Registrationfor Winter Term will be held on Tuesday, December 3, 8 am.
Mark your calendar!
We will have full details in next Sunday's newsletter.
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Astronomy Club of Asheville Meeting
Thursday, December 5, 7 pm
2nd Annual Club Holiday Social and Auction
Click here to see more.
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Financial Strategies in Retirement
Special Interest Group
Friday, December 6, 1:30 pm
The stock market has been on a tear this year, but many have little faith that this move portends a bull market.
Chris Amys, financial advisor at Wells Fargo begs to differ. Come and find out why!
The SIG Financial Strategies in Retirement will host Chris on Friday, December 6, 1:30 pm at the Reuter Center. Open to all OLLI members.
Contact Kate Beatty for more information, 828-231-7710, kkbmom@yahoo.com
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 A HOLIDAY CONCERT by the
REUTER CENTER SINGERS
Monday, December 9, 7:30 pm
Reuter Center's
Manheimer Room
Under the direction of
Chuck Taft, the chorus will be presenting a program featuring traditional and contemporary arrangements of holiday favorites followed by a cookie and hot cider reception.
This free concert is offered to the OLLI membership and the Asheville community.
Donations are gratefully accepted.
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SIG Women's Group
Seeking New Members  In this special interest group designed and run by OLLI members, women participate in non-judgmental sharing, for pleasure, friendship, and mutual enrichment. Topics may include such subjects as: grace, humor, guilt, joy, exploring beliefs about aging, how to say "no," health, death of loved ones, retirement, working retirement, parenting adult children, caring for our aging parents, sex in the second fifty years, in-lawing, grand parenting, etc.
Call or email for meeting times. SIG contact: Bobbie Bowen, 828-693-1523, ravery09@gmail.com or Joannie Alston, 713-302-8453, joanniealston@aol.com
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OLLI Merchandise
Now Available in
the UNC Asheville Bookstore and online
Visit the campus bookstore website to purchase a great OLLI tote or insulated mug. Shop online or in store.
We will have merchandise for sale at registration on December 3.
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T hank you!
The Brother Wolf Animal Rescue dogs and cats were smiling as we unloaded three trunkloads of food at the shelter. Thanks to all who participated in the two-week long event. Hopefully this will be an annual pet food drive. Watch for notices next fall! Let's make it 10 truckloads!!
Brother Wolf has a particular need for blankets at this time of year, and has a year-round need for donations.
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Dear OLLI Members,
We hope you are enjoying perusing the offerings in the Winter 2014 catalog. Please click here to enjoy the catalog online. We will send full details on registration, to be held Tuesday, December 3, in the Sunday newsletter on December 1.
Please be aware that we will close at 5 pm on Tuesday, November 26, and re-open at 8 am on Monday, December 2, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Please be aware that we will be operating with a small staff next week.
We have something to be especially thankful for this holiday. Laurel Jernigan, who directs our Civic Engagement, Life Transitions, and Workshops programs and is our volunteer coordinator, gave birth on November 23 to Annabelle Hazel, a 9 pound, 3 ounce girl, the latest member of the OLLI family. Congratulations to Laurel, her husband Will, and her son Owen. We know Laurel and her family will manage this life transition with joy and the good wishes of everyone here at the Reuter Center.
Thank you for the many ways you contribute to our community. Have a happy Thanksgiving!
Catherine Frank
Executive Director
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This Week Nov. 24-30, 2013
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Next Week Dec 1-7, 2013
Tuesday, December 3, 8 am, Winter Registration
Tuesday, December 3, 7:30 pm, World Affairs Council
Wednesday, December 4, 7 pm, Blue Ridge Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Thursday, December 5, 7 pm, Astronomy Club of Asheville
Friday, December 5, 1:30 pm, Financial Strategies in Retirement presentation by Chris Amys
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And Beyond
Monday, December 9, 7:30 pm, Reuter Center Singers Holiday Concert
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UNC ASHEVILLE CAMPUS EVENT HIGHLIGHTSWeek of November 2411/25 Humanities Lecture: "Silk Road," panel of UNC Asheville faculty. 11:25 am in UNC Asheville's Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 828/251-6808.
11/25 Humanities Lecture: "Where have we been? Where are we? Where are we going? The Ebb and Flow of Empires," Ann Dunn and John McClain, Humanities lecturers. 11:25 am in UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. Free and open to the public. Info: humanities.unca.edu or 828/251-6808.
11/26 Sports: - Women's Basketball: UNC Asheville vs. Bluefield College. 7 pm at UNC Asheville's Kimmel Arena. Tickets and info: visit uncabulldogs.com or call 828.258.7900.
11/27-12/1 Closing: Thanksgiving Holiday Break for UNC Asheville students, faculty and services.
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WLOS TV 13 Story
Features OLLI Members
Experts say a population surge continues as the Ashe ville area bounces back from the post-recession slump. Lately,
Asheville is trending as a place people from all over the map are moving. WLOS reporters interviewed Renate Rikkers and members of her fall term course Yoga with Wrinkles. Thanks to members of the course and to Renate for creating such a positive image of creative retirement.
Click here to view the Migration to Asheville story.
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The World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina in conjunction with UNC Asheville's political science department and OLLI invite you to a lecture by Raymond Gilpin on
"Africa: A Hopeful Continent?"
Tuesday, December 3, 7:30 pm
Reuter Center's Manheimer Room
Can Africa's economic improvements in the 2000s, with GDP growth more than any other region other than Asia's, be sustained, and how will it shape the lives of average Africans? Raymond Gilpin is a published author, regular blogger, and currently the academic dean at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC. He is a Cambridge University trained economist and has worked at the World Bank as well as with a number of African financial institutions.
This event is the fourth in our 2013-2014 World Affairs Council series. Members who have subscribed to the series but have not received their WAC-WNC card may do so when they enter. For those who have not subscribed, annual memberships may be purchased "at the door." UNC Asheville students are admitted free. Single admission price for this event is $10.
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ADVANCING DIVERSITY AT OLLI - NEXT STEPS 
The Diversity Group met recently and approved a proposal that would expand the core group to include OLLI members who are eager to support diversity initiatives at OLLI. So far at least twenty members have expressed interest, and there is good reason to believe that others would like to be included.
The immediate next step is to have an organizational meeting for this larger group in early January, likely to be Thursday or Friday, January 9th or 10th. At that meeting discussion will center on an agenda for a subsequent day-long workshop facilitated by a diversity expert. The aims of the workshop are to increase consciousness of the issues surrounding diversity, identify doable projects that group members would undertake, identify allies in the community with whom we might partner to build our capacity, and most important develop a sense of common purpose and mutual commitment.
If you wish to be included in this expanded effort please e-mail Steve Kaagan, Skaagan@msu.edu
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