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3-B-5-5 For ad info. call 1-800-477-4574 • www.4lpi.com 14-1361 The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, better known to its members as OLLI, is designed for adults 50 and older with wide-ranging interests. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to call our office or come by and see what OLLI is all about. We are available and happy to help! At OLLI, there are no grades and no tests, just an ever-growing group of active adults who want to learn. All that’s required is being ready to learn and participate - no previous affiliation with The University of Southern Mississippi necessary.

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MEMBERSHIP AND CLASS REGISTRATION PAYMENTS AND REFUNDS Am I able to register in person? You may come to How should I pay? Once you have received confirmation either campus location and register in person with from the office regarding your enrollment you may pay OLLI staff beginning on August 16, 2017 during nor- online, through the mail, or in person. You will receive a mal business hours. Am I able to register online? Yes! link to a secure payment site if you wish to pay online. OLLI is excited to offer online registration available. For your protection, we no longer allow members to write Please visit www.usm.edu/olli to register from the credit card numbers on registration forms. comfort of your home. Under the header “Forms” on What happens if I paid for a class and it is cancelled? the left side of the screen, you will find registration When a class, seminar, or field trip is cancelled by the forms for both campuses. Am I able to mail in my office, all members are notified via phone and/or email registration? We prefer that all class registrations be and OLLI staff will credit the amount paid. done through our online system at May I request a refund? If you paid with a credit card, a www.usm.edu/olli. If it is infeasible for you to refund will be applied to your credit card when the class register online, you may call the office nearest you is cancelled or you withdraw within the guidelines. OLLI and a staff member will register you over the phone. does not issue cash refunds. Enrollees may choose to Hattiesburg (601) 264-2780 | Gulf Park (228) 214-3277 request a refund by completing a W-9 to receive a CLASS CANCELLATION POLICY remittance check. Those who request a refund or Two weeks before the term begins, the office will reimbursement should contact the office to begin the begin contacting facilitators and confirming that process within 10 working days of cancellation. classes have the required number of members Can I use credits from semester to semester? We will enrolled to continue. OLLI reserves the right to gladly apply your credits to pay for classes, seminars and cancel any class at any time, for any reason. field trips in a future semester. Members may not use COMMUNICATIONS credit on an account toward membership dues. OLLI sends out “Director’s Update” weekly or as Membership dues cannot be refunded. needed via email to keep you informed of upcoming What happens if I can't attend a class? If an individual events and cancellations. If you have given us an cancels at least one week prior to a class or seminar,a email address but are not receiving emails, please credit will be issued for future registrations. If an add [email protected] and [email protected] to your individual cancels prior to the field trip stated address book. Check your spam or junk folders if you cancellation deadline, a credit or refund will be issued are not receiving emails from OLLI .This is the best per the guidelines for the trip. Field Trip deposits are non- way to be kept informed of current and upcoming refundable. If the individual chooses not to attend a activities. Contact the office if you do not receive it. course or field trip without contacting the office in ad- PARKING vance of the event, no credit or refund will be issued. Parking lots for the Hattiesburg campus are provided FIRST-AID KIT/DEFIBRILLATOR on N. 37th Avenue between Pearl St. and Montague OLLI Hattiesburg Campus has a defibrillator located next Blvd. Handicapped-accessible parking is available by to the east entrance of the Peck House. A first-aid kit is both entrances For our Gulf Park campus, parking is located in the Peck House kitchen cupboard above the available in any parking lot. USM has discontinued microwave oven. First aid and CPR signs are posted. parking decals in lieu of online registration. Come to COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY any OLLI office to register your vehicle. The University of Southern Miss is dedicated to INCLEMENT WEATHER preventing unauthorized information access, maintaining OLLI follows the policy of The University of Southern information accuracy, and ensuring the appropriate use Missis- sippi in times of inclement weather. If the of information. We strive to have appropriate physical, university chooses to close either the Hattiesburg or electronic and managerial safeguards to secure the Gulf Park campuses because of weather conditions, information we collect in all formats: on paper, OLLI will also cancel classes. Rely on a trusted news electronically and verbally. Security practices are source when the National Weather Service issues a consistent with the policies of the university, the laws and storm watch or warning. Please do not risk traveling regulatory practices of the state of Mississippi, and until danger has passed. multiple federal agencies. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Gulf Park Courses Registration begins August 16! Art 4 It's as easy as 1-2-3! Cooking & Eating 5 Crafts 5 1. Find “Forms” on the left hand menu and Gardening 6 select the form for your campus! Exercise 7 Finance 8 2. Complete the form by checking the boxes for Health 9 the classes you’d like to take. (If you’d like a History 10-11 copy of your classes to be emailed to you, Literature 11 simply enter your email address in the form. Recreation 12 Religion 12 3. Click Submit! Science 13-14 Technology & Travel 15 You’re always welcome to join and register in Writing 15 person or over the phone too!

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Art 19 member before? Craft 20 Exercise 21-22 Fashion 23 Finance 23 Food and Nutrition 24 Here's a voucher good for Gardening 25 1 FREE seminar! Health 25-26 History 27-28 Language and Literature 29 Come test drive OLLI before you Performing Arts 30 join! Political Science 31 Recreation 31-32 Valid only for individuals who have Religion & Spirituality 33-34 never previously joined OLLI. Science & Technology 34-35 Service Learning 36 Technology 37 Writing 38 GULF PARK 4

ART

Mississippi Magnolia - $20 Who Made This Platter? - $20 Thursday, Sept. 14: 11:00am-1:00pm Thursday, November 2: 11:00am-1:00pm Off-site: Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art Off-site: Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art 386 Beach Blvd, Biloxi 386 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi Seminar by Stacey Johnson Seminar by Stacey Johnson Come create your very own Ceramic You did! Come create your very own unique Magnolia out of pottery. Paint to your ceramic Thanksgiving Platter. This will be a liking. You can display in your home. one of a kind platter. Design it to your liking This course, and others below, will be and use for your Thanksgiving Holiday! taught by Stacey Johnson from the Ohr- O'Keefe. An Anderson Family Art Day - $15 Wednesday, November 8: 10:00am-3:00pm It’s the Great Pumpkin, OLLI! - $25 Off-site: Walter Anderson Museum Friday, September 15: 11:00am- 510 Washington Avenue, Ocean Springs 1:00pm Come appreciate the artistic ability of the Gulf Park Campus Classroom Anderson family of Ocean Springs. Walter Seminar by Brynn Brewington and Peter Anderson were educated to Come crate your very own acrylic appreciate the arts by their mother. We will canvas artwork. Paint whimsical see many of Walter's works and Peter's pumpkins to display in your home for pottery shop. Lunch at Maison Du Lu. the fall holiday season. No experience necessary. Brewington has successfully Anyone Can Paint! - $30 owned and operated Twisted Tree Thursdays, November 9 & 16: 1:30-3:30pm Studios for 7 years. Gulf Park Campus Classroom Two-Part Seminar by Allison Doolittle Spin That Wheel - $20 We know your art is hanging out on the right Thursday, October 12: 11:00am- side of your head, we just have to tap into it. 1:00pm Bring a picture of your choosing (no portraits Off-site: Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art please) and you will walk out with a finished 386 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi painting. Doolittle is the founder of Sip-n- Seminar by Stacey Johnson doodle. She is a certified Intuitive Painting Students will learn how to spin a pot on and Expressive Arts Facilitator. the pottery wheel, and each student will create two pots or bowls. Studio will Oh Santa Tree! Oh Santa Tree! - $25 glaze and fire bowls for students. Monday, November 6: 11:00am-1:00pm Gulf Park Classroom - Seminar by Brynn Brewington Paint a whimsical Santa Tree to display in your home! No experience necessary. Brewington will walk you through the process step by step. ! GULF PARK 5 COOKING & EATING

Downtown Gulfport Foodie Tour - $50 Holiday Appetizers and Sides - $25 Friday, October 6: 9:30am-12:30pm Wednesday, November 15: 10:30am- Off-site: Tripplet-Day Drug Company, 12:30pm 2429 14th Street, Gulfport Off-site: The Mary C OKeefe Cultural Seminar by Wendy Fairley Center, 1600 Government Street, Ocean We'll visit five different restaurants over Springs a three hour period and learn interesting Seminar by Cheri Hiers history about the area, restaurants and Get ready to impress your holiday guests cuisine. The tour involves a one leisurely with fresh new appetizers and sides. Chef mile walk with abundant rest stops, Cheri Hiers has 20 years of experience in the water and bathroom breaks. We will culinary arts. She has lived all over the south experience generous samples from great learning to appreciate and enhance the locally owned eateries enough for lunch. south's rich culinary culture. Dress casually and for South Mississippi weather! Wendy Fairly studied culinary arts, baking and pastries, at MGCCC. She PLEASE NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, then opened Tasty Tours of South supply and grocery fees are included in Mississippi, offering walking Food Tours the price listed for the courses. with a focus on history. Once a month we gather for lunch at a new spot. Join us! Felix's Restaurant and Oyster Bar Aunt Jenny's Tuesday, September 19: 11:00am Tuesday, October 17: 11:00am 942 Beach Blvd, Gulfport 1217 Washington Avenue, Ocean Springs

Pirate's Cove Lil' Rays Restaurant Thursday, October 5: 11:00am Monday, November 13: 11:00am 208 Menge Avenue, Pass Christian 500 Courthouse Road, Gulfport

CRAFTS

Put on Your Punny Face and Make Some Cards - $15 Tuesday, September 12: 1:30pm-3:30pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Seminar by Karen LeBeau We will make two cards each of a few designs. Everything will be provided, so all you need is to come and have fun. Impress your friends with your creative skills when you send them a 'punny' card you made yourself. Karen LeBeau, a retired kindergarten teacher, has always been involved with sewing, knitting and other types of craft projects. GULF PARK 6

