CSU OLLI Fall 2022 Catalog

FALL

Fall 2022 Director’s Message

he Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) team at Colorado State University welcomes you to the Fall 2022 term with over 75 engaging multi-week classes, OLLI Talks and member bonus lectures. It will be a great time to connect with other intellectually curious adults and to join or reengage with OLLI @ CSU. The team looks forward to catching up with returning members and welcoming new and prospective members.

As OLLI @ CSU begins its 17th year, the program’s future is bright. OLLI has seen strong signs of rebounding to prepandemic levels of member engagement. Spring 2022 registrations increased by 30% over the Fall 2021 term, and new memberships increased by 13%. Across all spring term classes, 87% of surveyed OLLI members let us know that their course or lecture exceeded or met expectations.

Spring 2022 class survey data indicated that 32% of our members are interested in only taking in-person classes, 25% prefer online classes, and 43% will take classes offered in either format. In response to this data, we have increased in-person classes at Drake Hall but will continue to provide an outstanding selection of online classes hosted by our talented visiting instructors. Thank you to returning OLLI instructors who have shared their expertise with OLLI in the past and to those new instructors joining OLLI this term.

In September, I am retiring and wrapping up my tenure as OLLI Director. Working with OLLI has been a great joy and highlight of my career, and I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to work with this remarkable group of members, dedicated instructors, and an outstanding staff. I am proud that, together, we have weathered the unique educational challenges presented by a global pandemic. I appreciate your generous support, friendship, and willingness to place your trust in me to guide OLLI through this difficult time.

I am strongly committed to ensuring a smooth transition and am confident the OLLI community will welcome the new director and support the OLLI team as the program continues to develop engaging learning and social opportunities that reflect the needs and interests of the OLLI membership.

Warmly, Pat

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS SAY

The breadth and quality of the OLLI offerings are just amazing. The program helps to keep my head alive.

OLLI is the best deal in town. Excellent teachers and you always get very nice classmates with similar interests, too.

OLLI has topical, thought provoking and educational classes that are highly interesting and great for curious minds!

OLLI classes are an enjoyable and a great way to stretch your brain cells!

OLLI @ CSU Fall Term 2022 Announcements

Your Choice—OLLI In-Person or Online Class Options!

We are excited to announce that 70% of the fall curriculum will meet in person at Drake Hall, and 30% will feature nationally recognized instructors presenting online classes and lectures. With 75 multi-week courses, OLLI Talks, and OLLI member bonus activities, we think you’ll find that there is something of interest for everyone.

Online Registration Encouraged

We encourage members to continue using online registration and ask that you email OLLI@colostate.edu if you need help with this process. You will also find an OLLI registration tutorial video here.

Please note: If members cannot register online, the OLLI team will be available for limited in-person registration at the Fall Open House at CSU Drake Hall on: Thursday, September 15, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

OLLI catalogs will no longer be mailed to members but will be available for pick up at the OLLI office, 2545 Research Blvd., Fort Collins.

Fall 2022 CSU Drake Hall Public Safety

CSU continues to plan for and address COVID and remains responsive to the evolving conditions of the pandemic by prioritizing the safety and comfort of the CSU community. For Fall term 2022, OLLI will follow these pandemic-related guidelines established by CSU, in consultation with county health officials and with the approval of university leadership

• All OLLI members, instructors, staff, and visitors attending in-person classes at CSU Drake Hall are required to be fully vaccinated to attend class in a CSU facility.

• Boosters are strongly encouraged but not required.

• CSU does not require masks on university grounds however, anyone may wear a mask if they want to; students, faculty and staff should not create their own mask requirements for others.

• Members, instructors, or OLLI visitors exhibiting any Covid-like symptoms are encouraged to stay home and are asked to report symptoms using the CSU Guest Covid Reporter or by contacting the CSU Public Health Office at 970-491-4600.

OLLI Monthly Newsletter

If you are not currently receiving the OLLI Monthly Newsletter, please contact OLLI@colostate.edu and request to be included in the email list to receive program highlights and learn about upcoming events.

