CSU OLLI Spring 2022 Catalog

SPRING 2022 CATALOG ONLINE EDITION

JAN. 27 – MAY 20

CURIOSITY NEVER RETIRES

Table of Contents

Spring ‘22 Director’s Message

Announcements...............................................2

he Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) team at Colorado State University welcomes you to the Spring 2022 term with over 70 engaging multi-week classes and OLLI Talk lectures. We look forward to catching up with our returning members and welcoming our new and prospective members.

Contact Information........................................ 3 Membership Info and Policies..................... 4 Important Dates................................................6 How to Register.........................................6, 38 Course Descriptions Art and Design.............................................. 10 Cultural, Domestic, and Global Affairs.....13 Health and Wellness................................... 19 History, Psychology, and Philosophy..... 23 Literature and Communication................ 29 Music, Theatre, and Film.............................31 Nature, Science, and Technology............33 OLLI Member Bonus Lectures................. 36 Meet the Instructors.................................. 39 Give the Gift of Learning..............................44 Honor Roll of Donors................................... 45

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It was wonderful to reconnect in person with so many members during the fall term as OLLI was able to offer 1/3 of our courses at Drake Hall. We appreciate everyone’s efforts to keep our doors open by strictly following the pandemic precautions to protect themselves, other members, instructors, and OLLI staff.

Our online classes also continued to flourish, and members enjoyed a wide range of interesting topics presented by our talented local instructors as well as many nationally recognized experts who were new to our program.

We had very robust fall term registrations for the five complimentary Member Bonus Activities, and OLLI is offering five new, engaging Member Bonus Activities for the spring term as a thank you for your ongoing support of the program during these challenging pandemic months.

As the OLLI program steps into 2022, we are committed to recruiting new world-class instructors with diverse portfolios; utilizing member financial gifts to support curriculum growth; restructuring our organizational operations to provide innovative and responsive solutions to member needs, and building the infrastructure required to realize our vision of multi-modal classroom delivery systems that will provide both face-to-face and Livestream capabilities.

With the emergence of the highly contagious Omicron variant, OLLI in coordination with University and CDC pandemic protocols, continues to prioritize the safety and comfort of our members returning to Drake Hall. New for Spring 2022, all OLLI members, instructors, staff, and visitors attending in-person classes at CSU Drake Hall are now required to be fully vaccinated including a booster shot in order to be in a CSU classroom facility. Additionally, masks must be worn at all times to cover the mouth and nose entirely, and classroom capacity will be limited to provide adequate social distancing.

Spring term 2022 will be a great time to join or reengage with OLLI at CSU, and the OLLI team is looking forward to seeing you in Drake Hall and in online classes soon. Please let us know how we’re doing throughout the term, as we always welcome and value your comments and suggestions.

Warmly, Pat Gannon

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Exceeded expectations!

Excellent, provocative, and pertinent information.

WHAT OUR MEMBERS SAY I learned more than I expected and feel grateful for the extra bits of info that made it so interesting.

These lectures are very comprehensive, yet approachable. Enjoying my first experience with OLLI.

Great presentation by someone who had personal experience with the subject. I learned a lot of new details.

Excellent info, well organized, expertly, and personably presented.

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OLLI at CSU Spring 2022 Announcements OLLI Team Staffing Updates

Online Registration Encouraged

OLLI @ CSU is pleased to announce the following staffing changes: Julie Braswell has been promoted from OLLI Administrative Coordinator to the OLLI Program Manager position and brings considerable expertise to expanded program responsibilities. Lauren Jones has been promoted from her former role as OLLI Support Staff to fill the OLLI Administrative Coordinator vacancy created by Julie’s promotion. Both positions are essential to our efficient OLLI operations, and we welcome the talents of both these professionals to support OLLI growth and high-quality member services.

We encourage members to continue using online registration and ask that you email OLLI@colostate.edu if you need help with this process. You will also find an OLLI registration tutorial video here.

Your Choice- OLLI In-Person or Online Class Options!

Almost two years after closing the doors to Drake Hall, we are excited to announce that we will be offering an increased number of in-person classes at Drake Hall as well as continuing to offer many online classes from which to choose. With 70 courses, OLLI Talks, and OLLI Experiences, we think you’ll find that there is something of interest for everyone.

Spring 2022 Drake Hall Public Safety As OLLI continues a gradual return to Drake Hall, the safety and comfort of our OLLI members and instructors remains our highest priority. With the potential spread of the more contagious Omicron variant, the CSU Pandemic Preparedness Team, in consultation with county health officials and with the approval of university leadership, has provided pandemic-related guidelines that OLLI for Spring term 2022.

• All OLLI members, instructors, staff, and visitors attending in-person classes at CSU Drake Hall are required to be fully vaccinated with a booster in order to attend class in a CSU facility.

• Colorado State University mandates masks for all students, faculty, staff, campus visitors, OLLI members, and instructors regardless of vaccination status. Masks must be worn at all times to cover the mouth and nose entirely.

• OLLI will retain socially distanced seating arrangements in Drake Hall classes.

• Members, instructors, or OLLI visitors exhibiting any Covid-like symptoms are encouraged to stay home and are asked to report symptoms report symptoms using the CSU Guest Covid Reporter.

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Please note: If members cannot register online, the OLLI team will be available for limited in-person registration at Drake Hall: Thursday, January 20, 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Friday, January 21, 9:00-Noon Credit cards only.

Remember, multiple members residing in the same space are encouraged to help support OLLI by registering for online classes or lectures separately, even if you plan to join using a single device.

Enjoy Complimentary Member Bonus Activities OLLI is pleased to continue offering the very popular series of five complimentary bonus activities for our Spring 2022 members as a thank-you for your ongoing support throughout this challenging past two years.

Available to you will be a guided online tour of the Cuban Art exhibit at the remarkable Frist Museum in Tampa, Florida, a fascinating Valentine’s Day online lecture on the History and Mystery of Chocolate, in addition to three interesting Drake Hall bonus online lectures. These brand-new activities are made possible in part thanks to your kind OLLI donations and are free to spring OLLI members; however, registration is required.

Your OLLI Donations at Work The OLLI team appreciates the many generous member and instructor donations made during the financially challenging past two years. As a self-supporting program, OLLI depends on your membership and tuition fees as well as contributions to sustain our program, and every dollar you give makes a difference.

During the spring term, your OLLI donations are being used to support instructor honorariums, the tuition assistance program and our new complimentary member bonus activities. Please consider donating to this worthy cause. Make an OLLI donation here.

Contact Us OLLI Registration www.osher.colostate.edu

Comments and Questions OLLI@colostate.edu

Complimentary with your paid Spring Membership:

Pat Gannon, Director

• Avenier Museum Tour: So, You Think YOU Have a Big

Pat.Gannon@colostate.edu

Walk-In Closet

• Discover Mountain Home Cemetery • The FBI: An Insider’s Story • The History and Mystery of Chocolate

Julie Braswell, Program Manager Julie.Braswell@colostate.edu

Lauren Jones, Administrative Coordinator Lauren.Jones@colostate.edu

• Frist Museum Cuban Art Exhibit

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About the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) The San Francisco–based Bernard Osher Foundation was started in 1977 by Bernard Osher, a respected businessman and community leader. The Foundation seeks to improve quality of life through support of higher education and the arts. In partnership with the Bernard Osher Foundation, Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes are now found on the campuses of 124 prestigious colleges and universities, from Maine and California to Hawaii and Alaska. Each provides a distinctive array of noncredit courses and activities specifically developed for intellectually curious adults of all ages, with special attention to “seasoned adults” 50 or better.

Initially endowed by the Bernard Osher Foundation, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Colorado State University was established in 2006 and is a membershipbased, self-supporting program committed to fostering lifelong learning and enriching lives. Join us and take part in OLLI’s ever-evolving educational opportunities!

Why Become a Member?

Indulge your curiosity! People who are active, engaged in their communities, and who continue learning throughout their lives feel more productive and purposeful and are healthier and happier. There are no grades, no tests and no pressure in OLLI, just an opportunity to keep your knowledge of our ever-changing world up to date, try new experiences, and join a community of other inquisitive minds.

• Expand your experiences and engage your curiosity • Gain access to exceptional classes, lectures and special programs

• Gather with others like you who are committed to learning for a lifetime Join today because you’re worth it! Click here to join OLLI

Who Belongs to OLLI? Our members are people like you from all settings, professions, educational backgrounds, and places. We welcome adults of all ages – with special consideration of those 50 and better – with a desire to learn, engage, build new friendships, and take an active part in discovering more about the world around us.

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Why Membership Fees?

OLLI at CSU is a member-based, member-driven program. Membership is required to participate in our many exciting courses, OLLI Talks lectures, and special programs. Membership fees are critical to our institute’s success and sustainability and are non-refundable. Along with course tuition and donations, membership fees provide the needed support for our dynamic, quality programming and serve to remind learners that they are part of an engaged, active community and a national network of lifelong learners.

OLLI Membership • OLLI offers 2 membership terms each year: Fall (September-December), Spring (January-May)

• The $25 membership fee each term allows access to registration for all in-person and online courses and lectures.

• Enjoy five complimentary member-only bonus activities included with your paid membership each term.

• If you are unsure if your membership is current, you may check your account on our website by logging into your account at the top of the homepage. Go to My Account and select My Profile. Scroll to the bottom to find your membership information. If you do not have a current membership, one will automatically be added to your checkout cart when you register for classes.

Multi-Week Courses, OLLI Talk Lecture, and Special Program Fees • A paid membership is required to register for all courses, lectures, and special programs.

• Tuition for each course and special program varies based on the length of the course.

• Registration for each 2-hour OLLI Talks lecture is $10.

• Registration for multiple courses is allowed and encouraged.

• All courses, OLLI Talks lectures, and special programs enroll on a first-come basis subject to space availability.

Waitlists are available.

• Registration continues throughout the term until the day before a class or lecture begins.

OLLI classes are extremely informative and interesting!

Tuition Assistance Thanks to the generosity of the Oltjenbruns Tuition Assistance Fund and the Cathy Stawarski Fund, OLLI tuition assistance is available to any new or returning member experiencing financial difficulty. If financial challenges prohibit you from enrolling in OLLI courses, we encourage you to apply for tuition assistance to help with course and/or lecture tuition. Email OLLI@colostate.edu to request the application form or if you have any questions.

Course Waitlists

Unable to Attend If you register for a class and cannot attend, please notify our office right away. Do not offer your class seat to someone not registered for the class since we will reach out to members on the waitlist to fill that vacancy. Attendance is taken during each class period, and unregistered visitors will not be allowed to remain in the class.

Class Cancellations If a course or lecture is canceled, OLLI staff, when possible, will provide a two-hour notice of cancellation and will reach out to all affected class members by email or phone if email is not an option. Members will have a 48-hour window to request a transfer to another course. Please check the OLLI website www.osher.colostate.edu for alternative class options. After 48 hours, a full refund will be processed.

Credit card refunds require ten business days.

The online course format provides the opportunity for increased class size. In the event, a course reaches capacity, a waitlist will be available. You will be able to add your name to the waitlist of any course marked full. If a course does not show up in your search, the class and the waitlist are both full.

If space in a waitlisted class becomes available, you will receive an email notification and will have 48 hours to accept the invitation to attend that class. If you do not register for the class within the 48-hour window, the automated system will offer the space to the next person on the waitlist.