CRAFTS

Iris Folding - $10 Crocheting - $15 Tuesday, October 3: 1:30pm-3:30pm Thurs., October 12 & 19: 1:30pm-3:30pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Gulf Park Campus Classroom Seminar by Linda Waller Two-Part Seminar by Sherryl LaPointe Participants will learn this technique by Participants will learn to read a pattern completing a Christmas ornament and will and make at least one decorative item. learn other techniques that can be used in Each participant should bring one light card making and creating other pieces of colored, worsted weight skein of yarn; a artwork. All materials will be supplied. Since pair of scissors; and a size “J” or “K” learning iris folding with Aleta Sullivan at crochet hook. Sherryl LaPointe is a retired OLLI in Hattiesburg, Linda has completed teacher who has had an interest in both several projects and led sessions for others. needlework and crafts her entire life. Origami - $15 Beginning Knitting - $15 Tuesdays, October 24 & 31 Tuesdays, November 7 & 14 11:00am-1:00pm 11:00am-1:00pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Gulf Park Campus Classroom Two-Part Seminar by Sherryl Two-Part Seminar by Sherryl LaPointe LaPointe Participants will learn to cast on, bind off, This class will be for all crafters who the basic stitches of knit and purl and make wish to enhance their paper-folding at least one decorative item. Participants skills. We will concentrate on making should bring one skein of light colored flowers and a simple elegant worsted weight yarn, a pair of scissors and arrangement. The end product will be a pair of size 9 needles. greeting cards or home decor items. Participants need to bring scissors.

GARDENING

Native Plant Walk - $10 Thursday, September 14 1:30pm-3:30pm Off-site The Crosby Arboretum, 370 Ridge Road, Picayune Seminar by Pat Drackett Explore the Crosby Arboretum’s native plant exhibits this Fall with Pat Drackett, arboretum director. We'll meet up at the Arboretum and we're happy to help coordinate carpools if necessary. Don't forget to dress appropriately for all trips that include walking! Don't leave the art/craft supplies you need for your classes at home! GULF PARK 7

EXERCISE

Tai Chi Chih for the Beginner - $25 Term 1: Tuesdays and Thursdays, September 12 through October 12 Term 2: Tuesdays & Thursdays, October 17 through November 16 8:30am-9:30am Gulf Park Campus Classroom Exercise Class by Susie Pham This class will teach traditional physical meditative practice. It is designed to build strength, improve health and flexibility, reduce stress, and increase energy flow. It is for newcomers to learn and for existing Tai Chi followers to enhance their skills. Pham has been a resident of the coast for 30 years. During a trip to China, she was fascinated to see how the Chinese practiced Tai Chi in the park. Susie had practiced Tai Chi for 10 years and was trained by Grand-Master Shi DeRu, 31st Generation of the Shaolin temple.

Intermediate Tai Chi Chih - $25 Term 1: Tuesdays and Thursdays, September 12 through October 12 Term 2: Tuesdays & Thursdays, October 17 through November 16 9:45am-10:45am Gulf Park Campus Classroom Exercise Class by Susie Pham This class will teach traditional physical meditative practice. It is designed to build strength, improve health and flexibility, reduce stress, and increase energy flow. This class is for those who have previously taken Beginning Tai Chi.

Yoga for Seniors - $25 Term 1: Wednesdays, September 13, 20, 27, October 4, and 11 Term 2: Wednesdays, October 18, 25, November 1, 8, and 15 1:30pm-2:30pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Exercise Class by Buck Lawrence This Course will teach gentle yoga that will help build and maintain flexibility, stamina, and range of motion in both the muscular and skeletal systems of our body. Buck Lawrence is a certified Yoga Instructor through the Yoga Alliance. He has taught for almost 11years specializing in classes for seniors.

PLEASE NOTE: Exercise instructors at OLLI are equipped to provide excellent instruction and have experience teaching the techniques to older adults. OLLI advises that you consult your physician before participating. Each 5 week session costs $25. GULF PARK 8

FINANCE Retire Wisely - $10 Thursday, September 21: 1:30pm-3:30pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Seminar by Karen Gould Will I have enough to retire? Will my retirement income last? Are my assets protected? Manage six key risks all retirees face: outliving your income, inflation, unpredictable events, market volatility, income taxes and rising healthcare costs. Turn retirement concerns into confidence and get positive, professional guidance along the way. Karen Gould is a financial associate with Thrivent Financial. She helps people plan and save for their futures, protect their families and assets, and distribute income upon their retirement. Planning for the Second Half of Life: What Every Senior Should Know - $15 Fridays, November 3 & 10: 1:30pm-3:30pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Two-Part Seminar by Dennie Mayhone Everyone wants to feel like they can retire with a carefree mind, without having to worry that the economy and their health will impact their retirement lifestyle. Understanding some basic strategies could improve the chance that your retirement will be the one of your dreams. Creating a plan that addresses your needs is key to reaching your dream. Mr. Mayhone is a licensed attorney in Mississippi accredited by the Veterans Administration. He focusesCOOKING on estate planning, & EATING elder law, and asset protection. Fraud Awareness - $10 Thursday, September 28: 11:00am-1:00pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Seminar by Robert Lincoln In this course, Lt. Lincoln will explain how our seniors are targeted for fraudulent schemes. He will teach them how to avoid the latest schemes. Lt. Lincoln is a 22-year Law Enforcement Professional who currently oversees the Community Relations Division. He is the Program Director for TRIAD, a senior citizen resource for information as well as for products to keep seniors safe. Lt. Lincoln commands the School Resource Officer Division.

OLLI Book Club - FREE Interest Group Third Friday of Every Month: 1:00pm-3:00pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Once a month this group gathers to read and discuss recent works of fiction and non- fiction. All book selections are made by the group and are typically decided on a month-to-month basis. Interested in having someone to discuss your reading with? This is your Group! Open to all current OLLI members. GULF PARK 9

HEALTH

Basic Veterinary First Aid - $10 Living Longer and Loving It! - $10 Wednesday, Sept.13: 8:30am-10:30am Wednesday, October 18: 11:00am-1:00pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Gulf Park Campus Classroom Seminar by Jennifer Sutton Seminar by Betty O’Brian Learn how to respond to health Learn tips about eating and some of the best emergencies and provide basic First Aid ways to avoid cancer and other diseases. for your furry family members. It may help We'll discuss things that weaken the body you save a life until you can get to a and the things that strengthen it as well. hospital/clinic. Sutton, a graduate of O'Brian, a former instructor at MGCCC, now Millsaps College and LSU School of works for the Southern Institute of Natural Veterinary Medicine, operates the only Health. She teaches certification courses in veterinary emergency facility on the Coast. a variety of health topics.

Staying Alive! Hands-only CPR - $10 Self-Help Psychotherapy - $25 Monday, Sept. 18: 8:30am-9:30am Tuesdays, Oct. 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7, and 14: Gulf Park Campus Classroom 1:30pm-3:30pm Seminar by Judy Parker Gulf Park Campus Classroom CPR for family and friends. No mouth to Five-Week Class by Raymond Swan mouth! How to correctly administer chest This course will address a number of issues compressions to help save a life. Judy we all face. Positive psychology will Parker is an RN of 21 years experience. She underlie numerous suggestions to apply runs the College of Nursing Simulation Lab and self-regulation strategies will be at USM GC. demonstrated and encouraged for your use. Dr. Swan is a professor emeritus from Reduce Physical or Emotional Pain Tulane with over 30 years of experience. Naturally - $15 Monday, Oct. 16 & 23: 11:00am-1:00pm I Must be Dreaming! - $10 Gulf Park Campus Classroom Friday, October 20: 11:00am-1:00pm Two-Part Seminar by Gail Gillespie Gulf Park Campus Classroom This seminar will provide attendees with Seminar by Victoria Hippard an easy way to reduce or eliminate An overview of the subject of dreams, their physical (or emotional) pain with their history and psychological meanings, own fingertips. The Emotional Freedom including experiential exercises to illustrate Technique is proven through multiple dream interpretation techniques and research-based studies and is used by both symbols.Dr. Hippard, an adjunct professor medical and mental health professionals. in social work at Tulane for many years as Dr. Gillespie is a licensed psychologist with well as at Loyola and LSU, enjoys learning 25 years of experience. how people find meaning in their lives. GULF PARK 10

HISTORY

OLLI Fall Kickoff Event!

Coastal Legends: Facts, Fiction and Fantasies that Created the MS Gulf Coast - FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Thursday, September 7: 10:00am-12:00pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Lecture by Charles H. Gray

Let's kickoff the Fall term with a little Mississippi History and entertainment. Charles Gray will recount the lives of some of the coast's most colorful inhabitants. He will share vignettes of the architecture and customs that define the people. Mr. Gray, historian and popular speaker, is the Executive Director of Hancock County Historical Society. He lived in New Orleans until 1984 when he moved to the Mississippi coast. He studied at Mississippi Southern College, now USM, from 1951 to 1955. He has traveled the world.

