19 years of university-level short courses for active adults — always growing, always learning!
|
|
OLLI at UVA Online: The Women's Edition
|
|
Dear Members,
March is
National Women's History Month
–
commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.
And we're celebrating in this second edition of OLLI at UVA Online: The Women's Edition!
At our OLLI the majority of member students are women, but the majority of OLLI instructors are men. Thank you to all of our instructors, and in recognition of Women's History Month, a special shout out to all of the women who gifted their time and expertise to OLLI at UVA for the last two semesters.
Anna Askounis, Alyson Ball, Beth Barber, Faith Andrews Bedford, Suzanne Bednar, Amy Black, Fran Boninti, Patricia Bristowe, Addeane Caelleigh, Pat Chadwick, Elizabeth Donohoe, Ann Dunn, Evelyn Edson, Trish Foxwell, Joan Fry, Jennifer Gaden, Marjie Giuliano, Karen Hall, Claudia Hanna, Deborah Harriman, Julia Henri, Leslie Lee, Annie Marrs, Jannette Martin, Karen McCurdy, Pam McFaden, Kathryn McMillan, Tracy Meade, Shirley Midyette, Shelley Murphy, Yates Nobles, Paige Odelle, Pam Roland, Ida Swenson, Mary Tillman, Dorothy Tompkins, Jill Trischman-Marks, Emily Voss, Nicole Wade, Maggie Walker, Claire Weiss, Cecile West-Settle, Patricia Wrightson.
|
|
Karen Hall, Entering the
Fascinating World of Honey Bees
|
Claudia Hanna,
Mediterranean Olives and Wines
|
|
PBS: MAKERS: Women Who Make America
This six-part series examines the impact of the women’s movement on six fields once largely closed to women: business, space, Hollywood, comedy, war and politics. Through interviews with trailblazing women known and unknown, viewers learn what it was like to be pioneers in their fields.
|
|
What Should I Watch?
Enjoy a film with strong women characters from this list curated by OLLI at UVA instructor Anna Askounis whose cancelled class, Mark Spragg: An Unfinished Life, will be offered again in the fall.
|
|
National Women's History Museum
For the last twenty years, the National Women’s History Museum has served as the largest online cultural institution dedicated to US women’s history. Check out some of their awesome digital resources.
|
|
Weekly Check-In Survey
Last week we asked what are you reading, what are you doing for exercise and how are you staying connected to others.
No surprise, OLLI at UVA members are reading a lot! One member is tackling War and Peace with an online reading group, and many members listed several books they're diving into. Almost everyone is walking outside daily and many of you are staying connected through video chatting with friends and families.
Are you new to video chatting? Want to learn about the popular Zoom platform which is very easy to use and allows you to video chat one-on-one or in a group?
Sign up for one of our upcoming Zoom tutorials
here
.
In this week's survey we want to hear about the women you admire and about how you're finding joy or peace in these unusual times.
|
|
More content in celebration of women
|
- The Women's Initiative - Our local community women's center. They are working on moving to virtual programs, so check back!
- WomensHistoryMonth.gov - Curated video collection from The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
|
|
More Great (and Local!) Stuff
|
All links are publicly accessible at no charge.
- JMRL eLibrary - Hundreds of 1000s of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and films are available with a library card to our local library system through 9 different digital collections. Don't despair if you don't have a card, you can sign up online for a temporary one!
- UVA Lifetime Learning - Many University public programs have moved online and Lifetime Learning has a great listing of what's available on their Online Resources page.
- Common Ground - A local healing arts nonprofit offering pay-what-you-can yoga, mindfulness and more, all online.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
