Spring2008 Fridays: March 7 – May 2

Providing mature adults with opportunities to engage in intellectual development, cultural stimulation and social interaction.

(OLLI) at the University of Connecticut Waterbury, CT Welcome to the University of Connecticut’s Waterbury Campus! Welcome to the second year of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Connecticut. OLLI has grown from a concept to a reality in less that one year; the Institute has grown to over three hundred members from over thirty eight (38) cities and towns in the Greater Waterbury region. In this spring 2008 program brochure you will also see that we have nearly tripled our course offering, from the spring 2007 session and you will notice

• OLLI now offers over thirty courses in ten curriculum areas.

• OLLI now has Annual Membership. This was always the plan, and now we are ready! Memberships will be for a full year. If you join now, your membership will extend through the end of 2008.

• OLLI is expanding our partnership with The Palace Theater by offering our first course in that remarkable and stunning venue! This is also our first non-Friday course.

• OLLI is opening our 2008 OLLI year with a presentation by Jonathan Kellogg, Executive Editor of the Republican-American Newspaper.

• We are adding to the list of “OLLI Headliners” with an exciting presentation by Fran Brill, the first The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is making female hired by Muppets creator . Seats for this event are going to fill fast – so be sure to pre-register! its mark on the Waterbury community and in the • We have new course time slots to accommodate our growth and success. Please note the new time slots. State. OLLI was recognized in 2007 for its Excellence The world of lifelong learning is like no other learning environment you have likely ever experienced--it’s in Outreach and Public Engagement by the Office of a place where you can come and be yourself, and engage in learning for the sake of personal enrichment the Provost. We have a proud sixty-year history in the and joy! I, along with the OLLI staff, the OLLI Leadership Council, our Standing Committee members and OLLI volunteers, invite you to partake fully in the OLLI offerings this year. Come join the fun and engage in Waterbury region and an equally promising future the richness of human experience and knowledge right here in your own region of Connecticut. And please at our state-of-the-art downtown campus. OLLI members enrich our campus community and remember to encourage your friends to join!

strengthen our connection to the region. We hope you can join our successful OLLI Program or Have an amazing year of new learning and connections with others! take full advantage of the variety of courses, events, and activities where you will meet old friends Sincerely, and make new ones. The OLLI staff, volunteers, and University personnel are here to assist you if you have any questions or specific needs. Have a great OLLI Year! Brian G. Chapman, Ed.D. Director of OLLI William J. Pizzuto, Ph. D.

Director UConn Waterbury Campus

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OLLI at UConn is a member-driven community-based, NEW!! Announcing Annual Membership! Members asked for it, and now The OLLI Program currently includes we have it! Join OLLI now for all of 2008! You will receive member benefits short-term, non-credit courses, OLLI program offering non-credit learning experiences throughout the year and can register for courses the same way you have on Café (lunch & learn) activities, and a semester-by-semester basis! Join today and get your OLLI Card! special events. Courses generally (courses, lectures, and special events) for mature adults meet at the Waterbury campus once Annual OLLI Membership is $60 – Membership benefits include who want to engage socially and intellectually with their a week on Fridays. • Participation in OLLI Café Activities –“A place to lunch and learn.” Members are “I have had such Most programs and classes are peers as teachers and learners. Situated on an intimate, encouraged to bring a “brown bag”lunch. Coffee and fruit will be provided. scheduled during daytime hours. a wonderful • Opportunity to register for OLLI courses in spring and fall, 2008 See course descriptions for specific state-of-the-art university campus with traditional-age ($25 each course) experience learning times. Please note the newly added students and research faculty, OLLI also provides a fertile • UConn Waterbury free Friday parking pass class times. again. I am 72 years • OLLI discount book card for UConn Co-op bookstore ground for an intergenerational interaction and exchange “Brown Bag” OLLI Café presentations old and I don’t get too • Entrance to Special OLLI Events are held from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM in of ideas. The urban campus reaches out to a diverse many opportunities • Discounts for Non-Osher Events the multipurpose room. region which provides opportunities for partnership with • OLLI membership card for learning.” To join and register for Spring classes, please fill out other cultural, educational, and arts organizations. To join and register for Spring classes, please fill out the enclosed membership Mission Statement form and returnthe byattached February membership 22, 2008. form and return by February 22, 2008.

