Help us welcome our newest staff member! Carson Ruffrage joins us Monday, October 19 as Office Manager. Her hours will be 8:30-1:30, Monday-Friday.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
HIS612 When Commercial Airline Flying was Fun! will not meet Monday, October 19.
CPT309 Intro to Android will not meet Thursday, October 22.
ACM171 Dante’s Divine Comedy will not meet Wednesday, November 11.
**Instructors will announce any make-up classes.
There’s room for YOU to visit the South Carolina Children’s Theatre Fri., Nov. 6, 10-11:30 a.m. Learn about the offerings of SCCT, from mainstage performances to summer camps. If you have grandchildren who live nearby or visit in the summer, you’ll want to know more about this special place! Sign up in the office.
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Enjoy productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company captured live in HD from Stratford-upon-Avon. The Merchant of Venice is TONIGHT, October 16 at 7 p.m. Othello will be presented Wed., October 21 at 4 p.m. and Fri., October 30 at 7 p.m. All showings are in the Burgiss Theater in Trone Student Center. Tickets are available in the OLLI office and at the door and are $16 for OLLI members, $18 for general public.
At Lunch and Learn Tuesdays, speakers from the community will present a variety of interesting topics. Free and open to the public. 12:30-1:20 p.m., HC110. Bring your lunch and invite your friends. October 20 – Lunch and Learn host will be OLLI member Reid Becker, who will present “3-D Design and Printing.”
Breakfast in the Furman Dining Hall! Join your OLLI friends for breakfast, 8-10 a.m., on Wednesday, October 21. Cost is just $5 for all-you-can-eat with your OLLI nametag. Choices include made-to-order omelets, fruit, breads, eggs, bacon, coffee, juice, and much more. Fix your plate and then enjoy your meal in the Faculty Dining Room, reserved that morning just for OLLI. Thanks to Linda and Tom Nowlin for hosting!
Get your electronic devices working better! The Computer Technology Committee presents a Computer/ Tablet/Phone Help Desk for members Wed., Oct. 21, 2-4 p.m., HC104 – First come, first served. Bring your device and our experienced team will try to help. These sessions help with “quick fix” problems. Due to limited time, issues requiring lengthy attention will be directed for professional service. Contact Dan Garvin.
On Sat., Oct. 24, the Out and About Singles will eat at Tandem Creperie in TR at noon. Visit the shops, see the art show at the Trailblazer Park or walk the Swamp Rabbit Trail. For info or RSVP, contact Susan Cooper.
Join us for Fall for OLLI on Fri., Oct. 30, 4-7 p.m. at the Herring Center. Enjoy music, food, and friends old and new, and books, artwork and crafts produced by your fellow OLLI members. You’ll see items for display AND for sale! No admission charge, just sign up to bring a hearty appetizer to share here. RSVPs helpful, but not required. Contact Heidi Wright with questions.
We are taking a Field Trip to the Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte Douglas Airport on Friday, Nov. 6! If you remember “The Miracle on the Hudson” – US AIR Flight #1549 and its crash landing safely in the Hudson River, you will enjoy joining our When Commercial Airline Flying was Fun class members to walk around the actual Air Bus 320, view a DC9 and C130 and walk through a DC7. We will depart at 8:15 a.m. and return at approximately 4:30 p.m. after a full day which includes a museum tour, lunch and of course, a visit to the gift shop. The trip cost is $50. Sign up in the OLLI office… space is limited.
Annual OLLI Thanksgiving Potluck! We are thankful for our OLLI family and we want to celebrate with you. The potluck will be held on Thanksgiving Day – Thursday Nov. 26. Stay tuned for more details!
Stop by Starbucks in Simpsonville (657 Fairview Road, exit 27 off I-385) to view an exhibit of our very own OLLI Pen and Ink students. Artwork will be on display through October.
