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September 6, 2016                        NEWSFLASH
Fall Classes Start Sept. 12th. Are You Ready?
Welcome to Fall Term
Things to Do
  • Add to your schedule. Check the list of courses with open seats and then sign in. 
  • Make space for others. Drop courses you no longer plan to attend. Just email the office with "Drop" in the subject, plus course name.
  • Put class dates and times on your calendar so you don't forget. 
  • Find your OLLI badge (new members can get theirs in the office) and wear it in class. Your instructors and fellow members will appreciate it.
OLLI Public Lectures this September 
Have you wanted to take a course from Susan Stitham or John Kloetzel, but couldn't schedule it? Our September community lectures will feature these two popular OLLI instructors: 
  • Wednesday, September 21, 1:00 to 3:00 pm, Camelot Theatre, Talent. To put this year's election into perspective, attend Susan Stitham's lecture on the most controversial election in America so far. Learn about the surprising role that Oregon played in setting the stage for the end of Reconstruction and legalization of racial segregation. For details and to register for "Oregon and the Presidential Election of 1876," click here
  • Friday, September 30, 1:00 to 3:00 pm, RCC/SOU Higher Education Center, Medford. John Kloetzel's presentation, "'It's a Small World: the Life Within Us" describes the unseen organisms that are an integral part of who we are--from those that populate our guts to relicts of ancient life forms that invaded our cells. Learn about the emerging science on how they impact our health. Click here for full details or to register.
Note: we request registration to ensure there are sufficient seats (and cookies). Feel free to bring non-member guests.

Fall Announcements
Other Lifelong Learning Opportunities. Although OLLI offers a wide variety of courses at no per class fee and many opportunities to form ongoing social connections,  it isn't the only source of lifelong learning for adults in the Rogue Valley this fall. Check out the Fall 2016 recreation guides for Ashland and Medford, as well as programs being presented by the Ashland Art Center, Jackson County Library Services, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, ScienceWorks, and SOU's Oregon Center for the Arts.


Free Chamber Music Concert. OLLI members and their guests are invited to a free performance of the Danish String Quartet on Saturday, October 15 at 10:00 am. Click on this link for more details. No registration required. For questions email Jody Schmidt, Executive Director, Chamber Music Concerts or call 541-552-6154.



OLLI Office Support. Linda LaGasse, OLLI's Database and Membership Assistant, will be returning to the Medford campus, and a new SOU student intern, Jessica Sambrailo, will be serving as Member Service Assistant, replacing Christina Spencer, who will be busy with her graduate school internship program. 


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