OLLI Catalog :: January 2013

SCHEDULE OF COURSES January Sampler 2013

January 7 – February 7

HAPPY H O L I D AY S !

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: Medical Examiner: No Guts, No Glory page 3 British Literature: A Tasting Menu page 3 Cover illustration by Grand Rapids artist Edward Riojas

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TUESDAY

West Michigan’s Fascinating Past 1:30-3:30 pm

The Power of YOUR Story 9:30-11:30 am

British Literature: A Tasting Menu 1:30-3:30 pm

The Medical Examiner: No Guts, No Glory 1:30-3:30 pm

More Political Analysis with Bob & Matt 9:30-11:30 am

Secret Agent Woman 1:30-3:30 pm From Buttons to Blast Furnaces: Medieval Inventions, Great & Small 9:30-11:30 am

WEDNESDAY My Favorite Movie Scenes with John Douglas 9:30-11:30 am This Is Where I Stand: Discussions on the Issues of Today 11:45-1:15 pm Vintage Views along US 31 & the Mackinac Straits Region 9:30-11:30 am Mapping Genes to Disease 1:30-3:30 PM

ADHD: Risks, Reasons & Rewards What Makes the 1:30-3:30 pm Super Bowl Super?

1:30-3:30 pm

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Expressing Yourself through Watercolor 1:30-3:30 pm

Your Soul’s Purpose 9:30-11:30 am

Charmers & Con Artists 6:00-8:00 pm

MEMBER FREE CLASSES:

Israeli-Palestinian Dispute 3:30-5:30 pm Love, Bread & Pasta 11:00-1:00 pm

The Art of De-Cluttering 9:30-11:00 am Australia in a Camper Van 9:30-11:00 am

My Favorite Movie Scenes with John Douglas page 4 From Buttons to Blast Furnaces: Medieval Inventions, Great & Small page 4 Mapping Genes to Disease page 5 More Political Analysis with Bob & Matt page 3

OLLI Membership Structure (September 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013) For the 2012-2013, OLLI academic year, we are again offering a tiered membership designed to provide you with options and monetary savings.

As you see below there are 3 different memberships from which to choose. The more classes you take, the more you can save.

Membership Structure (M = member; NM = non-member) 4 week class 3 week class 2 week class 1 week class M NM M NM M NM M NM $63 $76 $52 $62 $35 $42 $16 $21

Bronze Membership: $25 Membership fee

Silver Membership: $60 Membership fee

Gold Membership: $385 Membership fee

See the above member versus non-member pricing for savings.

Pricing for this membership allows members to receive greater discounts compared to a Bronze.

Pay $385 and take all the classes and most special events at no additional cost. Fees may be charged for selected events, trips, or class materials.

4 week class- $63 to $50 3 week class- $52 to $42 2 week class- $35 to $30 1 week class- $16* to $12

For further explanation of why one should become a Bronze, Silver or Gold please call 616.632.2430.

By becoming an OLLI member, you are eligible to take Free Member Classes designated in each catalog.

Advantages of Membership • • • •

Great discounts on classes. The more you take, the better the value.

Free Member Classes.

Discounted prices on local performing arts and events.

The option (with instructor approval) of auditing a regular Aquinas College class for $150.

Become an OLLI Member today!

Please call 616.632.2430 or send in a completed registration form to:

OLLI at Aquinas College

1607 Robinson Rd. SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49506

OLLI TUITION COURSES

MONDAY West Michigan’s Fascinating Past Mondays, 1:30-3:30 pm Jan. 7 & 14 Dr. Carl Bajema is professor emeritus of biology at GVSU. He has a Ph.D. in zoology from MSU and has measured ongoing evolution in human populations, as well as studied the history of the Darwinian theory of evolution by natural selection. Carl also has a love affair with Michigan history and has written and talked about the logging era, environmental history and Michigan transportation. His love of railroads has led to the publication of

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The Lake Line: Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon Railway in 2011.

He is working on the history of the street car in Grand Rapids and has received 2 awards for his research.

Jan. 7 – West Michigan’s Legendary Logging Era: Step back into the 19th century and view Michigan’s wooden age, when lumbermen cut down pine, cedar and hardwood forests to provide logs, timbers and cordwood to fee industries that included saw mills, furniture factories and chemical works.

Among questions that will be answered are: Who were the lumber barons? What role did the Grand River and railroads play regarding logging in West Michigan? And finally, why didn’t the lumbermen practice sustainable logging?

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Jan. 14 – The Street Car Era in Grand Rapids: Step back in time and ride the various modes of transportation in the early days of Grand Rapids.

