The OLLI Office is open Monday through Friday, 8:30-4:30. Our telephone number is 864-294-2998.
Fall registration continues! We sincerely hope registration went well and we appreciate your patience as we worked through a few glitches. Please refer to your confirmation e-mail and note the “class status” for the courses for which you registered (registered, registered not paid, waitlist). For anyone showing a “registered not paid” status, you are registered for the course. (You may have been “waitlisted” for a course and we have a check we cannot deposit until you get into the course or you are mailing us payment.)
**If you are on a waitlist, please know that we are working on those. Any time we can let more people into a class, we do. It all depends on space in the room, instructor preference, and/or whether we can move to a different room. You will get a call from the office if a space opens up for you.**
If you are brand-new member, we will make a nametag for you, which you can pick up at the New Member Orientation OR at your first class. The same is true for parking passes. All OLLI members will receive parking passes at Back to OLLI or your first class. There is no need to make a special trip to the office for your nametag or parking sticker. Returning OLLI members, please use the nametag you already have.
Join us for Back to OLLI on Thursday, Sept. 8, 3-4:30 in Manly Lobby at the Herring Center. New member Orientation begins at 2:30 p.m. You may purchase lanyards and OLLI mugs, pick up your name tag and parking sticker, meet and reunite with your OLLI friends, and enjoy refreshments. Also, make sure you check out the OLLI Photography Showcase in the Crabtree Room and meet Furman’s new Provost, Dr. George Shields. Don’t miss the fun!
Stop by the office to pick up OLLI Brochures to share with friends, neighbors and at spots around town. YOU are our best advertisement.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please note the following class will begin meeting the second week of the term:
BEF215 Investing 101 will begin Tuesday, September 20
Some of our classes have filled, but there is room for YOU in many others, including:
Understanding the U.S. Healthcare System, Mondays, 9 a.m.
Furman Athletics, Mondays, 9 a.m.
Carolina Cozies, Tuesdays, 9 a.m.
Investing 101, Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m.
Shakespeare’s Problem Plays, Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m.
Down Home Breakfast, Thursdays, 8:30 a.m.
Jazz at Mid-20th Century, Thursdays, 3:15 p.m.
Postmodern American Poetry, Thursdays, 1:30 p.m.
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Attention all OLLI members! Please consider becoming a class liaison. No experience is required and it’s a wonderful way to assist our wonderful instructors and get to know other OLLI members. A training session will be offered on Sept. 8, 1:30 p.m., HC111. Please contact Pam Roberson to let her know that you are willing.
The Classic Car SIG will have an open meeting for anyone interested and existing members in HC105 from 10:00 until 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Come and share car stories of your summer and expectations for the coming year.
Join other OLLI members who are interested in travel to discuss, share experiences and get answers and ideas in a casual social setting. The Travel SIG is meeting at 4:30 pm on Fri., Sept 16 at the Clubhouse of The Ravines at Camellia, 101 Top Hat Circle, which is about a mile down Duncan Chapel Road from the Herring Center. Bring your adult beverage if you wish. Also for those of you who traveled over the summer, you might bring some photos to share on a thumb drive that we could display on the television.
The Swamp Rabbit Knitters have a new time! All OLLI knitters are invited to join members of this SIG on Thursday afternoons from 1-3 p.m. in front of the fireplace before and during the Fall term. Bring any handwork or project you like. Questions? Contact Gail Kirby.
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.
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.
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.
What’s GOING ON at Furman University?
Furman students are looking for volunteers for a class project! Students enrolled in an Adulthood and Aging course are looking to meet with OLLI members for informal conversations a few times during the semester. The conversations will touch on topics such as, life histories, physical and health related changes, cognitive change, social relationships, caregiving and/or end of life issues. If you are interested in volunteering to meet with a student during the semester, please contact Dr. Michelle Horhota 864-294-3167 or michelle.horhota@furman.edu.
What’s GOING ON around Greenville?
Enjoy Buy One Get One Free admission at the Bob Jones Museum and Gallery at Heritage Green today (Friday) or Saturday, August 27! To plan your visit, check out the website.
Clemson University’s Science on Tap will meet this Tuesday, August 30, as Dr. Dave Tonkyn discusses the efforts of the Tigers for Tigers group to conserve tigers in their natural habitats. The talk will start at 6:30 at Coffee Underground (1 E Coffee St., Downtown Greenville.) Science on Tap is free and open to all ages. For more information, please visit the website.
Mill Town Players presents “Always… Patsy Cline.” The musical play runs from Sept. 9 – Oct. 10 and is filled with down home country humor, true emotion, and Cline’s fabulous hit songs. The live band will feature Larry Rockwell. To order tickets, go to www.milltownplayers.org or call 947-8000 and leave a message. You can also buy tickets at the box office of the Historic Pelzer Auditorium, 214 Lebby St., Pelzer. SC 29669. The Mill Town Players mission is to provide you with live, affordable, and quality entertainment.
Centre Stage presents Is He Dead?, a comedy by Mark Twain, Sept. 8- Sept. 24. Tickets range from $15-$35 and can be purchased at the box office or on the website. And if that is not enough or if you are looking for something a bit more serious, check out Centre Stage’s presentation of The Volunteer, Sept. 13- 21. Tickets for this show range from $10-$15. The Volunteer tickets can be purchased here.
All OLLI members are invited to join the Thunderbird Square Dance Club of Greenville for an Intro to Square Dance! See what square dancing is all about on Mon., Sept. 12 or Sept. 19, 7 p.m. at Landmark Hall. (156 Landmark Drive, Taylors). No dancing experience needed and admission is free. Call 244-3960 with questions. As the old saying goes… “Square Dancing is friendship set to music.”