Heraldry for Fun - $10 Gulfport: Local History Matters - $10 Thursday, September 28: 1:30pm-3:30pm Thursday, October 5: 1:30pm-3:30pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Gulf Park Campus Classroom Seminar by Harold F. Roberts Seminar by Betty Shaw We see heraldry displayed by faith Gulfport is the second largest city in communities, schools, and businesses. Mississippi and is a unique coastal town. Even though Arms are now an Shaw will share stories and artifacts anachronism, many people seem to about old, and not so old, Gulfport. She identify with them. We will begin by will share personal information as well looking at the process of acquiring Arms as facts gained from research. Shaw is by Royal Charter and then begin on staff at the Southern Miss Gulf Coast considering the purpose, language, and art Library and serves as president and of Heraldry. Fr. Roberts is a retired founder of the Historical Society of Episcopal Priest who moved to Biloxi in Gulfport. She wrote a book about 1997. He was given a Grant of Arms by Gulfport and likes sharing details of royal charter from Queen Elizabeth that Gulfport's interesting history. year. A student in the Royal Canadian Heraldry Society, he enjoys the art and history of heraldry. GULF PARK 11

HISTORY (CONTINUED)

History of Bras, Bustles and Ancient Cultures I - $25 Proper Tea - $15 Thursdays, Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, & 16 Monday, October 9: 1:30pm-3:30pm 11:00am-1:00pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Gulf Park Campus Classroom Seminar by Connie Rainey Five Week Class by Jon Caridad Come learn about the history of the Follow the development of civilization evolution of bras. Ladies are encouraged from the first tribes through the to dress in period clothing or a crazy hat. establishment of the major Middle We will enjoy proper tea and cookies. Eastern states and empires. Though based Connie is a retired R.N. and vintage on lectures, discussions will evolve when clothing enthusiast. analyzing ancient history in the light of modern statesmanship. Jon Caridad, a retired Episcopal priest, had a long career in education and administration. Thunder From Above: Air War Over Southeast Asia - $15 Wednesdays, October 25 & November 1: 11:00am-2:00pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Two-Part Seminar by Anthony Rhodes Thunder From Above presents an overview of four decades of aerial combat over osutheast Asia. We will observe this conflict from perspective of strategy, tactics, aircraft and men involved in the air war fought in skies above southeast Asia. We start with French aerial combat and end with final evacuation of Saigon. Class will also provide perspective from North Vietnam’s air defense efforts and quest by both sides for aerial supremacy. Tony Rhodes, an avid amateur historian, retired from US Navy where he flew jets, and from FAA where he served as an Air Traffic Controller and Automation Engineer. He graduated from Florida State.

LITERATURE

Who Invited Harry Potter? - $10 Cozy Coast Mysteries - $10 Friday, November 3: 11:00am-1:00pm Friday, November 17: 11:00am-1:00pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom 1300 24th Avenue, Gulfport Seminar by Victoria Hippard Seminar by Terry Miles What can we learn from Harry Terry, a well-known Coast writer and Potter's journey, his challenges with evil, his OLLI member, will conduct an decision making? He endures parental loss, entertaining and informative seminar tests and trials, mentors, battles against evil, about writing with humor and take you and night-sea journeys. What might this on an educational adventure. mean? GULF PARK 12

RECREATION

Ballroom Dancing - $45 Vacation Travel Options - $10 Mondays, Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, & 9 Tuesday, October 10: 1:30pm-3:30pm 11:00am-1:00pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Off-site 9355 County Farm Road, Gulfport Seminar by Judith Jermyn Five-Week Class by Barbara Watts Learn the pros and cons of different Even if you think you can't learn to dance forms of vacation travel. What is there to due to physical or social awkwardness, or do on a cruise vacation? What if you because you think you're too heavy or too have a disability, can you travel? After old, give Barbara a chance. No retiring from 35 years of full-time work, partner required! She has owned Amour she decided to open her own travel Danzar dance company since 1983. If anyone agency, "Judy's Cruise & Travel." She can "fix" your dance issues, she can! enjoys learning all about the travel industry. Learn Bridge I - $25 Mondays, September 11, 18, 25, October 2, Learn Bridge II - $25 & 9: 8:30am-9:30am Mondays, Oct. 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6, & 13 Gulf Park Campus Classroom 8:30am-9:30am Five Week Class by Richard Logan Gulf Park Campus Classroom Learn how to play the fun card game of Five Week Class by Richard Logan bridge. This beginning class is for those who Learn how to play the fun card game of have never played or would like to freshen bridge. This is a beginning class for those up on the game. Logan is an emerald life who have never played up to those who master in Bridge and has taught for would like to freshen up on the game. 10 years. RELIGION

Who's Who in the Old Testament - $25 Muhammad and the Rise of Islam - $15 Weds., Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4, & 11 Wednesdays, Oct. 11 & 18: 1:30pm-3:30pm 8:30am-10:30am Gulf Park Campus Classroom Gulf Park Campus Classroom Two-Part Seminar by James Pat Smith Five-Week Class by Jon Caridad This course explores the life and teachings of We'll consider Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Muhammad, factors in the rise and spread of Deborah, Samuel, Saul, David, Elijah, the Islamic faith, and similarities and Daniel and Esther, among others central differences in the stories recorded in the to the development of Judaism and Koran and the Bible. Additional readings will influential in the faith delivered to the be suggested. Dr. James Pat Smith is a New Testament Church. Caridad is a Professor Emeritus of History at USM. retired Episcopal priest. GULF PARK 13

SCIENCE

SONAR and the Environment - $10 What's Bugging You? - $35 (Plus Lunch) Tuesday, September 19: 1:30pm-3:30pm Friday, Sept. 29: 7:30am-4:30pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Audubon Butterfly Garden and Seminar by Kandice Gunning Insectarium, 423 Canal St., New Orleans The history and development of SONAR Seminar by Zack Lemann systems from lead lines to the present Tour the Insectarium and Butterfly technology will be explored as well as the Garden with Zack Lemann. Experience general concept of SONAR and its impact on the art of cooking bugs while learning transport and marine ecosystems. Gunning about the insect world. Lunch at is a student at the Division of Marine Science Mandina's, famous for Italian and seafood and USM focusing on the boundaries of home-style cooking for eighty years. features and resources on land and in Lemann has worked at the Audubon water. Institute since 1992. He is known in local circles as "the bug chef." Management of National Forest Lands - $10 Tuesday, Sept. 26: 1:30pm-3:30pm Hazards of the Earth and Atmosphere - Gulf Park Campus Classroom $15 Mon. and Wed., Oct. 9 & 11: 8:30- Seminar by Anne Casey 10:30am Gulf Park Campus Classroom This seminar will discuss ongoing restoration Two-Part Seminar by Thomas in various areas of the country, primarily Kosciuch These seminars will discuss the Mississippi and the desert southwest. We will coastal and inland hazards that cause touch on various restoration methods, large-scale destruction. Although these including forest thinning, prescribed fire, hazards are rare, they are becoming wildfire management. Casey is the District increasingly impactful resulting from Ranger for the De Soto Ranger District. SCIENCE increasing sea levels and warming surface temperatures. Kosciuch works in the Beautiful Swimmer a.k.a Blue Crab - $20 Coastal Hazards Research Lab at USM Thursday, Sept. 28th 9:30-11:30 am and also in Japan. 703 E. Beach Drive, Ocean Springs Seminar by Aaron Lamey The Elusive Sandhill Crane - $10 Combine the greek and latin translations of Friday, November 10: TBD Callinectes sapidus and you have "beautiful 7200 Crane Lane, Gautier swimmer that tastes good." Participants will Learn about the Mississippi Sandhill learn about blue crabs and current USM Crane, a magnificent local creature, and GCRL research. We'll wrap up with our own enjoy a short hike on the trail to see other small version of a Gulf Coast crab boil. Aaron wildlife inhabitating the refuge. You won't is part of the education team at USM GCRL want to miss this experience! Marine Education Center. GULF PARK 14

SCIENCE (CONTINUED)

Amp Up Your Fishing - $15 Planting for Pollinators - $15 Thursday, October 26th 9:00-11:00am Friday, October 27: 11:00am-1:00pm 703 E. Beach Drive, Ocean Springs Pascagoula River Audubon Center, 5107 Seminar by Ben Weldon Arthur Street, Moss Point Want to refresh your fishing skills, learn Seminar by Erin Parker more about what your target species eats, We'll spend our first part of the day their lifecycles and how to catch more of learning the benefits of planting for them? We'll share tips about rigging, lures pollinators, why pollinator populations are and bringing home the fish and then head in decline, and how to encourage beautiful to the GCRL pier to catch speckled trout, pollinators like butterflies, moths, and flounder and other fish. Bring your fishing bees to your backyard garden. Then, we'll pole or borrow one of ours. Weldon is a take a short stroll through the native plant Marine Education Specialist at the GCRL. gardens on the grounds where we'll search for pollinators and look at the successes Conservation and Quality of Life - $10 and challenges of our native plant Thursday, November 2: 1:30pm-3:30pm gardens. Erin Parker is on staff at PRAC. Gulf Park Campus Classroom Seminar by Judy Steckler Brief History of Astronomy - $10 This course will give a general overview of Monday, October 30: 1:30pm-3:30pm the conservation efforts of the Land Trust Gulf Park Campus Classroom for the Mississippi Coastal Plain (LTMCP) Seminar by Rajamohan Kalluru and their impact on your quality of life. We will cover the brief history of Steckler will go in depth to show how astronomy known as “The Copernican community involvement plays a role in Revolution." Topics include the ancient conservation efforts. Steckler is Executive astronomy, the geocentric universe, Director of the Land Trust for the heliocentricism, andmodern astronomy. Mississippi Coastal Plain, managing over We'll also cover the comparison of the 9,000 acres of conservation land in the six objects, masses in the solar system, and coastal counties. classification of the objects in Solar System. Kalluru is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at USM.

