The OLLI Office is open 8:30-5 Monday-Thursday, and 8:30-4 on Fridays. Our number is 864-294-2998.
Spring Registration begins Tuesday, Feb. 28 (8am) for course package holders and Thursday, March 2 (8am) for all others. Make sure you go online this weekend to try out your username and password so that login will be smooth when you are ready to register. Call or come by the office before registration if you need assistance. Registration is in the Computer Lab if you register in person on Tuesday or Thursday, beginning at 8 a.m. To view the online brochure click here. Paper copies of the brochure are in the office if you would like to share with a friend. YOU are our best advertising!
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.
Our parking lot is crowded some days; please take care to take up only one space when you park so that there is room for everyone. Also, remember that the handicapped spots are designated only for cars bearing state-approved disability parking plates or placards. Thank you.
OLLI members are fortunate to enjoy meals in the Furman Dining Hall for just $5 with your OLLI nametag or Paladin Pass. Please remember that appropriate dress is expected (i.e. no bike shorts).
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
There is room for YOU in the following Bonus Events on Friday, March 4. Sign up in the OLLI Office!
BTE1185 National Security Issues, 1 p.m., NVJ-100
BTE1132 Russia Grabbed Crimea, 1 p.m., HC110
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. Pick up a loaner copy available in 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.
Whether you have read One Foot in Eden or not, all OLLI members are invited to celebrate the conclusion of Read and Explore 2017 on Thursday, March 16, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Herring Center. Enjoy food, music and crafts of the region and learn a thing or two along the way. Reservations are helpful, please stop by or call the OLLI office to sign up. Free!
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Lunch and Learn, Tuesdays, HC110, 12:30-1:15 p.m. February 28: Understanding Your Solar Options with Bruce Wood, CEO & Founder, Sun Store Solar.
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OLLI On Stage SIG presents Lunch and Laughter, a staged reading of Five Comedy Sketches.
Monday, March 6, promptly at 12:30 PM in room 110, Herring Center. BYOLunch! Come see your OLLI friends for fifty minutes of fun, starring Hugh Hughes Jan Humphrey, Susanne Latessa. Sandra Ledbetter, Wayne Nichols, Lisa Sanderson, Danielle Schneider, Betty Jo Shaw, and Larry Watts.
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, 9-10:45 a.m. Hear about stories and history of each car. Anyone in OLLI with an interesting vehicle can join in by driving their classic.
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.
Do we have your cell phone photo for the wall in the Crabtree Room? This is your chance–no need to be in a photography class! OLLI members and staff may enter 5″ X 7″ smartphone photos in 1 of 3 ways: 1) email your name and a digital copy to furmanolliphoto@gmail.com 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 Noon -1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28 or Thursday, March 2 and we will print your photo for you. Deadline March 6. Email furmanolliphoto@gmail.com for guidelines.
The first meeting of the Food SIG will take place on Wednesday, March 1 at 3 p.m., HC105. All OLLI Foodies are invited to join in the fun. Questions? Contact Barbara Wojack.
TRAVEL WITH OLLI
Interested in discovering the place called “Wonderland”? OLLI Instructor Dr. Matthew Hermes invites you to an informational meeting regarding a possible 2018 OLLI travel experience, Revealing Yellowstone, on Thursday, March 9 at 12:30 p.m., HC111. Matt and those interested will discuss the components of such a trip before it is formally submitted to the travel committee. Questions? Contact Matt Hermes.
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?
Help Furman and Victor, our very own Furman Paladin, win the SoCon Mascot Challenge! Vote here every day.
Visit the Furman Bookstores and find some hidden gems on the sale tables. General reading titles are 75% off!
What’s GOING ON in and around Greenville?
The Peace Center invites you to a film showing of I am Not Your Negro tonight, Fri., Feb. 24, 6:30 p.m. and Sat., Feb. 25, 1 & 7 p.m. in the Gunter Theatre. Read the New York Times review or watch the trailer. $10.
Triune Mercy Center is hosting an Information Session for the Triune Circles Program Mon., Feb. 27 at 5:30 p.m. in the Triune Dining Hall (222 Rutherford St). Triune Circles is a year-long relational ministry designed to assist those who want to move out of poverty or homelessness and make significant life changes. The focus is on equipping and empowering people to move forward on their goals while being surrounded by a supportive team. For more information, contact fellow OLLI member, Scott Withrow at 864.380.8652.
Join Chautauqua Tue., Feb. 28 at 7 pm to discuss Lincoln’s Words led by Dr. Vernon Burton, author of The Age of Lincoln and seven other books on Southern History. Like Lincoln, Dr. Burton tells a great story. Hughes Main Library, downtown Greenville. Call 244-1499 or visit greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org Free!