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September 14, 2014
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Carolina Nature Photographers Association   

Sunday, September 14, 5:30 pm
Reuter Center's Room 206

Meeting Topic:  2014 First Annual Portfolio Challenge
 The CNPA-Asheville Region's goal is to develop a group that will more fully experience the beauty of Western North Carolina through photography. Activities in the Asheville Region include monthly meetings, photo outings, seminars, workshops, exhibits, photo contests, and image critiques.  Click here to visit the CNPA website.
 

 

Classes Begin Tomorrow!

 Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 


Fab Friday Lecture  

Friday, September 19, 11:30am
 Manheimer Room


'Aging in Place' by Ann  Thomson

 

 Most people want to stay in their homes for as long as possible. However, as we age, our bodies experience normal physical and cognitive changes that can have an impact on how we function in our home environment. Come learn about the concept of aging in place from Ann Thomson.  

 

Thomson is a licensed occupational therapist who specializes in physical rehabilitation and works for CarePartners Health Services. She performs home safety evaluations through the Balance for Life Program at CarePartners. Free and open to the public, this lecture is part of the Health Education Series.  

Audubon Society Meeting 

Tuesday, September 16, 7 pm
Manheimer Room 
Scott Anderson, NC Birding Trail Coordinator 

The Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society's general meeting will feature Scott Anderson, the North Carolina Birding Trail Coordinator, who will highlight the Trail's recent developments and share tips on where to bird. All EMAS programs are free and open to the public.    

Shuttle Drivers Needed


UNC Asheville is looking for qualified individuals to operate the campus shuttles (fourteen passenger shuttle buses). This position(s) is allocated up to 29 hours per week of part-time work. 

Responsibilities may include (though not limited to): operating a vehicle to transport passengers to campus events and according to established shuttle schedules; completing operating reports, inspecting, cleaning and performing simple routine maintenance and repairs on shuttle vehicles.  

 

Because of the extent of duties, a Campus Shuttle Driver at UNC Asheville must be both knowledgeable and self-motivated.

Please see this link for more details and to submit an application! 



Civil Rights History Presentation
Tuesday, September 16
7 pm
Kenilworth Presbyterian Church

Based on their experiences in the southern freedom movement Isaac Coleman and Carol Hallstrom  have been invited to speak on September 16, 2014, 7 pm about why the civil rights movement still matters.  The 
event will be held at the Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, Asheville.  Free and open to the public. 

Click here to view an event flier. 
 
New Ongoing Weekly 
Grief Support Group
 
Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 pm
Four Seasons Hospice 
Checkpoint Building
373 Biltmore Ave. 
(corner of Biltmore & Choctaw)
Sessions are free and 
open to community members
Call 828-692-6178 to register
 
This will be an ongoing weekly grief support group for anyone grieving the loss, or upcoming loss, of a loved one. Participants will experience support from their fellow grievers as well as relevant grief education, music therapy and facilitation from Emily Keebler, a musical therapist with eleven years of experience working with people grieving.
 Lost & Found at OLLI    

Can't find your glasses?  Favorite water bottle?  Coffee travel mug? Jacket?  It's very possible it's been living in the OLLI Lost & Found drawer.  Please stop by the OLLI office on the upper level of the Reuter Center to claim any lost item we may have found. 

All unclaimed items will be donated to charity on 
Friday, September 19.
BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD "MINSTREL OF APPALACHIA" 
FESTIVAL
Celebrating and Preserving Mountain Music and Dance since 1967

The 2014 festival will be held on October 4, 2014, in conjunction with the Mars Hill Heritage Festival on the campus of Mars Hill University.  Click here to visit the festival website for ticket information and more.
Dear OLLI Members,
We look forward to beginning another enriching session of College for Seniors classes this week.  This newsletter highlights the many other learning opportunities right here at OLLI, on the UNC Asheville campus, and in the broader Western North Carolina community. If you want to make a difference in shaping a new generation of lifelong learners, plan to attend the Civic Engagement Committee's Call to Action tomorrow Monday, September 15. You can learn more about aging in place and enjoy hearing a Symphony Talk on Friday.  You can hear one of our members, Carol Rogoff Hallstrom, and one of Asheville's Living Treasures, Isaac Coleman, tell about their experiences during the Mississippi Freedom Summer or you can learn about exciting developments in the understanding of the Cherokee language.  All of those learning experiences take place this week!

If you are new to OLLI, we hope you will ask all the questions to help you make the most of your opportunities, and if you have been at OLLI for a while, we hope that you will reach out to others to welcome them and to enjoy the enrichment that comes from the instructors as well as your fellow participants. 
 
Welcome back to your home away from home, 
Catherine Frank
Executive Director

Around the Center

OLLI members gathered for Friday's New Member Welcome.

 
Check the links here to see OLLI and UNC Asheville current events:
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When you're on the OLLI calendar page, try clicking on the Daily Schedule link to see where your class will meet!

