A Lifelong Learning Institute of Miami University SPRING 2016 COURSE BULLETIN LITERATURE / WRITING / SCIENCE NATURE / HORTICULTURE / GENEALOGY PHOTOGRAPHY / TECHNOLOGY ART / THEATER / MUSIC CURRENT EVENTS / POLITICS HEALTH / NUTRITION SPORTS / GEOGRAPHY HISTORY / RELIGION MiamiOH.edu/ILR At-A-Glance Course Schedule Day Location Course Title Scheduled Location Time Weeks Start End Page Where the Bible Originated Chapel, Mt. P 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/28 4/25 9 Modern American Poetry: On Love and Life Chapel, Mt. P 10:45a-12:00p 5 3/28 4/25 9 Monroe The Vice-Presidents of the United States Chapel, Mt. P 1:00p-2:00p 5 3/28 4/25 9 Memory Care 101: A Lot Has Changed Chapel, Mt. P 2:30p-3:45p 5 3/28 4/25 9 Painting With Jenny: Session 1 Oxford Senior Center 9:30a-11:30a 1 3/28 3/28 11 Painting with Jenny: Session 2 Oxford Senior Center 9:30a-11:30a 1 4/4 4/4 11 Monday Trivia is Not Trivial - You Know Way More Trivia Than You Think Knolls Clubhouse 10:30a-11:45a 5 3/28 4/25 11 Oxford Remembering the Manhattan Project 123 Police Services 10:30a-11:45a 5 3/28 4/25 11 Midday Lecture Series MU Art Museum 12:15p-1:30p 5 3/28 4/25 11 American Popular Culture in the 1950s Leonard Theatre 2:00p-3:15p 5 3/28 4/25 12 Celebrating ILR at Age 20 Leonard Theatre 6:30p-8:30p 5 3/28 4/25 12 West Chester Policies and Politics: A New Approach Chesterwood Theatre 10:45a-12:00p 5 3/28 4/25 20 Writing Room C, FCAC 9:00a-10:30a 5 3/29 4/26 7 Fairfield Five Presidential Elections: Results That Changed the US Room C, FCAC 10:45a-11:45a 5 3/29 5/3 7 Let’s Embrace Technology Lane Technology Center 10:45a-12:00p 5 3/29 4/26 8 Hamilton William Inge: Playwright of the 1950s Midwest Phillips, Berkeley 1:00p-2:15p 5 3/29 4/26 7 Everyone is a Mentor, Teacher, Leader: How to Do It Better Chapel, Mt. P 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/29 4/26 9 Monroe Current National Issues Discussions Chapel, Mt. P 10:45a-12:00p 4 4/12 5/3 9 Spring Neotropical Migrants: A Closer Look (literally!) Hueston Woods 7:30a-9:30a 5 3/29 4/26 12 Give Sorrow Words: The Journey Through Grief 130 Police Services 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/29 4/26 12 Topics of Current Interest 24 Peabody Hall 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/29 4/26 13 A Botanical Porpourri 31 Peabody Hall 10:45a-12:00p 5 3/29 4/26 13 Oxford How it Strikes a Contemporary: Reading Robert Browning 123 Police Services 10:45a-12:00p 5 3/29 4/26 13 Tuesday Vernal Phenology 31 Peabody Hall 1:00p-2:15p 5 3/29 4/26 13 More Making Marks on Paper MU Art Museum 2:45p-4:15p 5 3/29 4/26 13 R&R: Rescue and Relief for Computer Users 24 Peabody Hall 2:45p-4:00p 3 4/12 4/26 13 A Wine Tour of The United States Outside of the West Coast LaRosa’s Banquet Room 3:45p-5:00p 5 3/29 4/26 14 Photography for Beginners through Intermediate 100 VOALC 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/29 4/26 20 Downton Dress: Analyzing the Costumes of Downton Abbey 100 VOALC 10:45a-12:00p 5 3/29 5/3 20 Tuesday Brown Bag Seminar - Gee, I Didn’t Know That 100 VOALC 12:30p-1:45p 5 3/29 4/26 21 West Chester Keep on Cooking! Chesterwood Dining Rm 2:15p-3:30p 5 3/29 4/26 21 French and Italian Mystery Writers in Translation 123 VOALC 2:15p-3:30p 5 3/29 4/26 21 Wining Around Uncorked @ Spicy Olive 4:00p-5:15p 5 3/29 4/26 21 Cinema Classics Chesterwood Theater 6:30p-9:00p 5 3/29 4/26 22 Bicycling for Fun and Fitness MU Downtown 1:00p-2:30p 5 3/30 4/27 8 Hamilton Beginning Knitting Extension Young, Berkeley Square 1:00p-2:15p 5 3/30 4/27 8 Parlez-moi en français Young, Berkeley Square 2:45p-4:00p 5 3/30 4/27 8 Hinduism and Buddhism 31 Peabody Hall 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/30 4/27 14 Plan a Comfortable Financial Future 123 Police Services 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/30 4/27 14 F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Five Best Short Stories Knolls Clubhouse 10:45a-12:00p 5 3/30 4/27 14 