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ARTS and then projectionist. He worked at the Painting in Pastels Dance for the Love of It! Leon LeClerc has an A.S. in Business, a B.S. administrator of a surgical practice for the past Palace for six years and then joined the Air in Business Administration with minors in 18 years. Connie also has a gemology degree 4 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ***SPECIAL OFFSITE COURSE *** Force to pursue a career in aviation. Certified Psychology and Law and is a PC Consultant, from the Gemological Institute of America April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2 by the Federal Aviation Administration to March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April having been involved with all phases of and designs jewelry inspired by the ancient Looking Back – Moving Forward: fly and teach in numerous aircrafts, including Room # 213 18, April 25, May 2 computers for over 45 years. Returning as civilizations and has conducted lectures on Room # 102 The Palace Theater History single and multi-engine seaplanes, helicopters Explore your artistic talents and abilities an OLLI presenter, Leon also teaches for the the topic. A returning OLLI presenter, Connie and multi-engine jets. He is currently a house 4 Sessions – Thursdays from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM in this hands-on course. Learn drawing, This movement course will take a look at Connecticut Community College System, the speaks fluent Spanish, Italian and several dialects photographer and historian for the Palace City of Waterbury Education Department of Southern Italy. Her annual travels to Italy focus March 6, March 13, March 27 and April 3 composition, and values by setting up a still the positive effects dance has on our well Theater and a projectionist for a multi-plex life and going through each step in shape, being: mind, body and soul and the health and private corporations and colleges. on the culture and archaeological research. At the Palace Theater (across the street from the theater in Torrington. UConn campus) shading and shadow in color to render a benefits derived from social dancing. It will three dimensional painting working in pastels. cover how dance impacts our culture and The Basics of Microsoft Office Let’s Learn Spanish: Adelante! Built in 1920, the Palace Theater is known Art Therapy – Creative Self- Members can bring home a finished painting social environment, the different styles of Word and Excel 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM for its rich culture and architectural design. Exploration at the end of four weeks! dance over the decades – from the 1920s to 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April In what is described as a Renaissance Revival the 1980s – along with studying the artists 4 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2 style, the Palace Theater features an eclectic Carmela (Mally) DeSomma has taught art who made these social dances popular, such April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2 18, April 25, May 2 mix of Greek, Roman, Arabic and Federal and painted professionally for over 25 years. as Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Learn the Room # 323 Room # 203 She has worked with many renowned artists Room #224 Motifs. Originally a movie/vaudeville house, different steps from the Roaring 20s, Swing, Introduction to Spanish language and culture the Palace changed with the times over its and has taken art courses at Paier College of For those who want to explore their and Big Band era! Microsoft Word – learn the fundamental through lively conversation, a splash of seventy years of operation and unfortunately Art and Quinnipiac Collges. Her works have creativity, this course will define art techniques of Word in this hands-on class. grammar and adventures into the intriguing went dark for eighteen years. After a won numerous awards in juried art shows Donna Bonasera is the founder and therapy and how and where it is used in our Learn how to create, edit, format, print, save, cultures of the Spanish speaking world. A significant financial investment by the State and national art competitions. She has created Artistic Director of CT Dance Theatre, community. Members will learn about art and retrieve documents. Microsoft Excel – a perfect class for those who want to refresh of Connecticut, the Palace underwent a artwork for catalog companies, and has designed Inc. and has been training dancers for over therapy as they learn about themselves. Each dynamic spreadsheet package designed to their classroom Spanish and for anyone who major renovation, restoration and expansion. holiday cards for businesses and individuals. She 30 years. She is one of few Americans to class will cover an art therapy approach by allow users to combine number crunching needs Spanish for travel, work or fun. Enjoy Positioning itself as Greater Waterbury’s holds portrait, landscapes and life classes and has receive a diploma while studying in Russia, experiencing it hands on. and outstanding results. Learn how to create, learning the beautiful Spanish language. Center of the Performing Arts, this exquisite been teaching pastels and acrylics at Artsplace and was also awarded a scholarship to study format and print spreadsheets; entering and complex showcases a performance schedule in Cheshire, CT for over 12 years. Her artwork at the American Dance Machine. Many Margaret McGovern, ATR.BC, LCP, is a using formulas and functions. Judy Kollias has a BA, MA and Sixth Year that includes Broadway shows, comedy acts, board certified art therapist. She is a graduate appears in Fine Line Art Gallery in Woodbury, of her students have gone on to dance in Spanish. She has taught Spanish language, celebrity concerts, family entertainment of Albertus Magnus College, receiving an CT, the PS Gallery in Litchfield, CT, and Foxglove professionally. She currently serves as the Leon LeClerc also teaches Demystifying literature and culture at Cheshire High School and so much more! This course will cover MA in art therapy. She served four years on Gallery in Madison, CT. state director for National Dance Week Personal Computers – Basic Introduction and Quinnipiac University and has traveled the Palace Theater history 1922-1987, the board of the Connecticut Art Therapy and has been nationally recognized for her to Computers. extensively in the Spanish speaking world. architecture of the building, the restoration Association as Secretary. Margaret currently Visiting Great European Museums choreography.Computers Judy is a docent at the Mattatuck Museum, is process and who we are today. has a private practice in Hamden, is a 4 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Culture and Language an English language conversation tutor with therapist at The Village in Hartford, CT and computers Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury Louis Belloisy was a teenager when he April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2 previously worked at Bridgeport Hospital Conversational Italian I for Travel and is President of the Board of Directors of started at the Palace Theater as an usher and Psychiatric Unit. Room # 203 Demystifying Personal Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury. worked his way up to doorman, candy vender, 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM For those who won’t make it to Europe this Computers – Basic Introduction March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April summer – or even more for those who will – to Computers Conversational Italian II for Travel 18, April 25, May 2 introductory tours of great museums in three 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM European capitals of art: the Vatican Museum Room # 207 March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the Louvre 18, April 25, May 2 Going to Italy? Want to feel more comfortable 18, April 25, May 2 in Paris and the Prado in Madrid. Members understanding the Italian language, mind and Room # 224 Room # 207 will see original photographs of the highlights lifestyle of the people? In addition to helping of the collections, both world famous Whether you don’t know how to turn the members understand the language and grammar, Going to Italy? Want to feel more comfortable masterpieces and lesser-known treasures, as computer on, bought your first computer this introductory course of conversational understanding the Italian language, mind and well as the history of the buildings and the or have little experience…this class is Italian will focus on the non-verbal (Italian) lifestyle of the people? In addition to helping stories of the popes, kings and citizens who perfect for you. It will introduce you to the communicator, cultural differences, expectations, members understand the language and developed their collections. “mouse” and how it works, the keyboard, and Italian customs and traditions to help the grammar, this continuing introductory course the difference between hardware and traveler avoid cultural blunders. of conversational Italian will focus on the non- Dr. Virginia L. Bush attended Wellesley software, floppy disk is and how to use them, verbal Italian communicator, cultural differences, College, received her PhD. from Columbia and introduce the Internet. The course is Connie Tripodi has a B.A. in Natural expectations and Italian customs and traditions University and is a Fellow of the American hands-on learning. Come make a new friend Sciences from CCSU and an MBA with double to help the traveler avoid cultural blunders. Academy in Rome. She has taught in New and have fun – meet the mouse and its specializations in Healthcare and Global York, New Jersey and Connecticut. She has companion, the personal computer! Management. She was a Medical Technologist Connie Tripodi also teaches authored articles on Italian Renaissance art at St. Mary’s Hospital and has been the Conversational Italian I for Travel. history and modern art, and has worked in art galleries and art administration. Her travels throughout the U.S. and Europe have Some courses have required and/or recommended reading. The UConn Co-op bookstore welcomes OLLI resulted in a collection of nearly 30,000 art members and carries a supply of most required or recommended books. OLLI members are also entitled to images. She has also been a presenter in the join the Co-op OLLI Book Club to save money on their book purchases. OLLI program.

