OLLICourse Book
Summer 2012, Page 1
Summer 2012 Course Book Summer ‘Firsts’ for OLLI There are a couple of “Firsts” for this summer’s OLLI program.
costs; Broad Street Capital Advisors’ Amy Parrish will focus on financial plans in an uncertain economy and L. Ryan Brinson will discuss reducing the financial stress that results from disorganiza on.
The Alumni College, an innova ve collabora on of the UGA College of Educa on (COE) and OLLI, will start the summer off with a s mula ng concentra on of 19 classes June 4-7 at the Georgia Center, followed by 15 regular courses June 8-29 at Rivers Crossing, Central Presbyterian and Talmadge Terrace.
Although the Alumni College is a significant event, the regular session will s ll offer a wide variety of subjects, including fitness and food and tours of Ji ery Joe’s Coffee Roas ng Company and the UGA Science Library.
When the COE decided to sponsor its first Alumni College, OLLI was asked to handle the academic programming and presenters, explains Katy Crapo, OLLI Execu ve Director. “This had never been done before, and I’m just delighted because we work very closely with the College of Educa on, which gives us a lot of support. It’s nice to give back.”
“It’s Never Too Late!” presented by Sonia Steffes, owner of Sonia Says women’s apparel shop on Prince Avenue, will encourage class members to pursue their own dreams. A first- me OLLI presenter and successful entrepreneur, Steffes worked in retail and as a personal shopper before going into business for herself when she was over 50 years old.
OLLI members will join COE alumni for the courses, which will be organized like a conference with three simultaneous classes, as well as sessions for the en re group.
Rescheduling the summer program to June from July, as it has been in the past, is another first for OLLI. Crapo says it is a posi ve move: “By changing our calendar, we will have fall classes star ng in mid-August. It will make fall semester and spring semester a li le more equal in length of me.”
Highlights of the curriculum include presenta pr ons by UGA alumni Dr. Ryan Canolty, University of California, California Berkeley, and Dr. Sheila Katz, Sonoma State University, son and daughter-inda law of OLLI vice president Nancy Canolty. Ryan Canolty’s class, “The Brain’s Got Rhythm,” will address add the origins of brain rhythms and their connec on to differe erent states of consciousness, including deep sleep, dreaming reaming and an being awake, and how oscilla ons regulate the ac vity ty of single neurons. Katz will be “Exploring the American Dream,”” looking at its central tenets, ideology, a ainment by race/ethnicity, hnicity, gender and class and the role of educa on in pursuing ng this idealized way of life. Also of special interest are four courses in personal finance ance with local advisors sharing their exper se. “OLLI always off ffers a variety of personal finance courses,” Crapo says. “A err all, many of our members are re red and living on a fixed income income. We all need to know when to hold it and when to fold it.” Wells Fargo Advisors’ C. Becton (Becky) Ford will exp explain fixed and variable annui es and controlling long-term care
–Elaine Kalber
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