OLLI at SOU NEWSFLASH
August 17, 2020
Lottery Course Assignments On Their Way
If you submitted a course request during early registration, check your email inbox to find out which courses you were assigned in the lottery. Then pop open the fall catalog and think about what else you'd like to take to round out your schedule. Open Registration begins on Monday, August 24, and there will be approximately 100 open courses available to choose at that time. 
Submit a Winter Term Course Proposal
In the midst of summer heat, it's easy to forget that winter planning is underway, and August is the month to submit course proposals for winter term.
  • Do you have a passion or knowledge you're interested in sharing with OLLI members?Curriculum Committee volunteers can help you develop a plan for your course.
  • If you've taught an OLLI course previously, now is a great time to consider getting back into teaching.
  • Do you know someone who would make a great teacher? Please encourage them to check out the teaching opportunities at OLLI.
Click here to learn more about teaching at OLLI, or to submit a course proposal. If you're not sure how to go about teaching in the current situation, don't worry–you'll have access to lots of training and tech support to help you learn.
Member-to-Member Remote Tech Support
Member-to-member tech support is again available thanks to OLLI volunteers. We know many members are learning to connect remotely to take OLLI courses or to meet up with friends and family online while we stay safe and save lives at home. Some of OLLI’s tech savvy members have volunteered to provide some tech support to help members get connected. If you would like help with getting up to speed online, click here to submit a request for tech support. and we will connect you with a Tech Support volunteer.
 
Please note: While volunteers will offer support to the best of their ability remotely, we cannot guarantee that every issue will be solved successfully. Please keep in mind that this process can require time and patience, too.
OLLI has a Facebook page where you'll find events and resources, announcements, articles of interest to OLLI members and more! Click here to "like" us on Facebook and stay in touch all week.

Members who don't use Facebook can still view OLLI Facebook posts on the OLLI website.
Lifelong Learning Resources
OLLI at Berkshire Community College is hosting The Madman Theory: A Live Online Conversation about Trump's Foreign Policy with Chief National Security Correspondent for CNN and New York Times bestselling author Jim Sciutto and with Politico reporter Daniel Lippman on Wednesday, August 19, at 7:00 pm EDT/4:00 pm PDT. Online via Zoom & free. RSVP here to attend.

While we wait for OLLI classes to start up in September, art exhibits are open–mostly online, giving us access to art we might otherwise not have the ability to experience:
  • SOU's Schneider Museum of Art's current exhibit "Migrating Bodies" may be viewed in person this summer. Click here for more information on open hours, the current exhibit, virtual exhibits, and videos of lectures and events.
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a number of interesting exhibits available online. Click here to find out more.
  • Kaphar Studio is a less well-known gallery with much to offer. Click here to view their current exhibits.
  • Click here to view "Birth of the Cool" at Studio Museum Harlem.
  • Bitforms Gallery offers audio/visual simulations of their exhibits. Click here to experience them.