Cruisin The Coast Parade - Free Monday, October 2: 4:00pm-9:00pm (Stay Tuned for More Details) Come and have a fun time watching classic cars with fellow members. Bring a chair and dish to share! GULF PARK 15

TECHNOLOGY

Making Sense of Your PC - $25 Computer Q&A - $25 Wednesdays, Oct. 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, & 15 TECHNOLOGYFriday, Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, & 13 8:30am-10:30am 1:30pm-3:30pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Gulf Park Campus Classroom Five Week Class by Susan Rutledge Five Week Class by Maia Folsom This course covers the very basics of how to Have you attended a computer class use a Windows based personal computer presented by a knowledgeable instructor (does not cover the Apple family). It will but left feeling your question was not include: 1) parts of the computer, what the answered or the answer escaped you? parts do and how to use them; 2) how to Then this class is for you. Maia Folsom has access the programs; 3) using E-mail; 4) devised a novel method of teaching based Internet basics. This class will be very on her experience and totally designed to flexible as questions come up. Rutledge answer your specific questions. Please graduated from the University of South come prepared with five questions you Alabama with a degree in Computer Science desperately need to have answered. Maia and a minor in Education. She also has a is a manager for a mechanical contractor Masters in Computer Science from USM. where she is in charge of internal training.

WRITING

Write Your Story - $25 Editing Your Work - $10 Monday, Nov. 6: 1:30pm-3:30pm Wednesdays, Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4, & 11 SCIENCE (CONTINUED) 11:00am-1:00pm Gulf Park Campus Classroom Gulf Park Campus Classroom Seminar by Phillip Levin Five Week Class by Johnnie Bernhard This course will teach methods of self Bernhard will introduce students to the skill editing. This includes grammar, point of set necessary to write non-fiction and view, setting, character, and plot fiction. Members will learn the literary developments. Phillip Levin is the author of elements within the fiction to craft their 22 published books, president of the Gulf own fiction work. For non-fiction, members Coast Writers Association, and editor of the will learn the elements of essay writing well Magnolia Quarterly. and journalism for use in writing magazine articles or book reviews. This includes Stories and Poems of OLLI Writers: editing techniques, building a writer's Volume II, a collection original work platform, and marketing your work. from members and friends of OLLI Bernhard's novel, "A Good Girl," was a 2015 from around the state hits the presses Wisdom-Faulkner Top 10 finalist. soon! Coming in Spring 2018!!!

An American in Paris OLLI Space Camp Saenger Theatre U.S Space and Rocket Center New Orleans Dates TBD Saturday, February 3 Matinee Have you ever wanted to know 2:00 p.m. what it really takes to be an astronaut? Get ready for the thrill Enjoy this musical about an of a lifetime! American soldier, a mysterious French girl and an indomitable You’ll train like an astronaut by European city in the aftermath of experiencing walking on the war. Acclaimed director- moon’s surface using the 1/6th choreographer and 2015 Tony Gravity Chair and Multi-Axis Award-winner Christopher Trainer. Or perhaps you’ll sit in Wheldon brings the magic and Mission Control and handle romance of Paris into perfect ground operations! Then it’s off harmony with unforgettable to visit the U.S. Space & Rocket works from George and Ira Center museum followed by Gershwin in the four-time Tony authentic German beer, cuisine Award winning production that and music under the Saturn V earned more awards than any Rocket at the Biergarten. And other musical in 2015! much more!

This Greyhound is Delta Bound! A Tour of the Mississippi Delta (Dates TBD) There's no place on earth like the Mississippi Delta. Faulkner said you had to understand Mississippi to understand world. Well, to understand Mississippi, you have to understand the Delta. Beyond the Blues and the legacy of Cotton, there are stories to be told, unsung heroes to discover, and a history that shaped our nation. For a few days, we'll explore the region and connect with local experts. Here’s a friendly reminder from OLLI about Your Fall Classes!!!

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ART

Creative Photography: Beginning Drawing - Term I - $25 Beyond Point-and-Shoot - $25 Thursdays, Sept. 14 - Oct. 12: 9:30am Tuesdays, Sept. 12 through Oct. 10: Peck House 9:30am Five-Week class by Marty Broadus Peck House This is a beginning drawing class for Five-Week Class by Tim Orsi those who would like to learn the basics This course will be an exploration of the of drawing objects, shapes and shading creative use of the digital camera. The techniques. You'll learn about course will be interactive between the perspective and how to enlarge. Please instructor and student and we will use a bring with you to class: #2 pencil, theme-based approach to shooting. We mechanical pencil (optional), eraser, will discuss various creative approaches colored pencils, Sharpie with two tips and the factors that combine to make an (fine & medium), small drawing pad, "effective" photograph. Class time will also and 10-12 sheets copy paper. Marty is a be used to critique photos taken by the retired art and drama teacher and is a class. Dr. Tim Orsi is a retired secretary for the South MS Art geology/oceanography professional who Association. In 2011, she assisted her has an interest in fine art and daughter, Lola, in starting the local photography. He recently exhibited his Painting with a Twist studio. fine art pieces at OLLI's Art Gallery and his photography graces the cover of this issue! Watercolor - $25 Thursdays, Oct. 19 - Nov. 16: 9:30am Portraits: People and Pets - $25 Peck House Mondays, Oct. 2 - October 30: 12:30pm Five-Week Class by Marty Broadus Peck House Learn watercolor basics, color theory, Five-Week Class by Dana Stratton tricks and techniques, wet-on-wet vs. Instruction on the structure of faces and wet-on-dry. Please bring with you to figures of people and pets followed by class: watercolors, brushes (different working in your preferred media from sizes), watercolor paper (9x12 or your own photos. You may bring your so), painter's tape, resist medium such as own painting or drawing supplies. crayons, pastels and/or masking fluid. Stratton is a retired art and art history teacher who has been teaching for OLLI since 2000. Unless otherwise noted in the schedule, grocery and supply fees are included in the prices of the classes. Some instructors have provided lists of supplies or books for you to bring with you. Don't forget to double- check! HATTIESBURG 19

ART

Creative Photography: Beginning Drawing - Term I - $25 Beyond Point-and-Shoot - $25 Thursdays, Sept. 14 - Oct. 12: 9:30am Tuesdays, Sept. 12 through Oct. 10: Peck House 9:30am Five-Week class by Marty Broadus Peck House This is a beginning drawing class for Five-Week Class by Tim Orsi those who would like to learn the basics This course will be an exploration of the of drawing objects, shapes and shading creative use of the digital camera. The techniques. You'll learn about course will be interactive between the perspective and how to enlarge. Please instructor and student and we will use a bring with you to class: #2 pencil, theme-based approach to shooting. We mechanical pencil (optional), eraser, will discuss various creative approaches colored pencils, Sharpie with two tips and the factors that combine to make an (fine & medium), small drawing pad, "effective" photograph. Class time will also and 10-12 sheets copy paper. Marty is a be used to critique photos taken by the retired art and drama teacher and is a class. Dr. Tim Orsi is a retired secretary for the South MS Art geology/oceanography professional who Association. In 2011, she assisted her has an interest in fine art and daughter, Lola, in starting the local photography. He recently exhibited his Painting with a Twist studio. fine art pieces at OLLI's Art Gallery and his photography graces the cover of this issue! Watercolor - $25 Thursdays, Oct. 19 - Nov. 16: 9:30am Portraits: People and Pets - $25 Peck House Mondays, Oct. 2 - October 30: 12:30pm Five-Week Class by Marty Broadus Peck House Learn watercolor basics, color theory, Five-Week Class by Dana Stratton tricks and techniques, wet-on-wet vs. Instruction on the structure of faces and wet-on-dry. Please bring with you to figures of people and pets followed by class: watercolors, brushes (different working in your preferred media from sizes), watercolor paper (9x12 or your own photos. You may bring your so), painter's tape, resist medium such as own painting or drawing supplies. crayons, pastels and/or masking fluid. Stratton is a retired art and art history teacher who has been teaching for OLLI since 2000. Unless otherwise noted in the schedule, grocery and supply fees are included in the prices of the classes. Some instructors have provided lists of supplies or books for you to bring with you. Don't forget to double- check! HATTIESBURG 20

CRAFT

Jewelry Adventures - $25 Put on Your Punny Face and Monday, Sept. 11 through Oct. 9: 9:30am Make Some Cards - $17 Peck House Wednesday, Sept. 27: 12:30pm Five-Week Class by Suzanne Boyd Peck House - Seminar by Karen LeBeau In this unique class, Suzanne Boyd will offer We will make 2 cards each of a few five individual jewelry seminars – take just designs. Everything will be provided, so one or take all five! Topics will include: all you need is to come and have fun. Copper-wrapped Rings, Bracelets, Earrings, Impress your friends with your creative Repurposed Jewelry, and Oops! I Broke my skills when you send them a 'punny' card Statement Necklace. Suzanne Boyd is owner you made yourself. Karen LeBeau, a of Anderson Square in Laurel and has retired Kindergarten teacher, has always taught numerous jewelry courses at OLLI. been involved with sewing, knitting and other types of craft projects. She started Rice Paper Luminaries - $20 making doll clothes from scraps as a child Mondays, Sept. 18 and 25: 12:30pm and has continued to create-almost Peck House always with several projects in various Two-part seminar by Lynn Morris stages of completion. Luminaries made from torn rice paper accented with dried flowers are a beautiful Beadstitching Techniques - $25 way to add candlelight in your home. Lynn (or $10 per individual session) Morris has enjoyed exploring the arts since Wednesdays, Oct. 18 - Nov. 15: 12:30pm her retirement from teaching. Researching Peck House - Five week class by Jill new and unique crafts has allowed her Douglas unlimited creative growth. This will be a 5-week exploration into sewing with small beads to create Don't Forget our Special Interest Group! finished jewelry or components for larger Mondays 10:00am - Current Events (Board Room) pieces. Techniques will include peyote, 12:30pm - Crochet (Board Room) square, herringbone and spiral stitching. 2:30pm - The Notables (Annex) Work will be close-up; reading glasses Tuesdays may prove helpful. Jill has been 8:30am - Advanced Tai Chi (Annex) Wednesdays fascinated with beads for over 20 years. 11:30am - Guitar (Univ. Baptist Church) She has shown her work in California, 1:30pm - Mah Jongg (Computer Lab) Arizona, and Mississippi and received Thursdays awards in several art shows. Recently, Jill 2:30pm - Mah Jongg (Computer Lab) has added wire wrapping to her list of Fridays 1st Friday - 11:30am - Lifestory Writing (Board Room) interests. 2nd Friday - 10:00am - Book Club (Board Room) 3rd Friday - 11:30am - Poetry (Board Room) 4th Friday - 12:00pm - Miss. Book Club (Board Room) HATTIESBURG 21