Enjoy Complimentary Member Bonus Activities

OLLI is pleased to continue offering the extremely popular series of complimentary bonus activities for our Fall 2022 members as a thank-you for your ongoing support throughout the difficult past two years. This fall, members can enjoy an onsite tour of the CSU Energy Powerhouse, a virtual, ranger-led Yellowstone National Park experience, or an intriguing online tour of Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco. Members are invited to a complimentary Drake Hall presentation on Estate Planning, and a refreshing in-person talk on how to enrich your life with humor. These brand-new activities are made possible in part thanks to your kind OLLI donations and are free to fall-term OLLI members; however, space is limited, and registration is required.

Welcoming Additional Visiting OLLI Instructors

Due to the continued support of our online classes, OLLI is pleased to expand the number of talented visiting OLLI instructors who will share their expertise with our members. Thanks to the very generous support of the Cathy Stawarski Osher Excellence Fund, OLLI will be welcoming fifteen visiting instructors this term.

Your OLLI Donations at Work

The OLLI team appreciates the many generous member and instructor donations made during the financially challenging past four OLLI terms. As a self-supporting program, OLLI depends on your membership and tuition fees as well as contributions to sustain our program. Every dollar you give makes a difference.

During the Fall 2022 term, your OLLI donations are being used to support instructor honorariums, the tuition assistance program, and our new complimentary member bonus activities. Please consider donating to this worthy cause. Make an OLLI donation here

About the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)

The San Francisco–based Bernard Osher Foundation was started in 1977 by Bernard Osher, a respected business person and community leader. The Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life by supporting higher education and the arts. In partnership with the Bernard Osher Foundation, 124 Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes are now located on the campuses of prestigious colleges and universities, from Maine and California to Hawaii and Alaska. Each provides a distinctive array of noncredit courses and activities specifically developed for intellectually curious adults of all ages, with special attention to “seasoned adults” 50 or better.

Initially endowed by the Bernard Osher Foundation, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Colorado State University was established in 2006 and is a membershipbased, self-supporting program committed to fostering lifelong learning and enriching lives. Join us and take part in OLLI’s ever-evolving educational opportunities!

Why Become a Member?

Indulge your curiosity! People who are active, engaged in their communities, and enjoy learning throughout their lives feel more productive and purposeful and are healthier and happier. There are no admission requirements, no grades, no tests, and no pressure in OLLI, but rather the opportunity to keep your knowledge of our ever-changing world up to date, try new experiences, and join a community of inquisitive minds.

• Expand your experiences and engage your curiosity

• Gain access to exceptional classes, lectures, and special programs

• Gather with others like you who are committed to learning for a lifetime

• Enjoy complimentary member bonus lectures and activities each term.

Join today because you’re worth it! Click here to join OLLI

Who Belongs to OLLI?

Our members are people like you from all settings, professions, educational backgrounds, and places. We welcome adults of all ages – with special consideration of those fifty and better – with a desire to learn, engage, build new friendships, and actively discover more about the world around us.

Why Membership Fees?

OLLI at CSU is a member-based, member-driven, selfsupporting program. Each term, a current membership is required to participate in our many exciting multi-week courses, OLLI Talks lectures, and OLLI Experiences. OLLI non-refundable membership fees include complimentary member bonus lectures and are critical to our institute’s success and sustainability. Along with course tuition and donations, membership fees provide the much-needed support for our dynamic, quality programming and serve to remind learners that they are part of an engaged, active community and a national network of lifelong learners.

OLLI Membership

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OLLI offers two membership terms each year: Fall (September-December), Spring (January-May)

• The $25 membership fee each term allows access to registration for all in-person and online courses and lectures.

• Enjoy complimentary member-only bonus activities included with your paid membership each term.

• If you are unsure of your membership status, visit the OLLI homepage. Go to My Account and select My Profile. Scroll to the bottom to find your membership information. If you do not have a current membership, one will automatically be added to your checkout cart when you register for classes.

Multi-Week Courses, OLLI Talk Lectures, and Special Program Fees

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A paid membership is required to register for all courses, lectures, and special programs.

• Tuition for each course and special program varies based on the length of the course.

• Registration for each 2-hour OLLI Talks lecture is $10.

• Registration for multiple courses is allowed and encouraged.

• All courses, OLLI Talks lectures, and special programs enroll on a first-come basis, subject to space availability. Waitlists are available.

• Registration continues throughout the term until the day before a class or lecture begins.

