The OLLI Office is open 8:30-5 Monday-Thursday, and 8:30-4 on Fridays. Our number is 864-294-2998. Monday, February 20 is President’s Day, but the OLLI Office will be open and classes will continue.
The Spring Brochure is online and you should have received your copy in the mail. Extra copies of the brochure are in the office if you would like to share with a friend. YOU are our best advertising! Registration for Spring Term courses begins Tuesday, February 28 for course package holders and Thursday, March 2 for single course purchasers. Need some help with online registration? Drop by the computer lab (HC 104) for a short training on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 12:20-1:20 p.m. or Thursday, Feb. 23, 3-4 p.m.
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, Greg Peters, VP of Membership/President Elect, chairs the Nominating Committee and has chosen the following committee members: John Bissell, Emily Fluhrer, Sherm Rounsville, and Geraldine Weyermann. The Committee requests suggestions from the membership for openings on the 2017-18 Council: VP/President Elect and 2 At-Large members. Email nominations to Greg Peters.
OLLI Curriculum Enhancement Grants: Have you ever wanted to teach at OLLI? Are you an OLLI member with a lifelong learning passion that you’d like to pursue but the cost puts it out of reach? Instructors, is there something you wish you had, or a workshop you’d like to attend, to make your course even better? An OLLI Grant can help! Members for at least six terms may apply for grants $200-$2,000. Within 2 years of receiving funds, recipients will share what they learn with the membership with a new course, creation of a new committee, a series of seminars… Applications available on the OLLI bulletin board or the website; deadline is March 1. Awards will be announced at the Spring Luncheon. Questions? Contact David Johnson.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
PAH858 Quilting with Pre-Cuts will not meet on Monday, Feb 20.
HFE579 Stretch and Tone will not meet on Monday, Feb. 20.
HFE556 Spin for All will not meet on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
PAH800 Woodcarving 101 will not meet on Wednesday, Feb. 22.
PAH826 Intermediate Bridge will not meet on Thursday, Feb 23
The following Spring Term courses have been canceled:
ACM171 Landscape Drawing and Painting
RPH934 Introduction to Buddhism
READ AND EXPLORE with OLLI
It’s not too late to join hundreds of OLLI members in enjoying One Foot in Eden by acclaimed NC author Ron Rash. Set in the area now covered by Lake Jocassee, its history, mystery and local color all in one! Pick up a loaner copy available in the office.
Enjoy a screening of the 1960 movie classic Wild River Fri., Feb. 24 at 1 p.m. at the Herring Center. OLLI member hosts Judy and Gary Aten will show how the movie’s setting and cultural impact foreshadow that of our book. Space is available, call (294-2998) or come by the Office.
Politics and Promise: What’s Beneath South Carolina’s Reservoirs? with Dr. Steve O’Neill, Professor, Furman Dept. of History. Wednesday, March 1, 3:15 p.m., HC110. Sign up in the OLLI office.
OLLI HAPPENINGS
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Lunch and Learn, Tuesdays, HC110, 12:30-1:15 p.m. February 21: Feed and Seed: Connecting Regional Supply and Demand with Mike McGirr, Executive Director, Feed and Seed.
The next Baiden Wall Exhibit will be March 27–May 19. ALL ABOUT DRAWING will include all forms of drawing media i.e. pen and ink, pencil, charcoal and chalk. OLLI members, instructors and staff may submit one piece. All artwork must be framed and ready to hang, wire attached. No saw tooth hangers and no easel backed photo frames please. Submission dates: Feb. 20- March 3. Entry forms available in the office or online.
The Out and About Singles SIG is offering a one-hour locked room mystery event at Greenville Escape Room Friday, March 17. Please email Carolyn Rice. Limit: 10 people. They will also attend the Short Film Festival at Gunter Theater Sun, Feb. 19. Cost is $10 per show. For more information, contact Jana Kelley.
The Ukulele and Guitar Jam SIG: There are still 2 opportunities to get together this term: Feb. 20 and March 6, 1:30 p.m., HC104. Bring your music and let’s have fun. ShelleyKnee@gmail.com, 864.363.2014.
