Fall 2009 Catalog

What’s Next in Your Life? Fall 2009 Calendar “I love these lectures—it is great to be retired and keep going to classes. Learning never ends!” Throughout this brochure, you will find quotes from OLLI members about our programs and instructors. Why not join us and learn about OLLI firsthand? Our thanks to OLLI Members Herb Thorne and John Dunn for providing some of the photos used in this brochure. What’s Next in Your Life? he Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Cali- GENERAL MEMBERSHIP – Fee $55 single, $90 couple fornia State University, Fresno, is designed for adults • Admission to all six (6) General Sessions scheduled age 50+ who wish to continue learning and exploring for during the Fall 2009 semester Tthe sheer joy of it. Renew your enthusiasm for learning in • Opportunity to sign up for Short Courses and Field a relaxed atmosphere, without entrance requirements, Trips (see schedule for details) grades or exams. • Free parking on campus during all General Session events and Short Courses Funded in part by the Bernard Osher Foundation, the • Madden Library privileges OLLI is a vibrant learning community offering a rich array • Reduced admission fees at Fresno area museums of workshops, short courses, and field trips of particular • OLLI-Mail announcements of Fresno State events interest to retired or semi-retired adults. via email We have an exciting schedule of activities that will chal- ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP – Fee $15 per person lenge, inspire, and motivate you—why not join us today? • Admission to TWO (2) General Session events (your choice) during the Fall 2009 semester Membership Information • Opportunity to sign up for Short Courses and Field Trips (see schedule for details) resno State’s OLLI has a variety of choices for member • Free parking on campus during two (2) General participation, ranging from General and Associate Session events and Short Courses memberships to short courses and field trips. You choose • Madden Library privileges Fhow involved you wish to be, depending on your availabil- • Reduced admission fees at Fresno area museums ity and interests. • OLLI-Mail announcements of Fresno State events via email All Fall 2009 events are open ONLY to OLLI members. How- ever, seating is limited for some events so be sure to send FIELD TRIPS – Fee varies depending on destination your registration in as soon as possible. We can not • Open only to OLLI members (General and Associate) accommodate guests at individual sessions; however, any- • Field Trips are self-supporting; a minimum enrollment one may attend a General Session by becoming an Associ- is required or trips may be cancelled ate Member ($15 per person fee for the Fall semester). • Registration for all Field Trips is first come, first served Membership fees are non-refundable and non-transfer- SHORT COURSES – Fee varies depending on number of able. Members who must cancel their Field Trips or Short class meetings Courses will be refunded only if their space can be filled • Open only to OLLI members (General and Associate) by another member. • Short Courses are self-supporting; a minimum enrollment is required or courses may be cancelled • Registration for all Short Courses is first come, first “It is so rewarding to learn new things at an served advanced age—keeps us alert and young in • Participants are responsible for any course materials spirit and mind.” required • All courses are non-credit and cannot be applied to a degree at Fresno State or any other institution Fall 2009 Schedule of Activities General Sessions The Seduction of a Past That Never Was… and Always Will Be Bringing Mother Goose to California Tuesday, October 6 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Thursday, August 13 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Satellite Student Union Satellite Student Union Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) f “the past is another country,” it is a place which we visit resno-based artist and il- Ioften enough in movies and popular novels. Yet the Flustrator Doug Hansen, M.A., parts of that “country” we visit are primarily tourist resorts, will offer a slide lecture describ- as it were, versions of the past that we can recognize as ing the process of creating versions of ourselves. Lisa Weston, Ph.D., will discuss how illustrations and working with a our habit of projecting ourselves children’s book publisher in the into a desired past—and then context of his recent book, Moth- using reference to that past to er Goose in California. This color- validate our present and plan ful children’s book combines words from Mother Goose our future—shows up in both rhymes with lavish illustrations starring California animals our popular culture and in “real” in California settings. Hansen contributed illustrations to history. In other