January 4,2020

OLLI NOTES January 4, 2020
Last CHANCE to purchase the Special Men’s Basketball Ticket offer for OLLI members! Come out and support Furman Mens’ Basketball on Saturday, January 4, @ 4:00 p.m. Furman Paladins VS ETSU. Your seating is in the “Student” section since you will be the only students in session. Included in the price of each ticket: Concession voucher for a complimentary beer or wine in the Thirsty Paladin or a soft drink from our concession stand, and a Furman Paladins victory scarf. Plus, starting at 3:00 PM, there will be snacks available for OLLI members in the Thirsty Paladin as well as a meet and greet with Furman Athletics Director, Jason Donnelly, and a pre-game talk by Coach Bob Richey around 3:20. This is a super event and you will see Furman play a great Southern Conference opponent! Tickets $15. Your concession vouchers and scarves can be picked up in the lobby of Timmons Arena prior to the game. Doors open 1-hour before tip-off. Tickets, $15. Purchase tickets HERE until Friday Jan 4, 7 p.m. This was a lot of fun last year; help us fill the student section and show our OLLI and Paladin Pride!
We are looking forward to the Winter2020 semester and hope you are excited about your course selections! Registration is still available and many courses still have openings. If you are on a waitlist, we will call if a spot opens up. If you are on a Bonus Event waitlist, you may add one more.

We are pleased to welcome members to the Back to OLLI reception which will be held Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 @ 3-4:30 p.m. with New Member Orientation at 2:30 p.m. Plan to attend this to event to get parking passes, name tags, and general info prior to the first day of classes.

We are looking for Class Liaisons for the Winter Term! If you are interested in supporting our instructors in this way email Pam Roberson at pam.roberson@furman.edu. There will be a Class Liaison Info session and training Thurs., Jan. 9 at 1:30 p.m. Consider attending this session to find out what is involved in this volunteer role or as a refresh.

Presenting the Osher Lecture Series: New in 2020, OLLI is joining with various campus departments to present the Osher Lecture Series. We’ll bring scholar experts to campus to give presentations to OLLI members as well as spend time with undergraduate students. The first lecture will be Thursday, January 16 at 3:15 in room 110 of the Herring Center. Join us for Tracing the Sister’s Story in Homeric Epic, presented by Mary Ebbott, Professor, Department of Classics and Dean of the Faculty at The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. Professor Ebbott is one of the world’s leading scholars of the Iliad and Odyssey. She will uncover the stories of some “hidden figures” of Greek epic poetry, the sisters of the heroes of the Trojan War. Some were hiding in plain sight, others were hidden in the ancient manuscripts. This talk will teach you more mythology than you knew existed and show how an expert “literary archaeologist” works! Free! Reservations are helpful in the OLLI office. Questions? Contact Nancy at nancy.kennedy2767@furman.edu.

READ & EXPLORE with OLLI 2020
Be sure to stop in at the upcoming Back to OLLI reception to sign out a copy of the 2020 REO selection,
News of the World by Paulette Jiles. Loaner copies are available on a first-come basis. The REO committee has planned wonderful “Explore” programs that you won’t want to miss! Besides a film, there will be talks on Western music, the Kiowa Indians, experience of Indian captives and more. With its wide appeal, the book has many facets that will be exciting to delve into.
Copies of News of the World may be available for purchase at local bookstores. Interest in the book has grown with the announcement that Tom Hanks will appear in a movie based on the book this coming December. Kindle and Nook applications are readily available for purchase.
Please return your borrowed copy of the book to the OLLI office so other members may enjoy it!

