OLLI NOTES January 25, 2019
The OLLI Office is open 8:30-5 Monday-Thursday, and 8:30-4 on Fridays. Our number is 864-294-2998.
TODAY–Fri, Jan 25 is the last day to drop classes to receive a refund or a credit to your package. If you switch to another class, there is no fee. If you drop a class without replacing it, there is a $10 fee.
Check out the new edition of OLLILife! Find our quarterly magazine online or in the OLLI Office. Also, check out the profiles of OLLILife contributors currently posted on the Herring Center bulletin board.
*PARKING NOTE* OLLI members must purchase a parking sticker to park on campus. If you bought one in the fall, it’s still current. Members new to the winter term should come by the office to purchase theirs. As the office enters the decal info, you may receive an email from Parking@furman.edu. This is a result of the input process and can be disregarded. The sticker you receive at purchase is the only sticker required. Once you pay, you receive your decal and do not need anything else. Call the OLLI office with questions.
February is Black History Month and OLLI leads off the month with a special Friday event. Join Brandon Inabinet, Furman professor and chair of the Furman Task Force on Slavery & Justice to learn about the Seeking Abraham report, the result of the yearlong study involving Furman faculty, staff, diverse alumni, and students. It includes the Task Force’s values and process, the history of Furman’s early ties to slavery, and recommendations for the university to address. Feb 1, HC 110, 1-3 pm. Please sign up in the OLLI office.
On Feb. 27, the Riley Institute will present The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row with Anthony Ray Hinton. A book signing by Mr. Hinton will follow. You may purchase a copy in advance in Manly Lobby Wed., Jan. 30, 12:15-1:30. Learn more about the February event here.
TRAVEL WITH OLLI
Would you like to spend two nights in a treehouse nestled among the trees on the edge of the Edisto River? Interested in paddling the Southeast’s longest free flowing black water river with other OLLI @ Furman members? The OLLI @ Furman Travel Committee is exploring this very trip just for you! Rated one of the “50 Amazing Places Like Nowhere Else on Earth,” as noted by National Geo Adventure, this is a trip like no other. Take a peek at this video and if interested, plan to attend an Information Meeting on Thursday, February 7 at 12:30 p.m., HC113. Questions, contact Allan Boyle.
Paris, anyone? If you are interested in joining OLLI members on a small group trip to Paris and France’s Loire Valley, we have the trip for you. Inspired by the Paris Life OLLI class, the Americans in Paris trip will be an active trip (think a walker’s Paris) Sept. 24–Oct. 4, 2019. If this sounds like the trip for you, please join the Travel Committee at an Interest Meeting Thursday, Jan. 31, 12:30 p.m., HC113. If you are unable to make the meeting, but interested in learning more, contact Heidi Wright in the OLLI office or 294.2997.
Road Scholar Architectural Masterworks of Frank Lloyd Wright Trip, May 26-June 1, 2019.
Join other OLLI members as we celebrate legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright visiting some of his greatest works in the Midwest with local Wright experts. In addition, there will be a Frank Lloyd Wright course offered in the spring to get you ready for this wonderful trip. Rates: $2,329 double occupancy, $2,889 single occupancy. Space is limited. Brochures in the office or online. To register call Road Scholar at 800.322.5315 and refer to Program #22976, Architectural Masterworks of Frank Lloyd Wright, May 26-June 1. Note that you are an OLLI@Furman member. Questions? Contact Heidi Wright.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
There is room for YOU in the following Friday Bonus Events. Call or come by the office to sign up.
• BTE1440 How to Stay Young for the First 100 Years, Feb. 1, 1-2:30, HC111
• BTE1441 Women and Financial Issues in Retirement, Feb. 1, 10 a.m.-Noon, HC113
• BTE1411 Momentum Bike Clubs: Mentoring Underserved Youth, Feb. 8, 10-11:30 a.m., HC113
• BTE1457 Little Known Black History Figures in American History, Feb. 15, 1-3 p.m., HC110
Read and Explore with OLLI 2019
Read Denise Kiernan’s The Last Castle. Check out a copy in the office & please return for someone waiting.
