by Lynn Stanphill | Sep 15, 2019 | News
Our TIAA volunteers performed pre-event tasks for the 9/11 Heroes Run which honors the sacrifices of those heroes from September 11th and the wars since, including veterans, active duty personnel, first responders, and families of the fallen. We performed pre-event...
by Lynn Stanphill | Jul 12, 2019 | News
Twenty-six former TIers and guests registered and braved the hot July night to attend the Shoot for the Moon event by Dallas author James Donovan. It was held at the Allen Public Library and dinner (topped off by a moon-shaped cake with craters!) was provided from...
by Lynn Stanphill | May 11, 2019 | News
Even a dark and stormy day didn't prevent 85 TIAA members and guests from attending our Annual Meeting which was held at Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas on May 8, 2019 at 1:00 pm. Great refreshments were provided from the kitchen of Wolfgang Puck,...
by Lynn Stanphill | Apr 25, 2019 | News
TI retirees and a guest were invited to a special event at the new location of the North Texas Food Bank in Plano, Texas. As part of the TIAA United Way Campaign, TI made it possible for us to tour the new facility, enjoy lunch and help with a volunteer project...
by Lynn Stanphill | Apr 18, 2019 | News
The TI Alumni Association/TI Golf Tournament, in support of TI’s United Way Campaign, attracted 100 golfers for the 20th-annual event at the Woodbridge Golf Club on April 8 in Wylie and raised $36,585 in donations and pledges. Contributions will benefit...
by Lynn Stanphill | Apr 7, 2019 | News
Did you know that Roly-Poly’s (more commonly known in Texas as pill bugs) are listed as part of the family of lobsters? They have gills and the males carry a tiny drop of water next to their face for the female to put her eggs into? Yes,...
by Lynn Stanphill | Apr 5, 2019 | News
On March 21, TIAA took a trip to downtown Dallas for our walking tour and it worked out well as our guide was a young architect who led us down Main Street and up Commerce Street pointing out buildings, who designed them, when they were built, what they originally...
by Lynn Stanphill | Apr 5, 2019 | News
TIAA sold all of our tickets and we met at Dos Banderas in downtown Garland, for a great Tex-Mex dinner and then walked to the 8:00 pm performance at the Granview Art Center. This is a funny, two-act comedy which takes place in a fishing lodge in rural Georgia where...
by Lynn Stanphill | Mar 22, 2019 | News
On Tuesday morning, March 12, nine TIAA volunteers gathered together at the Dallas SPCA center located on I-35 west of downtown. Our first order of events was to tour the large, modern facility both indoors and outdoors – even though it was a cool, rainy...
by Lynn Stanphill | Mar 15, 2019 | News
The University of Texas at Dallas Alumni Association and The Texas Instruments Alumni Association hosted a joint meeting on Brain Health Thursday, March 14th at 1:30 pm at the UT-D campus. We started with refreshments and social time, followed by our interesting...