OLLI HAPPENINGS
What goes up…must come down We hope you have had a chance to enjoy the Herring Center halls decorated by a wonderful team of OLLI members. While we are excited to enjoy the decorations through December, the time will eventually come to pack it all away for next year. YOU are invited to help UN-Decorate the OLLI Christmas tree on Monday, Jan 6 at 10:30a.m. There will be music, treats and of course, great company. Mark your calendar and plan to come join the fun!
When discussing politics, do you ever wish the other guy knew what he was talking about? Do you ever wish you knew what you were talking about? Then you might want to join us for the new Political Philosophy Seminar SIG. We meet starting in January on Thursdays, beginning Jan. 9 at 10:30 a.m. in Vick Seminar Room (HC102). Our first topic is a study of the origins of left and right in politics, through comparative readings of Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France and Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man. Questions? Contact Kevin at kevin.mcmurtrey@gmail.com.
The Bowling SIG will resume league play on Mon, Jan 9, 12:50 p.m. The league will last through Winter Term. Teams will be created based on the number of participants. The league fee of $72 will be collected on the first day. The SIG league bowls at Bowlero Greenville (740 Pleasantburg Dr./Cleveland St intersection) and typically bowls three games. Interested? Contact Michael Halloran at mikehallo2u@gmail.com.

Make plans to attend the Chautauqua Winter 2020: Teddy Roosevelt series including an OLLI Show & Social on Feb 1, 4-6 p.m. with Doug Mishler. More information to come! Visit ONLINE for a list of events.

Save the Date! OLLI Happy Hour in your neighborhood on February 18, 4-6 p.m. More details to come!

What’s GOING ON Around Greenville?
Be inspired and empowered through classes, interactive sessions, local vendors, good food and more, while you discover the secrets to health and longevity at the Whole Health Nation Festival on Saturday, Jan 4, 8:30am-4:00pm at ZEN, 924 S. Main Street in Greenville. Purchase tickets ONLINE.

Greenville Center for Creative Artists, GCCA invites established and emerging artists (ages 18+) to submit proposals for consideration in either solo or group exhibitions for the 2021/2022 exhibition calendar. All mediums will be considered for an exhibition. The Deadline for Exhibition Proposals for the 2021/2022 Calendar is Friday, January 10, 2020. Exhibition proposals submitted after the January 10 deadline will not be reviewed until January 2021.

The Clemson CVT Leadership program is looking for volunteers to participate in a state-of-the-art, noninvasive ultrasound scan lab at the GHS Patewood campus and a variety of scans are performed on the cardiovascular system. Questions about these activities? Give us a call at (864) 454-2889 or email at cvt.leadership@prismahealth.org. Two different sign up options are available online HERE and HERE.

First Baptist Greenville, (847 Cleveland St.), is hosting a dedicatory piano recital for their new Steinway piano on Sunday, January 12 at 3 pm. The recital is given by Robert Blocker, guest artist, and Dean of the Yale School of Music. It is free and open to the public.

The Peace Center will present National Geographic Live: Ocean Soul with wildlife photographer Brian Skerry on Monday, January 13 at 6 PM, and has a special offer for OLLI members. Regular tickets are $20, by using promo code SENIOR you will receive $5 off your ticket. Purchase tickets HERE.

Upstate International World Affairs Council Upstate’s Lunch & Learn lecture series America and the World: Flashpoints will feature Dr. Akan Malici speaking on Iran and Nuclear Weapons on Jan 15, 12-1:30 p.m. (Ogletree Deakins Room, 300 N. Main St., Greenville) What is the current state of Iranian nuclear power and how does it affect the region, the U.S.- Iran relationship, and the world? Dr. Akan Malici will provide insight into these questions. Cost is $10 for U.I. members, $15 non-U.I. members. Register HERE.

Berea Middle School is looking for mentors to join our afterschool bike club and/or afterschool tutoring program, who can be the guides and champions that will give students the scaffolding they need to dream big. If you are interested in joining in as a part of the programs listed here or would like to learn more, please contact at Michael Arsiniega at marsiniega@cisgreenville.or or 864.355.1727.

Snippet from Sally..Happy New Year! As Harry Smith said last night on the news,”It’s time to wipe our errors and follies off the calendar.” My family teases me a good bit for I’m always into the New Year’s Resolution business. I start my list with three columns…things I’m going to START DOING, STOP DOING, and KEEP DOING. I won’t share all of my list but I will tell you the first item on my KEEP DOING list is OLLI@Furman! Here’s to a fabulous year ahead for all of us!

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