Vicki Sullivan
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arizona, OLLI-UA, Green Valley is gearing up for 56 fall study groups. The nationwide, university affiliated OLLI program is open to adults 50 years and older. Those who purchase a full year OLLI-UA Green Valley membership for $130.00 in the fall are entitled to enroll in as many fall 2013 and subsequent spring 2014 and summer 2014 semester study groups as they wish. A membership for only the fall semester classes is $95.00.
Quail Creek residents are active in the local leadership of OLLI-UA Green Valley, serving on the local and regional councils, hosting, instructional affairs and publicity committees, as well as serving as Study Group Leaders.
Online preview of study groups will be available at www.olli.arizona.edu on Tuesday, September 3. Online registration opens at 12:00 noon on Monday, September 9.
A complete listing of all OLLI-UA Green Valley study groups will appear in the Green Valley News.
Study groups meet weekly for 90 minutes for a duration of one to eight weeks. You might be asking yourself “where can i buy an essay online from?” to complete the work, but don’t worry, we aim for all the work to be entirely your own which is why study groups are so beneficial as they help to bounce ideas off each other.
Study groups will meet in Green Valley at these sites: Casa Community Center at 780 S. Park Centre Avenue on the La Posada Campus; First American Title Insurance Company in Green Valley Village; BMO Harris Bank at 270 W. Continental; Good Shepherd United Church of Christ at 17750 S. La Canada in Sahuarita; Canoa Ranch Golf Club at 5800 S. Camino Del Sol; and the Green Valley Fire District at 1285 W. Camino Encanto near the Desert Hills Recreation Center.
Study groups offer a wide range of topics such as the following: A Taste of Terror: Wine and Cheese Tasting; Adventures in Music; Alma’s Thought Provoking Films; Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Central Arizona; Archaeology, Cultures and Ancient Arts of Southern Arizona; Astronomy Basics for the Beginner; Bad Dudes 101; Beyond Our First Words, The Interpretations; Big Bands 1930 to 1950; Blue Zones – Live Longer, Better; British Female Mystery Authors – Round Two; Chance, Fate, Determinism, or Choice and Behavior; Climate Variability, Causes, Effects and History; Current Events with a Focus on Foreign Affairs; Cutting The Cable; Dredging a Dream, Stories of Fascinating Places in Arizona; Explore The Burden of Knowing the Truth; Flora, Fauna, and Climate of Arizona; Focus on Aging II; Four Eastern Religions; Four Films from the Toronto Film Festival; Garden Hopping; Historic Hacienda de la Canoa – History and Tour; History and Impact of Astronomy from Galileo to the Present; How Artificial Light Impacts Our Environment; Hummingbird Banding in Southern Arizona; Introduction to Features and Functions of the Apple iPad; Journeys; Live from the MET, Preview Fall 2013 Season; Oceanography from Space; Older Adults Do It Better, Retaining the Positive and Cutting Loose the Negative; People and Cultures of the Middle East; Playwright, Performer, Audience, Who Needs a Director Anyway?; Read The New Yorker With Us; Rudyard Kipling’s Stories and Poems as a Reflection of his Life; Saving Our Native Cacti; Science and Pseudo-Science, Interpreting Claims; Sonoran Glass School; Splash, Building Cool Water Features in a Hot Land; Stones and Stories of Ireland; The Anatomy of British Humour; The History of Architecture and Sustainable Living in the Southwest; The Nature of Madera Canyon; The Next 100 Years – A Geo-Political Study; The University of Arizona Landscape Heritage; Transition into Retirement, The Personal Side; Tucson Mountain Hummingbird Rescue; UA Department of Journalism Presents; UA History Presents, Session 1; UA History Presents, Session 2; Views of Iwo Jima, 1945 and 1955; What the Heck Is Phenology?; Who are the Jews and Who Cares? Not Who You Think; Women and Girls Abroad; Women in the Military, Then and Now; and Wonders of the Night Sky Explained.