Week of March 14

SPRING REGISTRATION STARTS TODAY! Four ways to register:

1. Log on to your account
2. Call the office at 401-874-4197
3. Stop by the office- 210 Flagg Rd, Suite 212
4. Print a copy of the registration form and mail it in

Classes can be viewed in the software (uriolli.augusoft.net) and on our website (online pdf catalog).

There is NO CYBER SENIORS this week (URI Spring break).

Please note these important schedule/class changes:

• Great Decisions class topics for April & May have changed.  APRIL 22: Russia /MAY 20: Myanmar & ASEAN
• The course Frederico Fellini is a 6-week course (not 4 as originally listed in the catalog) and the cost is $55
• The Newport Colonial Walk is Thursday, May 26, not April 26 as listed in the catalog.
• There is a $25 supply fee for the Rug Hooking class paid directly to the instructor.
• The time of The House of Mirth class has been changed to 3:30PM to 5:00PM

Monday

• Spring Registration Starts!!

Tuesday

• 10AM The Iditarod
• 12:30PM Bowling Group

Wednesday

• Office Closed/Scheduled Power Outage
• 1PM Walking Group

Thursday
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

• 9:00AM Skating @ Boss Arena
• 1PM Mah Jonng

Friday

• 11:00AM Great Decisions
• 1:00PM Book Club

• On Wednesday, March 16, the office will be closed due to a scheduled power outage on campus. We will be working from home and will return calls and emails.
• If you have taken Italian in the past and would like to donate your textbook to OLLI, please let us know or drop it off at the office during regular business hours. The textbook is Italian Conversation Premium Second Edition, by Marcel Danesi.

Events/News

Read the news from the URI Office of Sustainability- Click here to read.

Finding the Truth: Investigative Journalism in the Digital Era

A conversation with award-winning journalists Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi. Moderated by John King ’85, Hon. ’10, CNN anchor and chief national correspondent.

The Harrington School of Communication and Media is pleased to present the James Taricani Lecture on First Amendment Rights, moderated by John King ’85, Hon. ’10, CNN anchor and chief national correspondent. Long-time reporting partners Neil Bedi and Kathleen McGrory of ProPublica will discuss their approach to in-depth investigative reporting—one that combines traditional shoe-leather techniques with data-driven analyses and digital storytelling and relies on the freedom of the press as protected by the First Amendment. The Taricani Lecture Series honors the work of respected journalist James Taricani, who worked tirelessly in support of first amendment rights. The series is free and open to the public on Tuesday, April 5, at 5PM (presented virtually). Register below to receive the links to join the livestream. Links will be sent to registrants via email one day before the event. For more information, visit the Harrington School of Communication and Media’s webpage or to register, click here. 

Celebrate National Village Day at the OLLI at URI- Twenty years ago, a group of people on Beacon Hill in Boston formed an organization called Beacon Hill Village, which has become a model for more than 300 communities all across the USA, with the purpose of offering supportive services and social engagement to older neighbors who wish to remain in their homes and communities with an enhanced quality of life for as long as it is safe for them to do so. We have one such Village here in Narragansett and South Kingstown called A Community Together. Rhode Island is home to other villages – in Barrington, Cranston (Edgewood), Providence, and Westerly. Join us as we celebrate our membership in the Village movement in the place where it came into being because of a class “Aging Gracefully” at the OLLI at URI. Come and learn how it works and how you can benefit by becoming a member. 

Tuesday, March 22 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at OLLI. Free and open to all. Register by email at actneighbors@gmail.com, or call 401-360-6006. For more information about A Community Together, go to acommunitytogether.helpfulvillage.com