Fall registration starts this Tuesday, August 16 at 8 a.m. for Course Package Holders and Thursday, August 18 at 8 a.m. for single course purchases.
Our online registration system is currently undergoing upgrades to enhance credit card security features. For this reason, online pre-registration will not be possible for this term. Everything will be up and running at 8 a.m. Tuesday, though, and you can purchase your annual membership and any course packages during the actual registration periods. We apologize for any inconvenience, but are glad the system is being upgraded for your protection.
Hints for Computer registration – (www.furman.edu/olli)
Click on “Register Now!” and enter your user name and password. Your shopping cart will be empty, and you begin shopping by clicking on the grey box stating, “Return to course catalog page.” If the OLLI office assigned your user name, it will be Firstname.Lastname. (If you changed it, or assigned it when creating your account, it may be something different.) Please be reminded that Fall registration requires you to first place the Annual Membership into your cart. Then proceed by adding your package selection (if applicable on August 16). Next, you will be able to select your classes and bonus events to add them to your cart. If registering for single courses (August 18), you will begin by adding your Annual Membership and then go straight to selecting your classes and bonus events.
In order to ensure that all of our members can enjoy our free Friday bonus events, members may sign up for TWO bonus trips or events during the initial registration period. Throughout the term, we will publish bonus event openings each week in OLLI Notes; at that point, all members will be eligible to sign up.
**Please note that we are not able to take credit card orders through the mail or in the office due to Furman network security compliance issues. All orders made via mail or in person must be paid with a check or cash. We strongly encourage everyone to register online. It really is the fastest, easiest way to register for courses, and you can pay by credit card. Staff and volunteers will be in the office this week and next to help you, so if you are unfamiliar with the online registration system, come on in and we can help you through it.
Traffic Alert! There is some roadwork on Duncan Chapel Road causing some minor delays so you might consider using the front gate entrance for decreased frustration if visiting the OLLI office next week.
Many OLLI committees and members have been at work this summer planning for the new school year. Please consider how you would like to get involved with OLLI this fall. Your unique talents and skills are a great resource that will help make OLLI an even better experience for all. During registration check-out, you will be given an opportunity to list your interests.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
BTE1156 Heartsaver CPR AED will meet at the TR Fire Station (NOT HC102)
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Stop by the office to pick up OLLI Brochures to share with friends, neighbors and at spots around town. YOU are our best advertisement.
Ce semestre le SIG français deviendra un club du livre. Nous lirons un livre français et l’utiliserons comme point de départ pour notre discussion. Nous commencerons avec “Le Chien Jaune,” un livre de Georges Simenon. Vous pouvez acheter l’édition français en ligne à Amazon. Nous accueillerons les personnes qui ont des notions de français, parlé ou écrit. Le SIG se réunira le mardi au centre Herring de 12:20 de 13:20, salle 105.
Carolyn Rice’s email address is incorrect in the brochure about the Out and About SIG – her correct email address is ccr2go@gmail.com. Susan Cooper’s email address is also incorrect – it’s smc66pa12@gmail.com. Feel free to contact them with any questions about the Out and About SIG!
The Bowling SIG will once again be rolling their bowling balls in the OLLI Fall Bowling League at AMF Star Lanes (740 Pleasantburg Dr.). The league will begin Monday, Sept. 12 and run 10 weeks. Practice starts at 12:45 p.m. and matches begin at 1 p.m. with the first week serving as an organizational meeting. Cost is $10 and bowlers of all levels are welcome! You may sign up as an individual or as a team of three. Contact Mike Halloran with questions or to sign up.
Road trip with OLLI to the National Story-telling Festival in Jonesborough, TN, October 8-9! Two days of story-tellers, plus transportation, overnight-and-breakfast at the delightful General Morgan Inn, and some regional history en route delivered by trip leader Chumley Cope. Drop by the OLLI office to register.
The OLLI @ Furman Fall term Baiden Wall Exhibit will be September 12 – October 28, 2016. The exhibit will feature works from those who participated in the following Painting and Drawing classes; Acrylic Painting, Basic Watercolor, Zentangle, Chinese Painting, Pen & Ink, Portraits in Watercolor, Watercolor in Motion, and Commercial Oil Portraits. OLLI members and instructors may submit one or two works. All artwork must be framed and ready to hang with wire attached. NO saw tooth hangers please. Submission dates are August 22 to September 7. Entry forms will be available beginning in August in the OLLI office. Questions? Contact Sandy Roback at sroback0329@yahoo.com or call 879-6783.
What’s GOING ON at Furman University?
There is some roadwork on Duncan Chapel Road causing some minor delays so you might consider using the front gate entrance for decreased frustration.
Dining Hall hours update:
- The Dining Hall will be closed until August 12.
- The DH will continue to operate on the following summer schedule when it reopens on August 13: Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.; Lunch: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dinner: 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
- Summer hours will continue until August 21.
Spirit of ’45 Upstate: Sunday, August 14 at Younts Conference Center at Furman. 2 p.m. exhibits, 3 p.m. celebration of the end of WWII on August 14, 1945. Sponsored by the Travelers Rest Historical Society. Visit www.travelersresthistoricalsociety.org for more details.
What’s GOING ON around Greenville?
The Consortium for South Carolina History invites you to attend a lecture on “Indigenous People of South Carolina” on August 18, 6:30-8 p.m. at the Travelers Rest Public Library. Olli’s own, Gail Johnson from the Library and Museum of Revolutionary War History of Simpsonville (and OLLI member!) will share the history of the original 32 Native American tribes of South Carolina. Discussion and examination of artifacts will follow. Email travelersrest@greenvillelibrary.org or call 834-3650 to register.
The Japan American Association of South Carolina invites you to the Bon Dance Festival on Saturday, August 20, 12:30 -4:30 p.m. at McAlister Square (225 Pleasantburg Dr.) Admission is Free. Visit the website for more information.
Take a break from the heat at the Upcountry History Museum! Enjoy classic films and documentaries at the museum’s theater. Monday Matinees are on Mondays at 2 p.m. and are free to museum members, and free with museum admission. Drinks and snacks will be for sale. August 22, Edison: the Father of Invention, in honor of the soon-to-open Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, “Things Come Apart.”
Dr. Barry Schneider, former Director of the Counterproliferation Center, will present two lectures as part of a series entitled Preventing a Nuclear Catastrophe at North Anderson Community Church in Anderson (4200 Liberty Hwy.). “Dealing with Adversary Nuclear Threats” will be on August 24, 7 p.m. and “The Iran Nuclear Deal: Good or Bad Idea” will be held August 25, 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Questions? Call Diane at 864-226-4529.