EXERCISE

Walk With Ease - $40 (includes book fee) Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Sept. 11 through Oct. 20: 9:00am Peck House - Exercise class by Anita Davis Many people, especially those with arthritis, don’t participate in regular physical activity despite the health benefits. This program was developed to help people with or without arthritis form walking groups whose goals are safety and success. Participants learn about physical activity while benefiting from an ongoing aerobic fitness program. Anita Davis is certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine with a specialization in senior fitness, and additional certification by the Athletics and Fitness Association of America as a trainer for the Arthritis Foundation’s “Walk With Ease” program.

Tai Chi Easy for Self-Care - $25 per term Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 11 through Oct. 11: 9:15am Mondays and Wednesdays, Oct. 16 through Nov. 15: 9:15am Peck House - Exercise class by Susan Nodurft Tai Chi Easy, a mind body practice, combines gentle exercise and meditation to activate self-healing properties. The coordinating of slow movements with breath and relaxation techniques improves circulation, balance and has an array of health benefits. Susan is a retired biology teacher. After retirement, she began the study and practice of Qigong/Tai Chi. Susan is certified as a Tai Chi Easy "Practice Leader" by the Institute of Integral Qigong Tai Chi and teaches Tai Chi Easy at The Yoga Room.

Tai Chi II - 24 Movements (Intermediate) - $25 per term Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 11 through Oct. 11: 10:30am Mondays and Wednesdays, Oct. 16 through Nov. 15: 10:30am Peck House - Exercise class by Susan Nodurft This is an advanced class for students who have previously taken Tai Chi. This class will expand their knowledge of the poses and practice.

Yoga for Strength and Flexibility - $25 per term Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 11 through Oct. 11: 11:45am Mondays and Wednesdays, Oct. 16 through Nov. 15: 11:45am Peck House - Exercise class by Michele Ferguson This yoga class is perfect for beginner yoga students as well as seasoned yogis. In this class you will learn a gentle yoga sequence that will emphasize the mind-body-breath connection to accessing more strength and better flexibility in daily living. Michele Ferguson, RYT200, has been teaching yoga at OLLI since the spring of 2014. Michele also teaches at The Yoga Room in Hattiesburg. She has been practicing yoga for 13 years, has been a registered yoga teacher at the 200 hour level for two years. HATTIESBURG 22

EXERCISE

Nia Dance - $25 per term Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 11 through Oct. 11: 1:00pm Mondays and Wednesdays, Oct. 16 through Nov. 15: 1:00pm Peck House - Exercise class by Josh Berthelot Nia Dance is a fun, self-healing activity that combines music and different movements. Movements can be adapted to one's ability level. Nia Dance combines choreograph movement and freedance for a fun workout for all who want to join. Take off your shoes and dance barefoot or keep your shoes on just come dance! Josh Berthelot is a certified brown belt Nia instructor. He has been teaching Nia for 9 years and 5 years at OLLI. Josh recently retook the white belt training with trainer Kate Finlayson.

Yoga Flow - $25 per term Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 12 through Oct. 12: 9:15am Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 17 through Nov. 16: 9:15am Peck House - Exercise class by Michele Ferguson This yoga class is for the student who has been practicing yoga and is ready to move to the next level. The class will consist of a series of sun salutations and standing poses followed by a cool down stand with seated pines and supine poses.

Yoga for Strength and Flexibility - $25 per term Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 12 through Oct. 12: 10:30am Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 17 through Nov. 16: 10:30am Peck House - Exercise class by Michele Ferguson This yoga class is the same format and emphasis as the course held on Mon/Wed.

Zumba Gold - $25 per term Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 12 through Oct. 12: 11:45am Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 17 through Nov. 16: 11:45am Peck House - Exercise class by Sylvia Kolakowski Latin and modern dance moves incorporated with simple cardio exercises. Sylvia is a current Zumba Instructor at Temple Baptist.

Restorative Yoga - $25 Fridays, Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13: 10:30am Fridays, Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17: 10:30am Peck House - Exercise class by Michele Ferguson Students will practice deep relaxation through the use of props, deep breathing and meditation. The entire class is conducted in different reclining poses designed to allow the body to completely relax while focusing on breath in and out of the body. HATTIESBURG 23

FASHION

Your Best Colors - Your Best YOU! - $10 Wednesday, Sept. 13: 12:30pm Peck House - Seminar by Catherine Nowicki Need a new outlook on life? Women! Men! Discover a whole new way of looking at clothing selection. The concepts Catherine Nowicki will give are the right tools to make the right choices at the store. If you haven't organized your closet for a while or find yourself unsure about how to shop, what to choose or what to pack for a trip, join her for 2 hours of fun! Catherine will help you to look your best by choosing the right colors, fine tuning make-up(women) and even traveling tips and tricks. Catherine Nowicki is a nationally certified color consultant and trainer since 1988.

FINANCE

Miss Oseola McCarty: True to the Spirit - $10 Thursday, Sept. 21: 2:30pm Peck House - Seminar by Paul Laughlin In July 1995, Miss Oseola McCarty sparked worldwide attention when she became the most famous benefactor of the University of Southern Mississippi. Some of the reported narrative was factually correct. Other parts were only "true to the spirit." We will go behind the scenes of McCarty's story, her actions and some of the results. Laughlin is a retired bank trust officerCOOKING who helped &McCarty EATING develop t her plan of giving.

Everyone Can Leave a Legacy - $10 Thursday, Sept. 21: 12:30pm Peck House - Seminar by Theresa Ericsson and Brady Raanes This seminar will offer simple, flexible, affordable ways to give back to your community by setting up an endowed fund at your local Community Foundation. We'll review the definition and benefits endowments; what type of gifts can be given to set up an endowment; and, planned giving. Erickson is the Executive Director of The Greater PineBelt Community Foundation. Raanes is a CFA, CFP with Raanes Capital Advisors.

Planning for Your Future - $10 Wednesday,GARDENING Oct. 18: 2:30pm Peck House - Seminar by Bill McLeod and Daniel Barton Planning is paramount to financial stability. A solid financial plan help ensure your stability and provide opportunities to make an impact in our community at the same. You'll learn a variety ways to make just such a plan. Bill McLeod practices in the areas of estate planning, probate, business entity formations and business transactions. Barton is with the USM Foundation. HATTIESBURG 24

FOOD AND NUTRITION

Clean Kitchen Nutrition Seminar - $20 (includes grocery fee) Tuesday, Sept. 26: 12:30pm Peck House - Seminar by Jamie Page Everyone knows we should eat more whole foods, but most people lack the know-how to integrate it into a lifestyle. We will cover the foundational habits of good nutrition - habits, planning, and even what to buy and simple meal prep tricks. We have the Clean Kitchen Cookbook and recipes available for meal planning. Page is a Precision Nutrition Level 2 certified nutrition coach and creator of the Clean Kitchen Nutrition coaching program.

River Road at Home Luncheon - $50 (includes grocery fee) Monday, Oct. 2: 10:00am The Kitchen Table 3720 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg Seminar by Julie Hall In this seminar, you'll learn how to prepare a three course luncheon with a menu including Corn and Crab Bisque, Shrimp Salad Plate, and Filo Almond Tarts. Julie Hall has been cooking professionally for twenty years, 11 at The Kitchen Table. She is currently at The Kitchen Table as a culinary instructor.

Healthy Cooking Class - Price TBD Saturday, Nov. 4: 11:00am Peck House Seminar by LaShundrea Crook This course offered in conjunction with the Southern Miss AOP will provide healthy cooking techniques and food to share in a relaxed atmosphere. The menu will include: Roasted Autumn Vegetables, Savory Wild Rice, Sautéed Mustards, Sweet Potato Salad, Poached Pears with Honey & Pecans, and Apple Dumplings.

Registering online is as easy as 1-2-3!

1. Find “Forms” on the left hand menu at www.usm.edu/olli.

2. Complete the form by checking the boxes for the classes you’d like to take. (Be sure to enter your email address so you'll get a copy!)

3. Click Submit! HATTIESBURG 25

GARDENING

Backyard Birding - $10 Tuesday, Sept.19: 9:30am Off-site 100 Virginia Drive, Hattiesburg Seminar by Diane Lafferty Learn skills related to watching, counting and reporting birds in a backyard setting. Diane Lafferty has a strong interest in attracting birds and butterflies to her yard since the 90s. OLLI member Larry Smith helped Lafferty develop this interest. She has taught other birding classes at OLLI.

Sensory Gardening Projects - $10 Thursday, Oct. 5: 2:30pm Off-site University Baptist Church 3200 Arlington Loop, Hattiesburg Seminar by Lida McDowell and Karen Walker University Baptist Church has had a partnership with Thames Elementary School for several years to encourage hands-on learning through gardening and recycling projects. Join us for an informational session and a tour of the school's vegetable, butterfly, and sensory gardens. We will have a brief meeting at UBC and then drive to the gardens at Thames. Lida McDowell is a retired science and math teacher and a Master Gardener. Karen Walker is a retired speech pathologist with a lifelong interest in plants. They have enjoyed working together to find new and creative ways to share nature with students.