Tuition Assistance

Thanks to the generosity of the Oltjenbruns Tuition Assistance Fund and the Cathy Stawarski Fund, OLLI tuition assistance is available to any new or returning member experiencing financial difficulty. If financial challenges prohibit you from enrolling in OLLI courses, you are invited and encouraged to apply for tuition assistance to help with course and lecture fees. Contact us at OLLI@ colostate.edu to request the easy application form or for more information.

Course Waitlists

If an online or in-person course reaches capacity, a waitlist will be available. If you register online, you will have the opportunity to directly add your name to the waitlist of any course marked full. If a course does not show up in your search, the class and the waitlist are both full.

If space in a waitlisted class becomes available, you will receive an email notification and will have 48 hours to accept the invitation to attend that class. If you do not register for the class within the 48-hour window, the automated system will offer the space to the next person on the waitlist.

Drop, Transfer, and Refund Appeal Policy

OLLI course and membership fees are critical to our institute’s sustainability and are non-refundable

If you need to drop a class, please visit the OLLI website to find a suitable transfer course that might better fit your schedule or needs. To arrange for a course transfer, contact OLLI staff at OLLI@colostate.edu

A full or partial refund will only be considered on a caseby-case basis and for unusual extenuating circumstances. If you feel you have a unique situation requiring a refund, contact our OLLI staff at OLLI@colostate.edu to request a Refund Appeal Form. Members will be asked to provide written information detailing the reason for the refund request and will be notified once a determination is reached.

Unable to Attend

If you register for a class and cannot attend, please notify our office right away. Do not offer your class seat to someone not registered for the class since we will reach out to members on the waitlist to fill that vacancy. Attendance is taken during each class period, and unregistered visitors will not be allowed to remain in the class.

Class Cancellations

If a course or lecture is canceled, OLLI staff, when possible, will provide a two-hour notice of cancellation and will reach out to all affected class members by email or phone if email is not an option. Members will have a 48-hour window to request a transfer to another course. Please check the OLLI website www.osher.colostate.edu for alternative class options. After 48 hours, a full refund will be processed. Credit card refunds require ten business days.

Inclement Weather Days

If Colorado State University announces a weather-related school closure, OLLI classes are also canceled that day, including online classes. In the event of a snow day or emergency cancellation of a single class, OLLI staff will notify all class members as soon as practical and will coordinate with the instructor regarding a makeup date. To guarantee we can contact you in case of cancellation, please ensure your contact information is current. Email OLLI@colostate. edu if you need help updating your personal information.

Participant Guidelines

The mission of education is to promote and protect the intellectual, personal, social, and ethical development of the individual and to provide an environment that encourages reasoned discourse, intellectual honesty, openness to constructive change, and respect for the rights, opinions, and needs of all class participants without divisive, or polarizing comments. Thanks for keeping our virtual and inperson classrooms a positive learning experience for all!

Support Your OLLI at CSU

Your tax-deductible contributions are essential to support and maintain this high-quality OLLI program, allowing us to keep membership and course fees down. With your contributions, we can enhance, grow, and continue to create an engaging and thoughtful learning environment. Please consider making a valued donation here, or email giftplanning@colostate.edu.

OLLI filled my retirement with challenge, knowledge, and friends.

Fall 2022 Course Calendar by Start Date

Start Date Class/Lecture

9/22 OSHR 5047 Of Monuments and the Monumental (Wilshusen)

9/22  OSHR 3028  OLLI Talks: Edison and Tesla – The Battle of the Currents (Cowdrey)

9/22  OSHR 6066  Jewish History and Why It Matters (Katzir)

9/22  OSHR 5049  Women of the Supreme Court (Andersen)

9/22  OSHR 7021  Women of Jazz: Jazz Singers (Joyce)

9/23  OSHR 5042  International Hot Topics with John Roberts (Roberts)

9/26  OSHR 8047  A Naturalist’s Desiderata (Cook)

9/26  OSHR 4038  The Prose Poem’s Radical, Radiant Energy (Leisure)

9/26  OSHR 6065  The Making of Early England to 1714 (Weisser)

9/27  OSHR 5046  The Emerging World Dis-order: Moving Forward or Backward? (Menzel)

9/27  OSHR 3097  OLLI Talks: Economics, History, and You (Lohr)

9/28  OSHR 4036  Red Herring Book Club (Hansford & Hoffman)

Location Pg.