OLLI Civic Engagement Committee 

A Call to Action
Calling all Tutors, Mentors and Classroom Assistants for K-12 as we discuss how YOU can make a difference shaping the next generation of  lifelong learners.    On Monday, September 15, 2014, 4:15 pm, please join speakers:
  • Marc Hunt, Vice-Mayor, Asheville
  • Dr. Pamela Baldwin, Superintendent of Schools, Asheville
  • Cynthia Sellinger, Principal, Asheville Middle School
  • Julia Shuster, Asheville City Schools Foundation
Some minority elementary school students are at the 23% reading proficiency level and 18% math proficiency. Some minority middle school students are at 22% reading proficiency, 19% math. Some minority high school school students are at 10%. You can make a difference in changing these disparities by serving as a tutor, mentor, or classroom assistant.

Click here to RSVP you plan to attend this event.  For more information, contact Chuck Rosenblum, [email protected]
SIG Stories for the Third Act Meeting
Story telling
Stories for the Third Act, the special interest group for storytellers, will meet
  Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 4:30-6pm  
to plan the year and share stories as well as celebrate the successful storytelling coffeehouse held in August.

Come to listen, come to tell. All are welcome.  Hope to see you there.  Check out the day's postings for the room number where we will be meeting.
Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer
 Friday, September 19, 3 pm

This Symphony Talk session will focus on Rossini's Overture to The Barber of Seville, Dvo˘r�k's Serenade for Winds, Holst's St. Paul's Suite, and Mozart's Symphony No. 39.


The best way to enjoy the Asheville Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks Concerts is to come to the Symphony Talk for the inside scoop on the music, composers, and soloists. Come early to get a seat; this popular series is very well attended. Asheville Symphony Orchestra's music director and conductor Daniel Meyer will speak about the performance for the next evening's concert and local music aficionado Chip Kaufmann will speak about the composers.

Free and open to the public, in the Manheimer Room. 
Plan to arrive early as this popular event fills the room.
Save the Date & Register Now!
What:
  National Drive Electric Week - FREE Asheville Celebration
When:
  Sunday, September 21, 1-4 pm
Where: 161 S. Charlotte St., Asheville, NC, Asheville Public Works Parking Lot   (equipped with solar-driven charging stations)
Why:
    Celebrate the joy of driving plug-in electric vehicles; see all of the choices
 

Proudly presented by Blue Ridge EV Club  and Land-Of-Sky Clean Vehicle Coalition.
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

ReVIEWING BMC 6: The Writers of 
Black Mountain College
September 26-28, 2014
Reuter Center 
at UNC Asheville

Exploring BMC's impact on poetry prose, pedagogy, the writer's craft, typography, design, the intersections between the visual and the literary, and much more.
or call 828-350-8484
  • Full conference - $70/$40 for BMCM+AC/OLLI members. Free for UNC Asheville undergraduate students and staff.
  • Full conference registration includes a year-long BMCM+AC membership. 
  • Daily - $35/$20 for BMCM+AC/OLLI members
  • Keynote address - $25/$10 for BMCM+AC/OLLI members
OLLI members line up for a photo of smiles after participating in the 2014 Day of Caring.  Members volunteered their time at MANNA foodbank sorting and helping. 

keyboard-abstract-blue.jpg Wireless Access at OLLI    
We are happy to announce that significant improvements have been made to our campus wireless environment.  The former "guest"  network is in a new form with easier, more manageable connections.  You will find a more consistent user experience across all major computing platforms (laptops, tablets, and phones) and a one-time setup that is valid for one year.

To connect, you will need to pick up a voucher code and set up instructions from the OLLI office for each device you wish to connect to the wireless.  You'll need to make the initial connection on campus - this cannot be done from home.  Here's a link to the set up instructions.

If you have trouble connecting to the wireless network please visit the ITS Service Desk (located in the Ramsey Library behind the reference desk).
A presentation on Cherokee language analysis and instructio
Dr. Barbara Duncan 
Thursday, September 18, 10 am 
New Hall 014
For the past seven years Dr. Duncan has worked on a Cherokee-centered approach to understanding and teaching Cherokee language with John Standingdeer, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and cultural ambassador for the tribe.  Their new morphological analysis of Cherokee verbs has resulted in a simple way to understand, learn, and teach this difficult, endangered, polysynthetic language.  Some of the results of their research can be seen online at www.yourgrandmotherscherokee.com.  The research so far has resulted in Cherokee dictionary of about 47,000 Cherokee word/sentences.   

Barbara R. Duncan is Education Director at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian and Co-Editor of the Journal of Cherokee Studies.  She holds a PhD in folklore and folklife from the University of Pennsylvania as well as an MA and BA in English literature from Bucknell University. Her books and articles include Living Stories of the Cherokee, which received the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award and the World Storytelling Award; and the Cherokee Heritage Trails Guidebook with co-author Brett Riggs, which received the Preserve America Presidential Award.  In 2008 Duncan received the Brown Hudson Award from the North Carolina Folklore Society, recognizing lifetime achievement. At the Museum she has helped with cultural revitalization projects in stamped pottery, dance, and weaving.

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