USM Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Fall 2017 Sept. 11 through Nov. 3 CLASS SCHEDULE General Information If you are 50 or older, with a curious mind and an interest in learning just for the joy of it, you are invited to SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS OLLI at USM has purchased a portable assistive- join 2,000 like-minded older learners who are members listening device that can be used in any Wishcamper of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) on the classroom. Students using the device will be able to hear Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine. the instructor. Any OLLI at USM student with hearing OLLI at USM is committed to providing its members difficulties may request the use of this system. Contact the with a wide variety of stimulating courses, lectures, OLLI at USM office at 780-4406 as soon as you register for workshops, and complementary activities in a creative class. and inclusive learning community. If you need other special accommodations to participate As a member of OLLI at USM, you’ll choose from an in OLLI at USM because of disability, please call the USM extensive array of peer-taught courses in the liberal Office of Support for Students with Disabilities at arts and sciences. There are no entrance requirements, 780-4706 as soon as you register but at least two grades, or tests. Your experience and love of learning are what count. Some OLLI at USM classes involve weeks before classes begin. homework — usually reading or honing skills taught in class. Homework is not mandatory, but it can enhance your learning experience; what you put in is what you’ll SCHOLARSHIPS get out of the course. Full and partial scholarships are available through a simple, OLLI at USM is one of 17 Senior Colleges throughout friendly, confidential process. Because of the overwhelming Maine and participates in the Maine Senior College response, scholarships are limited to $50 per person per term, Network (www. maineseniorcollege.org). The National applicable to one course, the SAGE program, or workshops. Resource Center for all Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes Scholarships do not apply to OLLI at USM membership, trips, (www.osher.net) is located at Northwestern University in or special events. Scholarship applications are available in the Chicago. Currently, there are 120 OLLIs throughout the OLLI at USM office.These must be completed, signed, and country. turned in with each of your course registrations. NOTE: It is not possible to register for courses online with a scholarship. Please mail or bring your registration form and MEMBERSHIP scholarship to the OLLI office BEFORE registration day to OLLI at USM is a self-sustaining, self-governing ensure timely enrollment in your class. organization supported through an annual membership Call 780-4406 for more information. fee of $25. The membership fee covers the fiscal year July 1 to June 30. Your annual membership allows you to participate in all OLLI at USM courses and Special CLASS LOCATIONS Interest Groups at OLLI. You’ll also get Internet access All classes, except where noted, are held in the and notification when theOLLI Newsletter is available Wishcamper Center at 44 Bedford Street on the USM online. Portland campus. See map on page 9. OLLI STAFF OLLI ADVISORY BOARD 2016-17 Susan Morrow, Assistant Director for Program Janet Stebbins, Chair 228-8181; [email protected] Steve Schiffman, Vice Chair Dick Leslie, Secretary Rob Hyssong, OLLI Program Coordinator Sue Gesing, Education Chair 228-8336; [email protected] Matt Goldfarb, SAGE Chair Linda Skinner, Administrative Specialist 1 Gael McKibben, Rae Garcelon, Community Co-Chairs 228-8225; [email protected] Dick Sturgeon, Nominating Chair Sue Schier: Administrative Specialist 2 Elsa van Bergen, Communications Chair 228-8482; [email protected] Walter Allan Wes Bonney FOR MORE INFORMATION Paul Doherty Call: 780-4406 or 1-800-800-4876 Elizabeth Housewright E-mail: [email protected] Susan Jennings Visit: www.usm.maine.edu/olli to Georgia Koch register for OLLI courses online Tom McGovern 2 Online Registration at OLLI at USM Online registration allows you to sign up for classes of payment you can use for online registration. If in real time. To begin the process, visit the OLLI you must use another payment form (check, cash, website at: www.usm.maine.edu/olli scholarship, gift certificate), you’ll need to mail There you will find a link to the registration website or hand deliver your registration with payment on the home page and step-by-step instructions attached. under “Resources” on the left. Once you have perused If you’ve shopped online, you should find online the catalog and chosen which classes you wish to OLLI registration a snap. But if you’re not