HEALTH

The A, B, C, and D's of Medicare - $10 Resiliency in Older Adults - $10 Monday, Sept. 18: 9:30am Wednesday, Oct. 4: 9:30am Peck House Peck House Seminar by Pat Riley Seminar by Susan Hrostowski Riley will cover the basics of the Medicare An overview of resiliency in successfully Program, talk about how Medicare navigating the physical, mental, and Supplemental Plans work, explain how emotional challenges of aging. Dr. Medicare Advantage Policies work and Hrostowski is Associate Professor of Social explain how Medicare Prescription Plans Work at the University of Southern work, and entertain any questions. Riley Mississippi and Vicar of St. Elizabeth’s has been employed by Forrest General Episcopal Church in Collins, MS. She Hospital for 36 years and is presently semi- joined the faculty of USM’s School of retired, working part time managing an Social Work in 1999. She teaches insurance agency that is a division of gerontology, social welfare policy, and Forrest General and the Hattiesburg Clinic. human diversity. HATTIESBURG 26

HEALTH (CONTINUED)

In Our Own Voice - FREE So, What Is Anxiety?? - $15 Thursday, Oct. 19: 12:30pm Thursdays, Sept. 28 and Nov. 2: 2:30pm Peck House Peck House Seminar by Natl. Alliance on Mental Two-part Seminar by Amy Adelman Illness Anxiety is far too common. It is the second In Our Own Voice (IOOV) unmasks mental most common mental health disorder after illness, using speaker stories to illustrate the depression. These seminars, which build on individual realities of living with mental one another, will examine common illness. You gain a better understanding of disorders (Generalized Anxiety, Social what it is like to live with mental illness and Anxiety, Panic, and Phobias). Adelman is a stay in recovery. In Our Own Voice can Licensed Professional Counselor. She has her change attitudes, preconceived notions and Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology stereotypes regarding mental illness. and worked in her field for 34 years. She functioned as a psychotherapist and Get the AED! Hurry Please... - $10 addictionologist. Wednesday, Oct. 18: 9:30am Peck House - Seminar by Nita Williamson Being Mortal/Advance Care Planning - $15 This short session could help you save a life. Wed., Sept. 20, 27, and Oct. 4: 2:30pm Learn the difference that pumping the chest Peck House of someone who has collapsed and is not Three-part Seminar by Amber Chancelor breathing could make. Also, learn how to We will provide meaningful information, locate and use the Emergency Equipment highlighted by the work of Dr. Atul Gawande, (including the AED) located at the Peck about advance care planning to enable House. No certifications or test will be given. autonomy in healthcare decisions in all Williamson is RN/Community Health circumstances throughout the sessions. Educator at Merit Health Wesley. Chancelor is Director of Palliative and Supportive Care at FGH. Brain Aerobics - $10 Wednesday, Oct. 11: 9:30am Skin Care and Sun Safety - $10 Peck House - Seminar by Susie Jones Monday, Nov. 6: 9:30am This class will demonstrate different ways to Peck House - Seminar by William Waller "work-out" our brains! We will learn how Learn the fundamentals of healthy skin care, each of our senses is important for memory including tips on detection of skin cancer and brain health. In the class we will learn and sun safety. Dr. Waller is a board- easy exercises & tips to keep our brains fit & certified dermatologist in private practice at sharp. We will explore the "use it, don't lose Hattiesburg Clinic Dermatology South since it" mentality. Jones is a Recreation Program 2011. He is one of a few dermatologists in the Coordinator for the City of Hattiesburg. area who performs Mohs surgery. HATTIESBURG 27

HISTORY

Gordon's Creek and the Stories - $10 Understanding Mississippi through The Thursday, Sept. 21: 4:30pm Mississippi Encyclopedia - $10 Peck House - Seminar by Monday, Oct. 16: 12:30pm Sharon Schamber-Jones and Web Peck House- Seminar by Ted Ownby Heidelberg The seminar will discuss our state's history Sharon will talk about Gordon’s Creek, by studying The Mississippi Encyclopedia. stories she’s collected about growing up in We'll discuss inclusiveness and diversity, Hattiesburg, and what the Creek has meant images of Mississippi, problems and to various generations. Web will provide an problem-solvers, creativity, iconic update on the Gordon’s Creek Linear Park characters and surprises. Ownby teaches and how it will enhance the quality of life in History and Southern Studies at the Hattiesburg in the future. Schamber-Jones is University of Mississippi where he is a full-time instructor at WCU, teaching Director of the Center for the Study of accounting and business law for 13 years. Southern Culture. He coedited of The Through her company Gordon's Creek Press, Mississippi Encyclopedia. she has compiled stories about Hattiesburg history. Heidelberg is the President of the Native American Mounds Tour - $45 Hattiesburg Area Historical Society. Friday, Oct. 20: 8:00am Field Trip to Natchez with Ed Jackson Bletchley Park - $10 Native Americans play a major role in Wednesday, Sept. 27: 2:30pm Mississippi's history well before statehood Peck House - Seminar by Ralph Bisland in 1817. Dr. Jackson, a professor of Bletchley Park (the Government Code & anthropology at USM, was instrumental in Cypher School - GC&CS) was the center for the development of the Mississippi British Intelligence code breaking activities, Mounds Trail, a guide through the history code name Ultra, during World War II. It of Native American influence in was the location of highly secret activities Mississippi. He'll be our guide for this that led to the decoding of the German wonderful day trip. Enigma and Lorenz coding machines. It was also the place where the first stored Gypsies, Jimmy, Dunn, and Dentzel: program computer, Colossus, was built. Let's See Meridian - $40 (Lunch on Own) Churchill stated that the intelligence Friday, Oct. 27: 8:00am produced at BP shorted the war by two to Hear the history as you pay homage to the four years. Bisland entered the computing King and Queen of the Gypsy's graves, visit field in 1965. He retired from university the Jimmy Rogers Museum, and ride the teaching after 37 years of service at the rank Dentzel Carousel. We'll finish our tour at of Professor of Computer Science at Weidman's. On the way back we will stop Southern Miss. by Dunn's Fall Mississippi's only waterfall. HATTIESBURG 28

HISTORY (CONTINUED)

Historic Hattiesburg Downtown Walking Tour - $10 Tuesday, Nov. 7: 9:30am Downtown - Corner of Hardy and Pine St. Seminar by Carey Varnado This walking tour of Downtown Hattiesburg will feature information about the buildings and people who have contributed to the colorful history of our City. Carey Varnado is a local attorney and history buff who grew up in Hattiesburg and has enjoyed learning about the history of our town.

Bombs, Bibles, and Aliens: A Look at Three Unique Mississippi Events - $10 Tuesday, Nov. 7: 2:30pm Off-site - Special Collections in McCain Library & Archives Room 305 Seminar by Jennifer Brannock In honor of the state's bicentennial, Jennifer will give a talk about three interesting aspects of Mississippi history. Using historical materials found in Special Collections at USM, she will talk about nuclear weapons testing in Mississippi (Project Dribble), 1960s evangelical preacher Estus Pirkle, and the reported Pascagoula alien abduction from 1973. The stories will be told through letters, videos, sound recordings, photographs, and oral histories of those involved in the events. Jennifer Brannock is the Curator of Rare Books & Mississippiana in Special Collections at USM. She has a BA in Art History and a MSLS from the University of Kentucky.

Mississippi's Mighty Trail Blazer: Evelyn Gandy's Life in Politics and Beyond - $10 Thursday, Nov. 9: 12:30pm Peck House - Seminar by Jennifer Johnson Evelyn Gandy was the first female state-wide elected official, first female Insurance Commissioner, and first female Lt. Governor, among many other "firsts." This course will outline her political and professional accomplishments, with a glimpse into the people and events in her personal life that were part of her enormous and unprecedented success as a politician, professional and public servant in Mississippi. Evelyn Gandy blazed a trail for all who came after her, men and women alike. Jennifer Ingram Johnson currently practices law in Hattiesburg. She has been involved in politics from an early age, and was fortunate to be mentored by her former law partner, former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Gandy. She has a special interest in women's roles in government, politics and the community. HATTIESBURG 29

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Everyday Latin - $25 Exploring Shakespeare - $25 Mondays, Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 9: Tuesdays, Sept. 12 through Oct. 10: 4:30pm 9:30am Peck House Peck House Five-Week class by Dewey Douglas Five-Week class by Nancy Ratliff An in-depth examination of the work of We will discover the Latin roots of words William Shakespeare focusing on one of his used in our everyday speech. We will plays. With a career spanning 45 years and discuss medical, legal, astronomy, including more than 400 theatrical mythology...all from a Latin root point of productions, Dewey Douglas is currently view. Nancy Ratliff is a long standing OLLI Assistant Professor of Theatre at William member who shares her knowledge. She Carey University. taught in public school for many years. A History of Mississippi's Literature - $10 American Sign Language - $25 per term Thursday, Sept. 14: 2:30pm Tuesdays, Sept. 12 - Oct. 10: 3:30pm Peck House - Seminar by Lorie Watkins Tuesdays, Oct. 17 - Nov. 14: 3:30pm Watkins has recently published a history of Peck House Mississippi's storied literature and will share Five-Week class by Jerry Buisson her knowledge and research with you. She is Learn the fundamental grammar structure Associate Professor of English at William of ASL and a vocabulary that will allow for Carey University. She received her Ph.D. at basic conversations in sign language. By the University of Southern Mississippi in the end of the 2 back-to-back 5-week 2007, and is also the author of William sessions, participants should know 250-300 Faulkner, Gavin Stevens, and the Cavalier signs. Instruction will include Tradition. fingerspelling, numbers, signs, grammar, classifiers, etc. Practice with sentences, Fall Book Preview - $10 dialogues, and descriptive stories...and Wednesday, Sept. 20: 12:30pm maybe songs! Students need to Peck House - Seminar by Donna Davis purchase The American Sign Language Fall is traditionally the busiest book Phrase Book ($23). Ask in the office for publishing season of the year. Join this more information. Jerry is a certified sign discussion of some of the notable titles you'll language interpreter with a PhD in Special find in bookstores and libraries this autumn. Education, concentrating in Deaf Davis is a retired librarian and lifelong Education. reader.

