OLLI at SOU NEWSFLASH
November 1, 2021
Winter Course Request Lottery Opens November 8
OLLI's winter course request lottery opens next Monday, November 8, and stays open until November 19. The catalog will arrive in your USPS mailbox by the 8th (one per household) and will be available online, too. And remember, there's no rush to submit your lottery requests. It makes no difference whether a request is received on the first day or the last. So take your time to look over the outstanding courses offered this winter and decide on your top choices. Then you can fill in the gaps on your schedule when open enrollment begins on December 13.

If you are new to OLLI, or need to brush-up on how the registration process works click here to read OLLI's guide (PDF) to "Registration and Getting the Courses You Want."
Teaching on Zoom Orientation
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With the Winter catalog in people's hands, OLLI instructor orientations can't be far away. The Curriculum Committee offers the Teaching on Zoom orientation on Saturday, December 11, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM Pacific time, on Zoom. New online instructors are encouraged to attend. Even those with one term of online instruction under their belts may want to attend to brush up their skills. Want to be a co-host and support an instructor? Attend! The world of online Zoom has truly become a permanent part of instruction. For more information, email [email protected].
Important Dates – Mark your Calendar
  • Winter Catalogs received and online: November 8
  • Course Request Lottery Opens: November 8
  • Veterans Day Holiday: November 11
  • OLLI Council Meets: November 16
  • Winter Course Request Lottery Ends: November 19
  • Thanksgiving Break: November 24–26
  • Spring Course Proposal Period Opens: December 1
  • Winter Course Assignments Sent: December 6
  • Open Enrollment Registration Begins: December 13
  • Winter Break: December 20–24
  • Spring Course Proposal Period Ends: December 31
  • Winter Term Begins: Monday, January 3
  • Winter Term Ends: Friday, March 11
Winter Birch Trees
With fall term winding down, there are a couple more engaging Conversation Connections coming up. And it's a great time to think about what you'd like to talk about with other OLLI members. Squeeze one in this year, or plan for a "Con-Con" next term.

This Week:
GMA: It's Not Just "Good Morning America"
Facilitator: Camille Korsmo

Coming Up:
"Talk to Us" with Steve Saslow, editor and publisher of the Ashland Tidings and the Medford Mail Tribune
Facilitators: John Ferris and Barry Vitcov

Click here to visit the OLLI Conversation Connections webpage for full descriptions of all the Conversations coming up, including dates, times and RSVP links. And find out how you can hold a Con-Con on a topic that interests you!
OLLI in the News
OLLI is in the news again! This time in an article outlining the range of learning opportunities at SOU. Click here to download a PDF of the article, or here for a link to the online article. With thanks to the efforts of OLLI's Communications and Community Outreach Committee for these articles that increase public awareness about our OLLI and invite new members to learn more.
Friends of the Hannon Library Invitation
The Friends of the Hannon Library invite all OLLI members to the second event of their annual speaker series on Thursday, November 11, 7:00 PM Pacific Time. Keepers of the Flame: Indigenous Burning Practices and the Future of Land Management.

Join Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning, and Professor Chris Adlam for their talk on cultural burning as a restorative practice with multiple co-benefits for land, water, and human communities. They will discuss the ecological and sociopolitical importance of supporting cultural burning practices, share lessons learned from collaborative cultural burning workshops, and reflect on current opportunities and challenges facing cultural burning practitioners in both California and Oregon. Click here to register for the link. These events are free and open to the public.
Free Lifelong Learning Opportunities
SOU's Oregon Center for the Arts: Free livestream concert – Click here.

Kansas University Humanities Center: Robin Wall Kimmerer – Click here.

Duke University Gardens: International Oak Society – Click here.

University of Oregon: Museum of Natural and Cultural History – Click here.