OLLI NOTES April 5, 2019
The OLLI Office is open 8:30-5 Monday-Thursday, and 8:30-4 on Fridays. Our number is 864-294-2998.
Hot off the press, the Spring edition of OLLILife! Find our quarterly magazine online or in the OLLI Office.
Interested in serving as a leader of OLLI? Do you know someone who would be a great OLLI Council member? As required by our bylaws, Sally Bornmueller – President Elect, chairs the Nominating Committee and has chosen the following committee members: Kathy Roed – Volunteer Chair, John Bissell, Steve Davis, and Cathy Dwyer. The Committee requests suggestions from the membership for openings on the 2019-20 Council: VP/President Elect and 2 At-Large members. Email nominations to Sally Bornmueller
Furman Engaged! Undergraduate research, internships, study away experiences, creative projects, service learning, first-year writing seminars and capstone experiences–Furman students have immersed themselves in these and other high-impact learning experiences. Furman Engaged! allows students to complete the last and key step of these deep learning experiences–public sharing of their work with peers, faculty, staff, and the community. You are invited to the 11th Annual Furman Engaged! on Tuesday, April 9, as students share their transformative experiences with the Furman and Greenville communities. A detailed schedule online.
OLLI members enjoy participating in many facets of campus life at Furman. If you want to connect with a person or organization on campus, please check in with OLLI Director Nancy Kennedy. She will be happy to connect you with the right person.
Apply now for Class 6 of Senior Leaders Greenville, a program at 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 applications are available in the OLLI office.
TRAVEL WITH OLLI
OLLI @ Furman has teamed up with Road Scholar to offer designated space on one of their most popular programs – The Women of Appalachia: Traditions, Stories and Song, Sunday, Oct. 6 – Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. This unique opportunity allows participants to explore the history behind the women who made their mark in the culture of Appalachia while enjoying Lake Junaluska’s Lambuth Inn. Take a moment to view the program overview or view the detailed itinerary. Trip Rates and Registration: $949/person double occupancy (single supplement, $1,109) Register with a $100 deposit by calling 800-454-5768, reference program number #22829PCR and be sure to let them know you are with OLLI @ Furman University. Registration Deadline: May 3, 2019. Contact Heidi Wright with questions.
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 April 9, enjoy The Riley Institute: What’s It All About? with Riley Institute Executive Director, Dr. Don Gordon.
Innovation Hour is a business pitch course sponsored by the Furman Creative Collaborative in partnership with OLLI. This past year’s course was a big success and it will be back next fall. Check out this video to see what it’s all about.
Congratulations to OLLI Members Gordon Dohm, Brenda Hill and Ali Van Den Broek who all had pieces accepted into the prestigious Anderson Arts Center annual juried show. Ali was also the recipient of a merit award. The show will open Fri, Apr 5. You may find information on the arts center and the showing HERE.
Join the Adventure SIG on their first adventure, paddling the Edisto River and sleeping in treehouses, May 23-25! See the website HERE for details and come to a meeting to sign up on Monday, April 8 at 12:15 in HC103. Cost will be approximately $300 per person and due at the meeting (bring your checkbook). Contact Allan Boyle with questions.
What’s Going on at Furman?
The Furman University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos will present their spring concert Fri, April 5, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. Presented by Furman Department of Music. Tickets, $5 at the door.
Paladins Womens Softball will play UNCG on Sat Apr, 6 & Sun, Apr 7 @ 1:00 at Furman University. Enjoy competition and spring weather while you cheer on Furman! FREE
Furman University Theatre presents “John Proctor is the Villain,” a new play by Kimberly Belflower in collaboration with The Farm Theater (New York), Tues, April 9,- Sat, April 13, at 8 p.m., with 3 p.m. matinees on Sat, April 13, and Sun, April 14. Performances in The Playhouse on campus. Link for tickets $15.
Tocqueville Lecture Series “Love, Friendship and Politics.” For the final talk in the series David Bromwich, author and Professor of English at Yale University, will speak at Furman University on Wed, Apr 10, at 5 p.m., Watkins Room, Trone Student Center. His talk, “Power, Passion, and Mark Antony,” is free.
The works of Furman University students will be on display April 5-27 at Greenville’s Southeast Center for Photography located on 116 E. Broad St. The opening reception takes place Fri, Apr 5, 6-8 p.m. Hours are Wed-Fri, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and Sat, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free and open to the public. Learn more HERE.
Enjoy Art by Furman University graduating seniors which will be on display Apr 9-May 11 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on the Furman campus. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. A reception honoring the artists is set for Tues, Apr 9, 6-8 p.m. in the Roe Art Building. FREE.
What’s Going on Around Greenville?
Is Your “MARCH MADNESS” Bracket Busted? Go to the Symphony this weekend! $10 Tickets for “Virtuosity Unleased” You’ll never think of the tuba the same way again after experiencing the jaw-dropping artistry of the internationally-renowned, Velvet Brown. Rounding out this spectacular concert is William Walton’s “Coronation March” and Sergei Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony. OLLI Members may present their OLLI name badge at the Peace Center Box Office to get this deal on Sat, Apr 6@8:00 pm or Sun, Apr 7 @3:00 pm.
Shalomfest at Temple of Israel featuring a 2:15 p.m. performance by a 24-voice Interfaith Choir and the OLLI Recorder Consort. Enjoy this cultural celebration with music, food, art and dancing! Sunday, April 7, 10:30-4:30. Free admission. Info online.
Greenville Chorale Spring Concert, “An Orchestra of Voices!” Bing Vick conducts the 150-voice Greenville Chorale in a concert of interesting, delightful, and entertaining choral arrangements of orchestral music by Dvorak, Barber, Elgar, Bach and Rossini on Fri, April 12, 8 p.m., First Baptist Church. Featuring acclaimed Rushingbrook Childrens Choir. Discounted tickets in the OLLI office for only $24.
Join Chautauqua to hear Furman’s Dr. Marian Strobel’s insight into Jackie Kennedy, a mysterious and private, yet public person. Tues, Apr 16 at 7 p.m., Hughes Main Library. Call 244-1499 or link here. Free!
Special ticket offer for the Peace Center Broadway show “Come From Away” for a special Interfaith Night. Enjoy a 10% discount by following the LINK!
Join ReUNITED for a Lunch and Learn on Thurs, Apr 18, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. at the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center. Speakers will include representatives from the South Carolina Army National Guard, Lockheed Martin and Upstate Warrior Solution. Registration and Information online HERE.
SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities hosts a solo show by photographer Armon Means, whose work considers minority identity, cultural concerns, and environmental influences. This exhibit will feature three bodies of work—”Black Bikers,” “Inclusions,” and “North American Portraits.” Means is a professor of art at Belmont University. Visitors are welcome and asked to sign in at the Visitor Center April 1 – 26 M-F, 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., SCGSAH Lipscomb Gallery, 15 University St, Greenville.