Week of July 28, 2025
PARKING – Please stay tuned for more information about renewing your parking permit. We will notify you as soon as we hear details from the URI parking.
PARKING REGISTRATION EVENT: Join us on Monday, August 18, from 12:00PM-2:00PM to register your car for parking and get a FREE hot dog! Click here for all the details. This event is for OLLI members only.
CLASS CANCELLATION – the following class has been cancelled and refunds have been sent:
- Reading Your Medicine’s Labels & Inserts
ADDITIONAL CLASS OFFERINGS –
There are still a few spaces available in these Second Sessions: (Please look at the dates/times carefully as these are second sessions and not the dates listed in the catalog.)
Understanding Offshore Wind Energy: Consequences from Plankton to People (Session 2) with Barbara Sullivan-Watts, Mon Aug 18, 1-2:30PM
Don McLean’s American Pie & “The Day the Music Died” (Session 2) with Brett Morse, Fri Aug 22, 1-3PM
CLASS SPOTLIGHT – Register online or call 401.874.4197
Inspire: Hands-on Motivational Techniques to Uplift Daily Living (ZOOM) – 3 Sessions with Teresa Testa beginning Tues, Aug 5, 2-3:30PM. This class will follow from Teresa’s “Inspire: Motivation” course, introducing students to brand-new and productive strategies for human motivation. The ultimate goal is to inspire a greater sense of wellbeing so that each day is more easily managed. This is a beneficial course for any individual looking to increase momentum in action, gain new energy to accomplish, and organize how to tackle any responsibility, task, or project. No task is too big or too small. Previous students remarked that the course was a great inspiration to getting moving, staying active, and organizing endeavors that need to be achieved.
School Math for Grandparents: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division – 4 Sessions with James Bierden, beginning Thur, Aug 7, 9:30-11AM. Parents and grandparents are often frustrated because the math their child brings home from elementary school is not the math they learned in school, certainly not the math they remember. We will look at what happens in elementary school classrooms as children use problem solving strategies to learn about computation so they can use computation to solve problems. We’ll explore how math is being taught, starting with addition in first grade through division in fourth grade. The course is based on suggested math standards, the content of college math methods courses, and observations by the instructor.
THIS WEEK AT OLLI
Monday
- 9:30AM In This Moment: Mindfulness Meditation
- 10:00AM Let’s Re-read Banned Books
- 11:00AM The Rehnquist Court, 1986-2005 (Osher Online)
- 11:30AM Dive in With the Marine Affairs Institute & RI Sea Grant Legal Program
- 1:30PM From Both Sides: The US-Canadian Border
- 1:30PM The History & Future of Automobiles
- 5:00PM 80th Anniversary of WWII in Europe, 1944-1945
Tuesday
- 9:00AM Biking Group
- 9:30AM Observing, Adapting, Creating Change in the Home Landscape
- 9:30AM Tales from Hollywood
- 11:30AM The Orchestra – From Birth to the 20th Century
- 1:00PM The Economics of Public Policy (Osher Online)
- 2:00PM Reading Ancient Greek Tragedy: The Oresteia by Aeschylus
- 7:00PM History of Beer (Osher Online)
Wednesday
- 9:00AM Dartmouth Lecture Series-The Implications of Trump’s Economic Policies (Live-Stream)
- 9:30AM Events Committee
- 10:00AM Working Girls of Boston
- 11:00AM Enjoying the Past and Present New York City (Osher Online)
- 12:00PM Express Yourself: Learn to Paint Like Vincent van Gogh (Session 1)
- 12:30PM Bowling
- 1:00PM Hiking
- 1:00PM Demystifying Energy Security (Osher Online)
- 2:00PM Cribbage
- 3:00PM Stories of Adventure: The Norse Saga (Osher Online)
- 3:00PM Advisory Council
- 3:30PM 12:00PM Express Yourself: Learn to Paint Like Vincent van Gogh (Session 2)
- 5:00PM Public Health Across the Lifespan (Osher Online)
Thursday
- 10:00AM Don’t Forget to Pack Your iPhone
- 10:00AM Addressing Solutions to Climate Change with ENROADS
- 11:00AM Current Events
- 1:00PM Mah Jongg
- 1:00PM Architectural Oddities (Osher Online)
- 3:00PM 20th Century American Short Story III (ZOOM)
- 5:00PM Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk on URI Campus
- 7:00PM 100 Years of Magic: The Disney Legacy & Influence (Osher Online)
Friday
- 10:00AM Watercolor for Nature Journaling
- 10:00AM Photo Friday (ZOOM)
- 1:00PM Summer Sci-Fi Film Fest
- 1:00PM Elvis – The King
- 1:00PM Writer’s Group (ZOOM)
- 1:00PM The Strength of Indigenous Women (Tomaquag Museum)
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGS) & OLLI EXTRAS – Registration is now open for the current year (7/25-6/26). SIGS are FREE with your OLLI membership but registration is required. Click Here for More Info
OLLI NEW MEMBER WELCOME– If you are a new or current member of OLLI, or if you just want to learn more about OLLI, please join us Tuesday, August 12, at 11:30AM for an information session. We’ll review our current programs and our special interest groups, and we’ll go over our OLLI website and registration software. There will be plenty of time for Q & A, as well as coffee and door prizes! Come and bring a friend! Click Here to Register (Registration is not required for this session.)