Inclement Weather Days

Drop, Transfer, and Refund Appeal Policy

Participant Guidelines

OLLI course and membership fees are critical to our institute’s sustainability and are non-refundable.

If you need to drop a class, please visit our website to look for a suitable course to transfer into that might better fit with your schedule or needs. To arrange for a course transfer, contact OLLI staff at OLLI@colostate.edu to arrange the transfer.

A full or partial refund will be considered on a case-by case basis and only for extenuating circumstances. If you feel you have a unique situation requiring a refund, contact our OLLI staff at OLLI@colostate.edu and request a Refund Appeal Form. Members will be asked to provide written information detailing the reason for the refund request and notified once a determination is reached.

If Colorado State University announces a weather-related school closure, OLLI classes are also canceled that day, including online classes. In the event of a snow day or emergency cancellation of a single class, OLLI staff will notify all class members as soon as practical and will coordinate with the instructor regarding a possible makeup date. To guarantee we can contact you in case of cancellation, please make sure your contact information is current.

Email OLLI@colostate.edu if you need help updating your personal information.

The mission of education is to promote and protect the intellectual, personal, social, and ethical development of the individual, and to provide an environment that encourages reasoned discourse, intellectual honesty, openness to constructive change, and respect for the rights, opinions, and needs of all class participants without divisive, or polarizing comments. Thanks for keeping our virtual and inperson classrooms a positive learning experience for all!

Support Your OLLI at CSU Your tax-deductible contributions support and maintain this high-quality OLLI program, allowing us to keep membership and course fees down. With your contributions, we can enhance, grow, and continue to create an engaging and thoughtful learning environment. Please consider making an appreciated donation here, or email OEE_Giving@colostate.edu.

Visit www.osher.colostate.edu to register online

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Important Dates January 7

Online-only registration opens at 9:00 a.m.

January 20

In-person registration at Drake Hall 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

January 21

In-person registration at Drake Hall 9:00 a.m. – Noon

January 27

Spring 2022 term classes begin

March 14-18

CSU Spring Break No classes and OLLI offices closed

May 20

Spring 2022 term classes end

How to Zoom Are you new to Zoom, or perhaps you would like a refresher? We invite you to register for the complimentary online Zoom orientation class for OLLI members. Together, we will walk through everything you need to know to join and participate in a Zoom class. In detail, we will review screen view options, the toolbar, and Zoom etiquette. There will be plenty of time for personal practice and Q & A. So, grab your phone, pad/tablet, or computer and join us for this casual and informative class.

Register for OSHR 3018 Zoom! A New User Orientation

How to Register

Spring 2022 online-only registration opens: January 7, 2022 at 8:00 a.m.

Drake Hall registration: Thursday, January 20, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. or Friday, January 21, 9:00 – Noon.

Credit cards only.

Due to the ongoing pandemic limitations, we are requesting that all members register online on our website www.osher.colostate.edu by selecting the “Courses” tab at the top of the webpage or by using this Spring 2022 OLLI catalog.

If you have difficulty with the online registration process, you may contact our OLLI team at OLLI@colostate.edu or choose one of the two Drake Hall in-person registration sessions listed above.

There are two ways to register: 1. Go to www.osher.colostate.edu, select “Courses” at the top of the page, and browse the course list OR 2. Browse this catalog and select the “Click to Register” button next to the course you choose • On your selected course detail page, click the “Add to Cart” button • When you finish making all your course selections, from your cart, click the “Checkout” button • Login to your account with your email and password to complete the transaction • Your Zoom class access link(s) will be sent to you in your transaction confirmation email

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SPRING 2022 COURSE CALENDAR

Starting in January Monday

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OSHR 2020 More Drawing FUNdamental: Bringing Out Your Inner Artist! (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 6050 History Of World War II: Campaigns and Controversies (Drake Hall)

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Thursday OSHR 6051 The Crucial Decade: The U. S. in the 1970s (Online)

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OSHR 5044 Imagining the Human Past: A Deep Dive (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 8034 Modern Cosmology (Online)

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OSHR 5033 The Torah and The Early Prophets (Online)

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Friday

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OSHR 8042 Colography: The Nitty-Gritty Colorado (Drake Hall)

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Starting in February Monday

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OSHR 6054 Assassinations, Attempted Assassinations and Their Significance 1865-1995 (Online)

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OSHR 9014 Physics & Life: The Science of Living Things (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 1207 The History and Mystery of Chocolate (Online)

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Tuesday

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OSHR 4039 Unstoppable Ink: Encountering Ada Limón (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 3002 Lessons From a Dementia Caregiver (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 3024 Hydroelectric Power Fundamentals and Local Hydro History (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 4036 Red Herring Book Club (Online)

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OSHR 6060 April 1865 and the Echoes into Today’s World (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 8012 Climate Change Through the Eyes of a Geologist (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 3133 Reaching Across the Racial Divide (Online)

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Wednesday

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OSHR 5043 Making Sense of the Soviet Union (Online)

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OSHR 7001 Cinema du Jour (Lyric Theater)

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OSHR 2056 Spinning The Ancient Art History Globe (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 9013 Geology of Colorado’s National Parks and Monuments (Online)

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OSHR 9017 Sapna’s Kitchen (Online)

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OSHR 7017 Music and Stories of Select American Musical Comedy Songwriters (Online)

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SPRING 2022 COURSE CALENDAR

Starting in March Monday

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OSHR 6057 The Boiling Republic: The Coming of the Civil War (Online)

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OSHR 2027 Follow Along Painting with Steve Griggs (Online)

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OSHR 6007 The History of Ireland (Drake Hall)

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Tuesday

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OSHR 1205 Frist Museum Cuban Art Exhibit (Online)

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OSHR 5031 Guardrails Of American Democracy: A Candid Discussion (Online)

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OSHR 7019 Pioneers of Rock and Roll (Online)

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Wednesday

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OSHR 6011 Colorado Mines Mills and the Rise and Fall of Mining Towns (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 6041 Larimer County’s First Humans (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 5040 Modern Democracy: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 5045 Inventing Civilization: Introduction to the Humanities of the Middle East (Online)

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Thursday

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OSHR 3096 Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Cultural and Legal Icon (Online)

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OSHR 5034 The Latter Prophets and The Writings (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 5041 The Biden Presidency, Ramifications for the 2022 Elections and Beyond (Online)

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Friday

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OSHR 3087 Death By Music: A Historical Odyssey (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 6052 Murder and Suicide: Coroner Challenges of the Old West (Online)

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OSHR 6056 Profiles in Early Modern Europe (Online)

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The instructors are extraordinarily well-informed and so enthusiastic about their topics.

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SPRING 2022 COURSE CALENDAR

Starting in April Monday

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OSHR 3076 Introduction to Oriental Carpets (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 5039 Legendary Foods of Italy (Online)

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OSHR 3089 How The Beatles and Abstract Art Helped Defeat Communism (Drake Hall)

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Tuesday

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OSHR 6012 Beets, Beavers, Bandits (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 3093 Reframing Our Understanding of Injustice: From “Isms” To Caste (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 9003 Understanding The Aging Brain (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 3032 Jazz: Inside the Mystery of Improvisational Leadership (Drake Hall)

Wednesday

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OSHR 6053 The American Civil War: Its Conflicts and Its Consequences (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 4047 In the Bright Kingdom of the Imagination (Online)

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Thursday

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OSHR 6029 William O. Collins - History of our City’s Namesake (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 3009 Discovering and Reprogramming Your Healing System (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 6049 From Normality to Terror: Inside Nazi Germany (Online)

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Friday

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OSHR 8043 Wolves, Humanity, and Colorado: Three Stories of One World (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 3088 U.S. Options for Dealing with China (Online)

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OSHR 9009 Mindfulness Breath Meditation: Calming from Inner to Outer (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 1008 So, You Think YOU have a Big Walk-In Closet (Drake Hall/Avenir Museum)

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Starting in May Monday

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OSHR 3079 How To Create Your Future (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 3135 Preparing The Perpetual Gift of a Legacy Letter (Online)

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OSHR 1007 Workshop with Steve Griggs: What Makes Watercolor So Fun? (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 3134 The Happiest People: Understanding the Science of Happiness (Online)

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Wednesday

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OSHR 1204 Discover Mountain Home Cemetery (Drake Hall)

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OSHR 1206 The FBI: A Hoover-Era Veteran Shares an Insider’s Story (Drake Hall)

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Friday

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OSHR 9008 The Health Benefits of Breathing with the Trees (Online)

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OSHR 1004 Fort Collins City Park Arboretum Tour (City Park)

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Art and Design Follow Along Painting with Steve Griggs OSHR 2027

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Monday Instructor: Steve Griggs Dates: March 21, 28, April 11, 18, 25, May 2 Please note: There will be no class on April 4 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 30 participants | Cost: $65

More Drawing FUNdamentals: Bring Out Your Inner Artist OSHR 2020

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Monday Instructor: Carol Marander Dates: Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, March 7 Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $100 “I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing.” - Vincent van Gogh Take your drawing skills to the next level with this fun drawing class. Participants will learn various drawing techniques using graphite pencils, pen and ink, and various drawing implements while exploring drawing fundamentals. Learn how to draw what you see.

Enhance your knowledge of using line, value, shape, pattern, and repetition in your drawings. Gain skill with composition, perspective, and proportion. Examples of drawings through the ages will be presented. This course is suitable for all skill levels, but some drawing experience will be helpful.

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Following Steve’s fall term Loose Watercolor Painting class, this 2nd level course will offer less basic instruction and is best suited for the experienced watercolor painter, painters who have previously taken one of his classes or workshops, or who are seasoned painters. Steve will begin each of the six class sessions by introducing a painting and showing how he breaks down the shapes and organizes the painting. After that, he will demonstrate how he moves through the process to create loose, moving, and evocative cityscape, landscape, and waterscape paintings as you paint along with him.

During the six weeks, OLLI members will paint two landscapes, two cityscapes, and two waterscapes.

Students will be encouraged to practice painting outside of class and share their work with Steve and others.

Exploring Acrylic Painting Techniques OSHR 2047

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Wednesday Instructor: Joe Osmann Dates: Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2, 9 Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $100

OLLI Experience Workshop with Steve Griggs: What Makes Watercolor So Fun? OSHR 1007

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Monday Instructor: Steve Griggs Date: May 9 Time: 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall There will be a 30-minute lunch break Class Size: 40 participants | Cost: $125

Develop your artistic skills with local artist and longtime OLLI instructor Joe Osmann, as he focuses on a wide range of acrylic techniques that can be applied to any subject matter. Topics will include painting materials, canvas stretching, brush and palette knife effects, color theory and mixing, and glazing methods. Included in this course will be idea development and transferring drawings to the canvas. Acrylic paint is a very versatile medium. It offers many of the rich properties of oil paint without toxic chemicals and odors.

“Painting with watercolor is so haarrrd!” We hear it all the time. Even some experienced painters of oil and acrylics shy away from watercolor because of the complexity of painting with this medium. There is no denying that watercolors are free-spirited and maybe even a little bit mischievous but, that is what makes them so interesting! By learning the fundamentals of painting with watercolor and getting to know and understand their non-conforming nature, you can start to work with them to create expressive and free paintings. Before you know it, you’ll be saying, “Painting with watercolors is so fun!”

