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Calendar & Announcements
Upcoming Schedule of Events
January 13-19, 2013
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Dear OLLI members,
Although it hardly feels like winter, we will begin our Winter 2013 term of College for Seniors courses tomorrow, Monday, January 14. It is also the first day of UNC Asheville classes for the spring term, so parking may be a bit of challenge this week. By the middle of this week, we hope that a new lot on Campus View Road, a short walk from the Reuter Center, will be open and add 66 parking spaces of proximate parking for the use of our members and students. While these spots will be a short walk away, they will offer amazing view of the mountains to our west and should minimize parking shortages here at the Center. Right now, Progress Energy is installing lighting at the lot, but we will let you know when the spots are open. As always, please remember that you may park in any white-lined space on campus (and that all students with non-resident parking decals may do the same).
For those of you signed up for Wellness and Recreation courses at the Sherrill Center, please note that Susan Poole, the director for the College for Seniors, will be placing a sign up at the entrance to the Sherrill Center, directing participants to Room 351 where classes will be held. Parking is available on the upper level of the Sherrill Center Parking Deck.
As we begin a new term, please take time to acknowledge our new members and make them feel welcome. They have butterflies on their name tags so that you can be sure to offer a special greeting. We also hope that you will continue to make the most of everything the Reuter Center has to offer, including our Fab Friday series. We are working with a number of campus organizations to bring speakers to our campus and also will use the newsletter to let you know about public lectures offered by the UNC Asheville faculty. We also want to help make you aware of opportunities in the larger community. If you are a chess player, please consider taking the opportunity to work with OLLI member Bill Berkeley to support a chess club at Hall Fletcher.
Although we want you to take advantage of the many courses and events we offer at the Center, please remember that this is a particularly harsh cold and flu season. Take extra precautions by covering coughs and sneezes and by washing or sanitizing hands frequently. If you don't feel well, please stay home. Friends and instructors will be happy to fill you in on what you may miss.
Happy learning!
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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College for Seniors Winter term classes begin tomorrow, Monday, January 14.
If you have not yet registered for classes but would like to do so, please come by the Center and check out all the interesting classes with open seats.
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Cold and Flu Season
Tips to help you stay healthy:
Get a flu shot
Get plenty of rest
Wash your hands
Cover your cough
Please stay home if you have a fever or chills
Eat healthy
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 "How Can I Keep From Singing?" You don't have to! Come join The Reuter Center Singers on Monday evenings, 6:15-8:15 pm in the Manheimer Room.
No audition required. Under the direction of Chuck Taft, we will sing a wide array of musical styles and perform publicly, including for our Annual Spring Concert on May 19 We are in special need of additional tenors and 1st sopranos, although all voices are welcome. Contact President Bob Dutnell 484-8327, rhdutnell@gmail.com or Vice President Jean Boyd 254-3458, jboyd85360@aol.com for additional information, or just join the Singers Monday evening. There will be a pot luck social on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 21st) at 5:30pm at the River Ridge Clubhouse instead of the regular rehearsal that evening. Contact Bob or Jean for directions. | |
The Consilience of Physics and the Humanities: Introduction Lecture by Dr. Merritt Moseley Thursday, Jan 24, 12 pm, Manheimer Room The first talk in a series about the relations between the humanities and the physical sciences, including some historical developments, the rise of science, the "Two Cultures" debate of the 1950s and 1960s, and recent developments including the post-modern "problematizing" of scientific discourse. Merritt Moseley is the chair of UNC Asheville's Literature Department, former director of Humanities and former NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities, and a longtime participant in programs of the College for Seniors This lecture is free and open to the public | |
 Tax Filling Website
This site allows UNC Asheville employees and OLLI members to file their income taxes at no cost. myfreetaxes.com
This link can be used by anyone, it is not restricted to UNC Asheville constituents. The UNC Asheville VITA group gets credit for all returns self-prepared using this link.
Questions, contact Monique Taylor, UNC Asheville Internal Auditor, mataylor@unca.edu 828.350.4599 | |
Check out the new exhibit from the Altered Books class taught by Cathy Battle last fall. You'll find images and sample books in the upper level display case and a beautiful and informative slideshow to watch on the computer monitor mounted nearby. | |
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olli@unca.edu 828.251.6140
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This Week
Jan 13-19, 2013
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Monday, Jan 14, 9 am, CFS classes begin
Tuesday, Jan 15, 5 pm, Summer 2013 CFS course proposal submission deadline
Wednesday, Jan 16, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra open rehearsal
Friday, Jan 18, 11:30 am, Fab Friday Health Education Series Lecture: "Keeping Pace" with cardiologist Dr. Royce Bailey
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Click here to see the OLLI calendar and then click on each event to discover times, event specifics and more.