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Health and Wellness History she produced and hosted a weekly talk show. 1. Thomas Hooker and the founding of CT Since then she has performed in numerous Colony; 2. The “Charter Oak,” 3. CT men in Fundamentals of Chinese Documenting Venture Smith productions, has worked as a newspaper the Revolution and 4. CT’s Representatives to Medicine (C. 1728 – 1805) reporter in television news production and the Continental Congress. entertained on stage for over 30 years. She 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM 4 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM is currently the artistic director for OBey Dr. Raymond Sullivan is a retired General March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4 Theater Group. Franchone holds a Masters Surgeon, who practiced in Waterbury for 30 18, April 25, May 2 Room # 201 degree in Journalism and Media Studies from years and is a former OLLI presenter. He holds Room # 327 a B.A. from Brown University and his MD from This course focuses on the life of Venture Quinnipiac University. Georgetown University. He has written on This course will be an introduction to Smith. Born in West Africa and originally many subjects of historical interest including his the fundamental principles that form the named Broteer Furro, Venture Smith Blacks in the Military – An book, Contentment, a novel of New England’s foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine, (renamed by his fist owner) died in Haddam Untold History birth. He is a member of the Massachusetts which can be used to complement our Neck, Connecticut in 1805. His Narrative is 4 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Historical Society and the Winthrop Society. current medical system of healthcare. an extremely rare autobiographical window March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4 These principles based on a “way of life” into one West African’s encounter with that emphasizes the need for harmony, the Atlantic Slave Trade and the “middle Room # 210 also encourage the individuals to actively passage” during the 18th century. It also This course will provide an opportunity to participate in maintenance of their mental vividly recounts the extraordinary challenges learn about the significant contributions and physical well being. The course will also he overcame to free himself from slavery of Blacks in United States Military. The explore the application of these principles and to live as an equal American citizen. By presenter will lead a discussion about the as a means of assisting us in understanding the time of his death, Venture had become role of African-Americans in the Vietnam ourselves, other people and the world in a highly respected merchant and landowner. War and during other periods of American which we live. A former victim of the African Slave Trade, History. It will focus on the history of he transformed himself into a stunning military personnel whose stories should William Courtland LMT is a teacher, Revolutionary-era example of African- be highlighted and honored, as they have lecturer and workshop facilitator who American accomplishment and independence. positively impacted American History, the researches Chinese Medical theory and its lives of their fellow service men and women, relationship to mind and body. A returning Chandler B. Saint, President, Beecher and the lives of all Americans. OLLI presenter, he is currently a faculty House Center for the Study of Equal Rights, member at the CT Center for Massage in Torrington, organized and runs the Samuel K. Beamon, Sr. “Sam” is a Therapy, Westport, CT, where he teaches project, Documenting Venture Smith, with Waterbury native and a graduate of Walsh Acupressure and the Theory of Traditional Food for Life: Nutrition and The Psychology of Ageing in David Richardson of the University of Hull, Grammar and Kaynor Tech High Schools. He Castro’s Cuba Chinese Medicine. He is a Nationally Cooking Chinese Medicine UK and diverse faculty of the University joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served 19 8 Sessions in 4 Weeks – Fridays from 10:00 AM – Certified Licensed Massage Therapist and 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM of Connecticut. This is the largest and months in combat. He flew over 300 missions maintains a private practice for Massage most interdisciplinary project ever to 11:30 AM and continued from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April in Vietnam. Upon return, he joined the and Acupressure. document the life of a survivor of the PLEASE NOTE: This course meets morning AND 18, April 25, May 2 18, April 25, May 2 Waterbury Police Department. The last 12 “middle passage”. He is also the co-author afternoon for four Fridays! Room # 102 Room # 327 years on the force he was the officer in charge of Making Freedom: The Extraordinary Life of of the Juvenile Division. He retired in 1998 at April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2 The class sessions will cover topics such as The ancient Chinese understood the Venture Smith, being published in 2008 by the Rank of Lieutenant. In 2007, he published Room # 201 fueling up on low-fat foods, flavoring fiber, middle and later years of life to be a phase Wesleyan University Press. a book about his military experiences, Flying “This is one of the Communist Cuba has long been a political discovering dairy alternatives, replacing when one is given a unique potential for Death – The Vietnam Experience. irritation for the U.S. government. Despite meat, planning healthy meals, antioxidants psychological transformation and growth, Harlem Stories: A Journey the Treasury Department’s 45-year trade and phytochemicals, immune-boosting foods, which is not present at any previous time best things that has Through Harlem’s Past The Origins of Democracy in embargo on Cuba, Fidel Castro remains and maintaining a healthy weight. Classes will of life. Today many of us see those times of 4 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Connecticut iconic to many Cubans. This course examines cover information about how certain foods life as only being a period that accelerates those defining events that have shaped U.S. happened for me at and nutrients work to promote or discourage the degeneration of our body and mind. March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4 4 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM – Cuban relations since the early 1960s, with cancer growth along with demonstrations This course will examine those years from Room # 210 April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2 special emphasis on the Bay of Pigs Invasion, of simple and healthy recipes. Everyone will the perspective of Traditional Chinese this stage of my life – Through a short documentary and discussion, Room # 210 the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Collapse of the benefit in some way, and the delicious food Medicine whose principles can assist us in this course will explore three stories from U.S.S.R., and Cuba today. samples are a bonus! understanding what it means to not grow old, This course will explore Connecticut’s historical Harlem and the impact that Martin highly significant role in the introduction to feel that I can still but age consciously with health and grace. Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and modern day Bill Blair is a native of Waterbury and has Jane Sirignano returns as an OLLI of Democracy into Colonial New England. pioneers have had on the community. Harlem previously taught “Shakespeare Matters” presenter for a third consecutive session. William Courtland LMT als teaches It will cover the development of the first is best known for the Apollo Theatre and and “Post WWII Genocides” in the OLLI learn and someone She has worked with the Coronary Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine. “Constitution,” known as the Fundamental the Cotton Club. Discussion will cover the program. He has a B.S. and an M.S. in English, Health Improvement Project (CHIP), an Orders, then move to the highly charged impact that Harlem has had in America and a B.A. in Anthropology. Bill currently is educationally intensive program. Jane has a story of the Charter Oak and England’s else thinks so too!” the entertainment world. an adjunct instructor at Naugatuck Valley diploma in nutrition, has managed a natural attempt to “steal” the Charter. Lastly, the course will discuss the State’s leading role in Community College. In addition to his writing foods store, has started a food co-op, and has Franchone Bey is a writer, singer, dancer the American Revolution and the CT men, of literary criticism, he is a political freelance been a cook in a natural foods restaurant. and producer. A native New Yorker, she who contributed to the founding of a new journalist who has visited Cuba three times. studied dance, classical piano and violin. nation. The four-week session will include: While attending the University of Las Vegas,