Professor Bajema will use photos, maps, advertisements, time tables, news accounts and humor to show what it was like to live and travel in GR between 1865 and 1935. Ride the horse cars and cable cars up and down Lyon and Michigan street hills, as well as the steam dummy trains to Ramona and North Park and the street cars and interurbans.

What great history of Grand Rapids!

M: Bronze $16 Silver $12 NM: $21 (per lecture) Location: Browne Center

COURSES CONT. British Literature: A Tasting Menu Mondays, 1:30-3:30 pm Jan. 14, 21 & 28 Ashley Shannon is assistant professor of English at GVSU, specializing in 18th and 19th Century British and Transatlantic literature. Her most recent publication is on the American abolitionist and novelist Lydia Maria Child, but ongoing research projects include an essay on vampires and another on missionaries.

This course will showcase some of the best moments of British literature from its Anglo-Saxon beginnings to its current postcolonial moment.

Reading mostly shorter texts such as poems along with a few longer works, participants will explore questions of love and hate, life and death, faith and doubt, self and other, and, above all, the boundless power of the human imagination.

M: Bronze $52 Silver $42 NM: $62 Location: Browne Center

More Political Analysis with Bob & Matt Monday, 9:30-11:30 am Jan. 28 OLLI welcomes the return of Bob Eleveld and Matt McLogan. Bob is a lifelong trial attorney and political activist.

He served as chairman of the Kent County Republican Committee, ran for the State Legislature and was a delegate for President Gerald Ford and then again for John McCain. Matt is vice president for University Relations at GVSU. Prior to joining GVSU, Matt spent six years as Public Service Commissioner for the State of Michigan as well as being a journalist and news executive at WOTV.

Join these two political analysts for a lively, candid assessment of the 2012 national and local elections.

M: $16 Silver $12 NM: $21 Location: Browne Center

TUESDAY The Power of YOUR Story Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am Jan. 8 & 15 Pam Daugavietis, author of Through the Eyes of a Child: The Story of Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital was executive producer of The Gift of All: A Community of Givers, a 2009 documentary about how West Michigan has been shaped by a generation of generous citizens following WWII. She is a member of the Association of Personal Historians and creator of Pam’s Pocketbooks – Distilled Wisdom for People on the Go. In this class you will learn the what, how, when, where and why of life story writing and review. With a few simple writing exercises, you will discover for yourself that you don’t need to be a writer to create something of lasting value for yourself and future generations.

It’s easier than you think to capture your story on paper, in your own words, with your own voice, from your own point of view. Your story matters; your story has the power to inspire, motivate, enlighten, delight and even heal, both yourself and others. Regardless of your age, there is no better time than the present to discover the power of your story.

M: $35 Silver $30 NM: $42 Location: Browne Center

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The Medical Examiner: No Guts, No Glory Tuesday, 1:30-3:30 pm Jan. 8

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

Dr. Stephen Cohle attended medical school at the University of Missouri and trained for four years in general pathology at Baylor College of Medicine.

He is a trained forensic pathologist and has worked as a medical examiner in Grand Rapids since 1982.

Dr. Cohle will give students a new chance to go behind the scenes in a job that Hollywood and CSI has made glamorous: a medical examiner. He will discuss the Michigan medical examiner law, the system, and how medical examiners go about investigating sudden and unexpected deaths.

Several case examples from our community will be presented, giving students the chance to experience a side of the situation that is rarely revealed in the media.

M: Bronze $16 Silver $12 NM: $21 Location: Browne Center

Secret Agent Woman Tuesday, 1:30-3:30 pm Jan. 15 Kimberly Cheatle has been a Secret Service agent for 18 years. Her work includes criminal investigations into identity theft, mortgage fraud and counterfeit currency. Kimberly has served on protective details, including Vice President Cheney from 2000-2006.

Agent Cheatle will discuss what a career with the Secret Service encompasses. Her investigations into the various types of counterfeit currency will surprise you; you’ll learn what security features exist for genuine currency. Learn how and why identity theft cases continue

Call to register: 616.632.2430

COURSES CONT. to rise. Bring your questions and someone who shows interest in such a career path – Kim may be all the inspiration they need! This repeat presentation was one of OLLI’s most popular.

M: Bronze $16 Silver $12 NM: $21 Location: Browne Center Note: No photography or recording devices may be used during this presentation.

