Spring 2016 Registration continues. Please pick up copies of the Spring Brochure to share with friends, neighbors and places you frequent around town. YOU are our best marketing tool!
OLLI @ Furman is on Facebook! Visit our page and be sure to like it. You can visit the page by clicking here.
Course evaluation time is here! You have the opportunity to provide us with feedback on each of your course experiences. This online evaluation will take 5 minutes and provide great input to your instructors. (Paper copies are available in the OLLI Office.) Following are the links to complete your evaluations online:
To complete the general course evaluation, click here.
For the exercise and fitness course evaluation, click here.
For the hobbies, art and music course evaluation, click here.
Are you interested in serving as a leader of OLLI? Do you know someone who would be a great OLLI Council member? As required by OLLI’s Bylaws, Margaret Clark, VP of Membership/ President Elect, chairs the Nominating Committee and has chosen the following committee members: Jim Smeaton, Christine Robb, Sandy Roback and Rich Pouliot. The Nominating Committee requests suggestions from the membership for four openings on the 2016-17 Council. You can submit your suggestions through an online survey. For those that prefer them, paper copies of the form are available in the OLLI office. We invite you to speak with any of the Nominating Committee members as well. The deadline is March 18.
DEADLINE MARCH 1! OLLI Grants: As an OLLI instructor, is there something you wish you had, or a workshop you’d like to attend, to make your courses even better? Are you an OLLI member with a lifelong learning passion that you’ve always wanted to pursue but the cost put it out of reach? Let an OLLI Grant help! Members of OLLI for at least six terms may apply for grants for $200-$2,000 to pursue a lifelong learning passion. Within 2 years of receiving their funds, grant recipients will be asked to share what they learn with the OLLI membership in the form of a new course, creation of a new committee, a series of seminars… Applications are available on the OLLI bulletin board. Awards will be announced at the Spring Luncheon. Questions? Contact Grants Committee chair Judy Lineback.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please be reminded that all Monday classes have an automatic extension to Monday, March 7 due to the Martin Luther King holiday.
There is room for you in Remembering to Perform Intended Actions on Friday, March 4 from 1:30 – 3 p.m., HC110.
There is also room for you in Pan American World Airways, March 4, 10 a.m., HC004. Recently seen on CBS Sunday Morning, well-known author and speaker Becky Sprecher will relive with us the exciting times of Pan American Airlines. Stop by the OLLI Office or call to sign up!
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Last Chance to Sign Up! We are taking a Field Trip to Discovery Place Charlotte and the BodyWorlds Exhibit on Tue., March 8. In BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life, the latest exhibition from physician and anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens, you’ll see the body throughout the human life cycle and across the arc of aging. More than 100 real human specimens preserved through the remarkable process called Plastination reveal the human body in all its stages, across youth, growth, maturity and advanced age, and in all its conditions, from health to distress to disease. Depart at 8:15 a.m. and return around 4:30 p.m. $65 includes admission, bus, and lunch. Sign up in the OLLI office… space is limited.
How about a Bowling Special Interest Group? This league would meet Mondays, 12:45-3:15 p.m., March 14-May 16. The league is called “10 for 10”—bowl 10 weeks for $10 per week and upon completion you will receive your own selected T-Zone weight appropriate bowling ball with finger holes drilled for your hand. The league will be unsanctioned (no awards) and handicapped (no matter your average your handicap will make your score competitive), so there are no bad bowlers! Interested? E–mail Michael Halloran.
Join us on Tuesday, March 1 at 12:15pm in the lobby of the Herring Center for a short performance by the “Dance for Everyone” class. Come see what they have been working on in class this term!
Have old papers or documents that need shredding? As part of National Consumer Protection Week the SC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will host a Shred Day right here at OLLI (in the parking lot adjacent to Timmons Arena) on Tuesday, March 8 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Limit 5 file boxes.
Out and About Singles SIG will go to lunch on Friday, March 11 at 12 Noon at the Elegant Gourmet Cafe located in Simpsonville. For further info and to reserve a space contact Susan at smc66pa12@gmail.com.
WEARING OF THE GREEN – Welcome Spring at OLLI’s St. Patrick’s Day Lunch on March 17 beginning at 11:30 at the Herring Center. Join your OLLI friends for a traditional corned beef and cabbage lunch. Then hoist a pint of beer while enjoying some Gaelic entertainment followed by an old fashioned sing-along around the piano. The cost is $13 per person. Space is limited; make your reservations in the OLLI office.
OLLI@Furman Spring Photography Showcase – Call for Photos! We hope you are enjoying the Photography Showcase in the Crabtree Room. The fourth exhibition will go up in April. If you are an OLLI member or staff and wish to participate send your name, title of your artwork , email address, and a digital copy (medium sized JPEG – 2048 pixels on the long side) of your art to furmanolliphoto@gmail.com. There is no theme and very few restrictions. Submissions are due March 18. Only one submission per artist please. A copy of the guidelines can be picked up at the office or by request to furmanolliphoto@gmail.com.
Thanks to everyone who submitted artwork for the Seasons exhibit in the Baiden Gallery. The next showcase will present 3D works of art or crafts from OLLI students and instructors March 21-May 20. The art committee welcomes pieces from the woodcarving, basketry, knitting, crochet, mosaics, jewelry, art glass, weaving, leathercraft, and quilting classes. All work must be submitted for consideration between Feb 29 and March 11. Submission forms with guidelines are available in the OLLI office. Questions? Email sroback0329@yahoo.com.
What’s GOING ON at Furman University?
Furman University Theatre presents RUMORS by Neil Simon, Feb. 26 & 27 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 for OLLI members. Call 294.2125.
The Greenville Jewish Federation is proud to present Susan and Lloyd Ecker’s exciting new documentary, “The Outrageous Sophie Tucker” at Younts Conference Center, Sunday, March 6, 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door; seating is first-come first-served.
What’s GOING ON in and around Greenville?
On Saturday March 26, Foothills Philharmonic presents Masterworks III at Greer First Baptist at 7:30pm. Admission is free. For more information, click here.
The Mill Town Players present a comedy to enjoy. Come see “The Foreigner,” playing at the Historic Pelzer Auditorium, 114 Lebby Street, Pelzer, SC, 29669. The play runs on the weekends, evenings at 7:00 PM and Sunday matinees at 3:00 p.m., Feb.26 – March 13. You may order your tickets on line on the website, or call 864-947-8000 and leave a message, or buy your tickets at the door. $8 Seniors.
Why are we still so fascinated with Amelia Earhart? Join Chautauqua Tuesday, March 1 at 7:00 pm to discussAmelia Earhart & Women in Aviation with Lara Kaufmann, Greenville Downtown Airport, Public Relations Director and the inspiration behind the Runway Park and Runway Café. Hughes Main Library, downtown Greenville. Call 244-1499 or visit greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org. Free!
The Clemson CVT Leadership program is looking for volunteers to participate in our state-of-the-art, noninvasive ultrasound scan lab. Located at the GHS Patewood campus, they perform a variety of scans on the cardiovascular system. To learn more, contact the lab at cvtleadership@ghs.org or call 864-454-2886.