OLLI NOTES September 28, 2018
Celebrating 25 years of Learning in Retirement
OLLI Office hours are 8:30-5, Monday-Thursday, and 8:30-4 on Fridays. The office number is 864-294-2998.
The Herring Center is a busy place while classes are in session. Please remember that there’s a small window of time after a class ends for the next one to get set up. If you are enjoying a conversation with a classmate or instructor, please continue those chats in the lobby.
Deadline October 1! Have an idea for a new course but need to do a little research? OLLI members can receive grants of up to $2000 for costs associated with developing a new course or modifying an existing one. Application forms are available here or on the OLLI bulletin board in the Herring Center.
Have you enjoyed the Straight Talk series, Who Gets to Be an American? Immigration and the Fight for America’s Future? Not able to attend previous sessions, but wish you had? Either way, you can view the full sessions on the Riley Institute Website. Sessions 1 and 2 videos are on the website now. Tickets ($15) are still available for the 3rd session rescheduled for October 1 at 6:30-8:30 p.m. and are available at the doore an at Eventbrite. If you had already registered for session 3, originally planned for September 13, we still have your name on the list and you do not need to do anything else.
Interested in hiking the most popular trek in Europe? If so, join us for an interest meeting as we explore a possible trip to hike Western Europe’s highest peak, Mont Blanc. This strenuous hike combines inspiring mountain scenery with cultural vibrancy in the alpine regions of France, Switzerland and Italy and their distinct yet intertwined cultures. The meeting is Wed., October 3 at 12:30 p.m., HC113. If you cannot attend but would like to be included on the list of those interested, please contact Heidi Wright.
OLLI member directories are available in the office for $3 beginning on Monday, October 1.
PARKING UPDATE: Furman is in the process of changing the parking decal process. In the meantime, we have a temporary pass for OLLI members who park away from the Herring Center (PAC, Chapel, Shi Center, etc.). Members who park only in the lots around the Herring Center will not need a temporary pass. They are available in the OLLI office or at our website. Stay tuned for more information. Thank you for your patience.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
There is room for YOU in the following Friday Bonus Events. You may sign up for more than two Bonus events, at this time. Sign up in the OLLI office.
BTE1145 Today’s Reverse Mortgages BTE1421 Returning the Favor: Help Students
BTE1408 Bleep! You Can’t Watch That BTE1424 History of Learning in Retirement BTE1414 Pat Conroy’s Reverence for Teaching BTE1428 Benjamin West: American Painting
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Atlanta Civil Rights Trip Signup is still open for this trip which includes visits to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, replete with significant historical sites, Morehead College, and the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum on Friday October 27. Price is $95 which includes transportation, all programs/entrances, lunch and concierge/guide services. Call 864.294.2110 or come by the OLLI Office.
Lunch and Learn Tuesdays, speakers from the community present a variety of interesting topics. Free and open to the public, 12:30-1:20 p.m., HC110. Bring your lunch and enjoy! October 2, Don Koonce, President of FernCreek Creative and local historian, presents Greenville’s Camp Sevier: The Key to WWI Victory.
All OLLI members who have taken a meditation class or have experience with meditation are invited to join the Open Meditation SIG as we gather and practice meditation. We meet on Mondays, 9:30 -10:30 a.m. in the Vick Seminar Room, HC005. Contact Sigrid Carpenter with questions.
The deadline for submissions for OLLILife, January edition is November 16, 2018.
Poker Anyone? All OLLI members are invited to join Painless Penniless Poker SIG on Wednesdays at 3:15 p.m., HC004. The group will play a variety of poker games and while some experience is necessary, all levels are welcome. And penniless means just as it sounds, we are not playing for money – only your pride is on the line! Contact Dave Knox with questions.
What’s Going on at Furman?
Furman’s Marching Band, The Paladin Regiment, presents its annual Band Extravaganza tonight–Friday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. Enjoy the 2018 Exhibition Show “British Invasion” which explores the music of iconic rock bands of the United Kingdom. Admission is $5 at the door. For more information, contact the Furman Band Office or call 864-294-3069.
Furman’s Service of Lessons and Carols presented by the Furman University Chamber Choir and Chamber Alumni Choir on December 9, 2018 at 3:00 or 5:00 p.m. at Daniel Memorial Chapel. The services are free and offered as our musical Christmas gift to the community. Due to limited seating, a TICKET is required for entry. Tickets will be available beginning Monday October 1 at 9:00am. Limit of 4 per person. For tickets call and speak with a Music Office employee: 864-294-2086 or go to Eventbrite .
Hartness Organ Series presents Furman Organist and Professor of Music, Charles Boyd Tompkins, in recital Tue., October 2, 8 p.m. Daniel Memorial Chapel. For more information, contact the Music Department.
Fall for Greenville is coming October 12-14. Furman is asking for volunteers to help out in the Furman tent. Volunteers would work a minimum of 2 hours and will receive meal tickets for the festival. Wear your purple! Time slots are Saturday, Oct. 13, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 14, Noon – 6 p.m. Interested? Email Theresa Cureton or call her at 864.294.3464.
What’s GOING ON in and around Greenville?
Greenville Shredding and E-waste Recycling Day, Saturday, September 29, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Public Works Facility on 475 Fairforest Way. For more information.
Desegregation in Greenville: The Public Library Story, a presentation by library historian Wayne Wiegand. Wed., Oct. 3 at 7 p.m., Watkins Room, Trone Student Center. The author of a new book about the integration experiences among Southern public libraries, Wiegand will speak to Greenville’s story. Some of the “Greenville 7” and “Greenville 8,” the local high school and college students whose activism resulted in integration, will attend and contribute their stories to this presentation. Sponsored by the Friends of the Furman University Libraries, the Center for Inclusive Communities, and the Greenville County Public Library.
Enjoy the opening of Textiles: A History of Expression at the Greenville Center for Creative Arts on Friday, October 5, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Along with five other textile artists, OLLI Instructor Alice Schlein will be sharing recent work in handwoven jacquard. Old Brandon Mill, 101 Abney Street, Greenville, SC. The exhibition runs until November 28.
Bippity Boppity Boo: A Princess and Villains Show Bring your little ones in their favorite princess or villain garb to a show featuring your favorite Princesses and Villainesses! Enjoy treats, pictures with your favorite characters, and a sing-a-long performance at Centre Stage on Sat., Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Tickets are $42 for adults, $35 for kids. All children MUST have a ticket. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at (864) 233-6733, at the Centre Stage Box Office, or online at Center Stage.
The Guild of the Greenville Symphony presents the 2018 Harvest of Homes Tour, on October 5-6 10:00-4:00 p.m. and October 7, 1:00-4:00 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Greenville Symphony. Advance tickets $25. For more information visit Greenville Guild or 864.370.0965. Tickets are available in the OLLI Office.
Greenville Chorale Fall Series under the direction of OLLI member, Bing Vick, opens its season on October 20 at 8:00 p.m. with a bluegrass mass and jazz sacred music at the Peace Center. “Come Away to the Skies: A High Lonesome Mass” will feature the Chuck Nation Bluegrass Band from Gainesville, Georgia. “Duke Ellington Sacred Music” will feature the Greenville Jazz Collective Big Band. OLLI members may purchase a discounted ticket voucher ($32 instead of $40). You then exchange your voucher at the Peace Center Box Office for any seat in the house! Vouchers are available in the OLLI Office.