Wayne State event on changing nature of retirement to feature Robert Reich and head of TIAA-CREF
Crain’s Detroit Business, 8/29/2011
By Michelle Muñoz
Wayne State University will host a two-day symposium titled “Retirement in Transition: Work, Relax or Reboot?” Sept. 15 and 16, as part of its Forum on Contemporary Issues in Society (FOCIS). The program will include speakers discussing the concept of retirement and alternatives people now have to simply stopping work. It will also explore how the recession of the past few years has forced many to seek out other employment after retiring from their careers. Director of FOCIS and President Emeritus at WSU Irvin D. Reid said the program seeks to create a dialog about the changing options for retirement. “Now, people have choices,” Reid said. “Work as a single activity, for a single company in one’s life, may not be a reality.”