Would you like to become more involved at OLLI? Do you enjoy cooking or have ideas for cooking classes? The cooking subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee is looking for new members. Please contact Sharon Huecker at 297-1987 or sphuecker@charter.net. Also, if you or someone you know likes to prepare ethnic foods of any type, she would love to hear from you.
We are delighted to offer exclusively to OLLI @ Furman members the Road Scholar Three Presidents Trip to Charlottesville, Va. Explore the friendship among three US President- Jefferson, Madison, Monroe – as you journey back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the time when these great men lived, worked, laughed and loved. For more info, check pick up a brochure in the office. To register, call Road Scholar at (800)322-5315 and reference Program #9113, “Three Friends with OLLI @ Furman.”
The OLLI Photography SIG will be going to Old Car City in White, Georgia for a tour of a graveyard of classic cars. For more details on future outings, please contact Ray Roback.
What’s GOING ON at Furman University?
The Furman Theatre presents HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical on Oct. 15-17, and 21-24 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 17, 18, and 25 at 3 p.m. at the Furman Playhouse. Theatre Season Ticket Discount for OLLI Members – OLLI members get the student rate of $24 for all 4 productions. Individual OLLI member tickets are $13 for Hair and $10 for each of the other three. Be sure to identify yourself as an OLLI member when placing the order to get the discounted price! Call 294-2125 to subscribe.
The Music Department presents a faculty piano recital, “Songs and Dances for Left Hand Alone” with Ruby Morgan on Monday, October 19 at 8pm in Daniel Recital Hall. Free!
The High Noon lecture series continues. Talks are free and take place on Wednesdays at Noon in the Resource Room on the second floor of the Upcountry History Museum in downtown Greenville. October 21 enjoy “Revisiting Reconstruction: South Carolina and the Sesquicentennial” presented by Dr. Courtney Tollison, Furman Professor of History. For more information visit the museum website.
The Political Science department presents the next installment in its Tocqueville Lecture Series, A Conversation about Christianity and Politics with Robert P. George and Cornel R. West on Thursday, October 22 at 5 p.m. in the Watkins Room of Trone Student Center. Admission is free, but you must pick up a ticket in the student center beginning at 4 p.m. on the 22nd. For more information, visit their website.
The Ancient Greek and Roman Studies Minor presents a lecture by Ann Raia, Professor Emerita of Classics at the College of New Rochelle, on Wed., October 21 at 7 p.m. in McEachern Auditorium in Furman Hall. The lecture, “Exploring the Role of the Vestal Virgins in Roman Religion,” is free and open to the public.
Through Heller Service Corps Furman students volunteer at more than 60 agencies across SC and have made a measurable impact on the Greenville community and beyond. They are celebrating 50 years of service this month and invite the entire Furman community—including OLLI members–to join the celebration by participating in 50,000 Acts of Kindness. Visit www.furman.edu/heller to record any act of kindness you perform this month—volunteering at OLLI or in the community, helping a neighbor, or checking on a friend.
What’s GOING ON in and around Greenville?
Greenville Chorale and Greenville Symphony Orchestra: SERENADE AND SONGS, conducted
by OLLI member (and instructor) Bing Vick, at the Peace Center on Sat., Oct. 24. Discounted ticket vouchers for OLLI members ($32–20% discount) are available in the OLLI office. (Exchange vouchers for reserved seat tickets at the Peace Center Box Office). For more information about the concert, visit their Chorale website.
Centre Stage SC has great offers for OLLI members for two upcoming productions: Kindertransport, the story of one of the 10,000 children transported out of Nazi Germany to England during WWII, runs Oct. 15-24, Thurs.-Sat. at 8pm and Sun. at 3pm. Tickets for OLLI members are just $15 when you use code EDUCATION. OLLI members receive buy-one-get-one-free tickets for Gideon’s Knot, the story of a mother exploring the motivations of her child’s tragic suicide, October 20, 21, 27, and 28, all at 7 p.m. Code for OLLI members is KNOT. For information on both events or to purchase tickets, visit www.centrestage.org or call 233-6733.e