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Henry the Eighth – His Wives and Literature and Writing at Naugatuck Valley Community College. She patrons and audiences. Learn how the life of Personal Development Children has provided professional development for a composer is different today from one in Writing the Novel You’ve Always teachers as a consultant for the Connecticut Beethoven’s time, why composers write and “Talking Funny” 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Dreamed of Writing Academy of Education in math and science and how they make a living. Explore some of the 4 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April is also a former OLLI presenter. great masterpieces of the last century and 8 Sessions – Fridays from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4 18, April 25, May 2 what works composers are writing today. March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April Room # 213 Room # 324 From the Pyramids to Plato to Participants are invited to attend the March 18, April 25, May 2 th 7 Beethoven Violin Concerto and Bartok This course is not to be a serious effort in This course is a psychological study of Henry Room # 326 Pine Cones: The Phi-losophy of VIII, Tudor King of England, his obsession for Concerto for Orchestra rehearsal (7:30 – 10:00 the causes or effects of humor. It will be a the Golden Ratio th a male heir, his six wives, children (legitimate Each of us has a novel inside him/her. If yours PM) and the March 8 concert at Naugatuck proposed exchange between its team leader 4 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM and otherwise), his break with the Roman is itching to get out, this practical writing Valley Community College Fine Arts Center. and its participants in various areas of humor. April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2 Pope and the establishment of the Protestant course will explain how to begin with action As part of this interactive course, you will be Leif Bjaland is currently the Waterbury religion in England. It will consider the effect that “hooks” your readers, the role of plot, Room # 318 invited to bring out your humor. It is not a Symphony Orchestra (WSO) Music Director of Henry’s marital history on the current setting, characters, dialogue and point of view, course about the psychology of humor or its This course is a mathematical analysis of the and Artistic Director and Conductor of the members of the British royal family? and the essential balance of show vs. tell, beneficial results on the immune system of “golden ratio,” known as phi, a concept that can FL West Coast Symphony and has previously and of details vs. the broad stroke. The final seniors. Come and have a good laugh. If you be found throughout nature and various aspects served as Assistant Conductor of the San Penny O’Connell has a B.A. in Political class will stress rewriting and working with a don’t, it may be your own fault. There is no of life. It has been part of the world’s culture Francisco Symphony and Resident Conductor Science from Skidmore College. She is a retired professional editor. required reading, so bring your own jokes and from ancient Egypt and Greece to modern of the New World Symphony. Maestro high school history teacher with a broad view please bring your sense of humor. times. The number of spirals in a pine cone, the of world history, having taught courses on Jack Lander is the published author of three Bjaland received a Masters in Music from the spiral growth of mollusks, and Da Vinci’s The the Ancient World, European and American nonfiction books, 51 papers, and for the past University of Michigan. Robert Blake has a B.A. from the University of Annunciation, all share a relationship to the history. She has spent years trying to unravel 12 years has written a magazine column for Connecticut, an M.S. from Southern Connecticut golden ratio. A basic knowledge of fractions and Michael Schwerin received a Bachelor the mysteries of our historical past and is inventors. A former OLLI presenter, Jack State University and is a survivor of 34 years of simple geometric shapes is all that is required. of Arts degree in Mathematics and Music – delighted to share her discoveries with those also works full time as a mentor to creative teaching in the Waterbury school system, 28 Trumpet Performance from the University of Neighborhood of Memory: who have inquiring minds. Penny is also a entrepreneurs and inventors, and, at “70 years of them at Kennedy High School and is still Rosalie Griffin also teaches “It’s Not Their Minnesota and a Masters in Music from the returning OLLI presenter. something” has no plans to retire. In his smiling and laughing all the way! Researching the Bygone South Grandparents’ Calculator!” University of North Texas. He was a participant corporate life as a mechanical engineer, he End of Waterbury in the 2006 American Symphony Orchestra patented 11 inventions, most on laparoscopic 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Native Americans – From the League’s Essentials of Orchestra Management What Branch Are You From? surgical instruments. He is presently writing Music Beginning to 1763 program and a Priddy Arts Leadership Fellow of Researching Your Family Tree. March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April patents on two of his own inventions, and a the North Texas Institute for Educators in the 18, April 25, May 2 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM fourth book on marketing inventions. 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Visual Arts. He currently serves as the Director Room # 204 March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April of Marketing for the WSO. 18, April 25, May 2 18, April 25, May 2 This is a “hands-on” course for members Math and Science Room # 317 interested in the history of Waterbury. It is Room # 324 Fran Goldman is the Executive Director It’s Not Their Grandparents’ recommended that registrants read “Brass Want to know about our Native Americans of the WSO and previously held a similar Do you want to know more about your family Calculator! Valley” on the topic of Waterbury history. – where they came from and when? How position with the Jackson, TN Symphony. history but don’t know where to start? Then Members will receive training in conducting many were in the Americas before 1492? 6 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM She has performed as a clarinetist with the this is the course for you! It will focus on the Richmond, VA Symphony, the US Army oral history interviews, title searches, What were their cultural and religious March 28, April 4, April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2 fundamentals of genealogy. Members will learn newspaper searches, analyzing census data Band of New England and Young Audiences values? Was Columbus a hero or a villain? Room # 218 how to organize, use and properly record etc. These research skills will then be used Who else explored the Americas? How did of VA. She has taught music in public and information on family group sheets and pedigree to gather and analyze information to help Native Americans interact with early British Texas Instruments’ graphing calculator has private schools and at Hampton University charts. Research will include the use of vital create a portrait of the Waterbury South End Settlers? Who won the wars between the changed math education since the 1990’s. and was the Conductor of the Williamsburg church census, immigration, court and land neighborhood from early industrialization Native Americans and the white men up to Using the power of visualization, this Youth Orchestra. Goldman holds degrees records. A variety of sources will be investigated to the 1970s. Participants will be asked to 1763? This eight-week session will answer technology has enabled students to “see” in woodwind performance from Boston including use of the Internet. A special Saturday critique and add to a manuscript in process these questions and more. mathematics more clearly and to explore University and Norfolk State University and trip to the CT State Library’s Department of on the history of Waterbury’s multi-ethnic the implications of various mathematical in Secondary Education from Old Dominion History and Genealogy will be arranged. South End. Penny O’Connell also teaches Henry the concepts. A knowledge of basic arithmetic University. The Composer’s World Eighth – His Wives and Children. is the only prerequisite to experience these Polly S. Gunther is a self-taught genealogist. Dr. Ruth Glasser received her PhD. from technological advancements. The course 4 Sessions – Fridays from 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Alyce Cognetta Bertz enjoys being the She has been researching and unraveling her concertmaster of the WSO. Her role as the Yale University in American Studies in 1991. A format includes an intergenerational OLLI March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4 family’s history for about 5 years. She is a former OLLI presenter, she is also the author lead violinist enables her to have input into “The classes I took were experience by involving high school students Room # 119 member of the CT Society of Genealogists, of My Music is My Flag: Puerto Rican Musicians in aspects of this course. Calculators will be the artistic development of the strings in the CT Professional Genealogists Council, The and Their New York Communities, 1917 – 1940; provided for use in class. Symphonies and other works for orchestra Symphony. She performs chamber music in New England Historic Genealogical Society, Aqui Me Quedo: Puerto Ricans in Connecticut; enjoyable - they enriched did not end with Brahms. Composers today addition to her solo concerts throughout the Godfrey Memorial Library and The Society of as well as a variety of articles, curriculum Rosalie Griffin is a Waterbury native. She are writing for the orchestra with the USA and Europe. Alyce also loves teaching Mayflower Descendants of the State of CT. materials, and other publications. She has my knowledge and made received a B.A. in Mathematics from Albertus intention of having their works performed young violinists in her geodesic dome in She is presently serving as the registrar for spent the last several years doing interviews Magnus College and a M.A.L.S. from Wesleyan as well as to entertain audiences. This Southbury, CT. her chapter of the National Society Daughters and research for a book on Waterbury’s South University. After teaching mathematics for 35 course explores the world of composers of the American Revolution. She is a recently End community. me a better person.” years at Crosby High School in Waterbury, writing for orchestras and the relationship retired teacher, having taught for 34 years at Rosalie presently serves as an adjunct instructor between the composer, conductor, musicians, the elementary level.