From Buttons to Blast Furnaces: Medieval Inventions, Great & Small Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am Jan. 22 & 29 Philip Grace is a visiting assistant professor of history at GVSU. He received his Ph.D. in medieval history from the University of Minnesota and teaches about the “history of everyday life” as well as other courses in medieval Europe and the pre-modern world.

Medieval Europeans were remarkably innovative not only in adopting new technological ideas from other cultures, but also in developing new inventions. This class will examine the effects of a variety of medieval technologies from the marvelously complex to the apparently insignificant, from revolutionary changes in the medieval world to startlingly familiar foundations of modern everyday life.

M: Bronze $35 Silver $30 NM: $42 Location: Browne Center

ADHD: Risks, Reasons & Rewards Tuesday, 1:30-3:30 pm Jan. 22 Nanette Clatterbuck, M.Ed. is associate provost of graduate and professional studies at Aquinas College. Prior to this position, she

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served as the dean of the School of Education and was the program leader for the learning disabilities endorsement program. She started and served as the executive director of Lake Michigan Academy, a private school for students with learning disabilities and ADD. This presentation will focus on medical intervention practices currently being used to treat children and adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. A brief overview of the disorder will be presented along with some of the non-medical intervention practices. The primary focus of the presentation will be the current drugs prescribed to treat ADHD along with the advantages and disadvantages of these medications.

Current trends in treatments will also be highlighted.

M: Bronze $16 Silver $12 NM: $21 Location: Browne Center

WEDNESDAY My Favorite Movie Scenes with John Douglas Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 am Jan. 9 & 16 Before becoming a movie critic for The Grand Rapids Press, John Douglas was a filmmaker. If it’s related to films and film making, John has done it all – from writing, directing, producing, behind the camera, editing, scoring, to even a little acting.

His claim to fame is that he had dinner with Zsa Zsa Gabor!

No one who has ever seen the “Odessa Steps” sequence from Sergei Eisenstein’s film Potemkin will ever tire from repeated screenings. Most of us have other

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scenes from movies that stay with us. For John, those scenes are part of such films as Twelve O’clock High, Shane, and The General.

These and others will be screened and their impact on the viewer will be discussed. Calling all movie buffs!

M: Bronze $35 Silver $30 NM: $42 Location: Browne Center

This Is Where I Stand: Discussions on the Issues of Today Wednesdays, 11:45-1:15 pm Jan. 9, 16, 23 & Feb. 6 Dave Kampfschulte is president of Amazing Circles Workshops.

Using his energy, humor, empathy and experience as a certified grief specialist, Dave’s workshops are interactive and enlightening.

Dave started this discussion group this fall at OLLI and has developed a loyal following. He will facilitate the discussion after giving participants a statement based on issues of the day. Students are encouraged to give their opinions while gaining a better understand of others.

M: $10 Silver $8 NM: $15 (per workshop) Location: Browne Center

Vintage Views along US 31 & the Mackinac Straits Region Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 am Jan. 23 & 30 Christine Byron and Tom Wilson share a love of Michigan’s history.

Their collection of antique postcards and travel memorabilia was the inspiration for the topics of this class.

They have also written several books including: Vintage Views of the Charlevoix-Petoskey Region, and Vintage

Views of Leelanau County. Christine recently retired as the local historian collections librarian for the GR Public Library. Tom is a dedicated postcard collector and operates a business creating prints from old Michigan and Great Lakes memorabilia.

This 2 week “road trip” will take you on the old West Michigan Pike, now US-31. This historic road was the first continuous, improved route between Michigan City and Mackinaw City. Motor along the road that opened West Michigan to automobile travel and tourism.

Time-travel through the beautiful landscape, quaint towns, hotels and cabins, camps and state parks with a few other surprise stops along the road, and end with a discussion of the Mackinac Straits region.

M: Bronze $35 Silver $30 NM: $42 Location: Browne Center

Mapping Genes to Disease Wednesday, 1:30-3:30 PM Jan. 23 Dr. Jeffrey MacKeigan received his Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2002, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School. In 2004, he joined Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research in Cambridge MA. Dr. MacKeigan joined the Van Andel Institute in 2006.

Systems biology looks at the living cell as a large assemblage of interacting molecules and aims to determine when and how these molecules interact. This may be used to understand, for example, how a disease such as cancer begins and spreads. Dr. MacKeigans studies enzymes that play important roles in the continued survival of the cell and in suppression of tumors.

This lecture will highlight the most

current research – including stem cell research – and therapeutic drug discovery efforts targeting these genes in cancer.

M: Bronze $16 Silver $12 NM: $21 Location: Browne Center

What Makes the Super Bowl Super?

