OLLI NOTES August 31, 2018
Celebrating 25 years of Learning in Retirement
Happy Labor Day! The OLLI office will be closed for the holiday. Office hours 8:30-4:30 to resume Tuesday.
Join us for the Back to OLLI reception on Thursday, Sept. 6, 3-4:30 p.m. in Manly Lobby at the Herring Center. New Member Orientation begins at 2:30 p.m. in room 110 of the Herring Center. You may purchase lanyards and OLLI mugs, pick up your nametag and meet and reunite with your OLLI friends. We will enjoy cake in honor of our 25th Birthday, and will toast 25 years of learning in retirement with champagne (along with non-alcoholic beverages). Don’t miss the fun!
Also at Back to OLLI, we will thank Dr. Brad Bechtold for his many years of support of our program. Brad served as Executive Director of Continuing Education here at Furman for 17 years and has been a wonderful advocate for FULIR/OLLI. Brad has moved to a new job at Furman, serving as Director of Community Engagement with Furman’s Collaborative for Community Engaged Learning. We wish him well in his new job and hope he will come back to visit from time to time.
StraightTalk Lecture Series Registration continues for Who Gets to Be an American? Immigration and the Fight for America’s Future, presented by OLLI and the Riley Institute at Furman, which will take place on Thursday evenings (6:30-8:30p.m.) September 6 and 13. For more information about the series and to register online, visit the Riley Institute website. You may also register in the OLLI office.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fall registration continues! Please refer to your confirmation e-mail and note the “class status” for the courses for which you registered (registered, registered not paid, waitlist). For anyone showing a registered not paid status, you are registered for the course and just need to pay for it. **If you have been placed on a waitlist for a class, please know that we are continuing to work on these. It all depends on space in the room, instructor preference, the number of drops for that class, and/or whether we can move to a different room. If a class has spots open, you will receive a call from the office.
Many courses have openings available if you are still looking for a class for the Fall18 term, including the following:
ACM180 The Short Stories of Katherine Anne Porter with Jim Ward
ACM194 Soul-to-Soul with Judy Durham
HFE501 Mall Trekking with The Harrisons
ACM124 Making Music with Hand Chimes with Shelden Timmerman
CEB1706 Foundations of Investing with Justin Smith
ACM190 Essentials of Music Reading with Shelden Timmerman
RPH959 Introduction to Hinduism with Ajay Mehta
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Are you interested in getting involved as a volunteer at OLLI? We currently have openings for Class Liaisons. Training will be September 6, 1:30 p.m. in Room hc113. Come out to training to find out about this fun way to serve at OLLI! For more information contact Pam Roberson or call the OLLI office at 864-294-2998.
Join OLLI Instructor, Bob Dwyer, as he relates a fascinating tale of compromise & patriotism from the early days of our nation entitled “The Dinner Party.” It’s the story of an evening in June of 1790 during which Sec. of State Thomas Jefferson hosted Rep. James Madison and Sec. of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton at a private dinner in his New York City home on Maiden Lane. The results of that fateful meeting had the most profound and far reaching effects on the stability and growth of the nascent American republic, placing it on the road to becoming one of the great nations in history. Friday, September 14, 11:00-12:30 p.m., HC110.
Baiden Wall An exhibit from members of Pen and Ink and Then Some and Pen and Ink and Then Some MORE will be on display August 30 through October 12. Instructors are Gail Jones and Jeff Lynch. Some really fantastic artwork is on display so be sure you stop and take a look!
WHAT’S GOING ON AT FURMAN
Help a Furman student! The Adulthood and Aging course at Furman is looking for volunteers (aged 60 and over) to be interviewed by students as part of a class assignment. Volunteers will be interviewed 4 to 6 times (for about an hour each time) over the course of the Fall18 semester (September to December). Students will ask about your personal experiences with aging-related topics to be discussed in class. Interviews can take place by phone or in person on the Furman campus or at the Woodlands. If you are interested (or would like to learn more), please e-mail Dr. Erin Morgan.
What’s GOING ON in and around Greenville?
Flying POTUS: The Upper S.C. Council of the Navy League welcomes Major Michael Middleton, USMC (ret), as speaker at its September 12, 6 p.m. dinner at the Poinsett Club, Greenville. Major Middleton will discuss his experience as commanding officer of US Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1). HMX-1 is responsible for the transportation of the President of the United States, Vice President, Heads of State, DOD Officials and other VIPs. Major Middleton was raised in Greenville and graduated from Clemson University in 1994. For details and reservations, visit dropbox or email NLUSCC Community Affairs.
Annual Hawk Watch and Lunch, The Nature Conservancy of S.C. invites the public to this wonderful event at Caesars Head State Park on Tuesday, September 18 from 11:30-3:00 p.m. Ticket price ($20) includes lunch. Meet at the Visitor’s Center. In case of rain, meet at Caesars Head Lodge.
Movie Night! Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church – Mauldin, Thursday, September 20, 7-8:45 p.m. Inter-faith, dialogue, friendship, understanding… Muslim guest and OLLI Instructor, Akif Aydin, will introduce the documentary film, “Love Is a Verb.” After the viewing (55 min.,) Akif and Pastor Patricia Gwinn will guide an inter-faith question and answer period. Linger afterwards over popcorn and cokes to meet your neighbors.
Looking for a Bible study opportunity? Community Bible Study (CBS) is a 30-week course for groups of men, women, and couples (young and old). They meet at First Presbyterian Church (200 West Washington Street) Monday evenings 7-8:30 p.m., September 10 -April 29. All denominations welcome! Follow the link for more info or contact OLLI members Linda Nowlin (912)596-5643 or Doug Harper (864) 404-6522.
The Peace Center Peace Voices Program creates a vibrant community where individuals can engage in poetry by capturing and illuminating unique stories through workshops, readings, and live performances. The Poetic Conversations series is an opportunity for the community to witness powerful poetry through readings, conversations, and talkbacks with esteemed poets. Moderated by the Peace Center’s award-winning Poet-in-Residence, Glenis Redmond, Poetic Conversations welcomes literary giants to the stage and embraces topics that reflect the diversity of our communities. Events are FREE of charge, reaching a broad audience brought together through the power of the written and spoken word. Visit the Peace Center website for more information.