Book Chats: Mon, Jan. 28 (HC 105) – Thurs, Feb. 7 (HC 005) Bring your lunch & your thoughts to share.
Explore with a Bonus Event: Tuesday, Feb 5, 3:15 p.m. HC Crabtree
The Business Of Biltmore – A Conversation, Richard Pressley, retired CFO and Exec V.P. of The Biltmore Co.
OLLI SPECIALITY TRIP TO THE BILTMORE HOUSE: Tuesday, March 12. Depart Furman at 9:30 a.m. and return around 6 p.m. Cost is $150, ($110 for Biltmore season pass holders), which includes transportation, bus driver tip, lunch at the Stable Café, admission to Biltmore House and Grounds, and a choice of ONE of two Behind the Scenes Curatorial Tours: Architecture/Engineering/Construction OR Art Treasures of the Biltmore House. Participation is limited to 40 participants, 20 for each of the two special tours. Sign up in the office.
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Join in our Lunch and Learn Tuesdays, where community speakers present a variety of interesting topics. Free and open to the public, 12:30-1:20 p.m., HC110. Bring your lunch and enjoy! On Jan. 29, A Peaceful Path to Full LGBTQ Inclusion, with Jim Dant, senior minister, First Baptist Greenville.
The Travel SIG will meet Feb 1 at 4:30 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Room. Chumley Cope will speak about local 1-2 day trips in the area. Any questions, contact Patty Mitcham
Knitted Knocker SIG meets Mon, Jan 28, 1-3 p.m., HC103. We make “Knitted Knockers,” soft, lightweight breast prosthetics provided free to women who have had mastectomies for pre-reconstruction or as a more comfortable alternative to silicone prosthetics. We support breast health clinics in the Upstate, so we’re always looking for more knitters and crocheters. We meet on the 4th Monday of the month, but most of the knitting is done at home or wherever you happen to be. Stop by or contact Cathy Sanchez or Sally Bornmueller.
Community Volunteering SIG Wed., Jan. 30, 12:20–1:20 p.m., in HC004. Learn about Church Street Place at Poe Mill, an effort to build Permanent Supportive Housing for those experiencing chronic homelessness because of mental illness. Help is needed with fundraising, grant writing, selling, and public relations. We will also share info about more than 70 ways for OLLI Members to engage within the Greenville community with 23 different organizations. Contact Tom Nowlin with questions.
What’s Going on at Furman?
Mark Edmundson, author and professor of English, University of Virginia, will speak Wed, Jan. 30, 5 p.m. in Watkins Room, Trone Student Center, Furman campus. His talk, “In Defense of Ideals,” is free and open to the public. The lecture is part of the Tocqueville Lecture Series, “Love, Friendship and Politics.”
Enjoy a Singular Sensation when the Furman University Pauper Players presents A Chorus Line on Jan 31, Feb. 1 & 2, 7:30 p.m., McAlister Auditorium. Tickets at the door or call 864.294.3516.
The Furman Faculty Chamber Music Series will present a concert Fri, Feb. 1, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. Following the recital in the DuPre Rhame Foyer, guests will have an opportunity to meet the performers at a reception hosted by the sisters of Sigma Alpha Iota. Find more information HERE.
Herring Chamber Ensemble Winter Concert – Sun, Feb 17, 3 p.m. Daniel Chapel, Furman University. Open seating, doors open at 2:30 p.m. Remember the Christmas concert by this Ensemble for OLLI? Well, this concert is going to be even more enjoyable and entertaining. Conducted by Bing Vick, the HCE celebrates 22 years of beautiful choral chamber music. Discounted tickets $24 in the OLLI office.
Help a Furman Student! The Adulthood and Aging course needs volunteers aged 60 and over to be interviewed by students. Volunteers will be interviewed 4 times (approx.1 hour each) between January and April. Students will ask about your personal experience with aging-related topics discussed in class (life history, demographics, physical and health changes, cognitive changes, beliefs and attitudes about aging, social relationships, caregiving, and end of life planning). Interviews can take place by phone or in person on the Furman campus or at the Woodlands. If you are interested e-mail Dr. Erin Morgan.