Wednesday, 1:30-3:30 pm Jan. 30 Greg Johnson has been an award winning sports journalist for 30 years primarily for The Grand Rapids Press and Booth Newspapers. Currently Greg is Chief Information Officer for Ingenuity International.

They could not give away tickets to the first Super Bowl, which was yet to be named The Super Bowl. Today, it is a championship football game and so much more.

This class will look at the Super Bowl’s impact as a sporting and marketing event as well some of the people, teams and moments.

M: Bronze $16 Silver $12 NM: $21 Location: Browne Center

THURSDAY Expressing Yourself through Watercolor Thursday, 1:30-3:30 pm Jan. 10, 17, 24 & 31 Mary Ann Challa is a local artist and art educator who studied art at GVSU and Aquinas College. She taught art for the GR Public Schools for many years, and she continues with her teaching as the “artist in residence” at Goodwillie Elementary in Ada.

medium including color, texture, value, composition and technique. Focused on the beginning artist, and those with some prior experience, this class will be a great starting point – or a continuation of an earlier art education. Come discover your inner artistic skills and uncover your natural talent along the way.

M: Bronze $73 Silver $60 Gold $10 NM: $86 Location: Browne Center Note: Class maximum is 14.

Lab fee is included in tuition.

Charmers & Con Artists

OLLI AFTER FIVE

Thursday, 6:00-8:00 pm Jan. 10 & 17 Sandra Scott, a licensed professional counselor, has been in private practice for 15 years, specializing in individual and family relationship issues. She is a speaker, a certified divorce mediator, and author.

She has written Starting Again, A Divorce Recovery Program as well as Charmers & Con Artists & Their Flip Side.

Is there someone in your life who is liked and admired by everyone, but who is privately manipulative, controlling, and abusive? Or is there someone who knows exactly what to say to keep you from holding him/her accountable and then makes you look like the problem?

Come listen to Sandra’s advice on how to gain balance in unbalanced relationships and find ways to live a more satisfying life.

M: Bronze $35 Silver $30 NM: $42 Location: Browne Center

Unleash your creative spirit and have fun while expressing yourself through watercolor. Mary Ann will introduce you to the basics of this 5

Call to register: 616.632.2430

COURSES CONT. Israeli-Palestinian Dispute

Love, Bread & Pasta

Thursdays, 3:30-5:30 pm Jan. 17, 24, 31 & Feb. 7

Thursday, 11:00-1:00 pm Jan. 31

Keith St. Clair is a political science professor at GRCC. He holds a M.A. in political science and B.A. in sociology from Illinois State University. Keith now serves on the board of the Michigan Political Science Association and is an active member of the World Affairs Council.

Mary O’Connor is a writer and amateur cook living on a small organic farm in West Michigan. Maple Hill farm is a life change from the successful marketing company she owned in the Detroit area. Detroit’s loss is most certainly OLLI’s gain.

Join Keith St. Clair as he examines the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict up to the present day.

Although both have long histories that complicate matters, many of the reasons for the current conflict began in the late 19th century. We will examine the internal divisions within the Israeli and Palestinian communities that make a resolution more difficult today and how these divisions play into the politics of the region. He will look at where the peace process has stalled and where it may eventually lead.

Looking for a lovely way to spend an afternoon? Join OLLI’s favorite amateur cook, Mary O’Connor, for a celebration of food and life, and learn how to make a delicious, homemade bread and pasta! As always, she’ll include a little history, a bit of science, helpful hands-on demonstrations, and plenty of stories and good things to eat from her Maple Hill Farm.

M: Bronze $21 Silver $17 Gold $5 NM: $26 Location: Browne Center Note: Food cost is included in tuition.

M: Bronze $63 Silver $50 NM: $76 Location: Browne Center

FRIDAY Your Soul’s Purpose Fridays, 9:30-11:30 am Jan. 11, 18 & 25 Karin Orr is an ordained United Methodist minister, with a M.A. in divinity from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary at Northwestern University and is currently the pastor of Centreville United Methodist Church.

For the past few years, Karin has enjoyed sharing ideas about the soul’s journey with OLLI students.

Together, they have looked at spiritual gifts and practices, the making of poems and prayers, as well as personal experiences as touchstones for the trip. But there is much more to say. The search is ongoing: What is Wisdom? Where is the nature of divine consciousness?

How do we “hear” our souls? Bring your sense of the mystic, along with a journal for writing. Karin recommends Caroline Myss’s book, Entering the Castle: Finding the Inner Path to God and Your Soul’s Purpose.