SENIOR DAY 2025 -Would you like to receive a free health assessment? Seeking participants for a health, wellness, and fall risk program. Participants will be screened for general health and well-being. Recommendations to improve health and wellness and decrease fall risk will be provided as appropriate. Completed by students from URI Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, Communicative Disorders, Nutrition, and Human Development and Family Studies. Supervised by faculty. Requirements: Must be age 65 or older, must participate in a team interview on Zoom between Oct 2-18, and attend an in-person health screening at URI on either Thurs, Oct 23rd 5-7pm, Fri, Oct 24th 9-11am or Sat, Oct 25th 9-11am. Registration will be open until Fri, Aug 29. To Register, Click Here OR email: seniorday@etal.uri.edu OR call (401) 874-4025. See Flyer for more details, dates, and a full list of requirements.
RHODY OUTPOST– Since the beginning of May there have been 725 visits to the Outpost, about a 15% increase from the same period last year. The outpost has distributed nearly 11,000 pounds of food and personal care items to students experiencing food insecurity. The following are the most critical needs:
- Paper bags with handles
- Gift cards (regular or e-card versions welcome) to Walmart, Stop & Shop, Amazon, Dollar Tree, Job Lot – these allow us to distribute them directly to students who have additional needs, or gives us the opportunity to easily replenish our empty shelves
- Peanut butter, jelly, rice, toothpaste, pasta, tomato products, dish soap
Click Here to view the updated list of all urgently needed items. You can also purchase items directly from Amazon on the Rhody Outpost Wish List. As always, thank you so much for your support!
GET YOUR OLLI BAG TODAY! ($20) Perfect for the beach, boat or back to school! Click Here for more info. (ONLY 10 BAGS LEFT!)
OLLI UNLV WRITING PROJECT: OLLI UNLV invites you to submit your writing for a community-wide project. Deadline for submission is July 31! Click here for all the details.
DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD BOOK A ONE-ON-ONE TECH CALL WITH CYBER SENIORS? Click here to get started!
KINGSTON CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Summer 2025 Concert Series – The 37th Annual Festival presents seven concerts between July 23 and Aug 3. All fees are included in the ticket prices. Single concerts are just $40 a ticket. The 6 Concert Series Package includes a 10% discount for just $215. Tickets are free to students 25 years and younger with a student ID. Click Here For Info and Tickets
THE WAY WE SEE: A Visual and Emotional Conversation exhibit from Anthony Tomaselli
The exhibit includes 50 works of art (3 series of work) by noted Rhode Island Artist Anthony Tomaselli, URI Green Hall and Higgins Welcome Center, Upper College Road, July 18-Sept 5, 8:30AM-5:00PM Click Here for details.
CALLING ALL VETERANS! RI Elder Info Presents: 6th Annual Calling All Veterans Day – A free, family-friendly event where Veterans of all eras connect with benefits, services, and each other! It’s more than a resource fair- it’s where honor, help and heart come together! Saturday, Aug 16th, 2025 10AM-1PM, SEABEE Museum Memorial Park, 21 Iafrate Way, North Kingstown, RI. Click Here for more info and Here for Free tickets!
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