Week of April 29, 2024
TEACH FOR OLLI: We invite you to share your knowledge, passions, and interests with other OLLI students by teaching a course for us! Fall course proposals are due on Tuesday, April 30. Click here to fill out a course proposal form online. If you have questions regarding a topic or format, please contact Beth Desrosiers: 401-874-4197 or email beth_desrosiers@uri.edu.
CLASS SPOTLIGHT- Register online or call 401.874.4197
Women Writing About Marriage in Changing Times: Three Short Novels with Jane Barstow
4 Sessions on Fridays, starting May 10, 10:00AM-11:30AM. Click to watch PREVIEW VIDEO
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Navigating Driving Over 55 (Years, not MPH!)
2 sessions on Thursdays, starting May 2 and May 9, 5:00pm – 6:30pm.
We will learn about little-known age-related changes in the body that impact critical skills required for safe driving. We’ll discuss strategies and equipment that can be used to improve safety when driving in a variety of conditions, such as improving sitting position, aligning mirrors to reduce blind spots, adjusting headrest position, improving glare recovery, and using seat cushions and seat belt extenders.
Linda Gatewood has been an occupational therapist since 1986 with varied clinical experience in geriatrics, neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation, hand therapy, mental health, and burn care. An assistant professor in the CCRI Occupational Therapist Assistant Program since 1998, she created the RI Independent Provider Program Personal Care Assistant training curriculum. Linda is currently enrolled in the Gerontology and Geriatrics Graduate Certificate program at URI and is passionate about helping older adults stay off the floor!
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THIS WEEK AT OLLI
Monday
- 9:30AM Beginning Italian
- 10:00AM Walking Rhode Island: Hikes in the Spring
- 11:30AM “I Found My Talk”
- 11:30AM Travel Preview: Nashville & Smoky Mountains Holiday, and Iceland
- 12:30PM Landscape Photography (Zoom)
- 2:30PM Cold War Relations with Central America
- 3:00PM Exercise, Diet and Successful Aging
- 4:00PM Contemporary Economic Policy Issues (Zoom)
Tuesday
- 10:00AM To Be or Not To Be (Zoom)
- 11:00AM Estate Planning 101
- 1:00PM Building a Second Brain
- 1:00PM South America: The Neighbors We Don’t Know
- 3:00PM Introduction to DNA Cloning
- 3:00PM Willa Cather
- 4:00PM Advanced Beginner Handbells (Offsite)
Wednesday
- 9:30AM Gloria Exercitus
- 10:00AM Taming of the Shrew
- 11:00AM Fabulous Fingers, Part II (Offisite)
- 12:00PM Beginner Drawing
- 12:30PM Bowling (Offsite)
- 1:00PM Tennessee Williams
- 1:00PM Hiking Group
- 2:30PM Beginner Watercolor
Thursday
- 9:00AM Let’s Skate! (Boss Arena)
- 9:30AM Be Ready for Ticks!
- 10:00AM Compassionate Conversations
- 11:00AM Current Events Discussion Group
- 1:00PM Mahjong
- 2:30PM Movement Medicine
- 5:00PM Navigating Driving Over 55
Friday
- 10:00AM Square Foot Gardening
- 10:00AM Photo Friday (Zoom)
- 11:00AM Applied Games of Modern Economics – (Dartmouth OLLI Zoom)
- 1:00PM The Chakra Energy System
- 1:00PM Music and Events of the 80s
- 1:00PM Writers Group
CLASS REMINDERS: If you have a class or tour off site, please read and save the class confirmation and class reminder carefully. Both will include information on meeting locations and parking.
NEW FREE CLASS AT OLLI: Estate Planning 101: My Estate Plan Can Do That? Who Knew? Register for this free interactive season on planning for a successful future. Join us Tuesday, April 30, at 11:00AM. John Garcia, Assistant Vice President, Annual Initiatives and Gift Planning, at the URI Foundation & Alumni Engagement and Paul A Silver, partner at Hinckley Allen in Providence will help you Learn how to help yourself, your family and your charity with a properly designed and executed estate plan. It is the best way to plan for your future and to ensure your good intentions are met. During this session, you will learn about estate planning basics, why you should create a plan, what a good plan should do and how you can continue your good work by creating a legacy. Click here to view the flyer or here to register.
TRAVEL WITH OLLI – Enjoy a virtual tour of two of our upcoming trips in our OLLI classroom on Monday, April 29, at 11:30AM. Our Collette Tour Rep will showcase Nashville & the Smoky Mountains Holiday, December 2-9, 2024, and Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights, March 19-25, 2025. Visit our website to preview the full tour schedule. Bring along a friend and consider traveling together.
AMERICORPS RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM- Are you looking to channel your skills and experience to serve the community? RSVP is recruiting volunteers ages 55+. Join us on May 2, at 1:00PM to learn more about this program. Discussion will include current needs, how to sign up and the perks of volunteerism. For more information, visit www.westbaycap.org. Click here for the program flyer.
GIVE TO OLLI – When you joined OLLI, you became a member of a resilient and ever-evolving community that understands the value and importance of lifelong learning. By giving to OLLI, you can ensure the lifelong learning continues! Join your 250 fellow OLLI members who have already made their gift. Click here to make your donation. Donations can also be made in the office with checks made payable to the URI Foundation. Make your gift today and help us reach our goal by June 30th!
HELP US SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OLLI! Do you belong to a group or organization that might want to know more about OLLI? We would love to come speak about our OLLI program! Email OLLI@URI.EDU or call 401.874.4197.
INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING – As we plan ahead, we are seeking your input with subject matters you may be interested in learning side by side with URI students. Could it be business, engineering, health sciences, communications…. Share your thoughts with OLLI Director, Beth Leconte, at bleconte@uri.edu. As an Age Friendly University, we want to bring the generations together!
RHODY OUTPOST– Rhody Outpost is URI’s principal basic needs pantry for students experiencing food insecurity. The Outpost provides fresh and non-perishable food and personal care items at no charge to students. Click here to see the updated Spring wish list. High demand items include raisins and other dried fruit, nuts and seeds, crackers, and cookies.Donations can be dropped off in the OLLI office.
CLASSICAL GUITAR RECITAL Adrian Montero Moya, who performed at our Annual Meeting earlier this year, will perform for his Graduate Classical Guitar Recital on Monday, April 29 at 7:30pm at the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Rd. The event is free and open to the public.
FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION EVENT: Please join the Foreign Policy Association for their annual Elbrun Kimmelman Distinguished Lecture on U.S.-India Relations. Dr. Milan Vaishnav, Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will be the speaker. Click here to register. The lecture will be on Tuesday, April 30, at 6PM.