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NEWSFLASH October 7, 2019

One Credit Forms Due This Week

Last call for One Credit Program enrollment. Forms are due in the OLLI office by Friday, October 11, by 4 pm . Click here for more information on the benefits and process for participating in the SOU One Credit Program.

OLLI Community Lecture on Immigration

In the final fall lecture, attorney  John Almaguer will examine immigration as a global movement with special emphasis on U.S. immigration law and policy, how a person can obtain legal status and recent proposals for changing our current system. This free, public program will be held on Friday, November 1, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Medford Higher Education Center. Refreshments provided. Click here for more information and to register.

Mavens Go to OSF (a few more times)

Topic: Join OLLI members and the Mavens to discuss OSF plays Dates: See below Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm Location: Thai Pepper, 84 North Main Street (Use the Water Street entrance.) Facilitator: Susan Stitham What you should know: See the plays on or before the dates of these events. Then purchase your libations and munchies (if you wish), and share insights and responses to these productions with your OLLI friends. RSVP: Registration is required. Maximum of 20. Click the buttons below to register. Other Questions? Contact Contact Susan Stitham at [email protected].

Tuesday, October 15 Click Here to Register for Mother Road Friday, October 18 Click Here to Register for Indecent

There may still be seats available for this week's Conversation Connections (see below). Other than dates and plays, details are the same as above. Click the buttons below to check for availability and to register.

Tuesday, October 8 Click Here to Register for As You Like It Thursday, October 10 Click Here to Register for Hairspray

For more information on the plays, performance dates, and ticket prices, click here for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival website.

What's in the Announcements this week? Starting this term, you can download a copy of the Weekly Announcements in the NewsFlash, or pick one up in the information displays of Campbell Center and Higher Education classrooms. Click here for a PDF copy of this week's Announcements.

Many Free SOU Events in October!

Friends of the Hannon Library invite you to hear Professor (and OLLI Community Lecturer) Robert Arellano's presentation on "Inherent Criminality: Cuban Noir" on Thursday, October 10, 4:00-5:00 pm in the Hannon Library Meese Room. Free and all are welcome. Click here for more information (PDF).

Free Convocation Concert Friday, October 11 12:30–1:30 pm SOU Music Recital Hall Southern Oregon University Raider Band Click here for more information (PDF) on this and upcoming Convocation Concerts. Note: There are many other performances occurring at the Center which require purchase of a ticket. If you'd like to know more about these events, click here for the OCA event schedule.

Students and staff invite OLLI members to join them in the annual SO Pride Parade on Saturday, October 12 . The SOU contingent will meet in the visitor parking area behind Stevenson Union (on Siskiyou Blvd.) at 10:00 AM. The parade begins at noon. Click here for more information on the parade and related events.

SOU and the Native American Studies Program invite you to join in the Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration on Sunday, October 13th and Monday, October 14th . Events are free (except for the play at OSF) and the public is invited and encouraged to attend. Click here for more information.

Can you tell a scary story in only 13 words? SOU's English Program invites you to try with an entry to their 13-Word Scary Story Contest . Students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to submit entries. Click here for details.

SOU Homecoming events include much more than parades and games. Following are academic presentations that OLLI members are invited to attend. You need not be an alumnus. Please note that all require an RSVP by Tuesday, October 15. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 11:30 am Distinguished Alumni Awards Lunch, Schneider Museum of Art, in celebration of two of the university’s distinguished alumni, Bruce Guenther ’71, retired chief curator, Portland Art Museum; Javier del Rio ’94, MS ’05, assistant superintendent, Phoenix-Talent School District. (Sorry, this one is not free: $25 per person except for class of '69 alumni.) 1:30 pm Practicing Democracy, Meese Room, Hannon Library. Honors College students share their experiences learning how Democracy is practiced around the world in post-apartheid Africa, India, and five European countries. 2:15 pm Prison Break, Meese Room, Hannon Library. Learn how the U.S. criminal justice system differs from the system in Ireland. SOU students recently visited the Crumlin Road Gaol, the only Victorian-era prison remaining in Northern Ireland, as well as the “peace walls,” erected in the 1960s to keep Loyalists and Republicans apart in Belfast. Click here to RSVP for any of these presentations by October 15, 2019. Click here for the full schedule of Homecoming events.