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Develop, Protect and Market Your Philosophy and Religion European Union. A former Foreign Service Invention or Great Idea Officer, she was minister-counselor for Buddhism is Not What You Think! political affairs at the U.S. mission to the 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Being a Course Presenter 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM European Union in Brussels and political March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April advisor to commanders of the NATO March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2 Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Connecticut, Waterbury Campus Room # 323 18, April 25, May 2 Room # 218 The difference between the inventor who Why is There Something Rather dreams and the inventor who acts is mainly This course offers a clear, straightforward Than Nothing? OLLI Courses are generally led by retired, semi-retired and working educators, look at the wisdom and guidance of an knowledge. If you’re the kind of creative 4 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM professionals, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, and others. person who has imagined an invention, and enlightened teacher who lived some 2,500 years ago but whose teachings remain as vital March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4 some time later seen it on the market, this • Share your passion on a topic or set of topics • Explore topics with other learners and create a course is for you. Members will learn the and penetrating today as ever. It provides an Room # 204 “laboratory for new ideas” techniques of designing, prototyping, patent overview of Buddhism’s essentials, free of This and other questions will be examined in • Inspire others to learn and explore searching, patenting your invention yourself the fetters and cultural trappings that have a course using direct, easy-to-comprehend • Join a national movement of adult learners at the first or through a professional, marketing through accumulated over 25 centuries. Designed language, free from jargon and esoteric terms. • Engage with peers and community members for the person with a desire to see deeply Osher Institute in Connecticut inventor-friendly catalogs and the Internet, Have you ever taken a philosophy course • Lead learners without the administrative burdens and the secrets of how to save thousands of into the nature of existence, it is a call to that made your eyes glaze over? Have you of traditional teaching (reading papers/homework, Some of the perks . . . dollars in the whole process. awakening. When the Buddha was asked to avoided it because you thought it was boring sum up his teachings in a single word, he said, or irrelevant? This lively course guarantees calculating grades, etc.) Jack Lander also teaches Writing the Novel “Awareness.” • free Basic OLLI membership to energize your mind by making connections • Develop innovative, interesting, and compelling You’ve Always Dreamed of Writing. among the great western minds, including • reasonable supplies and equipment for course Pierce Reignier participated in behavioral Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Darwin and YOU! learning experiences instruction Finding the Extraordinary in Your studies and rehabilitative counseling classes. He has been studying and practicing • Utilize the campus infrastructure to deliver enriching Everyday Life Tom Kmetzo has a B.A. from Fairfield • UConn Waterbury Friday parking pass meditation and Tai Chi’s mindful movements University, an M.A. from the University of experiences for older adult learners and yourself— 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM for over 11 years. He has studied with the Iowa and was a Mellon Fellow in the Visiting without the pressures of homework or testing • Recognition event March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4, April 11, April Vietnamese Zen master, Thich Nhat Hanh, Faculty Program at Yale. He lived in Rome • Presenter Honoraria 18, April 25, May 2 and has taught at the International Buddhist for one year and has made eight extended Room # 318 Retreat Center in New Hartford. He runs trips since. He has taught college literature, Stillwater Meditation Center in Wolcott, CT, philosophy, art and religion for forty years. Creativity – our true nature! Get in touch which offers Tai Chi, Meditation and Yoga. He is an avid photographer and collector with your creativity through a scientific of interesting things. He currently works at approach of experimentation, observation Radical Islam in Europe: A Primer Topsmead State Forest in Litchfield, CT as an and roundtable discussion. Basic principles educator/guide, is a returning OLLI presenter and tools form the content – the principles 4 Sessions – Fridays from 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM and the official OLLI photographer! include becoming more fully functioning, March 7, March 14, March 28, April 4 more conscious of yourself and your Room # 326 surroundings, i.e., a more cooperative part of your particular place in this world. It will This course is co-sponsored with the World also put you in touch with your sense of Affairs Council – Connecticut. The media “The entire OLLI is beliefs, identity, power, integrity, abundance, are now reporting the growing impact of strength, compassion, self-protection and Islamists in Europe, whether it is terrorists sense of faith. planning to blow things up or activists seeking outstanding: topics fundamental changes in European society and Trish Plasky is a retired bookkeeper- culture. This course will seek to trace the and presenters are secretary who currently works as a party development of large, unassimilated Muslim decorator and jewelry creator. She creates minorities in Europe, and the emergence balloon arches, bouquets, flower centerpieces within them of radical Islamists; examine the excellent and the and wall and floor pieces. Trish has an artistic ways in which radical Islam affects European passion for Angels in the Architecture, Blue politics, society and foreign policy; and what Man Group, the fantasy of the Lion King to all this means for the United States. OLLI Café sessions sensational sunsets and mysterious night skies. She traveled cross country for three Leslie S. Lebl has an M.A. from Johns years visiting our National Parks. She has Hopkins University School of Advanced are just as interesting been involved with “The Artist’s Way” in International Studies and a B.A. from Litchfield County for 5 years. Swarthmore College. She writes and lectures Fall 2008 session – September 19, 2008 – November 9, 2008 on foreign policy, including transatlantic as the classes.” relations, and European defense and counter- Deadline for proposals – May 23, 2008 terrorism policy, and is currently working Please contact us if you would like to present a Fall 2008 course! on a study of Muslim extremism and the

