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March 10-16, 2013

Dear OLLI members,   

Remember that daylight savings time began this morning, so be sure to set your clocks ahead one hour.

 

Many thanks to volunteers and staff who worked on data entry and verification and to OLLI Business Manager Ann Cadle for organizing and running the process.  We will send out schedules on Tuesday, March 12, and Add/Drop will begin on Wednesday, March 13 at 8 am. Watch for an email on Tuesday with all the relevant details.

 

We hope you will sign up to join us for our second Hands On Civic Engagement project in the garden at Hall Fletcher Elementary School on March 20 from 3 to 5:45 pm (more details are listed below in the newsletter).  Staff and volunteers at Hall Fletcher are doing amazing things to enrich the lives of young children, and this is a great opportunity to learn about their programming and to lend a hand.  Our first Hands On Day at Manna Foodbank invigorated participants and led to a great sense of community, and this project is designed to offer a variety of ways to make friendships and make a difference.  Contact Laurel Jernigan ([email protected]) to learn more and to be involved in this project or in any of the work of the Civic Engagement Committee. 

 

Mark your calendar for next Saturday for another in our series of Civil War lectures, sponsored in conjunction with the Western North Carolina Historical Association.  The topic for the lecture on Saturday, March 16, 2 pm, at the Reuter Center, is "Sacred Bodies: Caring for the Dead During and After the War." 

 

Our calendar, even between College for Seniors terms, is full of wonderful opportunities to learn and try something new.  Thanks to all of our members and community partners who make the Reuter Center and OLLI at UNC Asheville such a vibrant and stimulating environment. 

 

Have a great week. 

 

Catherine Frank       

Executive Director  

      

 

Add/Drop Begins Wednesday March 13
8 am
attention




Spring 2013 College for Seniors class schedules will be  sent out late in the afternoon of Tuesday, March 12.  To change that class schedule, you may drop or add a class by calling or stopping by the Reuter Center after 8 am, Wednesday, March 13.  

DO NOT call before 8 am Wednesday with changes. We want to work with the people who come to the Center, and we will be less efficient if we are trying to return a long list of phone calls. 
 

During Add/Drop, you may add as many courses as you can schedule at no additional cost (other than $20 fees as required for some of our wellness and recreation courses.) 

If you have received the number of courses you requested (up to three), you will not be added to a wait list for your alternate courses and must add yourself to the wait list during the add/drop process.  We do not post lists of open or closed classes online because during the add/drop period these lists change so frequently.  We will contact you when you move from the wait list to enrollment if you are on a waitlist.  

The last time to drop courses for a full refund is 4 pm, March 22.  

"We're Not Kidding" Special Interest Group Meeting 

Tuesday, March 12, 

4:30 pm

The topic and speaker: 

   "Financial Considerations for the Child Free"

Patrick Chitwood, CPA

Appalachian

In the Garden

March 20

3-5:45 pm

Hall Fletcher Elementary

 

On March 20,  OLLI members are invited to volunteer at the Hall Fletcher Elementary Community Garden. Get a firsthand look at how a local school is working on the issue of hunger through gardening, learn more about the integration of the garden into student academics, and help prepare the garden for springtime activities by participating in four "hands on" volunteer projects.

 

Projects include: 

 Build stacked beds/plant

 Assemble garden markers

 Sort seedling containers for the spring  

Paint sides of raised bed for mural

 

See http://olliasheville.com/civic-engagement for more information or call Laurel Jernigan 250-3871 or [email protected] to sign up.
RSVP Session Cancelled

RSVP has cancelled the March 18, 9:30 am information session at the Reuter Center.

 Please contact the RSVP office at 828-251-6622 or [email protected] for more information about ongoing volunteer opportunities.

Mark Your Calendar for New Member Welcome!
 Welcome
March 22, 10 am
Reuter Center
Manheimer Room
Come find out all OLLI, make new friends, visit with the many SIGs, and enjoy light refreshments.
Whether you are a new members or returning,
 plan to join the fun.

This Week   

Mar 10-16, 2013      

Tuesday, Mar 12, 4 pm, Class schedules sent
Tuesday, Mar 12, 7:30 pm, World Affairs Council-"Iran, Israel and the Bomb" by Paul Magnarella, Director of Peace and Justice Studies at Warren Wilson College
Wednesday, Mar 13, 8 am, Drop/Add begins
Wednesday, Mar 13, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Wednesday, Mar 13, 7 pm, f/32 Photography Group meeting
Friday, Mar 15, 3 pm, Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer
Saturday, Mar 16, 2 pm, Civil War Lecture Series "Community Under Stress-The Civil War in WNC" presents "Sacred Bodies: Caring for the Dead During and After the War" will be presented by three staff members and archivists from the office of the North Carolina State Archives.
   
 
Click here to see the OLLI calendar and then click on each event to discover times, event specifics and more. 