During this full-day workshop at Drake Hall with Steve Griggs, beginning and intermediate level painters will be encouraged to try various watercolor painting strategies and techniques to create loose, intuitive, free, and spontaneous effects. Learn about color mixing, glazes, composition, drying time, thickness, and edges while painting short, warm-up sketches as well as finished landscape or cityscape paintings. Plan to experiment, laugh, move out of your comfort zone, and be amazed at the beautiful paintings you create!

Visit www.osher.colostate.edu to register online

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Art and Design cont.

Spinning The Ancient Art History Globe OSHR 2056

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Wednesday Instructor: Margaret Sharkoffmadrid Dates: Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2, 9 Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60 Join art historian and OLLI instructor Margaret Sharkoffmadrid for a focused examination of the objects and architecture of the global, Ancient World.

Commencing with the earliest known examples from around the globe, we will study what people believed, where, when, and how they lived, plus whom they worshipped, whom they feared, and the stories their artworks are left to tell. Discussion topics will include:

Colorado Regional History Through Art and Photography OSHR 2012

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Wednesday Instructor: Joe Osmann Dates: Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2, 9 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60 Explore the wide range of influences that form the cultural and artistic foundations of Colorado. Our first regional artists were Ice Age bison hunters and the cliff dwellers of Mesa Verde. When our state became part of the Spanish colony established in New Mexico in 1598, Spanish settlers learned that Native Americans had developed elaborate trading networks and economic partnerships across the West. At this time, Native American customs and traditions were fused with Spanish Colonial art, architecture, and religious influences.

Then, beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, artists such as Albert Bierstadt and photographers such as Edward Curtis created powerful visual images inspired by our region’s unique beauty. Through this course, we will explore the evolution of our regional art and how it reflects our history.

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• The Prehistoric era: Images before words • The Art of Mesopotamia: Polytheism, Beauty, and Power

• Art and Architecture of Egypt: Variations on the theme of Eternity

• The Art of Indigenous Americas: Unity with the Natural World

• Ancient Asia: Warriors, Walls, and Worship • Ancient Africa: Expressions and Action

Cultural, Domestic, and Global Affairs Legendary Foods of Italy OSHR 5039

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Monday Instructor: Chef Larry Canepa Dates: April 4, 11, 18 Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30 This class is supported in part by your generous OLLI donations.

As one of the world’s most loved cuisines, it might be a surprise to learn that an authentic Italian cuisine hardly exists. The truth is Italian food is still primarily considered by regions - with each region in Italy creating its unique cuisine. Regional food preferences and cooking styles vary widely across Italy. These cooking traditions define people’s identities.

OLLI Talks Introduction to Oriental Carpets OSHR 3076

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Monday Instructor: Harry Mueller Date: April 4 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Tour date and times will be announced during the class.

Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $10

Each region, and then province and city, adds its treasure to the national identity of Italian food. Each recipe, each dish has its own history. Some recipes are thousands of years old and have changed very little over time; others were born in the Renaissance or after the discovery of the New World; still, others appeared in the last decade or so, novel elaborations on ancient themes.

Italy is a diverse nation boasting equally diverse cuisine.

Let Master Chef and visiting OLLI instructor Larry Canepa expand your knowledge of Italian food and discover delectable, unique cuisines from Italy’s 20 regions. From the snow-capped Alps to the beautiful Mediterranean, you’ll be invited to explore climate, culture, and signature Italian dishes region by region.

You are invited to feel, wrap yourself in, and even walk on a selection of oriental carpets (no shoes, please). During this hands-on (feet-on?) class, participants will become familiar with the provenance (lands of origin) and history of oriental carpets. Members will also have the unique opportunity to appreciate and discuss the different types of carpets, including their construction methods and their design characteristics. For those interested in learning more, participants will have some basic information about acquiring, displaying, and caring for oriental carpets. Class participants will also be invited to attend a guided field trip to Castle Cleaning & Oriental Rug Co. of Berthoud for a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at a modern-day oriental carpet business.

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OLLI Talks How The Beatles and Abstract Art Helped Defeat Communism OSHR 3089

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Monday Instructor: Joe Osmann Date: April 11 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $10 Nikita Khrushchev declared the electric guitar “an enemy of the Soviet people.” “The Beatles promoted a cultural revolution in the former Soviet Union that played a part in the demolition of communism in that part of the world,” said British Cold War spy and documentarian Leslie Woodhead. Find out how the CIA promoted American abstract art as an example of intellectual freedom compared to Soviet repression. It is a long and winding historical road. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

OLLI Talks Reaching Across the Racial Divide OSHR 3133

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Tuesday Instructors: Phoebe Kilby & Betty Kilby Baldwin Date: Feb. 15 Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that “the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.” As daughters, Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby found a way to live Dr. King’s dream. They will tell you their story of discovering their family connections and embarking on a path toward reconciliation and reparation. You will learn about ways that you too can reach across the racial divide, whether or not your family has connections to slavery. The class will draw on lessons from their 2021 book Cousins: Connected Through Slavery, a Black Woman and a White Woman Discover Their Past and Each Other.

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Guardrails Of American Democracy: A Candid Discussion OSHR 5031

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Tuesday Instructor: Don Menzel Dates: March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $50 The class will survey legal, political, and institutional “guardrails”—legislative, judicial, executive, democratic norms such as peaceful transfer of power, media/press, political parties, and American culture—designed to prevent American democracy from slipping into an autocracy. Building on scholarly work in the field and current events, information and analysis will be shared about the unsettling events of Jan. 6, 2021.

Modern Democracy: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity OSHR 5040

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Wednesday Instructor: Bob Hoffert Dates: March 9, 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20 No classes the week of March 14 – 18 for Spring Break Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60

OLLI Talks Reframing Our Understanding of Injustice: From “Isms” To Caste

Explicitly, “liberty, equality, fraternity” express the principles and motto of the French Revolution. Implicitly, they express the key principles that have shaped the nature of modern democracy, the United States’ democracy included. Guided by returning OLLI instructor Robert Hoffert, the class will examine the meaning and implications of each principle, their interactions with each other, and the unique political order they have joined to compose. The specific context of US democracy will be a primary reference point throughout the course.

OSHR 3093

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Tuesday Instructor: Bob Hoffert Date: April 5 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $10 This lecture is built on the work of Isabel Wilkerson in her book, Caste. We commonly approach so many of the impediments to social justice as if they are simply attitudinal; that is, some form of belief system about race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation and identity. Even though beliefs about these matters are significant, we are resistant to recognizing them in ourselves but find it easy to attribute them to others.

And, most fundamentally, they do not reveal the most entrenched, structural form of resistance to social justice.

However, Wilkerson’s development of caste systems provides a structural, rather than a simply attitudinal, foundation for understanding the persistence of patterned injustices.

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Inventing Civilization: Introduction to the Humanities of the Middle East OSHR t

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Wednesday Instructor: Sally Purath Dates: March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, May 4 Please note there will be no class on April 29 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60 Ancient Middle Eastern empires were the inventors of civilization itself, and the great Islamic empires have added to the list of civilization’s cultural firsts and accomplishments. This course will not focus on detailed history or politics but will introduce the humanities—the philosophy, religion, art, and music—of a region that too often is only considered in terms of conflict. It will introduce the cultural and technological firsts of the Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Persian empires and the achievements of the Umayyad, Abbasid, Moor, Seljuk Turk, and Ottoman Turk empires up to WWII.

Imagining the Human Past: A Deep Dive OSHR 5044

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Thursday Instructor: Richard Wilshusen Dates: Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60 There are sites that almost capture an image of the past, even though that time may have occurred thousands of years ago. Think of Pompeii buried by a volcanic eruption or the Titanic on the ocean’s floor. There are other even more interesting archaeological sites that almost frame a small slice of time, and better yet, make sense of a whole period. In this class, we will explore sites ranging from early big game hunting sites to Bronze Age shipwrecks in the Mediterranean. Instructor and former Colorado State Archaeologist Richard Wilshusen will focus each class session on a particular period or problem in the human past. Discussions at the end will allow you to explore these topics further.

• A Bronze Age European shipwreck and farm • Cuneiform, and Maya hieroglyphic writing, two early writing systems • Passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act • How and why do early villages of a hundred or more people form • Big game hunting in the past • Two historic burial grounds that had to be moved

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The Torah and The Early Prophets OSHR 5033

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Thursday Instructor: Hillel Katzir Dates: Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3, 10, 24 No classes the week of March 14 – 18 for Spring Break Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $80 The Hebrew Bible contains the same books as the Old Testament in Christian Bibles - but in a different order and with very different understandings and interpretations.

This course will look at how the Jewish tradition reads its Bible and then discuss that Bible through a Jewish lens.

Join popular OLLI instructor Rabbi Katzir as he examines the five books of the Torah (Pentateuch) and the Early Prophets (Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings.)

OLLI Talks Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Cultural and Legal Icon OSHR 3096

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Thursday Instructor: Lauren Andersen Date: March 10 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10 Join guest lecturer Lauren Andersen for an intimate examination of the Late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Lauren will discuss the many contributions Justice Ginsburg made to the legal landscape, from her work as an advocate for gender equality, her role as the co-founder of the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project, and her opinions on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Her early influences will also be discussed. Clips from the documentary RBG will be shared and discussed - you may have seen the film, but this talk will cover much more!

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The Latter Prophets and The Writings OSHR 5034

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Thursday Instructor: Hillel Katzir Dates: March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $80 Join beloved OLLI instructor Rabbi Katzir as he continues his examination of the Hebrew Bible. This is a standalone course and does not require participation in part one of this examination. The Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament share the same books but differ in the order of those books and in the understanding and interpretation of the text. Rabbi Katzir will discuss how the Jewish tradition reads its Bible and then discuss that Bible through that Jewish lens. This course will cover the Latter Prophets and the Writings.

The Biden Presidency, Ramifications for the 2022 Elections and Beyond OSHR 5041

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Thursday Instructor: David Caputo Dates: March 31, April 7, 14 Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30 The Biden administration is assessed using these metrics: foreign and defense policy, domestic legislation, COVID 19 response ability to unite the country. Empirical indicators will be used and explained, and the course will discuss how presidential performance will impact the 2022 off-year elections and the 2024 presidential election positioning. The course is nonpartisan and will use the various measures developed by social scientists to evaluate presidential performance. Class discussion and interaction will be emphasized.

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OLLI Talks U.S. Options for Dealing with China OSHR 3088

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Friday Instructor: Robert Lawrence Date: April 8 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10 Containment, competition, cooperation, combat: OLLI instructor Robert Lawrence examines options for dealing with China! As relations between Washington and Beijing worsen, the U.S. will have to decide which policies best serve American interests. After a brief review of U.S.-China relations, starting in the early 1800s, class members will examine the pros and cons of the four policy options and the possibility of adopting several of them at one time.

Health and Wellness OLLI Talks How To Create Your Future OSHR 3079

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Monday Instructor: Lloyd Thomas Date: May 2 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $10 Most of us lack a precise method for creating all the desired outcomes in our lives. How to Create Your Future takes you step-by-step through the practical actions you can take for manifesting and attaining any genuinely desired outcome in your life. With humor and clarity, Dr. Thomas guides you through a creative system of activities that dramatically increases the likelihood of fulfilling your hopes and dreams for a life well-lived.