The Stories and Poems of OLLI Writers: Volume II, a collection original work from members and friends of OLLI from around the state hits the presses soon and will be available for sale in the Peck House Office! HATTIESBURG 30

PERFORMING ARTS

National Theatre Live! at Southern Miss - $10 each show Tatum Theatre, Theatre and Dance Building Join other members as we enjoy the Southern Arena Theatre's partnership with National Theatre Live as they bring masterful London performances to Hattiesburg. Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches, 7:30pm, Friday, Sept. 8 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, 7:30pm, Friday, Oct. 13 Hedda Gabbler, Monday, 7:30pm Nov. 20

Open Jazz Band Rehearsal - FREE Film Mississippi: A Creative Legacy and Wednesday, Oct. 18: 12:00pm Economic Engine in the Deep South - $10 Marsh Hall Fine Arts Building, Room 105 Monday, Oct. 2: 2:30pm Seminar by Larry Panella Peck House - Seminar by Miles Doleac Come enjoy another great afternoon of Jazz. This course traces Mississippi's rich These rehearsal sessions are free and open creative legacy, both literary and cinematic, to OLLI members. Larry Panella teaches at discusses specific film projects in state, and The University of Southern Mississippi and looks at the positive economic is the Director of Jazz Studies. He has ramifications of filmmaking in MS and performed with numerous artists and across the Deep South. Doleac is Assistant entertainers including The Phil Collins Big Professor of Classics (and Film) at The Band, The Woody Herman Orchestra, and University of Southern MS. Natalie Cole.

Baroque Music - $25 Improve with Improv - $10 Wednesdays, Oct. 18 - Nov. 15: 12:30pm Monday, Oct. 30: 5:30pm Peck House Peck House Five-Week Class by Ed Hafer Seminar by Hardy Action Theatre A brief introduction to Western music and Professional actors perform at a dizzying art from the birth of opera to the death of pace, interacting with the audience and Bach and Handel (c. 1580-1759). Ed Hafer each other, demonstrating that it's ok to be holds a Ph.D. in Historical Musicology from silly and laughter is infectious. Hardy the University of Illinois. He teaches music Action Theatre performs improv all over history at USM. Mississippi. They see improv as a means to Hear that Banjo?! - $10 strengthen communication and relieve Friday, Nov. 3 - 2:30pm anxiety. Peck House - Seminar by Bobby Hathorn Come on out for a show and tell of all kinds of stringed instruments and learn make a nut during class with corona materials. History, stories, and performances mixed in with answers to your questions. Bobby also can show how music can provide relief to Alzheimer's patients. Bobby is a professional musician and bluegrass historian. HATTIESBURG 31

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Torts over Tempo: The Life and Career The Media; Is It Fake News? - $10 of Burnita Shelton Matthews - $10 TECHNOLOGYTuesday, Oct. 3: 2:30pm Tuesday, Sept. 19: 2:30pm Peck House Peck House - Seminar by Kate Greene Seminar by Randy Swan This course will explore the life and career We'll be talking about the state of affairs with of Burnita Shelton Matthews, a native the news media - how it has changed and Mississippian who became a suffragist, a evolved over the years with an emphasis on respected lawyer, and the first woman coverage of national politics. Randy Swan appointed to serve as a judge for a US has been a news director and main anchor in District Court. Matthews' story is of a Hattiesburg television for over 40 years. He woman who was determined to shake off is a member of the Associated Press Hall of the limits of southern womanhood and Fame and a member of USM's School of achieve her own dreams of being a lawyer Journalism Hall of Fame. and a judge. Kate Greene is an Associate Professor of Political Science at USM.

RECREATION

Beginning Bridge, Part 1 - $25 Beginning Bridge, Part 2 - $25 Mondays, Sept. 11 through Oct. 9: Mondays, Oct. 16 through Nov. 13: 9:30am 9:30am Peck House Peck House Five-Week Class by Ellen Davies Five-Week Class by Ellen Davies We will study the basic rules of bridge This course offers an opportunity to from the very beginning. The course is expand on basic bridge knowledge and is designed for participants who have never for students with previous experience. played bridge, as well as those who played The participants should have completed at years ago and would like to brush up. least one bridge course or have played Registrants who have completed this bridge for at least a year. There will be a course in the past will be placed on the lecture and handout at every session with waiting list in order to ensure sufficient plenty of time to play. Registrants who slots for new bridge players. Ellen Davies have already completed this course will is a retired teacher and lawyer. She has be placed on the waiting list in order to taken a number of bridge courses at OLLI ensure a sufficient number of slots for and has taught bridge for OLLI for 4 years. those who haven't had the course. HATTIESBURG 32

RECREATION

Intermediate Supervised Bridge - $25 Conservation and Quality of Life - $10 Thursdays, Oct. 19 through Nov. 16: Thursday, Oct. 12: 2:30pm 9:30am Peck House Peck House Seminar by Judy Steckler Five-Week Class by Ellen Davies The quality of life for the citizens in the This class is designed to give experienced six coastal counties has been improved bridge players an opportunity to play with by the development of land and water an instructor present to advise and answer trails. This course will give a general questions. overview of the conservation efforts of the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Let's Get The Wheels Rolling! - $10 Plain (LTMCP). Steckler will go in depth Wednesday, Oct. 11: 5:30pm to show how community involvement Moore's Bicycle Shop, 1607 Hardy Street has played a role in conservation efforts Seminar by Jenny Moore and touch on the tax benefits of land Discover the joys of cycling with this class! donation and conservation easements. We'll discuss different types of bikes and Judy Steckler has serves as Executive their intended purpose, sizing, and safety Director for the Land Trust for the tips on road riding. We'll end the clinic by Mississippi Coastal Plain which manages discussing the history of the Longleaf Trace. over 9,000 acres of conservation land in Jenny manages Moore's Bicycle Shop. the six coastal counties. HATTIESBURG 33 RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Islam - $25 per term Missionary Journeys of Paul - $25 Wednesdays, Sept. 13 - Oct.11: 9:30am Tuesday, Oct.17 through Nov. 14: Wednesdays, Oct. 18 - Nov. 15: 9:30am 9:30am Peck House Peck House Five-Week Class by Marvin Kendrick Five-Week class by Daniel Browning Part I will focus on the traditions and This course will examine the physical writings of Islam with special attention to the journeys of the Apostle Paul. Special Prophet Muhammad, places of importance, attention will be given to the chronology and Islam's first encounters with Judaism and circumstances of Paul's "missionary and Christianity. Picking up where Part I left journeys;" the cities visited, their location, off, Part II will explore Islam's encounter and significance; roads and other travel with Hellenism, Science, RELIGIONand the spread ANDof methodsSPIRITUALITY used; Paul's strategy in dealing Islam throughout the Middle East, Africa, and with the Jewish and Gentile communities Europe. Dr. Kendrick is an accomplished he visited; and the effects on his letters. historian of art, architecture, and religion. Dr. Browning is a former Professor of Religion and History at William Carey. His Tarot as a Spiritual Tool - $15 specialty is Biblical Archaeology. Friday, Sept. 15: 9:30am and 1:00pm Peck House The Great Spiritual Migration - $25 Two-Part Seminar by Duann Kier Thursdays, Oct. 19 through Nov. 16: What is the Tarot? Why is it sometimes 9:30am referred to as the secret mysteries? Can the Peck House Tarot be used to tell you where you are on Five-Week class by Bill Youngblood your spiritual path? Bring a deck of Tarot Brian McLaren in his book, The Great cards with you and explore the answers to Spiritual Migration, asserts that these questions. Kier is a professional Christianity is experiencing profound psychic, hypnotist, author and humorist. changes that could be as epochal as the Protestant Reformation. The first is a The Jesuits and Ignatian Spirituality - $15 move from a system of beliefs to a way of Thursday, Oct. 5 and 12: 2:30pm life, the second from a violent God of Peck House domination to a God of liberating Spirit, Two-Part Seminar by Alex Allain and the third from organized to This forum will explore the Jesuits' organizing religion. We will discuss the integrative spiritual outlook, reviewing book together. Participants are asked to Ignatius' journey and the hallmark purchase and bring a copy to class principles and practices of the Jesuits. We'll (available locally and online). Bill also highlight the contributions of renowned Youngblood is a retired United Methodist Jesuits, including Pope Francis. Alex is a pastor and has been a member of OLLI pastor at Trinity Episcopal Church. since 2006. HATTIESBURG 34

RELIGION (CONTINUED)