M: Bronze $52 Silver $42 NM: $62 Location: Browne Center

FREE MEMBER CLASSES - FRIDAYS AT THE BROWNE CENTER The Art of De-Cluttering

Australia in a Camper Van

Friday, 9:30-11:00 am Jan. 18 Location: Browne Center

Friday, 9:30-11:00 am Jan. 25 Location: Browne Center

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Barbara and Robert Kalinka took a 2 month trip to Australia via camper van.

Join them as they cover their travels down the Pacific coast from Brisbane to Sydney and Canberra to Melbourne. From Melbourne, they travelled west along the spectacular Great Ocean Road, then back towards the outback for their return to Brisbane. Their camper van offered a chance to experience the trip of a lifetime!

Do you want to simplify your life and make your home a resting place, not a storehouse? Whatever stage of life you are in, whether empty nester or just downsizing, de-cluttering can bring back that sense of calm and balance. Join Joanna Case, a professional organizer, as she helps you get through your jumbled closets and cluttered life.

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Registration Form (January 2013)

Phone Registration: 616.632.2430

Name________________________________________________________________________Student #______________________ Address_____________________________________________City_________________________State_______Zip_____________ Home #_____________________________________________Cell #___________________________________________________ Email_____________________________________________ Emergency Contact________________________________________ Sign me up for an OLLI at Aquinas Membership (2012 - 2013 academic year)

q Bronze $25

q Silver $60

q Gold $385

Please remember all OLLI members may select any Free Member Course. If registering more than one person please indicate student’s name to specific class.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

West Michigan’s Fascinating Past q Jan. 7 Legendary Logging Era q Jan. 14 Street Car Era

The Power of YOUR Story q $35 (M Bronze) q $30 (M Silver) q $42 (NM)

My Favorite Movie Scenes with John Douglas q $35 (M Bronze) q $30 (M Silver) q $42 (NM)

Expressing Yourself through Watercolor q $73 (M Bronze) q $60 (M Silver) q $10 (M Gold) q $86 (NM)

Your Soul’s Purpose q $52 (M Bronze) q $42 (M Silver) q $62 (NM)

This Is Where I Stand: Discussions on the Issues of Today q Jan.9 q Jan. 16 q Jan. 23 q Feb. 6

Charmers & Con Artists q $35 (M Bronze) q $30 (M Silver) q $42 (NM)

The Medical Examiner: No Guts, No Glory q $16 (M Bronze) q $12 (M Silver) q $21 (NM)

q $16 (M Bronze) each q $12(M Silver) each q $21 (NM) each British Literature: A Tasting Menu q $52 (M Bronze) q $42(M Silver) q $62(NM)

Secret Agent Woman q $16 (M Bronze) q $12 (M Silver) q $21 (NM)

More Political Analysis with Bob & Matt q $16 (M Bronze) q $12 (M Silver) q $21(NM)

From Buttons to Blast Furnaces: Medieval Inventions, Great & Small q $35 (M Bronze) q $30 (M Silver) q $42 (NM) ADHD: Risks, Reasons & Rewards q $16 (M Bronze) q $12 (M Silver) q $21(NM)

q $10 (M Bronze) each q $8 (M Silver) each q $15(NM) each Vintage Views Along US 31 & the Mackinac Straits Region q $35 (M Bronze) q $30 (M Silver) q $42 (NM)

Israeli-Palestinian Dispute q $63 (M Bronze) q $50 (M Silver) q $76 (NM)

MEMBER FREE CLASSES: q The Art of De-Cluttering q Australia in a Camper Van

Love, Bread & Pasta q $21 (M Bronze) q $17 (M Silver) q $5 (M Gold) q $26 (NM)

Mapping Genes to Disease q $16 (M Bronze) q $12 (M Silver) q $21(NM) What Makes the Super Bowl Super? q $16 (M Bronze) q $12 (M Silver) q $21 (NM)

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Look for these exciting Winter 2013 classes:

The History of Central Asia Roman Emperors & the Women Who Influenced Them Shakespearean Comedies Natural Selection/Evolution of Morality Grand Rapids in the Civil War and After Tasting & Touring Michigan with Jaye Beeler

January Sampler 2013

Course Schedule

Classes begin: January 7 Registration by: December 31 Phone: 616.632.2430 Fax: 616.732.4480 aquinas.edu/olli

Cartooning with Mary O’Connor MISSION STATEMENT

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Aquinas College is a community of adults joining together to achieve personal transformation of mind, body, and spirit through lifelong learning and community service.

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