This Week at OLLI – October 2

October 2, 2023

Week of October 2

HELP US MEET THE OLLI CHALLENGE! – URI Day of Giving takes place on October 5. This is a 24-hour opportunity to give back. Can we count on you to show your support of OLLI?  Every gift to RhodyNow: OLLI will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $3,500 thanks to the generosity of members of the OLLI Advisory Council. Visit alumni.uri.edu/urigives and click “Challenges” then scroll to see our OLLI challenge or you can make your gift directly to RhodyNow: OLLI by clicking here. You can also drop off checks at the OLLI office made payable to URIFAE. In the memo line please put “OLLI -Day of Giving.” Don’t miss the chance to support your love of lifelong learning with OLLI at URI! Thank you for your support and commitment.

CLASS SPOTLIGHT: 

Embracing a Gluten Free Lifestyle, 2 Sessions with Chris Curtis (Watch Preview Video)- Mondays, October 16 & 23, 11:30AM-1:00PM

Learn about the facts surrounding adopting a gluten-free lifestyle. What is gluten and is it really bad for you? Are you suffering from digestive issues and wondering if gluten might be a contributing factor? Could you be suffering from celiac disease, a wheat allergy, or a gluten sensitivity? We will learn key points and principles around proper diagnosis, understanding health challenges, and identifying symptoms. We’ll discuss how to identify foods to avoid and make substitutions, and we’ll explore ways to maintain a gluten-free lifestyle. We’ll learn how to modify tried and true recipes to eliminate gluten and how to read labels to identify gluten. Participants will also be challenged to identify a restaurant where they can enjoy a gluten-free meal.

Gmail Tips & Tricks, 2 Sessions with Peter Stetson 

Tuesdays, October 10 & 17, 10:00AM-11:30AM

Learn the basics of G Mail. How to compose, send, and reply to an email. Organizing your emails into folders and blocking spam emails. Create a unique signature to end each email. This call is for Windows and Chromebook users.

SPRING COURSE PROPOSALS are due October 1. The semester runs from April 1, to May 31. Click here to submit a course proposal. Submit a course proposal here.

ATTENTION: OLLI ICESKATERS– Be on the lookout for an email regarding date changes to this semester’s Let’s Skate schedule. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Boss Arena is undergoing maintenance. The class will start on Nov 9, and continue Nov 16 & 23, Dec 7, & 14. All participants will receive a credit on their OLLI account for the reduced class schedule. Any questions, please call the office, 401-874-4197.

CANCELED: Landscape Photography

UMBRELLAS FOR SALE: OLLI umbrellas available in the office for $15 by cash or check payable to URI. 

THIS WEEK AT OLLI

Monday

  • 9:30AM Italian
  • 10:00AM URI Bay Campus Tour
  • 10:00AM Six Pillars of Healthy Living
  • 1:00PM Alfred Hitchcock (Zoom)
  • 1:00PM Maybe It’s Your Medications (Special Guest Lecturer-Register by calling the office 401-874-4197.)

Tuesday

  • 10:00AM Playing with Classics: Tennessee Williams
  • 10:00AM All Aboard the Seaview
  • 11:00AM-11:45AM Cyber Seniors
  • 1:00PM The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
  • 1:00PM-3:00PM Cyber Seniors
  • 1:30PM Classic Film Noir
  • 3:00PM Willa Cather

Wednesday

  • 9:00AM Basic Horsemanship
  • 10:00AM The Kingdom of the Sun
  • 11:00AM Fabulous Fingers
  • 12:30PM Bowling Group
  • 1:00PM Simple Sourdough
  • 1:00PM Cool Jazz
  • 1:00PM The Art of the Tale (Zoom)
  • 2:00PM-4:00PM Cyber Seniors

Thursday

  • 9:30AM A.I Anxiety
  • 10:00AM Tech Comm
  • 10:30AM Beneath the Breakers
  • 11:00AM-1:00PM Cyber Seniors
  • 1:00PM Mah Jonng
  • 1:00PM Fruit Tree Growing (meets in 1st Floor Conf Room)
  • 1:00PM Native Voices from Canada
  • 1:00PM Writing Your Immigration Story
  • 2:00PM-4:00PM Cyber Seniors

 

Friday

  • 9:30AM Laurel Canyon
  • 10:00AM Reading a Rock’s Story
  • 10:00AM Photo Friday (Zoom)
  • 1:00PM Carol Burnett
  • 1:00PM Writer’s Group (Zoom)

CYBER SENIORS – Stop by for help with your devices…no appointment needed. Students will be in the lobby on the following days/times:

  • Tuesdays, 11AM to 11:45 AM (Dan) and 1:00PM to 3:00PM (Paige)

  • Wednesdays, 2:00PM-4:00PM (Dan)

  • Thursdays, 11:00AM-1:00PM (Paige) and 2:00PM to 4:00PM (Dan)

OLLI NEW MEMBER WELCOME– Thursday, October 5, at 3PM. Are you new to OLLI @ URI or returning after being gone awhile? Both current and new members are invited to attend and learn about all OLLI has to offer. We’ll review our current programs, and our special interest groups, all while exploring and becoming more familiar with our OLLI website and registration software. Plenty of time for Q & A. Coffee & refreshments too! Please join us and bring a friend along so they can see what we’re all about! Registration helpful but not required. 

