OLLI at Auburn FALL 2022 Course Grid
Classes: September 12 – November 4
Registration period: August 15 – September 22
Class Location | Sunny Slope | Annex | Pebble Hill | Zoom Only | Alternate Location |
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MONDAY | Learning Spanish Sylvia Cooke 9-10:30am Main Classroom In-person |
American Citizenship and Its Decline Jim Barber and Herb Shivers 9/12-10/3; 9-10:30am Hybrid C.S. Lewis on Christianity Herb Shivers and Jim Barber 10/10-10/31; 9–10:30am Hybrid |
Writing Our Lives Terry Ley and Cathy Buckhalt 9–10:30am In-person |
Opera's Greatest Composers: Verdi & Wagner Elizabeth Aversa 9/12–10/31; 9-10:15am OLLI Shares UA |
Shorter Hikes at Chewacla State Park Harold Bruner 9–11:30am Meet at Chewacla. In-person |
The Reagan Legacy: How Does It Compare with Republican Conservativism Today Larry Gerber 11:00am–12:30pm Hybrid |
Writing Poetry: Vision and Revision Ken Autrey 11am –12:30pm In-person |
The Road to Pearl Harbor Tennent Lee 9/12–10/17 10:30am–12pm OLLI Shares UAH |
Silver Sneakers David Tillman 11:30am-12:30pm Meet at Max Fitness – Auburn M&F In-person |
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Study of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism Mical Traynor 2:30-4pm Main Classroom In-person |
The Secret Life of Trees Anne Randle 2:30 - 4pm In-person |
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Mah Jong SIG Ann Beale, Judy Jones, and Mary Ann Hanson 3-5pm Kitchen area |
Exploring Drawing Media and Techniques Margee Bright-Ragland 5-6:30pm In-person |
Class Location | Sunny Slope | Annex | Pebble Hill | Zoom Only | Boykin Gym |
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TUESDAY | Communism in Power From Stalin to Mao John Parr 9/13-10/18 9-10:30am In-person |
Philip Henry Gosse: Naturalist-artist in Alabama, 1838 Gary Mullen 9/13–10/4; 9–10:30am OLLI Shares AU Hybrid Ancient Life in Alabama Bill Deutsch 10/11–11/1; 9-10:30am OLLI Shares AU Hybrid |
Line Dancing for Beginners Betsy Keown 9-9:45am In-person Line Dancing Intermediate Betsy Keown 10-10:45am In-person |
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Did You See the Movie, CODA? Betty Hare 9/13-11/1 No class 9/21-10/4 11am-12:30pm Main Classroom In-person |
The Land Looks After Us: An Introduction to the Study of Native American Religious History Joel Martin 11:00am-12:30pm Hybrid |
Brazil: The Southern Giant Sonny Dawsey 11am-12:30pm In-person |
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Significant Events that Shaped the Wild West Richard Rhone 9/13–10/4; 1:30-2:45pm OLLI Shares UA America's Longest Conflict- The Apache Wars Richard Rhone 10/11–11/1; 1:30-2:45pm OLLI Shares UA |
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Fall Mysteries Harold Bruner 2:30–4pm In-person |
Europe and the United States after the Great War: Conflict and Diplomacy Joseph Kicklighter Hybrid 2:30–4pm |
Whatever Happened to Folk Music, Part VII Mike Reinke 2:30–4pm OLLI Shares AU |
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Writer’s Workshop Patricia Foster 9/20 and 9/27; 5-7pm In-person |
New South Book Series: Children of Dust by Marlin Barton 8/30; 4–5 pm In-person |
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Class Location | Sunny Slope | Annex | Pebble Hill | Zoom Only | Auburn Public Library | Boykin Auditorium | Alternate Location |
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WEDNESDAY | The Asia-Pacific War Frank Broz 9–10:30am OLLI Shares Hybrid |
Psychological Reality and Unwarranted Beliefs Bill Confer 9/14–10/19 8:30-10:00am OLLI Shares UAH |