OLLI Talks The Happiest People: Understanding the Science of Happiness OSHR 3134

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Monday Instructor: Jonathan Biggane Date: May 16 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10 Join Dr. Jonathan Biggane as he discusses his new book, The Happiest People, to learn about current research on positive emotions, what makes a life worth living, and how to cultivate happiness. His book is a practical guide to wellbeing that uses interventions and research from the fields of positive psychology, neuroscience, and business.

OLLI Talks Lessons from a Dementia Caregiver OSHR 3002

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Tuesday Instructor: Linda Osmundson Date: Feb. 1 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $10 Intermittent memory loss is something most of us deal with in every stage of life. However, as we age, it can be overwhelming to observe small changes in our ability to remember things. It is heartbreaking to perceive these changes in a family member or friend. Is it normal forgetfulness? Is it something more serious?

OLLI instructor Linda Osmundson has walked down the challenging road of caring for a loved one struggling with memory loss and cognitive decline. She has asked tough questions, made difficult decisions, and would love to share her hard-earned wisdom with you. Her presentation includes lessons learned through her experiences providing care for her husband during his dementia journey. She discusses various types of dementia, activities to nurture a loving relationship, and advice on when to consider outside care or a facility. Linda also discusses essential strategies for self-care. Anyone walking this challenging journey will find encouragement and practical techniques to increase personal happiness and alleviate frustration and guilt.

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Understanding The Aging Brain OSHR 9003

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Tuesday Instructor: Thomas Kuhn Dates: April 26, May 3, 10, 17 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $40 Diet, mental and physical activity, and the composition of our intestinal microbiome influence the function of the aging brain. By providing an overview of cellular and molecular processes in brain development and the function of synaptic connectivity and neuronal circuits, we will discuss how the aging brain is influenced by what we do. Back-by-request, instructor Tom Kuhn will discuss diseases/disorders that lead to dementia and recently identified molecular processes that might mediate synapse loss and how therapeutic interventions might be realized.

Sapna’s Kitchen OSHR 9017

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Wednesday Instructor: Sapna Von Reich Dates: Feb. 23, March 23, April 20 Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $30 Join Sapna Von Reich in her kitchen via Zoom to learn some seasonal, healthy, and easy recipes. You can simply sit back and watch her demonstrate, or you can make them right alongside her in your own home. After all, health starts in your kitchen. All the recipes are glutenfree and vegan friendly. An ingredient list will be provided with ample time for you to shop and prepare to cook along in each class.

• 2/23- Comforting, Hearty Winter Soups • 3/23- Springtime Soups • 4/20- Time-saving Sheet Pan Dinners

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OLLI Talks Discovering and Reprogramming Your Healing System OSHR 3009

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Thursday Instructor: Lloyd Thomas Date: April 7 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $10 Your healing system is always acting to keep your bodily health and life in balance. Discover how behaviors such as physical habits, mental habits; social habits; spiritual habits; and language habits impact that system. Consciously chosen activities that reprogram the unconscious mind’s neural patterns through its neuroplasticity will be introduced and discussed.

OLLI Talks Death By Music: A Historical Odyssey OSHR 3087

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Friday Instructor: Elaine Stratton Hild Date: March 11 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10 For centuries, families and communities in Europe sang for their loved ones in the final moments of life. After the tradition waned in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the music remained preserved—but unused— in medieval manuscripts. For the last three years, Elaine Stratton Hild has worked to uncover these ancient chants and reconstruct their melodies. In this presentation, we will look at images of medieval music writing and hear performances of the historical songs. Because historical material can help us reflect on our own practices, this presentation will also examine the potential role of community, beauty, and music as we care for our vulnerable and dying today. Music is currently being used in medical facilities for the benefit of the critically ill.

Babies in neonatal intensive care units, born prematurely and addicted to illegal substances, can often be soothed and stabilized. People suffering from chronic pain or anxiety can often find rest and relief while listening to palliative music.

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Mindfulness Breath Meditation: Calming from Inner to Outer OSHR 9009

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Friday Instructor: Margit Hentschel Dates: April 8, 15, 22, 29 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $40 Master instructor Dr. Margit Hentschel has designed this course to explore mindfulness breath meditation for your daily well-being. It seems like everyone is “stressed out” these days, and learning mindfulness meditation practices is a way to help us regain our calmer, inner state to meet external challenges. The essence of mindfulness is to reconnect with your inner knowing and wisdom (gnosis) by sitting still with your “present moment.” In our practice sessions together, we’ll invite simple guided 5–20-minute breath meditation practices to meet the present moment. A “start where you are” philosophy is embraced, and no previous experience is required - we’re all beginners, and everyone is welcome.

Recent clinical research on mindfulness practices shows relaxation benefits that may increase the ability to transform stress, improve mental clarity, and build concentration. We’ll begin with an overview of breath meditation benefits, offer guided breath practice, and engage in “hands-on” practice of these techniques.

Participation will be invited at your comfort level through a “learning circle” format. We’ll create time across each session to share experiences and learn from each other.

The Zoom classes have been very convenient and I really like to be able to attend classes at home.

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The Health Benefits of Breathing with the Trees OSHR 9008

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Friday Instructor: Madeline Marchell Dates: May 13, 20 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $20 Learning to breathe with the trees is beneficial, easy, and fun. Connect with your own nature by spending time in nature. Whether it is a short walk, looking out the window at greenery, or gazing upon indoor plants, nature heals.

You will learn the healing properties of various species, guided imagery for your walk, how to share energy and breathing with trees practice.

History, Psychology, and Philosophy History Of World War II: Campaigns and Controversies OSHR 6050

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Monday Instructor: Henry Weisser Dates: Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, March 7 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60 The impact of World War II has been felt for generations and has been featured in countless books and films.

Most people taking this class will come with some prior knowledge of the subject. Join longtime historian and OLLI instructor Henry Weisser for an examination of WWII’s origins, significant events, campaigns, and controversies.

Assassinations, Attempted Assassinations and Their Significance 1865-1995 OSHR 6054

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Monday Instructor: Greg Ferro Dates: Feb. 7, 14, 21 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30 Assassinations, while tragic, hold an important place in world history. They are so significant; they seem to stop time. Where were you when you first heard the news of President Kennedy’s death, Dr. King’s assassination, or President Reagan’s attempted assassination?

Visiting guest historian Greg Ferro will focus on the assassins’ motives and discuss whether the assassinations were a conspiracy or the act of a lone gunman. The discussion will include the long-term implications of these assassinations.

The Boiling Republic: The Coming of the Civil War OSHR 6057

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Monday Instructor: Jared Day Dates: March 7, 21, 28 No class the week of March 14 – 18 for Spring Break Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30 This class is supported in part by your generous OLLI donations.

This series of three lectures by visiting OLLI instructor and longtime Carnegie Mellon history professor Jared Day will examine the origins and buildup to the American Civil War, covering 1848 to 1861. It examines the interaction of slavery, states’ rights, and the “free soil” movement as critical foundation stones for this conflict.

It explores many of the key political figures of this era, including presidents such as Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, and emerging notables such as Stephen Douglas and, of course, Abraham Lincoln.

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April 1865 and the Echoes into Today’s World OSHR 6060

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Tuesday Instructor: Brian Carroll Dates: Feb. 8, 15, 22, March 1, 8 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $50

The History of Ireland OSHR 6007

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Monday Instructor: Henry Weisser Dates: March 28, April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60 Although Ireland is a small country, it has a fascinating history, particularly for tens of millions of Irish Americans.

Ever-popular OLLI instructor, Henry Weisser, will reveal Ireland from prehistoric times to the 21st century. The struggle for independence and the Irish in America and Northern Ireland will be major topics.

My class was beyond any of my expectations!

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April 1865 has been described as the most consequential month in U.S. History. A crescendo of battles between the States leads to the surrender of Robert E. Lee’s Army, a hopeful return to the “United States,” and the dashing of hope with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, followed by Reconstruction fumbles that still affect us today. Current events in America demonstrate that Reconstruction has yet to be completed. Using select documentary videos, slides, and pertinent writings, OLLI instructor Brian Carroll will offer a deep analysis of the Civil War. He will discuss the causes, key April 1865 events, Lincoln’s last days leading up to his assassination, and the early days of the Andrew Johnson administration.

Lending unique local insight to the discussion of the April 1865 events will be entries from the diary of a bodyguard for President Lincoln, Frederick R. Baker, an original homesteader of Fort Collins, community leader, and threeterm Mayor. Baker’s perspective will offer an interesting view of how Fort Collins’ “locals” responded to the challenges of the Civil War.

Making Sense of the Soviet Union OSHR 5043

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Wednesday Instructor: Sally Purath Dates: Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2, 9 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60 The Soviet Union for decades loomed large in its impact on US history: from 1946-1991, American minds, money, and missiles were dominated by a Cold War that threatened nuclear annihilation. Popular OLLI instructor Sally Purath will take a close look at USSR history from the 1918 murder of Nicholas II, the horrors of Lenin & Stalin, the new hope with Khrushchev & Gorbachev, only to crash, opening the door to Putin in 2000.

Beets, Beavers, Bandits OSHR 6012

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Colorado Mines, Mills and the Rise and Fall of Mining Towns OSHR 6011

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Instructor: Kenneth Jessen Dates: April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60

Instructor: Kenneth Jessen Dates: March 9, 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20 No class the week of March 14 – 18 for Spring Break Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60

Accentuate your knowledge and understanding of Larimer County’s past by joining popular OLLI instructor Ken Jessen as he introduces various topics on Larimer County history. The story begins with the first humans, followed by French trappers. The story continues with transportation across the Overland Trail, followed by pioneer roads leading to railroads. Improved transportation led to Industries and the region’s economic development, including hay, stone, plaster, bricks, sugar beets, cherries, peas, and tourist trade. Water resources were cultivated, starting with early ditches leading to the Colorado Big Thompson Project. Critical to understanding the county is an understanding of the establishment of its towns. Its pioneers followed Larimer County historic schools. The course includes a virtual tour of local historical sites referenced during the class.

The most significant industry in Colorado during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was mining. If you veer off the beaten path in the Rocky Mountains, you will see the skeletons of abandoned mines and ghost towns and hear the eerie whispers as the wind blows through the ruins of an earlier time. While the cobwebs may be romantic, the rough and tough reality is what Colorado historian Ken Jessen shares in this very popular class. Ken will present information on mining technology and Colorado mines, including a discussion of milling technology and examples of mills. Ken’s focus will be on mining towns, their growth, and subsequent abandonment and will include an online tour of a mining museum, assay house, mines, and mining towns. OLLI classes led by Kenneth provide ample opportunity for interactive conversation, questions, and comments.

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The American Civil War: Its Conflicts and Its Consequences OSHR 6053

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Wednesday Instructor: David Danbom Dates: April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60 This class is supported in part by your generous OLLI donations.

Larimer County’s First Humans OSHR 6041

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Wednesday Instructor: Kenneth Jessen Dates: March 9, 23, 30 No class the week of March 14 – 18 for Spring Break Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $30 Larimer County has been occupied for 12,000 years, but who arrived first? Popular historian and OLLI instructor Ken Jessen starts this story during the last Ice Age with lower sea levels and a causeway between Asia and North America. He will examine the path taken by Nomadic hunters and their arrival at the Lindenmeier Site in Larimer County. It has become one of the most important Pleistocene archaeological sites in North America. Ken will provide a brief history regarding the evolution of local tribes, their language groups, and a discussion of the reservations given to Colorado tribes and then taken away. Although outside Larimer County, discussion of the Sand Creek Massacre will also be included.