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Next Week
Jan 20-26, 2013
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Monday, Jan 21, Center Closed for MLK, Jr. Day
Tuesday, Jan 22, 6 pm, Economics lecture by Dr. Jonathan Morduch (held in the Sherrill Center)
Thursday, Jan 24, 12 pm, Humanities Lecture by Dr. Merritt Moseley
Friday, Jan 25, 11:30 am Fab Friday Lunch & Learn Lecture "Peru and Ecuador" by photographer and immersive sojourner Carrie Wagner
Click here to see the OLLI calendar and then click on each event to discover times, event specifics and more.
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And Beyond
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Tuesday, Jan 29, 9 am, RSVP Info Session on "At Risk Seniors" Tuesday, Jan 29, 7 pm, Center for Jewish Studies lecture "God vs Gay" (held at the Sherrill Center)Wednesday, Jan 30, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal Click here to visit the OLLI calendar where you will find details on the above listed events and more.
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Campus Events Highlights
Week of 1/13/13
1/17 Art: Opening & Reception - "Recollection & Intention: A participatory art exhibit" Create your own memory jar and view those created by others. Inspired by Candy Chang's "Before I Die" project and Nina Simon's memory jar project. The reception from 5-7 pm on the 17th features a TED talk by both artists. Highsmith University Union. Gallery hours are Monday - Saturday, 9 am - 6 pm, Sun 12-6 pm through February 4th
1/18 Art: Opening Reception - 4th Annual Drawing Discourse Exhibition. Opens with a lecture by acclaimed artist and juror Susan Hauptman at 5 pm in Lipinsky Auditorium. Opening reception 6-8 pm, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 9 am-6 pm through February 5th
1/18 Lectures: Humanities Lecture - "The Scientific Revolution, Colonialism and the Enlightenment," Sam Kaplan, professor of mathematics, and Tracey Rizzo, associate professor of history. 11:25 am in Lipinsky Hall.
1/19 Sports: Bulldog Basketball doubleheader - UNC Asheville Women vs. Gardener-Webb at 2 pm; UNC Asheville Men vs. Longwood University at 4:30 pmKimmel Arena. Tickets and info at uncabulldogs.com or 828/258-7900.
Click here to view the UNC Asheville Events calendar
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Sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) and UNC Asheville's Economics Club,
Jonathan Morduch
January 22, 6 pm
The Sherrill Center Mountain View Room
"What Makes Microfinance Work for the Poor?".
This event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Morduch is a professor of public policy and economics at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Managing Director of the Financial Access Initiative (www.financialaccess.org), a consortium of researchers focused on financial inclusion. His research centers on microfinance, social investment, and the economics of poverty. Morduch is co-author of Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day (Princeton 2009) and The Economics of Microfinance(MIT Press 2005, 2nd edition 2010). He has taught on the economics faculty at Harvard University and has held visiting positions at Stanford, Princeton, and the University of Tokyo.
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The Center for Jewish Studies and The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at UNC Asheville in cooperation with the Asheville Jewish Community Center present
GOD vs GAY? 
The Case for Religious Equality
A talk by Jay Michaelson
Monday, January 28, 7 pm,
in the Sherrill Center Mountain View Room
Free and open to the public
828.232.5027 More Information www.unca.edu/cjs
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Attention Chess Players! Have Fun! Do Good! Volunteer to help with the Hall Fletcher Elementary Chess Club Interested? Contact OLLI Member Bill Berkeley, 828-298-8679 or bkberkeley@att.net Of Asheville's 5 public elementary schools, Hall Fletcher enrolls by far the largest percentage of children whose parents qualify for free or reduced cost lunches (72%). It also enrolls by far the largest percentage of minority students (52% African-American, 7% Hispanic, 1% Asian). Hall Fletcher's 309 K-5 students score 8% below the school district average in math and 13% below in reading. But Hall Fletcher is not a typical "inner city school." It is housed in a large, well-maintained, former middle school on a lovely 14 acre campus in West Asheville. A dynamic new principal is in his second year and has already begun to implement an impressive turnaround strategy for the school. A key element of the plan is the effective use of volunteers. The Friends of Hall Fletcher is an umbrella organization which incorporates the efforts of volunteers from a number of organizations. The school has a full-time Americorps worker to coordinate the efforts of volunteers. Recently a chess club for Hall Fletcher students has been organized by one of the teachers at the school. It has been enormously well-received and there is pressure to expand the membership of the club. The school urgently needs volunteer chess players to tutor the interested students. The time for volunteer tutoring would be any day(s) 4 - 5 pm, Monday thru Thursday. There is significant positive research showing that an active chess club in elementary schools serving children from poverty has a dramatic positive impact on academic motivation and achievement. If you are interested, please call or e-mail Bill Berkeley at 828-298-8679 or bkberkeley@att.net. | |
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