Chicago Boom and Bust 123 Police Services 10:45a-12:00p 5 3/30 4/27 14 Oxford Suffering and Hope LaRosa’s Banquet Room 1:00p-2:15p 5 3/30 4/27 15 Wednesday Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Her Life and Legacy Knolls Clubhouse 1:00p-2:15p 5 3/30 4/27 15 Music, Music, Music Knolls Clubhouse 2:45p-4:00p 5 3/30 4/26 15 Tickling the Ivories: Piano Recitals and Lecture Series Ox Comm Arts Ballroom 5:00p-6:00p 4 3/30 4/27 15 Sundown Cinema 322 McGuffey Hall 6:30p-9:00p 5 3/30 5/4 16 The Roads Less Travelled in Butler and Warren Counties 100 VOALC 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/30 4/27 22 One Earth...Living Sustainably 100 VOALC 10:45a-12:00p 4 3/30 4/20 22 West Chester Wednesday Brown Bag Lecture Series 100 VOALC 12:30p-1:45p 5 3/30 4/27 22 Local Authors: Stories of Courage 100 VOALC 2:15p-3:30p 5 3/30 4/27 23 Hamilton Butler County in the 1800s MU Downtown 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/31 4/28 8 Tempting Advice Chapel, Mt. P 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/31 4/28 10 A Study of People through Spoon River Anthology Chapel, Mt. P 10:45a-12:00p 5 3/31 4/28 10 Monroe Afternoon Lectures Chapel, Mt. P 1:00p-2:15p 5 3/31 4/28 10 The Background to World War II and the War Itself Chapel, Mt. P 2:45p-4:00p 5 3/31 5/5 10 Great Decisions 2016: A U.S. Foreign Policy Discussion Activity Boardroom, Knolls Commons 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/31 4/28 16 Healthy Aging: Maintaining Your Balance and Bones Knolls Clubhouse 9:00a-10:15a 5 3/31 5/5 16 Thursday Getting to Know the Lane Libraries Varies - see course desc. 10:45a-12:00p 4 3/31 4/21 16 James Joyce’s Collection of Stories: Dubliners 130 Police Services 10:45a-12:00p 5 3/31 4/28 17 Oxford Symphonic Sounds: Symphony Orchestra Throughout Ages Leonard Theatre 1:00p-2:15p 5 3/31 4/28 17 Guided Walks in Miami’s Natural Areas Varies - see course desc. 3:00p-4:30p 5 3/31 4/28 17 Let’s Go Krogering Oxford Kroger 3:00p-4:15p 5 3/31 4/28 17 Introduction to Zentangle 21 Peabody Hall 6:00p-8:00p 1 3/31 3/31 17 Intermediate Zentangle: Beyond the Basics 21 Peabody Hall 6:00p-8:00p 1 4/21 4/21 17 Fairfield Shuffleboard 101 Shuffleboard courts, FCAC 10:45a-12:00p 5 4/1 4/29 7 Chinese Medicine 21 Peabody Hall 9:00a-10:15a 5 4/1 4/29 18 Yoga Fundamentals 115 Phillips Hall 10:30a-11:45a 6 3/25 4/29 18 Friday Oxford Local Government: How the City of Oxford Operates II Havighurst, Lane Library 10:45a-12:00p 5 4/1 4/29 19 Ideas of Nature for Environmental Ethics 24 Peabody Hall 1:00p-2:15p 5 4/1 4/29 19 Getting Social with Facebook 31 Peabody Hall 2:45p-4:00p 5 4/1 4/29 19 West Chester Fridays Not-So-Far Afield Varies - see course desc. 10:00a-12:00p 5 4/1 4/29 23 Beginner Pottery: Bowl Making for Empty Bowls Art Center, Phillips Hall 10:00a-12:00p 5 4/2 5/6 19 Saturday Oxford What’s Cookin’ in Oxford? 2048 Armstrong Student Ctr 10:00a-12:00p 3 4/16 4/30 20 2 Website: MiamiOH.edu/ilr | Email: [email protected] | Phone: 513.529.8500 What is ILR “Membership?” What’s Inside Q: Is there an enrollment or annual fee, as if joining a gym or club? A: No, there’s not. Special Events . 5-6 An ILR member is simply anyone who pays the $95 semester fee and Fairfield Courses . 7 registers for ILR courses. Only members can register for courses, and the number of courses a member can register for each semester is unlimited. Hamilton Courses . 7-8 Once you’ve participated as a member for your first term, you’re considered Monroe Courses . 9-10 a returning member for future terms. Oxford Courses . 11-20 Non-members are welcome to participate in Special Events only and do not West Chester Courses . 20-23 pay the semester fee. See page 26 for further membership details. Supporting ILR . 24-25 Information & Fees . 26 Registration & Forms . 27-30 Introductory Membership Fee for First-Time Members This way to get... An introductory rate of $75 is offered to anyone who has never before been a member of Miami’s ILR.