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The most destructive and deadly conflict in American history, the Civil War, is the central event in the history of the United States. It marked the transition from the Republic created by the Founders to the modern governmental system of today. It resulted in America’s emergence as a world power. It witnessed developments in the economy and government that propelled the country to economic greatness and industrial dominance.

And, most important, it resulted in the end of chattel slavery, the most glaring contradiction between American civic values and American reality. This class will address this and more.

William O. Collins - History of our City’s Namesake OSHR 6029

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Thursday Instructor: Brian Carroll Dates: April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $50

The Crucial Decade: The U. S. in the 1970s OSHR 6051

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The city of Fort Collins is named after a Civil War Cavalry Commander assigned to the western frontier during the Civil War. Do we really know him? Is his legacy appropriate for our city? The Collins family fled England in the 1600s for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Each successive generation, through William O. Collins, contributed to the development of the United States with an ultimate impact on the settlement of the west. This course revisits the powerful impact of William O. Collins, husband, father, lawyer, statesman, and Lieutenant Colonel had on our Fort Collins community and why he was honored as our namesake.

Thursday Instructor: Hal Smith Dates: Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60 Join popular OLLI instructor and historian Hal Smith as he examines the U.S. during the 1970s and proposes answers to some critical questions about that period.

Why did the Vietnam War end with U.S. withdrawal?

Why did the notoriously anti-Communist President Nixon seek to recognize Communist China? Why was Nixon impeached? How did the global energy crisis affect the U.S.? Given the growing women’s movement, why wasn’t the Equal Rights Amendment ratified? Why were 1960s reform politics replaced with a right-wing populism that contributed to Ronald Reagan’s election as President in 1980?

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Murder and Suicide: Coroner Challenges of the Old West OSHR 6052

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Friday Instructor: Lyn Iannuzzi Dates: March 25, April 1 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $20

From Normality to Terror: Inside Nazi Germany OSHR 6049

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Thursday Instructor: Anette Isaacs Dates: April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19 Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $50 Most of today’s research on Nazi Germany is focused on its system of terror that ultimately led to the death and destruction of millions of people. In this course, historian Anette Isaacs will not only discuss the role of government surveillance and brutality, but she will also first and foremost explore what daily life was like for ordinary citizens in 1930s Germany. By looking at various societal paradigms, such as education, employment, and cultural expression, participants will understand how the German people oscillated between normality and terror and how the Nazis could turn Germany into a brutal and horrific dictatorship.

Walk in the boot prints of 1880s Larimer County Coroners, men who had to deal with murder, explosion, poison, and suicide. These educated, determined men were responsible in Fort Collins, adjacent local towns, and the far reaches of Larimer County, including South, Middle, and North Park to the Wyoming border. The coroners were businessmen, attorneys, and doctors who traveled by buckboard or horseback carrying writing supplies and a Bible to swear in witnesses and jurors. They were tasked with obtaining evidence, interviewing witnesses, and establishing an Inquest Jury to “diligently to enquire into, and true presentment make, how, in what manner, by whom, or what means the said body came to its death.”

Profiles in Early Modern Europe OSHR 6056

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Friday Instructor: Jared Day Dates: March 25, April 1, 8 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30 Join guest historian Jared Day as he presents three of the most influential and prominent personalities from early modern Europe.

• Czar Ivan the Terrible: initiated a dramatic period of Russian expansion that swept aside centuries-old empires and announced Russia as a power to be reckoned with in Europe and beyond.

• Catherine De Medici: the “power-behind-the-throne” for four French monarchs deeply engaged in the religious wars of the reformation era.

• William Shakespeare: was part of a generation of extraordinary playwrights and poets in late-1500s London who transformed Elizabethan England and led the English Renaissance.

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Literature and Communication OLLI Talks Preparing The Perpetual Gift of a Legacy Letter OSHR 3135

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Monday Instructor: Jay Sherwin Date: May 2 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $10 Personal wealth requires personal responsibility in life and in death. Therefore, we write wills, set up endowments, and create trust funds. But wealth can be measured in terms other than financial. Your life story, life lessons, values, and dreams are priceless, but unlike money, this wealth will be lost unless it is shared.

Guest instructor Jay Sherwin invites you to spend two thought-provoking hours learning how to preserve the wealth of your life experiences in a legacy letter.

A legacy letter, often referred to as an ethical will, is a written document that captures who you are and what matters most to you. It allows you to reflect on your meaningful life experiences and transmit your values and life lessons to future generations. It also lets you express gratitude, request forgiveness, or make amends. A legacy letter is a beautiful and meaningful gift to your loved ones and yourself.

Unstoppable Ink: Encountering Ada Limón OSHR 4039

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Tuesday Instructor: Veronica Patterson Dates: Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, March 1, 8, 22 No class the week of March 14 – 18 for Spring Break Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $80 Using poet Ada Limón as teacher and muse, we’ll consider poems from Bright Dead Things and The Carrying to see how they build on tradition and enter new territory. You will receive writing prompts, but the course is generative only. When the course ends, each class member is invited to contribute a piece written during these weeks to create a small anthology. As you write poetry or prose, we’ll focus on how Ada Limón, and other writers, can ignite our writing. Each week we’ll write during class as you delight in exploring your experiences.

New writers are welcome.

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Storytelling Workshop: Painting Pictures with Words OSHR 4033

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In the Bright Kingdom of the Imagination OSHR 4047

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Instructor: Cathy Stawarski Dates: Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, March 1, 8 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $70

Instructor: Chloé Leisure Dates: April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11 Time: 1 – 3:30 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $90

We all have stories to tell. What’s your story? Storytelling happens in many situations, from kitchen-table conversations to significant marketing campaigns, from stories in the workplace to performances for paying audiences. Stories can stimulate imagination and passion. They can bring people together and connect us through the way we feel and respond to them. Join visiting instructor, Cathy Stawarski who will utilize her professional writing skills to help you create multi-sensory images, actions, and characters that quickly grab the attention and imagination of the audience. This will be an interactive workshop class where participants will learn and practice written storytelling strategies that invite audiences to navigate the plot themselves.

“… I’ve been typing this letter in the bright kingdom of my imagination. Your body is a ship of pain. Pleasure is when you climb the rocks and watch the moonlight touching everywhere you want to go…”

Red Herring Book Club OSHR 4036

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Tuesday Instructors: Nancy Hansford & Sara Hoffman Dates: Feb. 8, March 8, April 12 (2nd Tuesday of the month) Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $30 Are you a detective wannabe who can’t get enough of whodunnit books? Do you love sharing a great book with friends and fellow enthusiasts? Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to join Colorado authors and popular OLLI instructors Nancy Hansford and Sara Hoffman as they lead The Red Herring book group. The Red Herring class discusses one mystery novel in one class per month for three months for a total of three. Book selections: • Feb. 8: Killing Orders by Sara Paretsky • March 8: Desert Heat by J.A. Jance • April 12: The Devil’s Cave by Martin Walker 30

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from “Fairy Tale with Laryngitis and Resignation Letter” by Jehanne Dubrow In this course, you will ply (bend, fold), provoke (call forth), and play with (take care of, cultivate) your imagination in search of and in the creation of poetry. Using a variety of in-class exercises and readings, we’ll explore the intersections of memory, language, the strange, and the sublime. New writers welcome.

Music, Theatre, and Film OLLI Talks Jazz: Inside the Mystery of Improvisational Leadership OSHR 3032

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Tuesday Instructor: Ed Goodman Date: April 26 Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $10

Pioneers of Rock and Roll OSHR 7019

Back by popular demand, Ed Goodwin will share video recordings of world-class jazz artists and present an insider’s view of what is happening inside of a jazz ensemble. How do they communicate? What is expected of the performers? How does this relate to leadership, followership, and team building? Guided by this engaging, professional musician, you’ll discover the magic and unmask the mystery behind jazz – this is a fun, active, music-filled program that will bring a whole new appreciation for this art form.

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Tuesday Instructor: Robert Joyce Dates: March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19 Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $50 This class is supported in part by your generous OLLI donations.

Elvis Presley may have been the King of Rock and Roll, but five significant artists were seminal in making the music more mainstream for radio and younger audiences in the late 1950s. Little Richard, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly forged the road to assuring the world that “rock and roll is here to stay.”

Visiting Instructor Robert Joyce provides an opportunity to learn about these five pioneers, their musical contribution to Rock and Roll, and their legacy and inspiration left for generations of musicians to follow.

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Music and Stories of Select American Musical Comedy Songwriters OSHR 7017

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Friday Instructors: Sam & Candy Caponegro Dates: Feb. 11, 18, 25 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30

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OLLI Experience Cinema du Jour OSHR 7001

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Wednesday Instructor: Joannah Merriman Date: Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2, 9 Time: 12 – 3 p.m. | Location: The Lyric Theater Class Size: 35 participants | Cost: $110 At long last, our involuntary hiatus for this class has come to an end! So welcome, longtime participants and new attendees! Come enjoy a series of six films and post-film discussions in the comfort of the NEW Lyric Cinema Café, 1209 N. College Avenue. The class will gather at The Lyric to watch a selection of movies with unique storylines and observe filmmaking techniques that often vary from the standard studio fare; however, this is not intended to be a filmmaking course. After each cinematic adventure, you’ll be able to discuss these thought-provoking films together. Movies may be subtitled and carry various ratings. Your theater ticket and a small popcorn are included in your course cost.

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Their lyrics have inspired you, and their music has moved you. Now you can become informed by their behind-thescenes stories. Join delightful Broadway historians Sam and Candy Caponegro to explore the songs and times of the great songwriters of stage and screen. Sam and Candy will use clips from Broadway, film, and television to share these composers’ life stories, hits, misses, some gossip (all in good fun), and appreciate their genius.

Enjoy this entertaining examination of the work of Stephen Sondheim, Rogers and Hammerstein, Jerry Herman, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Time permitting, the discussion will include some musical geniuses with onehit wonders such as Lionel Bart’s Oliver and Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. If music is the food of life, let us gorge ourselves.

Nature, Science, and Technology Physics & Life: The Science of Living Things OSHR 9014

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Monday Instructor: Brian Jones Dates: Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $40 A mouse can survive a fall from any height. Hippos aren’t fat, and they can’t swim. There are salamanders one foot long that don’t have lungs or gills. There are snakes that can see in complete darkness and fish that can sense your heartbeat. If you understand some basic physics, you’ll see how all this makes sense. In this class, we’ll talk about the laws of nature that explain how creatures live and breathe, the tools they use to sense their world. We’ll assume no background in physics or biology, just a sense of curiosity and a desire to learn more!

OLLI Talks Hydroelectric Power Fundamentals and Local Hydro History OSHR 3024

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Tuesday Instructor: John Cowdrey Date: Feb. 1 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $10 Join hydropower consultant and electrical engineer John Cowdrey for this very popular class that explores the basics of grid-connected hydroelectric generation and presents local Colorado hydro history. Find out how a hydro plant works – turbines, generators, and transformers. Explore how water pressure and flow can create a power source for generators – both synchronous and induction.

