December 17, 2021 | OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE
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Welcome to OLLI This Week!
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Michigan is virtual this winter. We continue to consult with Michigan Medicine as to when we can return programming to in-person. Stay tuned for more information!
For Turner Senior Resource Center building hours, click here.
For OLLI office hours, click here.
Our office will be closed for the Holidays beginning on Thursday, December 23, 2021 at noon. We will reopen on Monday, January 3, 2022.
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Happening This Week at OLLI | |
The OLLI Winter/Spring 2022 print catalog has been delayed slightly. Please check our website database for upcoming programs and for registration, which begins on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. | |
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OLLI-UM ONLINE REGISTRATION
Winter/Spring 2022
Registration begins:
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Registration ends for lottery:
Monday, January 10, 2022
Notifications sent:
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Classes begin:
Monday, January 17, 2022
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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is hosting a food drive for the Ann Arbor Food Gatherers through January 2022. We will be accepting non-perishable goods at the Turner Senior Resource Center, located at 2401 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105. Donations can be dropped off Monday - Friday from 9:00am - 5:00pm.
Below is a list of the most needed food items.
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The OLLI Lecture Committee is looking for new members!
IF you want to join other interested and motivated OLLI members in finding and presenting extraordinary speakers on a variety of different topics — health, politics, the arts, international affairs, or…
IF you want to be part of the OLLI Distinguished Lecture Series, joining others in identifying and selecting highly respected, prestigious individual monthly speakers renowned for their knowledge and effective presentation style, on a wide variety of topics, or…
IF you want to work with others on an OLLI Subcommittee Lecture Series presenting individual respected speakers in six in-depth presentations about a current topic of interest in various social, political, environmental or geographic areas…
YOU should consider becoming an OLLI Lecture Committee Member.
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The OLLI Development Committee is looking for new members!
Please let us know if you are interested in this exciting opportunity. For those who have an interest or experience in fundraising for non-profits, this committee offers an opportunity to find alternative means of funding for OLLI programs and activities.
Contact Susan Fisher, [email protected]
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NEW SIG for January!
Artificial intelligence - 360
Today, Artificial Intelligence is omnipresent - having embedded itself within our daily lives via Siri, Alexa, Google translate, spam filters and security cameras.
The field is moving at a breathtaking pace, with near-weekly announcements of surprising breakthroughs and mind bending research - broadcast via blog posts, conference papers, web demos and media interviews. AI today is a global phenomenon. Fervent believers, defiant contrarians, radical experimenters and centrist thought leaders populate this new AI ecosystem.
So what is this new resurgent AI, really? And where is it taking us - in the near term, in the mid-term? What are the latest AI breakthroughs? The emerging ethical challenges? How may this new AI affect our lives? How may we respond?
These and numerous other insightful topics on AI will frame the content in “Artificial Intelligence - 360” - a new Shared Internet Group (SIG). The SIG will be designed to serve as a platform for robust discussion on various emerging and persisting AI topics.
The SIG agenda may be as follows;
⁃ The Promise of Benevolent AI
⁃ The Threats of Malevolent AI
⁃ The Ethics of AI
⁃ Breaking AI News
⁃ Breakthrough Research News
⁃ Deep Insights
⁃ Fun AI
The SIG will meet once a month. Each session will last 2 hours.
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The Commons is OLLI’s free meetup place!
We invite you to join activities in The Commons, OLLI’s free meetup place. To receive the Zoom link for a group or event in The Commons, please register beforehand. All events are free! Use the instructions here to register.
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Poetry Reading: Friday, December 17, from 7 – 8pm with Ginny Bentz
Bring a poem of your own or a favorite one written by someone else.
You will have about five minutes to read aloud and to give some context, so one longer poem or two short ones work well. If you’d rather just listen, that’s okay too. Sip on a glass of wine or a cup of tea as we sit back, relax, and applaud each unique offering!
