OLLI NEWS
We are excited to introduce a few in-person classes this semester!
The class Exploring RI History through Cemeteries is now open to 40 participants.
If you were on the wait list and have not registered yet, please call the office. All others, please register online or call the office at 874-4197.
OLLI Virtual Training– If you are enrolled in virtual summer classes and need some help navigating Zoom or Webex, please register for one of our virtual training sessions coming up tomorrow or Wednesday. Click here to register online.
- Webex Training
- Tuesday, June 8 1pm
- Wednesday, June 9 10am
- Zoom Training Tuesday, June 8, 1pm
- Wednesday, June 9 10am
There’s still time to register for summer classes!
Coming up next week:
Monday, June 14
- Breath Techniques, 9:30am (meets in-person) Canceled due to low enrollment
- Hearing Loss and Aging, 9:30am
- Exploring RI History Through Cemeteries 3:30pm (meets in-person)
Tuesday, June 15
- Machiavelli for Our Times, 9:30am
- Spirit of Flight, 1pm
- Mindful Decluttering, 3:30pm
Wednesday, June 16
- Hand Lettering
- Comedy Greats (meets in-person)
- Rhode Island Fresh
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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS:
Take advantage of these value-added OLLI programs!! All of these groups are free to join!
Click here to view the flyer of all of our Special Interest Groups.
Let’s Talk Technology – The Cloud, June 24, 11:30am
Technology Committee member Bill Meisner will lead a discussion covering the following items:
- Evolution of the cloud…and it’s variations
- What services are delivered via the cloud?…and by whom?
- Should I use the cloud?…do I have a choice?
- Some miscellaneous information about the cloud
One of the goals of the OLLI Tech Committee is to help our members navigate the digital world successfully. A major concern, regardless of age, is the rapid pace of changing technology. How do we keep up or should we even try? There is no argument against some tech solutions playing an important role in better life quality. But which ones should we embrace? The Tech Committee invites you to join us in a monthly conversation about tech developments that constantly creep into our lives, but often remain perplexing. The first half of the session will focus on a previously announced topic and the second half of the session will be open to questions and discussion about your technology wonderings. This is not a how-to class, but one that addresses big questions about technology, both choices that directly affect us and those that we hear about but don’t understand.
Brown Bag Poetry will begin meeting in person next month on June 29, at 12pm in the OLLI atrium. Register online and bring your lunch.
Photo Friday meets on Friday, July 9, at 10am via Zoom. The group will also meet in-person on Wednesday, June 16, at 6am at Narragansett Beach to photograph this month’s theme: Wet. Register online to join this group.
Book Club meets via Webex on Friday, June 18, and the book is Deacon King Kong by James McBride.
Great Decisions– Meets Friday, June 25 at 11:30am. The discussion will be The Korean Peninsula. This class will meet via Webex.
Walking Group begins Wednesday, June 16. Register online to join the group.
Writer’s Group will meet in person on Friday, July 9 at OLLI. Please register online.
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Attention all OLLI photo takers. We are accepting photo/art submissions for our fall cover. Submissions should be in jpg format, at least 300 dpi and must be your original work. OLLI members will vote for the cover image. Submit your photo by emailing it to OLLI@uri.edu with Fall Photo Submission as the Subject.
Internet Browser Support for OLLI Registration Software
Lumens recommends the use of Chrome, Edge, or Firefox for Lumens. Internet Explorer is being sunset by Microsoft June 15, 2022; therefore, if you are using Internet Explorer we encourage you to move to a recommended browser. If you continue to use Internet Explorer (IE) for Lumens, it requires IE11 with all updates installed.
Fall 2021 Honors Colloquium SOS: Sustaining our Shores
To celebrate the dawn of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the University of Rhode Island will focus its 58th annual Honors Colloquium on “Sustaining Our Shores” in fall of 2021. Please join us for these free events on Tuesday evenings at 7 throughout the fall in Edwards Hall or online at uri.edu/hc. Click here for more information.
Snake Safari with RI DEM
SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 10:00 AM VIA ZOOM
Did you know that Rhode Island is home to 12 species of snakes? Join the RIDEM Division of Fish and Wildlife for a fun, interactive, virtual program to learn more about these secretive, scaly creatures! The Wildlife Outreach team will take you on a live search for snakes in the wild where you will learn about the importance of wildlife habitat, the benefits of snakes in the ecosystem, and how you can get involved as a reptile and amphibian citizen scientist. Click here to register.
For more info, please email Britta at bobertello@skpl.org.