Life by Edward L. Schneider, M.D. (Rodale Books, 2003)
- The Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young by Gary Small, M.D. (Hyperion, 2002)
- The Memory Prescription: Dr. Gary Small's 14-Day Plan to Keep your Brain and Body Young by Gary Small, M.D. (Hyperion, 2004)
- Encore: Find Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life by Marc Freedman (PublicAffairs, 2007)
- Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America by Marc Freedman (PublicAffairs, 1999)
- My Time: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life by Abigail Trafford (Basic Books, 2004)
- Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood by Suzanne Braun Levine (Penguin Group, 2005)
- Leap! What Will We Do with the Rest of our Lives? by Sara Davidson (Random House, 2007)
- Project Renewment: The First Retirement Model for Career Women by Bernice Bratter and Helen Dennis (Scribner 2008)
- Don't Retire, Rewire by Jerry Sedlar and Rick Miner (Penguin 2003). Updated paperback version: Don't Retire, Rewire, Second Edition (2008)
- Smart Women Don't Retire, They Break Free by the Transition Network and Gail Rentsch (Springboard 2008)