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Waterbury Police Substation. He has over Currently a retired ordained minister, Dr. April 25, 2008 15 years of law enforcement experience Rafford began formal training in genealogy Estate Planning 101 A venue for the exchange of ideas and experiences focusing on improving the quality as a police officer and instructor for the in 1975 at UConn, and continued to receive Attorney Sean D. Murphy will provide a Department of Children and Families (DCF); certifications from noted institutions of life. The goal of OLLI Café is to have presentations and activities with themes such general overview of basic estate planning. a police sergeant at the UConn Police across the U.S. He has taught and lectured Topics will include the Last Will and as Health and Wellness, Arts and Culture, and Current Events. Department at Storrs; a state certified on genealogical subjects at universities, Testament, Health Care Instructions law enforcement instructor and adjunct museums, libraries, historical societies, senior (known as a Living Will), Appointment of instructor for the Police Academy in Meriden, centers and continuing education programs. Bring your lunch and we will provide the coffee and fruit! OLLI Café presentations Conservator, and Powers of Attorney. Learn CT. He holds titles in martial arts, is an the differences, benefits and functions of are open to all OLLI members. These are not courses. Pre-registration is instructor for the Police Combat Fitness April 18, 2008 these various legal documents and how they not required. The weekly event features a guest speaker followed by a short program and is a member of the Waterbury Beyond Companionship interact to protect you and your loved ones. Emergency Response Team (SWAT). Q&A session. Humans and companion animals have a long, shared history. The health and social benefits Attorney Sean D. Murphy is the managing April 11, 2008 of pet ownership or simply interacting with member of The Law Offices of Sean D. Fridays—Room #113 • 11:30 – 12:00 Lunch • 12:00 – 1:00 Speaker Presentation Genealogy – The Tree of Life a companion in a pet therapy session Murphy, LLC, located in Cheshire, CT. He Dabble into the world of genealogy and is well documented. Explore the function of has been practicing law for over 9 years, and learn how you can begin to climb the tree animal assisted activities and hear about many been managing his firm for over 2 years. The and take the steps to tracing your ancestry. of the recent developments in the use of firm is a general practice firm, which handles By using libraries, company indexes, books companion animals to improving the quality estate planning; including the drafting of and research services, you can uncover of life for children and adults. Wills, Health Care Instructions, and Powers the different branches of your tree. of Attorney. Attorney Murphy graduated March 7, 2008 Bob Alwine is Associate Producer Goodspeed OxyGenesis Institute in Hartford, she is an Understand the excitement of discovery, the Laurel Rabschutz, Ph.D. is the Assistant from the University of New Haven (B.S.), Recent Trends of the Broadway Musical Musicals and holds an MFA in theater engaging presenter who has appeared on despair of running into that brick wall, the Director of the B.G.S. and Non-Degree summa cum laude, in 1995, and Western New management and creative producing from many radio and TV shows. England College School of Law (J.D.), cum Have you enjoyed Broadway shows over the importance of patience, acceptance, and the Program, Center for Continuing Studies at Columbia University. Bob has worked as the laude, in 1998. years and wondered about what makes it all determination to find the “lost sheep” of the UConn, Storrs. She has been involved with Associate Managing Director of The Old Globe happen? There are various outside forces March 28, 2008 family – and what it entails. pet therapy with her Newfoundland dogs for in San Diego and the Director of Programming that have shaped the musicals produced for Death, Dying, Bereavement, and Living Wills over 20 years with a professional educational May 2, 2008 for The Ordway Center for the Performing Broadway over the last ten to fifteen years; Dr. Robert L. Rafford received a BA in background in human development. She is Arts. He has worked for Alan Wasser Are you prepared to face the issues of death, There is no OLLI Café today, but check various factors and their significance will philosophy from Brooklyn College of the involved in numerous canine activities, is Associates in New York on productions of dying and bereavement? Do you have a living the Special OLLI Events section of the be presented. The financial factors, popular City University of New York, a Master of a member of the Association of Pet Dog Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables will? What are the pros and cons of this type brochure for important details on the OLLI trends and audience expectations that Divinity degree from Andover Newton Trainers, and has presented numerous and Five Guys Named Moe. of documentation? Appreciation Event, May 9, 2008! have influenced what is being presented on Theological School and a Doctor of Ministry lectures on the effects of Pet Therapy. Broadway today will be highlighted. Bring Members will hear about the bereavement degree in psychology and clinical studies. your questions for this lively presentation on March 14, 2008 process, stages of grief, and effect upon the an American art form! Laugh, Breathe, Live – On Purpose! physical body from a long-time, dedicated Do you want more energy? Less stress? social worker. Contrary to popular belief, stress does not “just happen” to us. And those who have Arlene Pereira, LCSW, BCD, CT has plenty of energy and a positive outlook been a social worker for 32 years, the are not “just lucky”! Especially as we majority of her career focused on Hospice or age, energy levels and stress levels are Bereavement. She is the president of Stand By the result of choices we’re making, often Me, the bereavement agency she founded 14 unconsciously. Join the fun and explore the years ago. She provides bereavement support energizing AND stress-reducing benefits to adults in the community. of deliberate laughter and breathing. Learn to relax, calm, and energize yourself – April 4, 2008 simply by choosing to breathe and laugh Personal Safety and Awareness – for the Older “on purpose”! These natural abilities can Generation! become powerful tools to improve your Seniors are sometimes a target – quite health and well-being. possibly an easy target – to public acts of Laura Grasso is best known for bringing criminal intent. Prevention is the key! Learn “Laughter Yoga” to CT and sharing the power to use your instinct, knowledge, common and importance of balanced and deliberate sense and awareness while at home, in the breathing. In her private therapeutic practice, car, shopping or walking in a parking lot so she assists clients in correcting unhealthy you do not become an easy target and victim breathing patterns, and then coaches them of a criminal offense. to use it as a tool to further support health Sergeant Daniel Cruz is currently the and happiness. Director of the non-profit 2nd shift Supervising Sergeant of the UConn