Our Northern Colorado area has several historic hydro plants – Boulder, Loveland Idylwilde, Longmont, and the Fall River Hydro plants. We will show historical pictures of these plants, describe how they came about and how they are today.

Climate Change Through the Eyes of a Geologist OSHR 8012

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Tuesday Instructor: William Cornell Dates: Feb. 15, 22, March 1 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $30 Earth history is punctuated by episodes of changing climate and driven by varied processes. Ice ages are as old as ~ 2.5 billion years (Cryogenic Eon) and as young as the Plio/Pleistocene episodes, which ended less than 15,000 years ago. Mass extinctions and climatic changes go arm in arm. Recent research indicated that catastrophic global climate change was induced in less than 48 hours at the Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary Impact event. The past holds clues we can explore to predict the Earth’s climatic future better.

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Geology of Colorado’s National Parks and Monuments OSHR 9013

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Wednesday Instructor: Frank Ethridge Dates: Feb. 9. 16 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $20 Each year both visitors and natives are drawn to Colorado’s four National Parks and five National Monuments. In this two-week course, returning OLLI instructor Frank Ethridge will discuss the geologic processes that shaped our national parks and three of our national monuments within the framework of plate tectonics. Participants will obtain knowledge that will help them become critical observers of the geology of our national parks and monuments so that they will have a greater appreciation of the landscapes, rocks, and fossils of these spectacular natural areas.

Modern Cosmology OSHR 8034

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Thursday Instructor: Ed Friedman Dates: Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3, 10, 24 No class the week of March 14 – 18 for Spring Break Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $80 You are invited to join returning OLLI instructor Ed Friedman for scholarly consideration of the recent revolution in cosmology and astrophysics covering: • The early universe • Geometry of the cosmos • Dark energy and dark matter • The cosmic microwave background • New observational methods, including gravitational waves • Updates on the latest discoveries as they occur • Unanswered questions in cosmology and how they are being attacked.

This course is not a typical astronomy class, as the instructor won’t have much to say about our solar system. Instead, he will be discussing the big picture using material culled from recent professional journals and his extensive astrophysics career. A reading list and recommended YouTube videos will be provided for those wishing to extend their learning on the topic.

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Colography: The Nitty-Gritty Colorado OSHR 8042

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Friday Instructor: Kevin Cook Dates: Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, March 4 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60 Properly defined, “geography” means the documentation of Earth.” Extending this concept gives us “colography,” the “documentation of Colorado.” Our state sprawls across three great geographic regions and thus blends characters from each. So how many mountain ranges do we have, and do they all really run north south?

How many parks do we have, and what is a “park” anyway? How many cactuses and orchids, owls, and hummingbirds — how much life — garnish the landscapes with distinctive lifescapes? “Colography: The Nitty-Gritty Colorado” will examine the details of the state we call home, with a mind for traveling to see it.

OLLI Experience Fort Collins City Park Arboretum Tour OSHR 1004

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Friday Instructor: Tim Buchanan Date: May 20 Time: 1 – 3 p.m. | Location: Fort Collins City Park Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10 The City Park Arboretum is an amazing tree diversity resource to the community. The arboretum includes over 200 tree species and varieties, with several state champion trees and scarce species. This two-hour walking tree tour will visit some of the most prominent and unusual trees found in the city. This class is an excellent opportunity to learn more about this incredible Fort Collins natural resource and many of the fantastic trees found in the City Park Arboretum. Students will meet at City Park.

Wolves, Humanity, and Colorado: Three Stories of One World OSHR 8043

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Friday Instructor: Kevin Cook Dates: April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60 In November 2020, Colorado voters approved a proposition to restore the Gray Wolf to our state’s wildlife community. Few animals incite disagreement among people to the degree the Gray Wolf does. The species became entrenched in European folklore during centuries gone by, and that folklore became embedded in today’s American culture. In the 21st Century, do we make our decisions based on folklore or biological and ecological knowledge? Naturalist and popular OLLI instructor Kevin Cook will examine both folklore and knowledge of the Gray Wolf.

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OLLI Member Bonus Lectures Frist Museum Cuban Art Exhibit OSHR 1205

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Tuesday Instructor: Frist Museum Docent Dates: March 1 Time: 4 – 5 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $0

The History and Mystery of Chocolate OSHR 1207

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Monday Instructor: Larry Canepa Dates: Feb. 14 Time: 4 – 6 p.m. | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $0

On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Pérez Art Museum Miami features approximately seventy works by fifty Cuban artists of multiple generations, including María Magdalena Campos-Pons (currently a professor at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University), Yoan Capote, Los Carpinteros, Teresita Fernández, and Zilia Sánchez. Through paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, and installations drawn from one of the largest public collections of Cuban art in the United States, the exhibition inspires dialogue regarding the island’s physical, social, and political landscape and its diaspora.

Works in the exhibition demonstrate how artists can weave political commentary into their practices, providing insight into the sophistication of creative expression in an authoritarian system. The horizon line functions as a motif and symbol of personal desire, existential longing, or geographical containment throughout the exhibition— while always visible, it remains perpetually distant and unattainable. Guiding OLLI members virtually through this remarkable exhibit will be a Frist Museum docent who will share highlights and insights about the collection.

Chocolate has become one of the world’s most cherished and celebrated foods, and for a good reason. We all know how great the taste of quality chocolate is and how it can brighten someone’s day, but what you may not be familiar with is the fact that this remarkable food we enjoy today has been nearly 4000 years in the making! The history of chocolate can be traced to the ancient Mayans and even earlier to the ancient Olmecs of southern Mexico. The word chocolate may conjure up images of sweet candy bars and luscious truffles, but the chocolate of today is little like the chocolate of the past. Chocolate was a revered but bitter beverage throughout history rather than a sweet, edible treat.

Caught by Luis Cruz Azaceta

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Discover Mountain Home Cemetery OSHR 1204

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Wednesday Instructor: Lyn Iannuzzi Dates: May 4 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $0 You are invited to learn about Mountain Home Cemetery, a forgotten part of our Larimer County history. Join local historian and 2020 Fort Collins Historical Society Award winner Lyn Devers Iannuzzi as she explains how a cemetery staff request to scan the Mountain Home Cemetery book expanded into a substantial records project. She will discuss the challenges of establishing and maintaining a new cemetery on a barren, dusty prairie and provide important cemetery details such as location, legal issues, political controversies, burial removals, and much more. The cemetery was only open for fifteen years; however, burial removals stretched over six decades and ended with constructing a midcentury subdivision. By the end of this class, you will understand how the closure of Mountain Home Cemetery had a devastating emotional and financial impact on Fort Collins residents.

So, You Think YOU have a Big Walk-In Closet OSHR 1008

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Friday Instructor: Doreen Beard Dates: April 15, 22 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Location: Drake Hall & Avenir Museum Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $0 The Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising is home to CSU’s renowned collection of 20,000 historically and culturally significant artifacts of apparel and textiles, with an impressive facility at the University Center for the Arts that serves as a tremendous research and teaching resource for CSU students and scholars. So, why does CSU have this big closet? Join Avenir Museum Director Doreen Beard for a fascinating look at the origins of the collection and how it tells global stories of people and their textiles, dress, and interior furnishings – how they are made and used, and why it matters. On week two, OLLI members will meet at the Avenir Museum and enjoy a tour of current public exhibits housed in this wonderful local treasure.

The FBI: A Hoover-Era Veteran Shares an Insider’s Story OSHR 1206

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Wednesday Instructor: Brian Carroll Dates: May 11 Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $0 Brian Carroll retired from the FBI in 1996 after a 27-year career as a Special Agent and has numerous fascinating insider stories of his career within the Hoover-era FBI and beyond. He has resided in Fort Collins for more than 25 years and has researched various historical topics important to Fort Collins. In retirement, Brian has consulted with the FBI and U.S. State Department, furnishing instruction to Foreign Police Managers about managing terrorist incident investigations and helped establish the Security Management Program for the University of Denver’s University College.

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Lauren Andersen (B.A. American University 2003, JD Gonzaga Law School 2007) practiced appellate law in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and co-authored briefs offered to the U.S. Supreme Court from 2008 through 2010.

She is admitted to practice law in the state of California and the State of New York. In 2010, she worked for Sacramento’s Mayor’s office and helped coordinate the Mayor’s Greenwise Sacramento initiative. She moved to Utah in 2011 and worked as a fundraiser for the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics at Weber State University before serving as the OLLI Director for the University of Utah from 2016 until December 2020. In 2019, Lauren began teaching about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, offering an OLLI course called Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Cultural and Legal Icon. The course was so popular that in 2020 she offered a complimentary course, Women, Diversity, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Lauren is currently pursuing her M.S. Analytics at American University.

Betty Kilby Fisher Baldwin grew up in rural Virginia. Thanks to her father’s determination, she entered and graduated from Warren County High School after suing the school board, based on the landmark Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954. Later in life, she documented her experiences and published her autobiography, Wit, Will & Walls. Betty has an M.B.A. and an Honorary Doctorate from Shenandoah University. She has presented her story in many venues, including the University of Virginia’s 2013 Conference on Virginia Universities and their Race Histories.

Doreen Beard (CSU 1980, History) spent many years working in the Pacific Northwest in a historical site, museum, and university arts administration. She returned to Colorado in 2014 to become the first director of CSU’s Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising. Her responsibilities center on building the museum’s reach across the College of Health and Human Sciences, across Colorado State University, and into the regional community.

Dr. Jonathan Biggane is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at California State University, Fresno. Prior to entering academia, Jon worked as a Sr. Staffing Consultant at GE Nuclear, a Business Analyst at BHI Energy, and a Legislative Aide at the New York State Senate.

He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Memphis, an MBA, and a BS in Management from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He is completing a graduate degree at Harvard University’s Extension School.

Tim Buchanan served as the Fort Collins City Forester for over 40 years. He holds a master’s degree from CSU. Tim has served as president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture and the Front Range urban Forestry Council. He has taught and lectured extensively on urban forestry management and trees.

Larry Canepa has a background in the culinary arts, which includes teaching, hospitality management, etiquette training, wine expertise, and even a certificate of tea mastery. Larry Canepa’s portfolio is as flavorfully diverse as the menus he has created for his unique food and culture ‘food-tainment’ classes.

He has taught culinary and restaurant operations classes at the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Phoenix and Le Cordon Bleu, Scottsdale, AZ and is a frequent instructor for the OLLI program at ASU. Sam and Candy Caponegro are film historians who are passionate about movie musicals and feel it is their job to keep the movie musical genre alive through their lectures. They have acted, directed, and produced professional, community, and school theater for over thirty years. Candy’s most notable professional acting roles are Adelaine opposite Nathan Lane in Guys and Dolls and Cheri opposite Divine in the New York production of Women Behind Bars. Before joining OLLI @ CSU, Sam and Candy taught History of the Movie Musical courses for four years at the Rutgers University OLLI program, in addition to lecturing on cruise lines, at libraries, and multiple 50+ audiences.

Dr. David Caputo continues his adjunct teaching at CSUrecently teaching the Legislative Politics course and the Parties and Elections course for CSU’s political science department.

He is also continuing his nonpartisan political commentary.

