Welcome to OLLI-UM This Week!

The OLLI-UM offices, located in the Turner Senior Resource Center, are open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am - 5pm. Masks are required, regardless of vaccination status per University policy.

Contact: 734-998-9351 or [email protected] 

 DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR A POSITION ON THE

OLLI LEADERSHIP COUNCIL?

The process of creating a slate to fill the positions on the OLLI Leadership Council for the annual election next May is getting underway soon. The Council meets once a month to discuss a wide range of policy issues facing OLLI. 

You can self-nominate yourself or another OLLI member for the two opportunities listed below:

• To serve on the Nominating Committee which considers those nominated for positions on the Leadership Council. Please provide a brief description of your or another member's experiences at OLLI which would make them a good candidate for this committee.
• To serve on the OLLI Leadership Council which meets monthly to make policy decisions and recommendations that involve all aspects of OLLI-UM. Please provide some information about the knowledge of OLLI which would make them a good candidate for Council.

Please send candidates by no later than December 1 for consideration for volunteer service in either of the two ways noted above to: Craig Ramsay, Chair of the Nominating Committee, at [email protected].  

*Over the next two months, Michigan Medicine will be updating and consolidating more than 200 individual department websites organized into four major categories. OLLI will be listed under the education and community tab. In addition, OLLI’s courses will be on a new platform, CampusCE. We will maintain continuous communication and offer tutorials for our members so the transfer to the new site is smooth. The OLLI staff has begun our training and we anticipate the new site will be open mid-late December. We have been listening to you, and we think you will love the ease, look of the new website, and class platform. 

*The Turner Senior Resource Center and the OLLI-UM offices will be closed November 24 and 25 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. 

*The Turner Senior Resource Center and the OLLI-UM offices will be closed from December 26, 2022 - January 1, 2023. The OLLI-UM staff will not be available to assist members during this time. 

What Happened on November 8, 2022?

Tuesday, November 22

10:00 - 11:30 AM

Towsley Auditorium and ONLINE

$10.00 at door (Membership Required)

Professor Traugott will summarize the results, the key voting patterns and voter rationale for the recent (11/8/2022) U.S. midterm elections.

Michael Traugott is a political scientist who studies campaigns and elections, voting behavior, political communication, the use of polls to construct news, and survey methodology. He has published extensively in all of these areas. He is active in the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), serving as president of both organizations. In 2010, he received the AAPOR Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Service. He also served as president of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR). He is a frequent resource for journalists interested in discussing American political campaigns and government operations.

Alignment: A Democratic Theory of Election Law

Speaker:

Nicholas Stephanopoulos

Thursday, December 1

10:00 - 11:30AM

Towsley Auditorium and ONLINE

$10.00 at door (Membership Required)

Nicholas Stephanopoulos is the Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he specializes in election law. His work is particularly focused on the intersection of democratic theory, empirical political science, and the American electoral system. He has been involved in several litigation efforts as well, including two partisan gerrymandering cases based on his scholarship and decided by the Supreme Court.

A Capitol Day in Lansing (in-person)

December 7, 2022

Cost:   $135

 *Only 5 spots remain*

*Note: The total number of registrants for this tour will be 30 based on the maximum number of participants allowed by the Michigan Supreme Court for its tours. To assure a seat on this tour, register early.

Enjoy a luxury bus tour from Ann Arbor to Lansing where you will spend the day in our State’s Capitol. Tour the Michigan Supreme Court Hall of Justice and Learning Center and observe oral arguments at the Michigan Supreme Court. After an included lunch, you will conclude the day with a guided tour of the Michigan State Capitol.

*Masks are highly recommended, but not required*

ITINERARY

7:45 a.m.      Depart from Meijer parking lot, Carpenter Rd

9:00 a.m.     Arrive at Michigan Supreme Court Hall of Justice

9:30 a.m.     Observe oral arguments at the Michigan Supreme Court

10:30 a.m.    Tour of Michigan Supreme Court's Learning Center

12:00 p.m.    Lunch at Bravo Italian Kitchen

2:00 p.m.     Guided tour of Michigan State Capitol (1 hour)

3:15 p.m.      Depart for Ann Arbor

4:15 p.m.      Arrive at Meijer Parking Lot, Carpenter Rd

Tour of DIA “Van Gogh in America” Exhibition (ONLINE)

December 9, 2022

3:00 - 4:30 pm

Fee: $10

Join Carlene VanVoorhies, DIA Docent, as she takes us on a virtual tour of some of the 70 authentic Van Gogh works from around the world in the “Van Gogh in America” exhibition.  The exhibition celebrates the DIA’s status as the first public museum in the United States to purchase a painting by Vincent van Gogh, his Self-Portrait (1887). On the 100^th anniversary of its acquisition, enjoy the fascinating story of America’s introduction to this iconic artist in an exhibition only at the DIA.