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Special OLLI Events Partnership Events Special Events include celebrations, film premiers, author talks, special lectures, and other programs open to OLLI members. OLLI members will receive ticket discounts for events sponsored by partnering organizations.

Opening OLLI Social 2008 OLLI Appreciation Event The PALACE THEATRE Friday, March 7, 2008 at 8:45 AM – Multipurpose Room Friday, May 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM – Multipurpose Room Whatever your musical taste, the Palace Theater’s Spring concert line-up has something for all OLLI members to Light morning refreshments will be served Light refreshments will be served after the event enjoy. The best part? OLLI members receive a special 10% discount off their tickets to any of the following events! The Opening Event, which now replaces “OLLI Orientation,” is designed This event is planned by OLLI Members for OLLI Members. The purpose Call the Palace Box Office at 203-755-4700. to acquaint members and enjoy morning coffee and light refreshments of this event is to honor OLLI Presenters for their volunteerism, “American Girl” Tea & Show at the start of a new OLLI year. As OLLI moves into its third session and dedication, and creativity. OLLI members also are provided with the second full year, current members are encouraged to help acquaint new opportunity to highlight their new learning and overall experiences in Bring your favorite little “American Girl” lover members with the UConn campus and OLLI programs. the various courses. Another outcome of this event is a “preview” for and her favorite “American Girl” doll to see potential member-enrollees in the future. Please come and show your k.d. lang: Sunday Addy: An American Girl Story coming to the This year the Opening OLLI Social will feature a keynote address by appreciation with friends and fellow OLLI members! Palace Theater on Saturday, March 29! Enjoy a March 16 – 7:30pm Jonathan Kellogg, Executive Editor, Republican-American newspaper. post show tea and photo opportunity too! Come and join the fun! Previous keynote speakers at a similar event have been Carl Rosa of Waterbury Main Street and Frank Tavera, “This was one the most Based on the popular American Girl series by Executive Director of The Palace Theater. Connie Porter and adapted for the stage by Bruce Hornsby & Ricky Skaggs Cheryl L. West, this compelling tale of love important events of the year!” Thursday, April 10 – 7:30pm and courage is the first ever to tour from the acclaimed Seattle Children’s Theatre. Addy’s - A 2007 OLLI Member story follows her devastating separation from Michael Amante her father and brother—who are sold away Olli Headliner Event! Tuesday, May 6 – 7:30pm from their North Carolina plantation during the Civil War—and her daring journey to flee the life of slavery with her mother. Once free, OLLI Headliner Events have been a tradition since the OLLI Kick-off Event in 2006. Former OLLI Headliners have included The Silver Addy and Momma must bravely adjust to the Belles, stars of the Connecticut Film Premier of Been Rich All My Life in 2006 and William J. Mann, author of KATE: The Woman Who Was Natalie Cole challenges of being on their own—learning to Hepburn in 2007. Tuesday, May 13 – 7:30pm read, write, and earn money—all the while trying to reunite their beloved family.

Fran Brill – “A Muppeteer’s Life on ” Adapted by permission of American Girl, LLC (c) 1993 - 2005 American Girl, LLC Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 1:00 PM – Multipurpose Room Light refreshments will be served after the event Fran Brill, who performs Zoe and Prairie Dawn on SESAME STREET and Waterbury Symphony orchestra was the first female puppeteer to be hired by Jim Henson, tells the story of how she stumbled onto Broadway and tripped and fell onto “THE OLLI Members will receive a 20% discount. Call the Waterbury Symphony at 203-574-4283. STREET.” This adult-focused program will include a discussion by Fran Brill of her career as an actress, a brief history of how SESAME STREET was created in the late 60’s, the story of how she broke into the “boys club,” An Evening with Virtuosic Musicians Leroy Anderson Centennial Pops the anatomy of puppets, a quick lesson in puppetry, how SESAME STREET Saturday, March 8, 2008, 8:00 PM Celebration has progressed from low-tech to high tech, how puppet characters are Naugatuck Valley Community College Fine Arts Center Saturday, May 10, 2008, 8:15 PM created and evolve, how the feminist movement impacted her characters and the show, and finally her recollections of working with Jim Henson. This Beethoven, Violin Concerto Palace Theater presentation will also include video clips of backstage scenes at SESAME Featuring Jennifer Frautschi on Violin The Waterbury Symphony Orchestra hosts the STREET and highlights from the show. After the presentation there will be This virtuosic concert features two famous community celebration of the legendary pops a Q & A. geniuses of classical music, Beethoven and composer, Leroy Anderson. Mr. Anderson lived in Woodbury, CT, Sesame Street® and associated characters, trademarks and design elements are Bartok. Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin and was often referred to as ‘a craftsman of owned and licensed by . All rights reserved. has become one of the most popular and genius’ in reference to his legendary pops most recognizable violin concertos, which is compositions, including Sleigh Ride, Bugler’s performed in this concert by young violinist, Jennifer Frautschi. The Holiday, and Blue Tango. Waterbury Symphony Orchestra is featured with Bartok’s Concerto The concert features Simon Tedeschi performing for Orchestra, a stunning piece that showcases the technical command Anderson’s Piano Concerto, and other favorites of the WSO Musicians. like Sandpaper Ballet (with the Woodbury Ballet), Blue Tango, and Buglar’s Holiday. Photo Courtesy of John E. Barrett