Next Week

Mar 17-23, 2013

Sunday, Mar 17, 2:30 pm, Autumn Players Readers Theatre-Rattigan's "In Praise of Love" directed by Beth Ely
Monday, Mar 18, 1 pm, Safe Driving Program (registration required. Contact Clinton Smoke, 828-551-5578)
Tuesday, Mar 19, 4 pm, Class schedules sent with or without changes
Tuesday, Mar 19, 7 pm, Audubon Society meeting
Wednesday, Mar 20, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Friday, Mar 22, 10 am, New Member Welcome
Friday, Mar 22, 4 pm, Deadline for full CFS tuition refund 
 
Click here to see the OLLI calendar and then click on each event to discover times, event specifics and more.  

And Beyond

Monday, Mar 25, 9 am, Spring CFS classes begin
Tuesday, Mar 26, 5 pm, Humanities Lecture~James Perkin, UNC Asheville Physics faculty
Wednesday, Mar 27, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra open rehearsal
Thursday, Mar 28, 4:15 pm, OLLI Town Hall meeting

Click here to visit the OLLI calendar where you will find details on the above listed events and more.

unca


Campus Events Highlights 
Week of 3/10/13

3/31 Photography: - New Exhibit: f/32 Photography Group - "Texture, Pattern, Shape, Oh My!"  - digital and film photographs at Blowers Gallery in UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library. Free and open to the public. Info: 828/251-6436 or bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library

3/13  Sports: Baseball: UNC Asheville vs. East Tennessee State University. 3 p.m. at UNC Asheville's  Greenwood Field. Tickets and info: uncabulldogs.com

3/17 Event: Writers at Home - Katherine Min and Beth Keefauver - Monthly series of readings sponsored by UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program. Katherine Min is UNC Asheville assistant professor of literature and author of the novel "Secondhand World," and numerous short stories. Beth Keefauver has taught at Warren Wilson College, and the University of  Tennessee and has published fiction in many journals. 3 p.m. at Malaprop's Bookstore/Caf�, 55  Haywood St., in downtown Asheville; free and open to the public. Info: 828/254-6734.


Click here to view the UNC Asheville Events calendar          

Click here to view the UNC Asheville campus map. 

Reception and Lecture Rescheduled



The reception and lecture with Dr. Walter Ziffer in conjunction with the exhibition "Parallel Journeys: WWII and the Holocaust"  has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 20, 7 pm. 

 

To learn more, visit the university's web page by clicking on this link.

 

Parallel Journeys: WWII and the Holocaust will be on display in Karpen Lobby at UNC Asheville 

 

through March 29.

This program is sponsored by 

UNC Asheville's Center for Diversity Education.



OLLI at UNC Asheville Workshops Program
presents
Hand Painted Silk Scarf

Instructor:  Donna Trunk Donna Trunk
CRN# 20011
Date:  Saturday, March 23, 10 am - 3 pm
Fee: $55/per person
Materials Fee: $15/person, payable to instructor

 

Create a one of a kind hand painted silk scarf. Learn watercolor techniques using salt, stamps and resists to design your own accessory. Bring photos, pictures and ideas to create unique motifs. Silk scarves, brushes and paints will be provided by instructor.


For more information, click here for a link to view the workshop description and more information.  Stop by the Center or call 828-251-6140 to register.   

Humanities Lecture
  Tuesday, March 26, 5pm
Reuter Center Manheimer Room

 

James Perkins In the third lecture in the Consilience of Physics and the Humanities series, Dr. James Perkins will address the question: What should physical scientists know about the humanities? Topics include a historical perspective of early physicists' dual roles as humanists, recent trends and techniques for including humanities in the natural sciences classroom, and the interplay of humanities with current global topics in physics such as the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, the potential discovery of the Higgs Boson, and the L'Aquila earthquake verdict.

James Perkins is a lecturer in the UNC Asheville Department of Physics and contributor to the Humanities Program as instructor of Humanities 324, The Modern World.    

A Critical Conversation on Affordable Care in NC  

March 14, 6 pm  

Mountain View Room at the Sherrill Center

medicaid    

A community forum on Medicaid expansion and the Insurance Exchange

 

Medicaid expansion would increase health care access to 500,000 working poor; provide reimbursement to hospitals for uncompensated care; and create an estimated 23,000 health care industry jobs.  Despite these figures, NC lawmakers have voted to block Medicaid expansion.  What can we do now? How will the Insurance Exchange work?  

 

Panelists will include Shannon Dowler, Chief Medical Officer, Blue Ridge Community Health Services; Jaclyn Kiger, Attorney, Pisgah Legal Services; Allison Rice, Senior Attorney, Duke AIDS Legal Project and Adam Searing, Director, NC Justice Center's Health Access Coalition. 

This event is brought to you by Western North Carolina AIDS Project and community partners: ABIPAChildren First/Communities in SchoolsJust EconomicsPisgah Legal ServicesPlanned Parenthood of AshevilleUnited Way of Asheville and Buncombe CountyWNC Community Health Services and WNC Health Advocates   

For more information, go to wncap.org 

Contact Information

 [email protected]   828.251.6140