African American Education in Alabama Elijah Gaddis and Keith Hebert 9–10:30am In-person |
Tai Chi Kitty Frey 10:45-11:15am Boykin Gym In-person |
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OLLI Brown Bag Series Boykin Community Center Auditorium 11:30am – 1:00pm |
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Fall Gardening in East Alabama Charles Mitchell 2:30-4pm Main Classroom In-person |
Chinese Brush Painting Dong Shang 2:30–4pm In-person |
Military Blunders, Season 3 John Mason 9/21 – 10/26 1:15-2:45pm OLLI Shares UAH |
The Brain Train Jay Jones 2:30–4pm In-person |
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New South Book Series: More Than Peanuts: The Unlikely Partnership of Tom Huston and George Washington Carver by Edith Powell 9/14; 4–5pm In-person |
Class Location | Sunny Slope | Annex | Pebble Hill | Zoom Only | Auburn Public Library | Alternate Location | |
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THURSDAY | Staying Active: Day Hiking Harold Bruner 8:00 am – 4:00 pm Meet at Sunny Slope In-person |
Seasonal Craft Workshops Sarah McMillian 9-11am In-person |
Russian-Ukrainian: Forward to the Past Jay West 8:30am – 10:30am |
Desegregating Schools in Alabama: Voices from the Field Jason Bryant 9-10:30am In-person |
Walk This Way Bob Banks 8:30-9:30am Meet at Toomers Corner In-person |
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Cultural Heritages Adeola Fayemi, Mariela Delgado, and Susie Webster 9/15, 22 10/13, 20, 27 11/3 11am-12:30pm Main Classroom In-person |
Needlework SIG Joan Sampson 11:30am-12:30pm |
Sounds of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra Christopher Confessore and Maria Wilson 9/15,29, 10/13,11/3; 10:30–11:45 am |
The Columbian Exchange Rod Rodriguez-Kabana 11-12:30am In-person |
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Introduction to Architecture Drawing Laura Murray 9/15–10/6 2:30-4:00pm In-person |
New South Book Series: Mobilizing the South: The Thirty- First Infantry Division, Race, and World War II by Chris Reid 10/13; 4–5pm |
History of Architecture and Art Philip Fretwell 2:30-4:00pm In-person |
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Writer’s Workshop Patricia Foster 9/22 and 9/29 5-7pm In-person |
New South Book Series: How to Survive the Apocalypse by Jacqueline Trimble 11/3; 4–5pm In-person |
Class Location | Sunny Slope Annex | Alternate Location |
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FRIDAY | Introduction to Jamaican Cooking Tanisha Stephens 9/16–10/21 11am–1pm In-person |
Silver Sneakers 11:30am-12:30pm Meet at Max Fitness – Auburn M&F In-person |
Afternoons reserved for Committee, Council, and staff meetings |
OLLI Brown Bag Series |
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September 14 | OLLI Business Meeting |
September 21 | Jason Chang presents Taiwan: A Pleasant Island Waiting for You to Explore |
September 28 | Sheila Masters presents A Brief History of Human Subjects Research |
October 5 | Gerald Johnson presents The Realities of the Electoral and Voting Processes |
October 12 | David Tillman presents Living Your Best Life!!! |
October 19 | Zanice Bond presents A Death in the Family: Quilts, Memory, and Bereavement |
October 26 | Wayne Flynt presents his book Afternoons with Harper Lee |
November 2 | Larry Gerber presents Murder and My Rug Adventure in the Republic of Georgia |
Workshop Wednesdays | ||
September 14 4:30-6:00pm |
Sept 28, Oct 19, Nov 9 4:30-6:00pm |
October 12 4:00-4:45pm |
Telfair Peet backstage tour | Robotics | Gogue Performing Arts Center backstage tour |
Last Updated: August 3, 2022