Drake Hall 15

Drake Hall 34

Drake Hall 26

Online 16

Online 32

Drake Hall 17

Drake Hall 33

Drake Hall 28

Drake Hall 20

Drake Hall 13

Drake Hall 21

Drake Hall 29

9/28  OSHR 9004  ESSENTRICS® Aging Backwards (Nolan)  Drake Hall 18

9/29  OSHR 2047  Acrylic Painting Techniques (Osmann)

9/29  OSHR 2028  Exploring Art through Modern Masters... (Osmann)

Drake Hall 9

Drake Hall 10

9/29  OSHR 3113  OLLI Talks: The Geology, Technology, and Risks of Oil-Field Fracking (Mueller) Drake Hall 35

9/29 OSHR 3038  OLLI Talks: The First American Geology Field Party in Antarctica (Collinson) Online 35 9/30  OSHR 3087  OLLI Talks: Death by Music: An Introduction to a Historical Odyssey (Hild) Drake Hall 27

9/30  OSHR 1213  OLLI Member Bonus:  CSU Energy Powerhouse Tour (Ambassador)

10/4  OSHR 1210  OLLI Member Bonus: Enrich Your Life with Humor! (Reiter)

Drake Hall 38

Drake Hall 37

10/4 OSHR 3108  OLLI Talks: Demon Foods: Are your Favorite Foods Killing You? (Canepa)

Drake Hall 24

Online 18 10/5  OSHR 6073  US Constitution's 27 Amendments: Living Vitality that Saved the Original (Hoffert)

10/5  OSHR 3104  OLLI Talks: Stronger Than a Hundred Men -- Waterwheel History (Cowdrey) Drake Hall 34

10/6  OSHR 3011  OLLI Talks: Decarbonizing the Economy (Casey)

Drake Hall 16

10/7  OSHR 1007  Beginning/ Intermediate Watercolor Workshop with Steve Griggs (Griggs) Drake Hall 10 10/7  OSHR 6058  Singing when Death Comes: A Deeper Look at Historical Practices (Hild) Drake Hall 27 10/7  OSHR 9016  Qi Gong for Mind/Body Health (Marchell)

10/10  OSHR 2020 More Drawing FUNdamentals:  Bringing Out Your Inner Artist (Marander)

Drake Hall 19

Drake Hall 9

10/10 OSHR 3094  OLLI Talks: The Prosecutor’s Art –Streets to the Suites to the Oval Office (Schudson) Online 12

10/10 OSHR 5050  Legendary Foods of Europe: FRANCE (Canepa) Online 12

10/11 OSHR 6062  The FBI:  A Hoover-Era Veteran Shares an Insiders Story: Part 2 The Full Story (Carroll) Drake Hall 22

10/12  OSHR 4029  Journey Through a Book: Klara and the Sun (Hoffman)

Drake Hall 29

10/12  OSHR 3031  OLLI Talks: An Israel-Palestine Update:  Is Peace Even Possible Now? (Katzir) Drake Hall 14

10/17 OSHR 7020  Motown Soul Moves Mainstream (Joyce) Online 31 10/18  OSHR 3107  OLLI Talks: A Biblical Acceptance of Homosexuality (Hoffert)

Drake Hall 13

Start Date Class/Lecture

10/19  OSHR 6039  White Gold - The History of the Great Western Sugar Company (Jessen)

10/19  OSHR 1214  Special Program: Loveland Foundries Tour (Jessen)

10/19 OSHR 6064  The Wild Bunch:  Supreme Court Justices 1930-2022 (Ferro)

10/20  OSHR 4034  The Heat in Us: Finding & Writing Our Poems (Leisure)

10/20  OSHR 1212  OLLI Member Bonus: A to Z of Estate Planning (King)

10/24  OSHR 1011  OLLI Member Bonus: Alfred Hitchcock's San Francisco (Sherwin)

10/25  OSHR 6071  Powerful Women in the Hebrew Bible: Hiding in Plain Sight (Rubin)

10/28  OSHR 8044  50 Ways to Discover Colorado (Cook)

10/31  OSHR 3136  OLLI Talks: The Oddities of English (Manley)

10/31  OSHR 5048  The 2022 US Midterm Elections (Caputo)

11/1  OSHR 6043  More History at the Movies: Facts and Fiction in Five Films, Part 2 (Purath)

11/1  OSHR 6072  The Study of Prehistoric Change (Wilshusen)

Location Pg.