Dr. Caputo received his Ph.D. from Yale University and has taught and held various faculty and administrative positions at Purdue University, Hunter College (CCNY), Pace University, and as an adjunct professor at CSU. He has had extensive media experience over the years and has taught multiple highly popular courses for CSU’s OLLI program.

Brian Carroll retired from the F.B.I. in 1996 after a 27-year career as a Special Agent. He has resided in Fort Collins for more than 25 years and has researched various historical topics important to Fort Collins. In retirement, Brian consulted with the F.B.I. and U.S. State Department, furnishing instruction to foreign police managers about managing terrorist incident investigations. He helped establish the Security Management Program for the University of Denver’s University College.

Kevin Cook has worked full-time as a self-employed writernaturalist since earning his degrees in biology and wildlife biology from Western State College and CSU. As a lifelong naturalist, Kevin has explored Colorado to experience its wildlife firsthand and has spent his entire adult life addressing the issues between people and the natural world. Kevin writes natural history columns for newspapers and magazines, edits technical articles for scientific publications, leads wildlife observation tours, teaches various wildlife classes, and presents monthly wildlife lectures at several Colorado venues.

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Bill Cornell earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geology at the University of Rhode Island and a Ph.D. from UCLA. Bill has taught geology at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), with stints as department chair, assistant dean of the College of Science, a pre-med advisor, and taught in the Osher Program UTEP for 15 years. He received numerous teaching and service awards from UTEP. In 2007, he received the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Bill is a master naturalist in the Fort Collins Natural Areas Department.

John Cowdrey is an electrical engineer and hydro-power consultant. He taught electrical machinery lab at the Colorado School of Mines and a Hydro Plant Operator’s school for Denver Water, Northern Water, and the City of Boulder. He was the City of Boulder’s hydroelectric technician for 12 1/2 years and is a docent at the historic Fall River Hydroelectric Plant in Estes Park. This lecture is very popular and has been presented many times to schools and organizations.

David Danbom received his degrees in history from CSU and Stanford University. He taught for 36 years at North Dakota State University, where he won numerous teaching awards and published several books. He has led several OLLI classes at CSU.

Jared Day, Ph.D., taught American History at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for sixteen years. His areas of specialization are U.S. political, urban, and cultural history and world history from the fifteenth century to the present. He is the author of several books along with numerous other popular and peer-reviewed articles. He now teaches at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, CT and virtually for many national OLLI programs.

Frank Ethridge, professor emeritus of Geology at Colorado State University, worked as a geologist with the Army Corps of Engineers, the Texas Highway Commission, and Chevron Oil Company. Frank has conducted courses and led field trips for geological societies and petroleum companies.

He taught geology at Southern Illinois University and Colorado State University for 35 years and in the OLLI program since 2007. Frank has a long-term interest in the geology of our parks and has taught this subject during his academic career and for OLLI.

Dr. Greg Ferro, visiting guest lecturer, earned his doctorate at The Pennsylvania State University. He taught for 36 years before retiring. Greg now has a business where he teaches U.S. history topics at resorts and retirement communities throughout the Mid-Atlantic states. For five years, Greg has taught OLLI history classes at Penn State University.

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Ed Friedman During his 48-year professional career, Ed Friedman B.S., Ph.D. in physics, designed space systems for monitoring Earth’s climate and weather, ocean science, planet detection, astronomy, and astrophysics.

Ed was Chief Technologist at Ball Aerospace, Technical Fellow at Boeing, Adjunct Faculty in the department of engineering at the University of Colorado, and Visiting Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. He has taught college math, astronomy, and orbital dynamics. He consults for NASA missions. His Ph.D. student successfully defended a thesis on space telescopes at the University of Colorado. Ed’s volunteer work includes teaching elite high school students astrophysics and advanced math, and he is the author of four books on optical systems.

Ed Goodman An inventive thinker, visionary and creatively-oriented technical and management professional, Ed’s career has spanned the fields of experience design, marketing, strategic planning, engineering, land planning, education, television/media production, entertainment, and nonprofit think tank management. Ed’s successful musical career began in Fort Collins and included performances around the U.S. and Canada, sharing the stage with renowned jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughn, Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinsen, Tony Bennett, The Four Tops, Temptations, Natalie Cole, Olivia Newton-John, Spyro Gyra, Pat Metheny, Tom Jones, Blood Sweat and Tears, Burt Bacharach, and Ray Charles.

Steve Griggs’ early influences came from the Great Lakes region where he grew up before attending Michigan State University. He graduated with a degree in Studio Art. Steve later attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Steve’s well-known landscape and cityscape paintings have been juried into various national and international exhibitions and regularly win awards.

Steve loves to guide other artists in learning to paint in his free and expressive style, and he is a popular workshop instructor and exhibition juror. Steve and his partner, Sue, have also written numerous articles in Watercolor Artist and The Artist Magazine (published in the U.K.). Currently living in Denver, Steve has gallery representation with Mirada Fine Art in Indian Hills, Colorado; Twisted Fish Gallery in Elk Rapids, Michigan; and J Petter Galleries in Douglas, Michigan.

Dr. Margit Hentschel is the Co-Founding Director for Colorado State University’s Center for Mindfulness. She also serves as the Director of the Office of Service-Learning at CSU’s Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT). Margit teaches mindfulness practices in campus classrooms and community workshops and has over 20 years of teaching experience.

Margit believes that a healthy mind/body connection facilitates a more sustainable relationship with oneself and the community.

She holds a Ph.D. from Colorado State University’s School of Education with a focus on Peace and Reconciliation Leadership

Bob Hoffert is a CSU emeritus professor and dean. He focused his teaching and research in political philosophy on the U.S. political founding. His most recent publication is The 1960s Segregated South: Youth’s Zeal and Aged Reflections. During this time of reactionary degeneration, Bob is renewed by the competent decency of his daughters and the zest and promise of his grandchildren.

Nancy Hansford has lived in Fort Collins for more than three decades. She is a longtime freelance writer and author of Fort Collins Highlights and Northern Colorado Ghost Stories.

As a local author’s columnist for the Coloradoan, she has supported outstanding local authors for many years, bringing talented authors to the OLLI classroom through her popular course: “What the Book Jacket Doesn’t Tell You” Sara Hoffman has taught writing and literature classes for 30 years. She has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in journalism. She is the author of a historical fiction novel about her grandmother titled Finding Baby Ruth.

Lyn Iannuzzi is the fifth generation to call Fort Collins and Northern Colorado home. She accumulated generations of photographs and family stories about homesteads, log cabins, cattle ranches, and agriculture. She retired as a California Director of Accounting, returned home, and has dedicated her retirement to Colorado historical projects. Lyn received the 2020 Fort Collins Historical Society Recognition Award for the Mountain Home Cemetery Records project that provided a detailed cemetery report and over 1,000 document images and transcripts to the Fort Collins Parks Department and the Archive at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery.

Kenneth Jessen has been teaching OLLI classes since 2014. He worked as a journalist for Northern Colorado newspapers for over four decades and, during that time, has had over 2,300 articles published. He has authored 22 books on Colorado history. Jessen holds a BSEE, M.B.A., and post-graduate work on telecommunications technology.

Brian Jones is the Director of the Little Shop of Physics program and a popular instructor at Colorado State University and the OLLI program. These efforts work well together: Brian actively explores the effectiveness of methods of informal science education and experiments with how to extend these lessons to the college classroom.

In 2011, he was awarded the Millikan Medal by the American Association of Physics Teachers for creativity and excellence in physics education. Brian is also a co-author on a leading textbook for the College Physics course and has spent a great deal of time thinking about applying physics to other fields, most notably the life sciences.

Robert Joyce, guest lecturer, has been the Executive Director for the Rapid City Arts Council and the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society, for which he served for the latter for over twenty years. He helped establish the Sioux Falls JazzFest into one of the largest festivals in the United States, featuring Jazz, Blues, and Rock artists with attendance numbers over 100,000 people. Rob is a popular lecturer for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and provides online Jazz, Blues, and Rock and Roll courses for OLLI members throughout the United States. He has over thirty years of teaching experience in higher education at the University of South Dakota and Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is currently the Executive Director for the nonprofit South Dakota News Watch.

Rabbi Hillel Katzir is a retired rabbi who served synagogue congregations in California, Illinois, Iowa, Maine and Colorado before retiring. Before that, he lived in Israel, then practiced law for 15 years in California and New Mexico.

He currently hosts a weekly radio program called “Faith in Progress” on KRFC 88.9 FM. Rabbi Katzir has taught classes on Judaism and Law for OLLI at CSU since moving to Fort Collins six years ago.

Anette Isaacs M.A., visiting guest instructor, is a German Historian and Public Educator who has been presenting hundreds of programs on more than 30 different topics in the Chicagoland area and South Florida. Ms. Isaacs holds a master’s degree in American Studies, Political Science, and History.

She is an adjunct faculty member at the lifelong learning departments of five colleges in Illinois and various OLLIs within the U.S.A.

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Phoebe Kilby grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, knowing nothing of her cousin Betty Kilby Fisher Baldwin.

After obtaining a B.S. in Botany and Master of Environmental Management from Duke University, she had a long career as an urban and environmental planner. Later, Phoebe went back to school to obtain a degree in Conflict Transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University. In 2006, she discovered the Coming to the Table movement and was inspired to research her family’s participation in slavery. Through this research, Phoebe discovered her cousin Betty. She and Betty have presented their remarkable story across the U.S. and have served as guest speakers in various universities, conference settings, and to OLLI programs across the country.

Dr. Tom Kuhn has extensive teaching experience on the undergraduate and graduate student levels at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1998 to 2020. He offered five OLLI classes at UAF starting in 2012 and one course here at CSU (Fall 2021). The focus of those classes was sharing up-to-date research on brain aging and living a healthy brain lifestyle.

Bob Lawrence is recognized nationally as an expert on military, strategic, and diplomatic cold war topics. He has written books on the American government, arms control and disarmament, ballistic missile defense, energy policy, and nuclear weapons’ utility and proliferation. Bob has served in the U.S. Air Force and worked at the Hudson Institute, and Stanford Research Institute think tanks. He has taught political science at the University of Kansas, Texas Tech University, University of Arizona, CU, and is a professor emeritus at CSU.

Chloé Leisure holds an M.A. from Northern Arizona University and an M.F.A. in poetry from CSU. A former CSU English instructor, she currently teaches creative writing for community and elementary school classes. Chlóe was the 2014 Fort Collins Poet Laureate and is the author of The End of the World Again.

Carol Marander is an artist living and working in Fort Collins, Colorado. She graduated with honors from Colorado State University, where she majored in sculpture and painting. She worked as a graphic designer for many years at Colorado State University while pursuing her fine art.

Carol’s drawings and paintings have been in numerous juried exhibitions locally and nationally. She is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and the Colorado Watercolor Society. Carol is excited about sharing her love of drawing with her students.

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Madeline Marchell is a volunteer naturalist for the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas. As a naturalist for the City of Fort Collins, she leads outdoor educational hikes and wellness walking for the general public, seniors, and school field trips. Knowing the beauty and balance of nature provides a deep appreciation for our precious land. Spending time in nature helps to connect with your own nature.

Donald C. Menzel is professor emeritus Northern Illinois U. and a past President of the American Society for Public Administration. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Pennsylvania State University (1973), a master’s degree (1968) from Miami University (Ohio), and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics (1961) from Southern Illinois University. He has published widely and lectured in Australia, China, Thailand, France, Germany, Portugal, Russia, and Italy.