comfortable “purchase,” you are ready to go “shopping” on the doing your own online registration at home, the registration website. You’ll be able to tell how many OLLI staff is standing by to help you. We offer onsite spaces are still available in your chosen class and can instruction in the Wishcamper Computer Lab (see add your name to a wait list if a class is full. timetable) and have one computer in the OLLI office Once you pay for your classes, you’ll receive e-mail dedicated to online registration. Anyone may use this confirmation of your registration. It’s fast, easy, and computer to register online, but you must use a credit secure. Please note: Credit card is the only form card for payment. Important FALL Term Dates OLLI Fall REGISTRATION TIMELINE Aug. 8 Online registration for OLLI fall courses begins. The registration system will automatically turn on at 12:01 a.m. Students with scholarships or gift certificates should get registrations into the OLLI office before this deadline so staff can process them when registration opens. NOTE: Since your registration will be competing with online enrollments, we can’t guarantee your first-choice class, but you will be our top priority the morning after registration goes “live.” Aug. 8 If you need help navigating the online process, onsite help setting up student accounts and registering for classes will be available in the Wishcamper Computer Lab (Room 128) starting at 8 a.m. Aug. 15 OLLI staff will start accepting mail-in, drop-off, and phone registrations. Sept. 4 OLLI closed for Labor Day. Sept. 11 OLLI fall classes begin. Sept. 22 Deadline to receive refund on dropped classes. WHERE'S MY CLASS?? Oct. 9 OLLI closed for Columbus Day. All classes are in Wishcamper Nov. 3 OLLI fall term ends. unless otherwise noted. Individual classes and their Nov. 6-10 OLLI fall term makeup week. locations are posted at all entrances and on the Nov. 10 OLLI closed for Veterans Day. electronic bulletin board in the OLLI lobby. Nov. 23-24 OLLI and USM closed for Thanksgiving Day. CLASS CANCELLATIONS: For weather closings, call the USM storm line at 780-4800. If USM is closed, OLLI will be closed. 3 Schedule-at-a-Glance Fall 2017 MONDAY What Is Religion? Ottoman Empire — 400 Four Late Mozart Paul Doherty, Years of the Islamic Operas on Film MORNING Steven Piker Ummah: Precurser to Carolyn Paulin 9:30-11:30 Globalization? See pages 10-11 Art of Living Well: Kathleen Sutherland Reading Tocqueville’s Democracy in America History of Britain: A Peace Education Martin Rogoff The Plantagenets Program Homer’s Odyssey and Dick Budd Rita Rubin-Long, Sophocles’ Oedipus Terry Landry Tyrannos: Great Works WEDNESDAY Putting Art into Your for Our Time AFTERNOON Digital Photography International Auteur Steve Urkowitz 12:30-2:45 Tim Byrne Cinema 17 Juris Ubans WEDNESDAY See page 18 Domestic Policy Issues: MORNING Mozart: An Audio/Video Making Sense in TUESDAY 9:30-11:30 Exploration of Trump’s Washington MORNING His Extraordinary Bob Goettel See pages 16-18 Life and Music 9:30-11:30 Fog of War: Carl Smith Le Français Élémentaire See page 14 Its Human and National Roberta Muse SAGE Lecture Series Consequences WEDNESDAY James Bucar AFTERNOON Four Short Books 12:45-2:45 Betsy Wiley TUESDAY Anti-semitism in AFTERNOON America: What Is It and See pages 19-20 MONDAY 9:30-11:30 Why Is It Still Hanging Hardcore Zen: Buddhist See pages 14-16 Around? Wisdom from a Punk AFTERNOON Matt Goldfarb Rocker from Ohio Trip Around the World in 12:45-2:45 Tim Baehr Eight Movies, Part 4 Meet the 19th-century See pages 12-13 Steve Gleit Le Français Intermédiaire Portlanders Who Made Art, Music, and Poetry: Our City Great The Origins of Jacqueline Bucar Adventuring Solo Carol Jenkins, Creative Experience with Confidence Mary Anne Wallace Elizabeth Chapman Ancestral Voices Paul Kiley Prophesying War: “Nobody Knew Health Singing the Blues Conflict and Revolution in Geology of Maine Care Was This Complex”: Terry Foster 20th Century Irish Drama and New England History of U.S. Derek Campbell Irwin Novak Health Care Introductory Chinese Joel Kallich Chunfang Guan Current Economic Events America’s Future??? David Chute Richard Barron Parker, Africa Since Reader’s Theater (RT) Betsy Mayberry How to Think Like Independence: Coup Performance d’états, Corruption, Paula Johnson, Leonardo da Vinci Designing the Life You Challenges, and Courage Barbara Bardack Mark Lawrence Want: Navigating Your Mike Lynch Third Age Classic Films Revisited William Sadler Importance of Gratitude, Exploring the Myers Pat Davidson Reef ® Laughter, Altruism, Briggs Type Indicator through the Second Why Is That Art? and Resilience True Lies and Half of Life Michael Torlen Jim Markan Real Fiction Waite Maclin, Ruth Story Scott Anchors 4 Explore Portland’s From the Old Country, What Is Film Noir?