Drake Hall 24

Drake Hall 25

Online 24

Online 30

Drake Hall 38

Online 37

Drake Hall 22

Drake Hall 36

Drake Hall 28

Drake Hall 12

Drake Hall 31

Drake Hall 23

11/1 OSHR 6069  Citizen Grant: Ulysses Grant as Civil War General and Reconstruction President (Day) Online 23

11/2  OSHR 6067  Kabbalah, An Introduction:  What It Is, and What It Isn't! (Katzir)

11/2  OSHR 8039  Great Geologic Wonders of Earth (Ethridge)

Drake Hall 25

Drake Hall 34

Drake Hall 32 11/2 OSHR 7018  MORE Broadway Deconstructed:  Part Two (Caponegro)

11/2  OSHR 7001  Cinema du Jour at The Lyric Theater (Merriman)

Online 32 11/2 OSHR 3106  OLLI Talks: Say It Loud book discussion (Kennedy)

Online 14 11/3  OSHR 4028  Dr. Seuss Books for Obsolete Children:  Life, Lessons, and Controversy (Meroney)

Drake Hall 30 11/3  OSHR 6063  The Great Depression and the Shaping of Modern America (Danbom)

Drake Hall 26 11/3 OSHR 5051  Introduction to the Humanities of China and Japan (Purath)

Online 16 11/4  OSHR 8038  Seven Million Years of Hominid History, "Graecopithecus" to "Homo Altai" (Cornell)

Drake Hall 36 11/4  OSHR 1009  Intermediate/ Advanced Watercolor Workshop with Steve Griggs (Griggs)

Drake Hall 11 11/4 OSHR 2029  The Renaissance, A Global Phenomenon (Leeman)

Online 11 11/7  OSHR 3099  OLLI Talks: The Lost Cause Legacy of the Civil War (Weisser)

Drake Hall 20 11/8  OSHR 3109  OLLI Talks: Chilling Out with the Ice Age Mammals of Colorado (McDonald) Drake Hall 33 11/9  OSHR 5052  The U. S. Economy: Overview and Outlook (Olienyk)

Drake Hall 15 11/9 OSHR 6059  Stories of Race and Reconciliation (Kilby & Baldwin)

Online 26 11/10 OSHR 5053  Exploring the Recent Landmark Supreme Court Decisions (Alper)

Drake Hall 17 11/14  OSHR 3102  OLLI Talks: Reflections on Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee (Weisser)

Drake Hall 20 11/15 OSHR 1211  OLLI Member Bonus: Yellowstone National Park Experience (Park Ranger) Online 38 11/18  OSHR 9009  Mindfulness Breath Meditation: From Inner to Outer (Hentschel)

Drake Hall 19 12/12 OSHR 3005  OLLI Talks: The Life, Wit, and Wisdom of Winston Churchill (Weisser)

Drake Hall 21 12/13 OSHR 3137  OLLI Member Bonus: Future Perfect (Stowell) Online 33

Important Dates

Aug. 5 Online-only registration opens at 6:00 a.m.

Sept. 15 OLLI Fall Open House and Registration @ CSU Drake Hall 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Sept. 22 Fall 2022 term classes begin

Nov. 21–25 Thanksgiving break No classes scheduled

How to Zoom

Are you new to Zoom, or would you like a Zoom refresher? Please contact the OLLI Team at OLLI@colostate.edu to set up a personal tutorial session with one of our helpful OLLI Team Members.

How to Register

Fall 2022 online-only registration opens: August 5, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

Drake Hall registration: Thursday, September 15, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

We request that all members register online on our website www.osher.colostate.edu by selecting the “Courses” tab at the top of the webpage or by using this Fall 2022 interactive OLLI catalog.

If you have difficulty with the online registration process, you may contact our OLLI team at OLLI@colostate.edu or attend the Fall Open House @ Drake Hall for in-person registration.

There are two ways to register:

1. Go to www.osher.colostate.edu, select “Courses” at the top of the page, and browse the course list OR

2. Browse this catalog and select the “Click to Register” button next to the course you choose

• On your selected course detail page, click the “Add to Cart” button

• When you finish making all your course selections, from your cart, click the “Checkout” button

• Login to your account with your email and password to complete the transaction

• Your Zoom class access link(s) will be sent to you in your transaction confirmation email

Design

More Drawing FUNdamentalsBringing Out Your Inner Artist

OSHR 2020

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Monday

Instructor: Carol Marander

Dates: 10/10 – 11/14

Time: 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $100

“I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing.” -Vincent van Gogh

Learn various drawing techniques using Conte crayons, graphite pencils, pen and ink, and other drawing implements. Discover how to draw what you see.