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Events Open to the Public include celebrations, film premiers, author talks, special lectures, and other programs. Student Government Events These events are all Sponsored by Student Activities and are all held in the Multipurpose Room. UConn Waterbury Research Lecture Series Singer-songwriter, Nadine Zahr, Parking in the UConn Parking Garage on days other than Friday is limited to degree-seeking students, faculty, and staff. Please use performs coffeehouse-style alternative street level or municipal parking. Pre-registration is recommended by calling 203-236-9924. January 29, 2008 12:30-2:00 PM

Parisa Montarazan, from MTV’s Real World, speaks on World Affairs Council — Connecticut The Driving Decision: Health, Safety, an effort to produce practical information to Documenting Venture Smith Project being Muslim in America before and after 9/11 and OLLI and the Older Driver – assist older drivers, their families and policy – Dorothea V. DiCecco March 18, 2008 12:30-2:00 PM makers to keep older Americans on the move Laura K. M. Donorfio, Ph.D. Tuesday, April 8, 2008 The World Affairs Council is a non-partisan organization and safe. Specific self-regulation behaviors “One Night,” a play about the sensitive issue of Tuesday, February 5, 2008 which promotes public understanding of global affairs will be discussed, as well as whether self- 1:00 – 1:45 PM acquaintance rape 1:00 – 1:45 PM regulation attitudes and patterns differ by Room #333 and world issues by sponsoring programs, discussion March 20, 2008 12:30-2:00 PM Room #333 health and gender. For the past 3 years, series and seminars on international politics, business American Red Cross Blood Drive Race, Rape, and Capital Punishment the Documenting and culture. OLLI members can purchase tickets to Venture Smith Project in Connecticut to 1830 – April 1, 2008 10 AM – 4:00 PM World Affairs Council programs and events at World has been verifying Affairs Council Member prices. To view upcoming Lawrence Goodheart, Ph.D. events, places and “Ball in the House,” a five-man a cappella Wednesday, March 5, 2008 dates referred to in group from Boston programs please go to: www.ctwac.org and to participate 1:00 – 1:45 PM a narrative, dictated April 15, 2008 12:30-2:00 PM in this offer please call the council at 860-416-2844. Room #333 in 1798 to a Haddam, CT schoolteacher, The topic is part of a current book project by a former slave called, “The Most Solemn Sentence of Death: named Venture Capital Punishment in Connecticut, 1636 – Smith. The narrative Contact Us Today’s older adults and the rapidly aging 2005.” An unofficial, racial protocol governed relates the story of baby boom generation were formed by the the death penalty for the capital crime of Smith’s capture in Africa as a young boy, For more information call 203-236-9924 or 203-236-9881. Email: [email protected] or visit our website “automobile society” – a society based upon rape which was on the books until 1830. Of who survived the Middle Passage, suffered mobility-on-demand to go where you want, six men hanged for rape, five were African the injustices of slavery during the prime at www.waterbury.uconn.edu/osher when you want. Today’s older adults are more American. All the victims were white women of his life, eventually purchased his and his likely to have a driver’s license and drive more and girls. No one was executed for the rape family’s freedom, and finally managed to than any previous generation. In the next 20 of African American or Native American live out his remaining years as a free man years, the number of drivers age 70 and over females. The talk will examine the cases of and prosperous CT businessman. This in the United States is expected to triple. those who were executed, and those who talk will explain the project, its players Directions and Parking Should this give us cause for concern? Yes and were convicted but not hanged. The role of and supporters; and, through the voice of race in early Connecticut history, particularly Venture Smith, will add important details to No. This presentation will discuss research Waterbury Campus in terms of crime and punishment, will also conducted with the MIT AgeLab surrounding the story of slavery in early New England. W M ain be discussed. St t older driver decision-making and behavior in t S

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n St will receive a freeWol Friday-only parking pass. cott UConn MBA Program Open Houses in Waterbury Exit 32 Street level or municipal parking must be Exit 22 Union St Wednesday, January 9, 2008; Tuesday, February 5, 2008; used for non-Friday events or when campus Thursday, March 6, 2008; Wednesday, April 2, 2008; 84 Exit 31 garage is full. Parking and directions to Tuesday, May 6, 2008; Thursday, June 5, 2008; 84 Elm Wednesday, July 9, 2008 campus can be obtained from the website, Monthly MBA Program Open Houses will be held for anyone interested in UConn’s Part- S Main St www.waterbury.uconn.edu/osher or by time, Full-time or Executive MBA programs. Information about admissions, program calling 203-236-9924.Exit 22 curriculum and concentrations of electives will be provided. Please call (203) 236-9935 or 8 email [email protected] if you have any questions or wish to RSVP to an MBA Open House.

OLLI SPRING 2008 | 18 OLLI SPRING 2008 | 19 The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UConn is guided by the OLLI Leadership Council which is the principal representative body of the OLLI membership. Composed of founding OLLI members, the Council helps foster the growth and sustainability of the Institute. OLLI members serving on standing committees, in conjunction with the OLLI Director and Program Assistant, carry out every aspect of the organization. OLLI is always seeking new members to get involved in curriculum planning, membership, public relations, hospitality, newsletter, and OLLI Café Committees. For a list of current council members and committee information please visit our website or call 203-236-9924.

The lifelong learning initiative began with seed money, service, business, education, law and politics. Today, the market research, and technical support from the Leever and campus is located in a modern, state-of-the art facility in the Connecticut Community Foundations. Currently, the Institute heart of downtown Waterbury. Our neighbors are the historic is made possible by the generosity and support of the Bernard Palace Theater and a new arts magnet middle and high school, Osher Foundation and the University of Connecticut. making our location a beacon for educational and cultural enlightenment. Students enjoy quality interaction with great The University of Connecticut’s Waterbury campus serves more professors and participate in research opportunities that enrich than 1,000 students annually. In its sixty years of operation, the college experience. An extensive range of undergraduate and UConn Waterbury has opened the doors to educational access graduate course offerings and study areas are available. Visit us and excellence to thousands of Connecticut residents, many of online: www.waterbury.uconn.edu. whom have distinguished themselves in the fields of community

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