Announcements:
- There are NO CLASSES and the office will be closed on Monday, February 17, President’s Day. Cyber Seniors will be available on Wednesday, from 9am to 12:30pm and Friday from 10:30am-12:30pm
- A reminder: If you drive a loaner car to campus, please go on-line and register for a visitor parking pass. If you need help, please stop in the office.
Travel Update:
- Last call for Boston Flower Show, March 13. If you are interested in going, please let Dee know right away. Email ollitravel@verizon.net or call 487-9742.
- Please take a look at the itinerary for Mackinac Island. It includes many interesting places including the Old-World town of Frankenmuth, admission to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village and Niagara Falls. Read all the details here!
- Memphis and Nashville – 4 seats left.
- Sicily – 3 seats left (1 double and 1 single).
- Please always call for availability if you find a trip you are interested in. Sometimes seats become available on trips that are sold out.
- If you are interested in Croatia and Slovenia in 2021, please email Dee at Ollitravel@verizon.net and she will send you the brochure as soon as it comes out.
For a list of our trips and brochures, please go to https://web.uri.edu/olli/programs/travel/
Course Spotlight:
The Iditarod- Follow the race, the mushers, and their dogs, cheer on the teams, and witness the dedication of these incredible animals. Read more here!
Special Interest Groups FREE and open to all members; No registration required.
- Aging, Living Well- meets on Wednesday, 3/11 at 3pm.
- Walking Group will meet on Wednesday, 2/19 at Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge in Charlestown. Visit the website for more information and directions.
- Bridge Group meets at 2pm in the lobby every Thursday.
- Great Decisions meets on Tuesday, March 24, at 10am and 5:30pm. For a list of topics, please click here.
- Movie Group –Thursday, 2/27 at 3:00. Read all the details here.
- Non Fiction Book Group– Monday, 2/24 at 3:30pm. The book is D-Day Girls by Sarah Rose.
- International Book Group meets on Tuesday, March 3. Check out the books we’re reading here.
- Writer’s Group meets Friday, 3/6 at 2:30pm
- WWW meets on Friday, 2/28 at 2:30pm.
OTHER EVENTS
- On Wednesday morning at 9:30am the “not ready-for showtime” OLLI players will present excerpts from William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Join us in room 210!
- The URI Crew team will be CONTINUING THEIR WORK-A-THON Fundraiser through the beginning of March! You can read all the details here.
- Smith’s Castle is looking for volunteer docents. Read all the details here.
- The URI Master Gardener Symposium is Saturday, March 7. Read about it here.