The OLLI Office is open 8:30-5 Monday-Thursday, and 8:30-4 on Fridays. Our number is 864-294-2998.
Summer registration continues! Register online or in the OLLI office. The brochure is on the website and in the office. Pick up one for yourself and a few more to share with friends and neighbors. Summer is a great time to try OLLI for the first time. Classes are just $35 and there is no membership requirement. It’s a great time to encourage a friend to try out OLLI!
It’s Evaluation Time! Please take a few minutes to provide helpful feedback on your Spring Term Courses. Click on one of the following links to take your survey; you will need to take a different survey for each course.
General Course Evaluation: Here
Hobbies, Art and Music Course Evaluation: Here
Exercise and Fitness Course Evaluation: Here
Sign Up by Wednesday, May 17! Join emcee Linda Kelly to celebrate our homerun year at OLLI at our annual Spring Luncheon on Tuesday, May 23 at the Younts Center. Doors open at 11:30 for fellowship at the pavilion next door (cash bar available). Enjoy a buffet lunch at noon including Arugula and Watermelon Salad, Grilled Corn and Heirloom Tomato with Vidalia Onion Vinaigrette, BBQ Baked Beans, Cheesy Potatoes, Pulled Pork or Pulled Chicken Sliders and a sweet treat! Congratulate the new Volunteer of the Year, elect OLLI Council members, and visit with OLLI friends old and new. It so happens that OLLI Council President, Margaret Clark, is OLLI’s number one baseball fan. Dress is casual and all are encouraged to embrace the baseball theme! Sign up in the OLLI office for just $16. Please see Heidi Wright with dietary restrictions.
The Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the following slate for Council openings to be voted on at the Spring Luncheon on May 23: President-Elect/VP Membership: May Welborn; Members at Large: Cindy Brothers and Marcia Smith. Thank you to Greg Peters, VP/President Elect/Nominating Committee Chair and his committee for their work in putting this slate together, and thank you to the nominees who said “yes” when the committee asked!
Apply now for Class 4 of Senior Leaders Greenville, a program of OLLI@Furman that builds awareness of the essential role of seniors in the community and the critical issues they face, empowering participants to become active players seeking better lives for seniors in Greenville, the Upstate, and beyond. Learn more on the website, and click here to apply. Brochures and paper applications are available in the OLLI office.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
There is room for you in the Bonus Events on Friday, May 19. Sign up in the OLLI office!
The Furman Shi Center for Sustainability, 10 a.m.
TRAVEL WITH OLLI
In the Heart of Europe: The Czech Republic We are delighted to announce that Furman professor Michael Svec, Dr. Svec is offering an opportunity for OLLI members to travel to the Czech Republic this September 4-13, 2017. Immerse yourself in Prague, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia. This travel program allows you to come to know the Czech Republic in a more intimate way. Walk the same streets as Holy Roman emperors, saints, writers, composers, scientists, and occupying armies. Take time to enjoy some of the best beer in the world on the shores of the Vltava River listening to Smetana’s ode to that very river. Breathe in a millennium of culture, architecture, history, and music. The trip includes exploring the countryside of Southern Bohemia with overnight stay in Cesky Krumlov, one of Europe’s most picturesque towns and an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The cost of the trip is $3,814 ($662 single supplement) which includes all ground costs (transportation, hotel accommodations, 12 meals), economy class airfare and travel insurance. Learn more here. The deadline is May 16 to pay your $400 deposit in the OLLI office. Limited space available!
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Lunch and Learn, Tuesdays in HC110, 12:30-1:15p.m. May 16, GPATS: the Greenville-Pickens Area Transportation Study and Long-Range Transportation Planning with Keith Brockington, Greenville County Transportation Manager.
Have an interest in Health, Fitness and Exercise? Want to be part of the team that decides on the Health, Fitness and Exercise curriculum? If so, you are invited to contact Janet Aguilar at 864.414.1944 to learn more about this opportunity.
What are you doing this summer? The Community Volunteer SIG offers OLLI members more than 40 opportunities to engage within the Greenville community. Join us on Thursday, May 11, 12:20 – 1:20 p.m. in HC004 when we will feature Triune Mercy Center and a new Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club program. Contact Tom Nowlin with questions.
You may have heard that there’s a total solar eclipse happening on Monday, August 21, and it will pass right over Greenville! Furman University and OLLI are planning some educational and fun events for that day. Watch your inbox for more information as the date approaches.
Do you enjoy using social media to stay connected to people, events and information important to your world? Help the OLLI program expand its own social connectiveness by following OLLI on Facebook. Login to your Facebook page, search @Ollifurman, and click “Follow” to get the news and information. And while you are at it, comment to us and let us know what YOU would like to see posted to the OLLI Facebook page!
Have a favorite soup, salad or sandwich recipe to share with your fellow OLLI members? Whether you are willing to come demonstrate your tricks of the trade or just willing to share your recipe for a potential class next winter, we would love to hear from you! Please contact Mignon Davis at 864.419.2881.
What’s GOING ON at Furman University?
The Dining Hall will operate with the following schedule through May 31: Breakfast-7:30-9 a.m.; Lunch-11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Dinner, 5:30-6:30 p.m. The Paladen and Tupelo Honey Café will not be open during the summer. To see summer hours and daily menus, click here.
The Furman Paladin Baseball Team will take on VMI in a home series at Latham Baseball Stadium this weekend! May 12 (6 p.m.), May 13 (4 p.m. and May 14 (1 p.m.). Single game tickets are $5. Come cheer on the Paladins!
Celebrate Armed Forces Day with the Upcountry History Museum on Saturday, May 20 from 10 a.m. -4 p.m. A variety of events are scheduled following the Opening Ceremony, including a Veterans Forum, film screenings of Lethal Landscapes: Canvases of the Combat Artist, gallery tours, oral history opportunities, children’s activities and keynote address from retired US Navy Commander, Dr. Chip Beck. Visit www.upcountryhistory.org for more details.
What’s GOING ON in and around Greenville?
The Upstate Winds Concert Band invites you to join them for the indoor concert at Mauldin First Baptist Church on Saturday, May 27 at 7:00 p.m. (dinner provided) They will also perform on Sunday, May 28, at Furman’s Lakeside Amphitheater at 3:00 p.m. Bring your lawn chairs, picnic basket, and enjoy the patriotic program. Contact Les Hicken for more information.
Don’t miss OLLI member Rachel Jeffreys in the Centre Stage production of “DelikateSSen” which runs through May 21. Tickets are $15-$30 and available on the website.
Furman grad Brenda McClain, who grew up on a farm in Anderson County, will discuss her critically acclaimed first novel (starred Booklist, Okra pick) One Good Mama Bone at Fiction Addiction at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 18. It’s about a woman trying to be a good mother to her husband’s son by allowing him to raise a steer in a competition — not knowing he will have to send the animal he loves to auction. The program is free.