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preview of spring 2008 events will highlight the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute's (OLLI) Kick-Off/Bring a Friend Event on Thursday, January 24
at the Satellite Student Union. The public is invited and free parking
is available in Lots J, N, O and P. Please call (559) 278-0008 or email
osher@csufresno.edu to RSVP.
The event begins at 4:30 p.m. and will include refreshments and a
performance by Fresno State's Protean Visions musical quartet. A short
presentation will outline OLLI general sessions, short courses, and
field trips scheduled for the spring semester. Topics include love in
early Christianity, food safety, neuroscience, jazz, cotton in the
valley, photography, the 2008 elections, art history, William Saroyan,
and the Middle East, among others.
Featured speakers include Honora Howell Chapman, Fresno State associate
professor of Classics and Humanities and coordinator of the Classics
Program; Charles Boyer, Fresno State dean of the College of Agricultural
Sciences and Technology; Kathryn Wage, speech pathologist; Jean
Pennycook, science educator; and Bruce A. Roberts, Fresno State J.G.
Boswell, Endowed Chair in Plant Science.
On April 23, there will be a musical performance by Jazz Band "A," under
the direction of Michael Caldwell, 2007 CMEA Central Section Jazz
Educator of the Year.
Also offered is a series of short courses. The courses include, but are
not limited to, "Photography and Its Roots in the Visual Arts" by
Douglas Deteringer; "Classical Myth and Literature" by Linda Cano; and "Español
for the Novice by Cathleen Colby.
Field trips to the opera, to Getty Villa in Malibu, and to Fresno's Arté
Americas Museum are also available. For those who are interested in
travel study, there is a 12-day program to Greece and other
destinations.
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Charles Boyer, Fresno State dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences
and Technology; Kathryn Wage, speech pathologist; Jean Pennycook,
science educator; and Bruce A. Roberts, Fresno State J.G. Boswell,
Endowed Chair in Plant Science.
On April 23, there will be a musical performance by Jazz Band "A," under
the direction of Michael Caldwell, 2007 CMEA Central Section Jazz
Educator of the Year.
Also offered is a series of short courses. The courses include, but are
not limited to, "Photography and Its Roots in the Visual Arts" by
Douglas Deteringer; "Classical Myth and Literature" by Linda Cano; and "Español
for the Novice by Cathleen Colby.
Field trips to the opera, to Getty Villa in Malibu, and to Fresno's Arté
Americas Museum are also available. For those who are interested in
travel study, there is a 12-day program to Greece and other
destinations.
Fresno State's OLLI is among 114 such institutes founded at universities
throughout the United States. It offers lectures, workshops, short
courses, and field trips to adults age 50+ who wish to continue learning
and exploring for the sheer joy of it. A semester membership is $55 per
person for a General Membership and $15 per person for an Associate
Membership.
Details are available at
http://www.csufresno.edu/olli, or by
contacting
(559) 278-0008, or
osher@csufresno.edu.
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