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Coffee with Marta: Tuesday, December 21, from 9 – 10am with Marta Skiba
Join Us! On Tuesday, December 21 we will be sharing stories of a job we’ve had in the past.
Start the day with friends and make new connections.
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The Schmoozery:
Wednesday, December 22, from
1 – 2pm with Hank Greenspan
A facilitated conversation: At our Age…In this Age
Join this free, facilitated conversation in which participants are invited
to share stories and reflections about aging, generations, hopes, and related topics in “uncertain times.”
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Looking ahead to 2022: First Friday Happy Hour on Friday, January 7, at 4:30pm
Mark your calendar for First Friday Happy Hour on Friday, January 7, at 4:30pm. Next month's host is Steve Nason. The featured topic will be hot beverages.
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Upcoming OLLI Reads Events
OLLI Reads is pleased to announce two new events for the Winter/Spring session - Scott Ellsworth will be discussing his new book on the Tulsa Race Massacre The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice (January 28th at 10 AM). There will also be a facilitated discussion of Mary Doria Russell’s The Women of the Copper Country (March 18th at 10 AM).
Copies of both books are available in the office for OLLI members to check out and read in preparation for these two events.
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The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice
Dr. Scott Ellsworth
Friday, January 28, 2022 10:00am - 11:30am
To learn more about this OLLI Reads event, click the book above.
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The Women of the Copper Country
Mary Doria Russell
Friday March 18, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
To learn more about this OLLI Reads event, click the book above.
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Donate to OLLI!
Interested in sponsoring an OLLI Event? If you're interested in sponsoring a lecture, lecture series, one or more study groups, or special event at OLLI, please let us know! These sponsorships can be dedicated to someone special, or in honor of a special person or occasion. For more information, please contact Jennifer Howard at [email protected], or at 734-998-9350.
To make a gift to OLLI's Annual Fund to support OLLI operating costs or to make a gift to the Friends Endowment Fund, please visit our website by clicking the button below.
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Looking for Afternoons with OLLI Chair!
Afternoons with OLLI, a vibrant and engaged group is looking for a chair! Join a very active group that enjoys planning events (that will move to evenings in the spring) that explore Ann Arbor and Michigan featuring local personalities, interesting places and highlight compelling stories and current issues in our community.
For more information, please contact Lynn Boyer at [email protected].
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OLLI Special Projects Committee is currently recruiting volunteers!
Looking for a fun and stimulating volunteer opportunity and a way to contribute? Join the Special Projects Committee, the OLLI "New Program Incubator". This is the committee that developed the Climate Change series, the COVID series, Torn from the Headlines, OLLI @home and OLLI Reads. Join us if you like generating new program ideas and making them happen.
Contact Jane Spinner at [email protected] or Laurie Barnett at [email protected] if interested or to get additional information.
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OLLI is Always Looking for Volunteers for Committees
There are a multitude of volunteer opportunities at OLLI - We need you!
Please contact the on more ways to get involved:
Lynn Boyer
[email protected]
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Organizational Memberships | | |
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Did you know that OLLI offers Organizational Memberships?
We now offer memberships at a group rate to organizations in our local community. This partnership will expand life enrichment programming within local community organizations and will allow members to get engaged in many of our program offerings and continuing education classes. To learn more, click the image of the brochure on the left.
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It’s a Wonderful Life
Part of the FREE Holiday Classics Series at the Michigan Theater.
Plays Sunday, 12/19, at 1:30 PM at the Michigan.
After George Bailey (James Stewart) wishes he had never been born, an angel (Henry Travers) is sent to earth to make George's wish come true. George starts to realize how many lives he has changed and impacted, and how they would be different if he was never there.
1946. 129 mins. Drama/Comedy. PG.
FREE admission - Registration required!
To register, click here.
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If you would like more information about Michigan Medicine resources during this challenging time, please click the button below. | |
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2401 Plymouth Road, Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2193
Telephone (734) 998-9351
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