The OLLI Office is open 8:30-5 Monday-Thursday, and 8:30-4 on Fridays. Our number is 864-294-2998.
Winter Term 2016 is coming to an end. Thank you to our instructors for another great round of classes! Remember that Spring 2016 Registration continues. Please pick up copies of the Spring Brochure to share with friends, neighbors and places you frequent around town. YOU are our best marketing tool!
Course evaluation time is here! You have the opportunity to provide us with feedback on each of your course experiences. This online evaluation will take 5 minutes and provide great input to your instructors. (Paper copies are available in the OLLI Office.) Following are the links to complete your evaluations online:
To complete the general course evaluation, click here.
For the exercise and fitness course evaluation, click here.
For the hobbies, art and music course evaluation, click link.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS – *denotes change from original day or time
| Mon., March 13 | Tues., March 14 | Wed., March 15 | Thurs., March 16 | Fri., March 17 |
| All Monday Classes will meet unless otherwise noted by instructor.
(Not meeting: Weather 101, High Country Hikers, Quilting with Pre-Cuts)
Also meeting… Spin For All – 11 am-12 noon – Dance Studio* |
Memory Fitness – 9am-10:30am, HC111
The Knitting Hour – 10:45am-12:15pm, HC103 Music & Culture of the 60’s – 1:30pm-3pm, HC111 America & The World – 3:15pm-4:45pm, HC110 |
Travel Photography –
9:00am-10:30am, HC104 Woodcarving 101 – 9:00am-noon, HC005 Urban & Wilderness Survival – 9:00am-10:30am, HC113 Religion & Ecology – 10:45am-12:15pm, HC111 Moments in American History III – 1:30pm-3pm, HC110 |
Intermediate Bridge –
9:00am-10:30am, HC113 The Indispensable iPhone – 10:45am-12:15pm, HC102 |
Chair Yoga –
10:45am-12:15pm, HC110 |
| Monday, March 20 |
| Stretch & Tone – 10:00am-11:00am, HC110*
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There’s room for YOU in an upcoming Bonus Event: Learn why and how Greenville’s seniors are not immune from the national epidemic of prescription drug/opioid use and abuse. Join us for Seniors and Opioids: Unexpected Origins of a Greenville Epidemic on Friday, March 31, 1 p.m. and hear from two experts in this field: James Campbell, a certified addictions counselor, and Dr. Edwin Leap, an emergency medicine physician. Call or come by the office to register.
READ AND EXPLORE CELEBRATES
At OLLI, we love to learn AND we love to party! Please join us here at the Herring Center this Thursday, March 16, from 1:30 to 3:30, as we wrap up our first ever “Read & Explore with OLLI” in true Piedmont style. Ron Rash’s One Foot in Eden has suggested a delightful afternoon of: Tastes of Jocassee refreshments including church-supper-worthy pound cake and honest-to-goodness Cheerwine. Toe-tappin’ Bluegrass Music and Storytelling with the NitPickers. Good ole Southern cooking demonstrations with Elaine Granger. Some of OLLI’s finest woodcarvers plying their craft, and some of our finest hand quilters quilting away and inviting us to join in the fun. A presentation on the rare Oconee Bells wildflowers that grow nowhere else in the whole world but our own Piedmont “backyard.” (Scott Withrow in HC111 at 2:00) Free to all, whether you’ve read our book or not… though loaner copies of One Foot in Eden are still available in the office to read (or re-read!) RSVP is helpful but not required. We’d love to see you there!
OLLI HAPPENINGS
Are you planning to downsize or remodel so that you can safely age in place? Do you want to live near Furman with other OLLI members nearby? If so, join members of the Living in Community SIG on Thursday, March 23, 1:30 to 3 p.m., HC004 before you go to Back to OLLI. A realtor/contractor will discuss his ideas for a small subdivision based on input from us and answer questions related to home features for aging in place.
The Bowling SIG starts its eight-week league on Monday, March 27, 1 p.m. We have room for three-person teams or individuals. Contact Mike Halloran if interested.
OLLI will be hosting a “Special One-Time-Only” FREE service to dispose of all old or unused drugs on March 31. Watch OLLI Notes for more details! Also, check out the Bonus Event on March 31, there’s still room!
The OLLI Cooking Committee is seeking a man! Yes, you read it right. If you are a man that enjoys grilling and would like to share the fun with other OLLI members through a summer course, we need you! Please contact Barbara Wojack if you are interested.
What’s GOING ON at Furman University?
The Furman Singers, of which our very own Laken Weaver is a part, will cap a five-city tour with two concerts Monday, March 13 and Tuesday, March 14 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through the Furman Music Office (294-2086) or Eventbrite (small processing fee applies).
The Poinsett Wind Symphony in concert Friday, March 10 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. Music from Far and Away will be conducted by Les Hicken and Jay Bocook. Free.
How is democracy faring in 21st century America? What about the long accepted standards of civil behavior and ethical conduct? A group of Furman professors will address those issues during March and April in a series entitled Our Republic … For Which It Stands. Democracy: A Process, Not an Accomplishment is March 14-15 at the Triune Mercy Center in Greenville. Furman historians will discuss “American Laws and American Values” Tue., March 14, and the University’s political scientists will speak on “Aspects of Domestic and International Politics” Wed., March 15. All events begin at 7 p.m. and are free. Learn more on the website.
Georgetown University Professor of Political Theory Joshua Mitchell will speak on “Why the State Grows Ever-Stronger” Wednesday, March 22 at 5 p.m. in Johns Hall 101. The lecture is the second in the three-part Tocqueville series, “Tocqueville and the American Republic,” and is free.
In celebration of Furman University’s newly established writing track, the English Department is hosting a Writer’s Symposium Thursday, March 23 and Friday, March 24. The symposium is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Crabtree-Stewart Lectureship. Find out more on the website.
Grandchildren in town for the summer? They might enjoy a Scopes summer enrichment camp at Furman, for children in rising 1st-8th grades. For more information, visit the Scopes website or call 294-2930.
What’s GOING ON in and around Greenville?
The Rotary Club of Greenville has established a satellite club that meets at the Woodlands at Furman at 9 a.m. on the first and third Thursday of the month. OLLI members are invited to attend a Woodlands Rotary meeting to learn about the opportunities of membership. For more information contact OLLI member and Woodland Rotary Chair, Angelo Tartaro.
Join Chautauqua Sat March 18 at 2:00 pm or Tue March 21 at 7 p.m. to discuss Walter Cronkite & International journalism led by Larry Bounds, who will perform as Walter Cronkite in the June Festival. These are NOT costumed performances. Hughes Main Library, downtown Greenville. Call 244-1499 or visit greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org. Free.