Joannah L. Merriman, M.A., is a writer, community educator, and retired psychotherapist. Her lifelong fascination with books, music, and film feeds her curiosity for adventures with words, sounds, and images. She has been an Osher/OLLI instructor, teaching writing workshops and film exploration for over 15 years. When she is not traveling, she lives quietly in Fort Collins with her partner, Neil Petrie, their Certified Therapy Golden Retriever, Kali, and two cats, Oscar Wilde and Sappho.

Harry Mueller has spent approximately ten years living, working, and traveling in the Middle East. He had many opportunities to visit carpet stores and take classes in various aspects of the world of Oriental carpets. He has acquired a small collection of oriental carpets that will give class participants a chance to see and feel them “up close and personal.”

Joe Osmann, M.F.A., has taught art history and studio art for decades and is an active acrylic painter. His approach emphasizes the creative process from idea development to finished works of art. Instruction is student-centered and interactive.

Linda Osmundson learned caregiving the hard way through the journey of her husband’s dementia. A former teacher, she is an Alzheimer’s Community educator and Powerful Tools for Caregivers teacher. Osmundson is also an author of children’s picture books for ages 7-107 and hundreds of articles for various magazines. Papa’s Changes, a dementia picture book for children/adults, released in September 2019, illustrates the loving relationship a grandchild enjoys with her grandfather by adjusting their activities to meet his declining abilities.

Veronica Patterson’s poetry collections include How to Make a Terrarium (Cleveland State University, 1987), Swan, What Shores? (NYU Press Poetry Prize, 2000), Thresh & Hold (Gell Prize, 2009), & it had rained (C.W. Books, 2013), Sudden White Fan (Cherry Grove, 2018), and two chapbooks. She writes, teaches, and is the first Loveland Poet Laureate (2019– 2022).

Sally Purath earned her B.A. in Social Sciences and a M.Ed. at Colorado State University. She taught history, world humanities, and language arts for 26 years for the Poudre School District and has led National Endowment for the Humanities Institutes and other workshops for teachers. Sally has extensive training in world humanities, specializing in Asia, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America. She has also studied religion and culture in Japan, China, India, Peru, and Europe. Sally currently teaches humanities courses for OLLI at CSU.

Elaine Stratton Hild currently serves as a musicologist with Corpus monodicum, a long-term research project housed at the Universität Würzburg (Germany). Her responsibilities include publishing volumes of plainchant transcribed from medieval manuscripts. Dr. Hild’s research has been supported by the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and the Fulbright Foundation. She has presented her work at universities across Europe, including Cambridge, Dublin, Stockholm, and Weimar. Dr. Hild’s most recent work on the historic music sung for the dying has been generously supported by the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Notre Dame. Before she engaged with academic musicology, Dr. Hild graduated with honors from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a degree in viola performance. She is now founding a small business called Palliative Music dedicated to providing comfort music for the elderly and critically ill in Larimer County.

Margaret Sharkoffmadrid is an FRCC art history Instructor and a consultant for the College Board’s AP Art History program. She taught art history in public schools in the Washington, DC suburbs. Margaret served on faculty panels at the National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Denver Art Museum. She earned her M.F.A. in Painting from CSU and completed extensive post-graduate hours in Art History.

Dr. Lloyd Thomas is a retired licensed clinical

Jay Sherwin has practiced law, given away money for five charitable foundations, and served as a hospital chaplain. In 2019, he created the Life Reflections Project to educate people about legacy letters, ethical wills, and other legacy documents.

Jay has extensive experience facilitating online adult learning programs, and he has taught his Legacy writing course for OLLI programs nationwide.

Sapna Von Reich is a Food for Life instructor for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and she holds a certification in plant-based nutrition from Cornell University. Sapna is a lifestyle health coach and a wellknown plant-based food educator in Northern Colorado.

Recognizing that the food we eat can have a positive influence against diseases like diabetes and cancer, her hope is for people to work consciously to change their lifestyle by making time to prepare fresh and delicious meals at home every day.

Hal Smith taught history for forty years at the University of Houston-Victoria, the University of Montana, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City and was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain for his historical research. A social historian with a special interest in women’s history, he is the author or co-author of six books (two of which won awards) and has been teaching courses on U. S. history since 1976.

Cathy Stawarski has been offering virtual and inperson writing courses through the Fairfax County Public Schools Adult and Community Education (A.C.E.) program since 2016. She has also provided virtual and in-person classes and one-on-one tutoring for children and adults through her own company, CStarsky Lifelong Learning L.L.C., since 2014. Cathy earned her doctorate in Child and Family Development from the University of Georgia and her master’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from CSU. She currently lives in Burke, Virginia but plans to move back to Colorado in 2022.

psychologist and certified Life Coach. He is on the faculty of the International University of Professional Studies (IUPS).

He co-authored the book, Total Life Coaching: 50+ Life Lessons for Enhancing Your Practice & Your Life. Since 1981, he has continued to write a weekly newspaper column, “Practical Life Coaching”

Henry Weisser was a professor of history at Colorado State University for 39 years. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has written several books about Britain and has lived there for a time. Henry has visited Ireland many times, taught Irish history, lived in Dublin for a while, and has written books about Ireland.

Richard Wilshusen is the former Colorado State Archaeologist and currently is a Faculty Affiliate at CSU with 40 years of experience as a field archaeologist, research director, instructor, curator, and administrator. He has worked with universities, cultural resource management firms, state and federal government, and tribes.

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GIVE THE GIFT OF LEARNING Donate to OLLI at CSU

On a warm afternoon last fall, a group of people gathered at Drake Hall. While many of them may have been strangers, they had something meaningful in common: curiosity. Every gatherer was a member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Colorado State University, reconvening in person after many months apart. For Louise Thornton, an OLLI member for many years, the experience was seamless but unsurprising.

“I really didn’t know most of the people – only one or two – but just how comfortable I felt walking in and starting conversations, joining groups. Because we’re all mature adults: we’re all people who are interested and interesting, who want to keep our minds alert and want to keep going and going.”

Louise is not alone, and that is the point. OLLI members ascribe many qualities to their courses: the opportunity to stretch their minds, the structure to learn more deeply, the variety of new topics to explore. The heart of Louise’s story is joy – it is what keeps members like her engaged year after year. OLLI delivers that essential seed of joy that allows learning and belonging to bloom.

When you become a donor to the OLLI, you are planting a seed that in turn nurtures over 1,000 members each year. You are ensuring that people like Louise can explore the biodiversity of Colorado in a course on large mammals or put pen to paper as a poet in a weekly writing class. Louise has become a burgeoning poet, and yet still relishes the alchemy of perspective that it offers her.’

“We have a print on our wall of Klimt’s ‘The Kiss,’ and I had always viewed it one way in my life. I was sitting there one day ruminating over what I might choose as a subject matter for a poem that I had to do for a class, and I happened to see it in a whole different light.”

While Osher benefits from the academic excellence of Colorado State University, it is a financially self-sustaining program.

Contributions from our donors add essential stitches in the network that keeps members like Louise learning and – more importantly – connecting.

“The classes stretch me; they stretch my mind,” Louise says. “Mature people worry that they’re just not up to snuff. With Osher, there is no up to snuff.”

If you have not yet donated, please consider making a gift to OLLI today. Your support sustains a place where minds continue to grow and stretch, no matter the age.

Are you thinking about leaving a legacy for the CSU OLLI program?

The CSU Office of Gift Planning works with donors and their advisors to design a gift plan that most effectively accomplishes the donors’ charitable goals considering their individual financial and estate-planning needs.

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Contact OEE_Giving@colostate.edu or (970) 443-4577 to start exploring the possibilities.

THANK YOU OLLI Honor Roll of Donors FY 2021-22 The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Colorado State University greatly thanks the many members and instructors of our community who have so generously contributed to our program during FY 2021-22. We appreciate the many thoughtful anonymous contributors who have also provided valuable support to help our program flourish.

Annonymous Contributors Eli Alberts Richard S.Alper Elaine Andersen Tom Andersen Lauren Andersen Judith Aranow Susan Barbour Thomas Barbour Doreen Beard The Benevity Community Impact Fund Beverly Bert James Bert Jonathan Biggane Anne Blair John, Jr. Blair Lucille Braden Susan Brand Audra Brickner Donna Brown Judson Brown Tim Buchanan Larry Canepa Candy Caponegro Sam Caponegro Brian Carroll Caroline Coccardi James Collinson Madeline Collinson Kevin Cook John Cowdrey David Danbom James Danforth Jeane Darst Barbara De Bonte The Edgar Allen Poe Museum Carole Egger

Isaac Eliachar Reeve Eliachar Richard S.Erdman Nicole Erhart Douglas Ernest Frank Ethridge Diane France Page Frick The Frist Museum Patricia Gannon Bob Gannon James Giffin Mica Glantz The Global Village Museum Ed Goodman Vicki L. Grassman John Green Vicky Green Beverly Hadden Richard Hall Sandy Hall Bruce W. Hall*

James Kehr Jennie Kehr Phoebe Kilby Betty Kilby-Baldwin Kathleen Kling Rev. Richard Kling Wanda Koch Robert Lawrence, Ph.D. David Lehman Jean Lehmann, Ph.D. Albert Leung Barbara Leung Ross Loomis Holly Manley, Robert Manley, Gerry Mansell James Manuel Trudi Manuel Judith N.McArthur Don Menzel Cathy Monty** Tim Monty**

*In memory of Eileen C. Bordman

**In memory of Mary Jane Hall, M.S., R.N.

Mims Harris Bruce Harshberger Janet Harshberger Pamela Herrlein Kate Herrod Lani Hickman Thomas Hickman Barbara Hoel Robert Hoel, Ph.D. Robert Hoffert Sara Hoffman Karen Howat Lynn Iannuzzi Susan Jones Barbara Karbs

Patt Moore Chet Moore Suzanne F. Morrow Harry Mueller, III Sandra Munger Barbara Near Dr. Ray Nelson Martin Nelson Leslie Noone Les Olsen Sue Olsen Rick Oppenheim Joe Osmann Linda Osmundson Connie Paine

William Parton Nancy Plemmons Stacy Plemmons Ruth Potter Judy Printz William Reents Carol Roberts The San Diego Museum of Art Judy Sayre Grim Judge Charles Schudson Cheryl Schutz David Schutz Richard Schweizer Earl Sethre Lisbeth Sethre Dr. Robert Simmons Wanda Simmons Dr. Hal Smith The Spam Museum ElaineStratton-Hild Lloyd Thomas Felice Thorson-Boudreaux Jerry Thorson-Boudreaux Ron Tjalkens Gary Turner Kathleen Turner Karen Unger Donald Unger, Ph.D. Eli Vega Sapna Von Reich Sheri Wahlgren Henry Weisser, Ph.D. Donald Wells Robin Welsh Carol Wiebe Richard Wilshusen Brad Young Margaret Young

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Join OLLI at CSU! Spring registration opens online on January 7, 2022 at 9:00 a.m.

Membership is just $25 and includes: Access to 70+ classes OLLI Talks lectures Complimentary virtual tours and lectures Learn more about our exciting offerings at www.osher.colostate.edu

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