Week of February 27
IS IT TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP?
Registration for the Spring semester begins on Tuesday, March 14. Your membership must be current through the duration of any course you wish to enroll in. For example, if your membership expires on March 30, and you wish to register for a class that extends through the end of April you must RENEW NOW. Please call the office to verify your membership. We will be happy to renew you over the phone ahead of the registration date.
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WAR IN THE SKIES
This is a special partner course with OLLI at Dartmouth
4 Sessions on Zoom with Buck Beason Starting Wednesday, March 1, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
This course explores how the arrival of airplanes on the battlefield changed the very nature of warfare. With specific focus on the Luftwaffe, the Royal Air Force, and the United States Army Air Force during WWII, we will explore the development of aviation and air power in the years leading up to the war and the greatest clash of machines in the history of armed combat. The in-class presentation also describes how each air force enjoyed its own “Finest Hour”—and how American industrial might brought victory, but only after an enormous cost in men and aircraft. The format is lecture integrated within a PowerPoint presentation that includes graphics, animated maps, and embedded video clips. All participants will receive a 50-page Aircraft Encyclopedia, structured note-taking pages, bibliography, and Cast of Characters. All will be provided electronically to be used as each participant sees fit.
Buck Beasom has a two-track career that includes 40 years of professional experience as a VP of Finance and applications developer with a parallel 30-year career as a teacher of Business Courses and History. A long-time student of World War II, he has developed multi-media courses on the Air War in Europe and the Air War in the Asia/Pacific theater.
Cancelled Class: Capturing Wildlife on Video
This Week at OLLI
Monday
10:00AM Creating an Old Time Radio Podcast
11:30AM The Berlin Wall (Zoom)
11:00AM Healthy Eating Made Simple
11:00AM Award Winning Novels
1:00PM Computer Fundamentals
Tuesday
9:00-11:00AM Cyber Seniors
11:00AM Genes and Cancer
12:30PM Family, Intimate Relationships and Aging (on Campus Location)
1:00PM What in the World is Global Warming?
2:00PM Short Fiction and Aging (Zoom)
Wednesday
9:00-11:00AM Cyber Seniors
9:30AM Editing With Photoshop Elements
10:00AM War in the Skies (Zoom)
12:30PM Bowling Group
1:00PM Gloria Exercitus: The Roman Army
1:00PM Walking Group
2:00PM Classic Films of Alfred Hitchcock (Zoom)
2:00PM Outreach Committee
Thursday
9:00AM Let’s Skate (Boss Arena At URI)
9:00AM Tech Committee
1:00PM Mah Jonng (lobby)
2:00-4:00PM Cyber Seniors
4:00PM Uke for All!
Friday
9:00-11:00AM Cyber Seniors
10:00AM Photo Friday (Zoom)
10:00AM The Iditarod
10:30AM Newport Sailing Museum
1:00PM Writers Group (Zoom)
1:00PM Chair Yoga
1:00PM Monty Python
RHODY OUTPOST UPDATE: We are still collecting 32/33 oz. bottles of Cooking oil (vegetable, canola, olive, coconut all acceptable). Our challenge is to collect 100 items this month! We’ll also be collecting Ramen noodles, and hot drink items such as coffee, tea, and hot cocoa in addition to any items on their donation list. Click here for a complete list of pantry items.
A WITNESS TO HISTORY: THE BIG BUSINESS OF SLAVERY IN LITTLE RHODE ISLAND
Saturday, March 04, 2023 at 10:00am to 12:00pm at Kingston Congregational Church, Sanctuary 2610 Kingstown Road Click to view the flyer.
A public in-person forum on the history of slavery and its economic underpinnings in Rhode Island, by Dr. Christy Clark-Pujuara, Professor of History and Director of Graduate African American Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison and Dennis Culliton, Director of The Witness Stones Project, an educational initiative to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities. Dr. Clark-Pujura will be joining via link.
SPRING WORKATHONS– URI Rowing Team is available on March 4, 5, 25, & 26 for spring workathons. What exactly are workathons? URI rowers can stop by to help provide general yard work, moving furniture, cleaning, painting, etc. for between 1 and 5 hours. You tell them the task, the number of rowers you need, and they schedule to help you out. The hourly rate for each rower is $25 an hour. If you have any questions for either Chris or Nolan, you can email us at rhodyworkathon@gmail.com. All proceeds of these workathons go towards helping them pay for a spring training trip to Lake Lure, NC.