International Musuem of "Jesus: Yours, Mine, and Ours" - $10 Muslim Cultures - $45 Friday, Nov. 10: 1:00pm Thursday, Oct. 26: 8:00am Peck House Field Trip Seminar by Rabbi Edward Cohn Travel with OLLI members, both those in Let's take a look at Jesus and historical Dr. Kendrick's Islam courses and others, scholarship on Christologies from a Rabbi's as we travel to the first-of-its-kind perspective with plenty of room for museum in Jackson. Experience the discussion. Ordained in 1974, Rabbi Cohn Muslim tradition through the history served as Rabbi of Temple Sinai, New and artifacts housed and this unique Orleans for 29 years. He serves on Board of museum. Lunch on your own. Governors, Xavier University, is President of the Holocaust Memorial Project, and Founding Chair of the New Orleans Human Relations Commission. SCIENCE

Elephants in Sanctuary - $10 Understanding Climate Change - $10 Monday, Sept. 18: 4:30pm Monday, Sept. 25: 1:30pm Peck House Peck House Seminar by Carol Durham Seminar by William Curtis A personal view of captive elephants in Climate Change is the greatest man-made true Sanctuary. Elephant needs, threat to our environment; it is global intelligence and emotions are discussed and will impact the planet for centuries. with supportive video and personal This seminar will explain the simple experiences from both captive and wild science behind climate change, What is elephants. Sanctuary offers an happening locally and globally, what is environment, space, care and choices for expected to happen, the politics and elephants to retire from entertainment solutions. If you are uncertain about and learn to connect again with their true climate change, you will gain facts to elephant instincts. Carol Durham recently form an opinion. If you are concerned retired from The Elephant Sanctuary in about climate you, will be able to TN. She was affiliated with the Sanctuary communicate those concerns more for 10 years. She has made 2 trips to fluently and convincingly. Dr. Curtis Thailand working a month each trip with iworked for 30 years in chemical industry Sanctuary elephants. She has made 4 trips research, manufacturing, and technical to Africa, filming wild elephants and other management. He is a member of the Gulf wildlife for educational purposes. Coast chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby. HATTIESBURG 35

SCIENCE (CONTINUED)

What's the Deal with Solar Energy - $10 Michael Faraday: A Mind for Tuesday, Oct. 3: 12:30pm Physics and Faith - $10 Peck House - Seminar by Mark Bond Tuesday, Oct. 24: 9:30am Have you seen solar farms popping up Peck House - Seminar by Lee Walker around Hattiesburg? In this informative Experience the fantastic relationship seminar, you'll learn about what's between magnetism & electricity through currently happening in the development replication of the experiment that startled and implementation of solar energy from Hans Christian Ørsted on April 21,1820, a seasoned professional in the business. then step into the lab with Michael Mark Bond is a solar energy professional. Faraday (perhaps the greatest experiment designer/conductor of his century) and be The Apollo Moon Missions: Lunar on the spot for the great moment in 1821 Geology when magnetism & electricity came and Adventure - $15 together presenting a phenomenon that Tues. and Thurs., Oct. 17 and 19: 2:30pm would change the world. Walker is Peck House Founder and Co-Director of Partnership Two-Part Seminar by Lee Walker for Learning, an educational consultant Many of us recall the Apollo Lunar group for innovation in science missions but may be unfamiliar with the education. He also co-founded the constant and extreme risks to the 18 men Interaction Factory hands-on learning on 6 of the major missions. Let's focus on discovery center. the 12 who descended and actually walked on the surface of that alien Digging at the Neolithic Ritual Site "The environment and on the 6 men who flew Ness of Brogan," Orkney, Scotland - $10 alone high above their friends. Find out Tuesday, Oct. 24: 2:30pm about the discoveries in geological Peck House Seminar by Kate Greene samples taken on Apollo 12, 15 and 17 and This seminar will center on my those enthusiastic teams. experience in the summer of 2017 as a volunteer at the Ness of Brodgar Neolithic Human Genetics 2.0 - $10 archaeological excavation in Orkney, Monday, Oct. 23: 9:30am Scotland. The Ness of Brodgar dates back Peck House - Seminar by Aleta Sullivan to 3200 BC and is a walled enclosure with We'll pick up where we left off in our multiple stone structures which appear to Genetics discussion during Spring 2017. be a spiritual and ritualistic center for the Mutations causing genetic disorders will Neolithic people of Orkney. The course be covered. Aleta has been an active will provide a history of neolithic Orkney instructor at OLLI, on topics of as well explore my experience working environment, genetics, and crafting. with the Finds from this year's dig. HATTIESBURG 36

NEW!!! SERVICE LEARNING NEW!!!

National Day of Service Monday, Sept. 11 All Day, Various Locations September 11 is always a day that brings back memories, but it has also been transformed into the National Day of Service, a living way to remember the connection we have to those around us and to seek to make our communities stronger and more vibrant for everyone. The Center for Civic and Community Engagement at USM is compiling a list of service opportunities around town. As soon as they are available, we'll coordinate groups of volunteers who wish to spend part or all of their day helping out around Hattiesburg.

Serve Your City! Fridays, Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6, and 13 FREE Seminars at the Peck House Your response to reaching out and helping neighbors in the wake of the tornadoes that ripped through our area was incredible. Many of you already serve in countless ways around Hattiesburg, Forrest and Lamar Counties, and the surrounding area. Looking for a way to serve? Looking to know more about what's happening around you and how your neighbors are lifting up the community? Come learn from these local leaders about their work and how you, your civic or religious organizations, or your neighborhood can get more involved! Edwards Street Fellowship Friday, Sept. 22 9:30am with Ann McCullen

United Way of Southeast Mississippi Friday, Sept. 29 9:30am with Staci Cox

Extra Table Friday, Oct. 6 9:30am with Michael Dixon

Eagles' Nest Pantry Friday, Oct. 13 9:30am with Tamara Hurst HATTIESBURG 37

TECHNOLOGY

Computer Science Mac OS Apps - $25 Twitter & Sports - $10 Part I - Mondays, Sept. 11 - Oct. 9: 2:30pm Tuesday, Oct. 3: 4:30pm Part II - Mondays, Oct. 16 - Nov. 13: Peck House - Seminar by Chris Croft 2:30pm This course will enable attendees to learn Peck House how to use Twitter, follow breaking sports Five-Week Class by Ralph Bisland news, and engage in sports chatter. Croft is The heart of any computer is its software or a former college basketball coach for over applications (apps). The Macintosh 20 years, and is currently a Visiting Operating System - Sierra has significantly Assistant Professor of Sport Management in enhanced many of its apps. These courses the College of Business at USM. Chris has will discuss the most significant apps that been actively involved in social media come with the Sierra OS including Contacts, professionally & personally and sports. Mail, Safari, and Calendar in Part and other beneficial apps in Sierra in Part II. Bisland Learn Microsoft Office - $15 entered the computing field in 1965, and Mondays, Oct. 9 and 16: 4:30pm retired after 37 years of teaching. Peck House Two-Part Seminar by Staci Cox Media Literacy - $10 This course gives you an introduction to Thursday, Sept. 14 - 12:30pm Microsoft Office, covering Word, Excel, and Peck House - Seminar by Torie Fowler Powerpoint. Basic tips and tricks will be With so many outlets and avenues or included with this course along with file gaining information, interpreting messages management and organization tactics. Staci is as important as being able to read the text. Cox is the current Director of Community Fowler will help us become more media Impact at United Way SEMS. Her previous literate so we can keep ourselves and our work experience involved working with families safe and informed. Fowler is with faculty members and incorporating the USM Foundation. technology in the classroom.

Powerpoint - $15 Using Google to Collaborate - $10 Thursdays, Sept. 28 and Oct. 5: 4:30pm Wednesday, Oct. 18: 4:30pm Peck House Peck House - Seminar by Jennifer Lewis Two-Part Seminar by Elizabeth Killinger Need to work with others from your church Learn how to use Microsoft Powerpoint and or civic group on a project? We will share a other alternatives to MS Powerpoint. number of ways to collaborate online. Elizabeth Killinger currently works at USM These tools will make distance the easiest as a Disability Specialist for Technology and part of your next collaborative effort. Auxiliaries. Previously she Lewis is the Compliance Coordinator at the worked in technical support at USM. University of Southern Mississippi. HATTIESBURG 38

WRITING

You're a writer if... - $10 Monday, Sept. 25: 9:30am Peck House Seminar by David Walker Walker will share his own experience as a writer including working with a publisher and with self-publication, ideas, practices, and brainstorming to help interested folks get over a few bumps and perhaps try some new ground in their creative pursuit. David Walker is a retired teacher who writes novels and is both self published and soon to be published by a press in Boston. A member of SCBWI he is also the manager of the local coffeehouse/listening room, The Back Door, that features local writers.

Write Your Life Philosophy - $15 Thursdays, Sept. 28, Oct. 5, Oct. 12: 9:30am Peck House Three-Part Seminar by Dallas Gorbett We all wish we knew more about our parents' (and other ancestors') attitudes and thoughts about life and its tough decisions. Don't you owe it to your children to write down your own attitudes--your philosophies - so they won't have to wonder what you thought. For more information, go to dallasgorbett.com/Life Philo.html and read the Introduction. Dallas Gorbett is a member of OLLI who has had an interest in personal philosophies for years and is in the process of writing a book on the subject. He is a published short story and poetry writer--somewhat to his own surprise.

Non-fiction Writing - $15 Tuesdays, Sept. 12 and 19: 12:30pm Peck House Two-Part Seminar by Alice Carol Gray The class will focus primarily on the personal essay form and provide inspiration and information help you get started. Dr. Gray holds a Ph. D. from USM with emphases in literature and non-fiction writing. Liturgical Publications Inc is very pleased to partner with the University of Southern Mississippi Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in publishing their course catalogue. Your advertising support allows OLLI to receive this publication at no cost which means more funds for more great classes! OLLI Advertise Today! For more information contact your LPi Advertising Representative

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