words, what does the Fresno Bee for 23 years and created the Woodward Park Beowulf (the movie) have to do Regional Library mural as well as illustrations for books by with Beowulf (the poem), and what Mas Masumoto. He joined the Art and Design Department has either to do with a “real” Middle Ages? Weston is a at California State University, Fresno in 2002. professor of English at Fresno State, where she specializes A Story of Ansel Adams in Early Medieval Literature but also maintains an interest in contemporary popular culture. Wednesday, September 23 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Satellite Student Union Night Moves Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) Thursday, October 22 • 3:30 pm –5:00 pm Satellite Student Union ichael Adams, M.D., will share Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) Mmany of his travels with his father, photographer Ansel Adams, hat better time to have a lecture on bats than close and show slides of Yosemite and Wto Halloween? Best known as “Fresno’s Bat Lady,” Ansel’s works. His talk will cover field biologist Burleigh Lockwood of Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo Ansel’s early years, his involvement will teach you more about bats in Yosemite National Park and The than you ever thought possible. Sierra Club, and his association Whether you like them or not, with the American Southwest and these creepy furry creatures are environmental work involving photography. A retired phy- important for our ecosystem and sician and USAF Major General, Michael continues today play a critical role in each of our as an active board member of The Yosemite Fund, The lives. Come learn about where Carmel Bach Festival, A Christian Ministry in the National they like to call home, their favor- Parks, and The Center for Creative Photography at the Uni- ite foods, and much more. versity of Arizona, as well as The Ansel Adams Gallery. Also from Burleigh Lockwood: What’s Happening to Our German descent, Metzler retired from Fresno Unified and Ecosystems? (see Short Courses in this brochure). currently teaches at Fresno Pacific University. Trying Memoir: Dilemmas and Digressions Short Courses in Contemporary Creative Nonfiction hort courses are designed for smaller groups, provid- Wednesday, November 18 • 3:30 – 5:00 pm ing the opportunity for more interaction with the Satellite Student Union S instructors. These courses are self-supporting and require Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) a minimum enrollment. oin Steven Church, M.F.A., for an entertaining discus- Evolution and Creationism with Scott Hatfield Jsion of the increasingly popular and controversial literary genre of contemporary his course explores the nature of science, evolution, memoir. He will read selec- Tnatural selection, and how these ideas have been tions from his own books, The received, for better or worse, in the popular culture, with Guinness Book of Me: A Memoir particular attention to the recent history of creationism of Record and The Day After in North America. A science educator by trade (Bullard the Day After: Movies, Mutants, High School) and, by choice, a public voice for science and Mutually Assured Destruc- education, Hatfield is committed to promoting the public tion, discuss the unique joys understanding of science, particularly the teaching of and challenges of writing and evolution. reading memoir, and answer 2 Tuesdays and 2 Thursdays, August 18, 20, 25 & 27 • questions from the audience. 3:30 - 5:00 pm A professor in the Department of English at Fresno State Fee: $30 per person • Minimum 30/maximum 125 students since 2006, Church has worked as a fry cook, tour guide, Location: Alice Peters Auditorium, University Business Bobcat operator, maintenance man, housepainter, barista, Center conflict mediator, academic adviser, and teacher. Parking in Lots A, J and UBC The Historical Rise and Decline of the Pop Culture, Social Inequities and HAIRSPRAY with Volga-Germans Bradley Hufft Monday, December 7 • 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm oin this discussion of how the musical HAIRSPRAY Satellite Student Union Jreflects on the powerful role that popular culture and pop music has had in addressing social inequities Parking in Lots J, N, O and P (see map in this brochure) in America, with an emphasis on the paradigm shift in oin Larry Metzler as he returns to the 1700s when American popular culture in the 1960s. Brad Hufft is a JGermany was ruled by princes and people lived in lecturer in music theory and history at Fresno State and poverty. Hear the story of a German princess who climbed is recognized as an authority on the cultural and social the ladder of success to rule all changes that have been caused by changes in popular of Russia and bring the impov- music styles.

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