Special event! Turkey: Democracy in Peril—And What it Means for the United States, presented by Jim Harrington, a human rights attorney with more than 40 years of experience and founder/director of the Texas Civil Rights Project. Wednesday, February 22, 3:15-4:30 p.m., HC110.
OLLI Retired Peace Corps Volunteers: Come for our annual get together at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, HC103. Bring a bag lunch and spend some time meeting other RPCVs. Contact Jean Fontaine with questions.
On Tuesday, February 28, the Classic Cars & More class will have their “Bring your Classic Car to Furman” class (weather permitting) in the parking lot below the Herring Center, 9-around Noon. Hear about stories and history of each car. Anyone in OLLI with an interesting vehicle can join in by driving their classic.
We need your favorite smartphone picture to display in the Crabtree Room! OLLI members may enter 5″ X 7″ smartphone photos in 1 of 3 ways: 1) email your name and a digital copy and we will print it for you, 2) bring a 5”x7” print with a 1/4″ border with your name on the back to the OLLI office, 3) bring your phone or tablet AND CHARGE CORD to the Herring Center 12-1:30 p.m. Tues 2/28 or Thurs 3/2 and we will print your photo for you. Deadline March 6. Email furmanolliphoto@gmail.com for guidelines.
TRAVEL WITH OLLI
In the Heart of Europe: The Czech Republic is an OLLI course offered this spring by Furman professor Michael Svec. In addition, Dr. Svec is offering an opportunity to travel to the Czech Republic this fall. Join us for an informational meeting on Wednesday, February 22, 12:30-1:15 p.m., HC113. Learn more here.
There’s Room for You! March 10: Exploring Special Sites in Oconee County with Chumley Cope.
Join local guides and visit Oconee Station State Historic Site to learn about the settler/Indian frontier in the late colonial and early republic periods. Next is Old St. John’s Lutheran Church in Walhalla, where we’ll learn the story of the German “colonists” who built the lovely church in the 1850’s. We’ll also visit Stumphouse Tunnel, where you may enter the tunnel and/or make a short walk to Issaqueena Falls. Stories about both, on location. $75 for transportation, touring, lunch, and a guide. 5 spaces left, call or stop by the office to sign up!
What’s GOING ON at Furman University?
Note: Parking has changed on Dining Hall Road (adjacent to the lake)! The spaces closest to the Dining Hall are 20 minute parking. One hour parking can be found just behind those 20 minute spots. Please adjust your parking habits accordingly because we don’t want our OLLI members to be left with a ticket.
The Greenville Jewish Federation presents the film Rosenwald, about Julius Rosenwald and the schools he built for African-American children in the South in the early 1900s. Tue., Feb. 21, 7 p.m., Younts Conference Center. Free, but registration is required.
Rev. William Barber and Rev. Johnathan Wilson-Hartgrove present The Third Reconstruction on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. at Daniel Memorial Chapel. To view other Black History events visit the website.
Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments that Redeemed America, presented by Doug Egerton, professor of history at LeMoyne College. Wednesday, February 22, 5 p.m., Johns Hall 101. Free.
Furman University Symphonic Winds present Masques, Reels, and Dances, Fri., Feb. 24, 8 p.m., McAlister Auditorium. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door or by calling 294-2086.
What’s GOING ON in and around Greenville?
Herring Chamber Ensemble 20th Annual Winter Concert, February 26. Program features “Bluegrass Mass” with bluegrass band, contemporary choral selections, and vocal jazz settings of Gershwin-Berlin-Kearn and others. We enjoyed the Christmas program the Herring Ensemble gave us, now we can enjoy more. Concert in Daniel Chapel at Furman, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, February 26. Discounted tickets for OLLI members ($30 ticket for only $24) are available in the OLLI office. Limited seating.
Still Time! The Peace Center invites you to experience world-renowned pianist, Lang Lang, Monday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. OLLI members will receive a special 15% off offer for this show. Order through the website using “OLLI” under the promotion code or call/visit the Peace Center Box Office, 864.467.3000 to purchase now.