OLLI AT URI HAS AN OPENING FOR A PART-TIME POSITION.  Please take a look at the job description as you may be interested, or you may have a friend or family member who would be ideal for working with OLLI. 

REBECCA ALTMAN LAUNCHES URI PLASTICS SEMINAR SERIES: “EMPOWERING PLASTIC SOLUTIONS” 

Nineteenth-century industrial plastics, though derived from natural sources like cellulose or latex, foreshadowed contemporary concerns, posing significant implications for human health, human rights, and the environment. Then, as now, plastics relied on toxic solvents and additives, as well as exploitative raw material extraction, which led to occupational and community hazards, displacement, resource depletion, human rights violations and deforestation.

When: Thursday, October 12, 2023, 5:30-7 pm

Where: Higgins Welcome Center, Hope Room, University of Rhode Island

Click here for more information and to register.

VETERAN’S DAY CELEBRATION AT OLLI– We will be celebrating our OLLI Veterans in November. We would like to recognize our members/and or family members who have served or are currently serving. Please let us know by sharing your name, service information, and a photo (past or present). We hope this year’s Wall of Honor will be bigger and better than last year! (Click here to view last year’s wall). OLLI veterans who submit their information will be invited to a free tour of the World War II Museum in Wakefield on November 8. Deadline for submission is October 1. Email information to olli@uri.edu or bring your photo to OLLI and we will scan it for you! 

We will unveil our WALL OF HONOR on November 2, at 12:00PM. Light Refreshments will be served. At 1:00PM, Tim Gray, founder and president of the WWII Foundation in Wakefield, will join us to share Stories from the Disappearing Generation. The talk is Free, but registration is required. Register online or call the office at 401-874-4197. 

THE URI GUITAR FESTIVAL is bringing internationally renowned musicians to Kingston. As the URI Guitar Festival celebrates its eighth year Oct. 18-22, it is going through a growth spurt—more artists, more music and more of the educational opportunities it’s become known for. For music lovers, the festival will feature seven concerts, showcasing more than 20 internationally renowned musicians. Click for more information.

TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN 300TH ANNIVERSARY SPEAKER’S SERIES- Tuesday, October 5, Slavery and Emancipation in the Making of South Kingstown. Joanne Pope Melish, Associate Prof. Emerita, History Department University of Kentucky. Lectures are free and open to the public. 7PM at SK High School, 215 Columbia Street. Refreshments provided. For updates, visit southkingstownri.com/sk300

OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE AT WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSTS FASHIONED BODIES: THE MATERIAL CONSEQUENCES OF GETTING DRESSED 
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at WVU and the WVU Committee of Retired Faculty will host Fashioned Bodies: The Material Consequences of Getting Dressed by Katie Baker Jones on Wednesday, October 4, at 2:30 p.m. on Zoom.

Dr. Jones is an associate professor and serves as the program coordinator in the Fashion, Dress and Merchandising department in the WVU School of Design and Community Development. Her research explores the construction of meaning through and for dress objects and practices. A central theme of her scholarship is liminality, both physical and metaphorical. She has focused particularly on the role fashion media has played in meaning construction for the fashion industry in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The virtual presentation is free and open to the public. Register at https://olliatwvu.wufoo.com/forms/fashioned-bodies-the-material-consequences-of-get/ to receive the Zoom link on the morning of the event. For a list of upcoming free community events hosted by OLLI at WVU, visit https://olliatwvu.org/about-us/community-events/.

OLLI AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA – SIOUX FALLS invites you to their Zoom program, BLACK HOLES with Arjun Ayyangar, Friday, October 20, 1 to 2 p.m. CENTRAL

Join Zoom Meeting: https://usd.zoom.us/j/92585657437

Arjun is a volunteer NASA Solar System Ambassador since 2018, and has received his Master’s Degree in Computational Sciences and Robotics. He is currently working as a Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin, Mount Laurel, New Jersey. We will discuss the formation of black holes, their variable size range, and the evidence of their existence. We will also describe how understanding black holes will give more insights on understanding the universe. No need to register – just show up at 1 p.m. central on Oct. 20 on Zoom.