Enhance your knowledge of using line, value, shape, pattern, and repetition in your drawings. Gain skill with composition, perspective, and proportion. Examples of drawings through the ages will be presented. This course is suitable for all levels.

Acrylic Painting Techniques

OSHR 2047

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Thursday

Instructor: Joe Osmann

Dates: 9/29 – 11/3

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $100

Join active painter and instructor Joe Osmann for this hands-on acrylic painting course that will focus on a wide range of painting techniques that can be applied to any subject. Topics include painting materials, canvas stretching, brush and pallet knife effects, color mixing, and glazing. Acrylics are a versatile medium that offers many of the rich properties of oil paint with added practical advantages.

Art and Design cont.

Exploring Art through Modern Masters: Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, and Picasso

OSHR 2028

Thursday

Instructor: Joe Osmann

Dates: 9/29 – 11/3

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

Many art museums and gallery visitors feel that the visual art of the last 150 years is more difficult to understand than the art of earlier periods. By examining the works of Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, and more recent artists, this course will offer guidelines for appreciating the connections of modern art to contemporary cultural changes and exploring the debt modern artists owe to earlier periods of artistic expression. The idea that a museum or gallery visitor must have extensive knowledge of art is erroneous. As we often do with instrumental music, contemporary art can be approached as a vivid experience that evokes emotion without directly representing the physical world. Class participants will have opportunities to observe and discuss their perceptions of artworks. Studying original works of art offers a refreshing contrast to the constant blur of massproduced imagery we are bombarded with daily.

OLLI Experience

Beginning/Intermediate Watercolor Workshop with Steve Griggs

OSHR 1007

Friday

Instructor: Steve Griggs

Date: 10/7

Time: 10 AM – 4:30 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $100

“Painting with watercolor is so haarrrd!” We hear it all the time. Even some experienced painters of oil and acrylics shy away from watercolor because of the complexity of painting with this medium. There is no denying that watercolors are free-spirited and even a bit mischievous, but that makes them so interesting! By learning the fundamentals of painting with watercolor and getting to know and understand their non-conforming nature, you can start to work with them to create expressive and free paintings. Before you know it, you will be saying, “Painting with watercolors is so fun!”

During this full-day workshop at Drake Hall with Steve Griggs, beginning and intermediate-level painters will be encouraged to try various watercolor painting strategies and techniques to create loose, intuitive, free, and spontaneous effects. Learn about color mixing, glazes, composition, drying time, thickness, and edges while painting short, warm-up sketches as well as finished landscape or cityscape paintings. Plan to experiment, laugh, move out of your comfort zone, and be amazed at the beautiful paintings you create!

What are you waiting for?

There’s SO much to learn, stories to be told!

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OLLI Experience

Intermediate/ Advanced Watercolor Workshop with Steve Griggs

OSHR 1009

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Friday

Instructor: Steve Griggs

Date: 11/4

Time: 10 AM – 4:30 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $100

You may have begun the journey to creating moving and evocative watercolor paintings, but would you like to take your art to the next level? If you have taken one of Steve’s “Paint-a-Long” classes or his beginning workshop, you will want to sign up for this intermediate/advanced level watercolor class. In this workshop, you will gain a deeper appreciation of Steve’s method of giving voice to your artistic style. With Steve’s encouragement and mentorship, you will create beautiful, moving watercolor paintings with energy, freedom, and fascinating stories. You will be surprised how, with practice and patience, you can take your art to the next level with a paintbrush, an open mind, and a sense of humor!

The Renaissance, A Global Phenomenon

OSHR 2029

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Friday

Instructor: Hugh Leeman

Dates: 11/4 – 12/16

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

Discover The Renaissance, a Global Phenomenon, with new OLLI visiting instructor Hugh Leeman as he examines an ancient pagan past that meets with Islam’s expanding influence to propel Renaissance Europe’s Christian societies towards new artistic heights and to the other side of the unknown ocean. From syncretism within the colonial art of the Americas to China and West African art, we look at early global exchange connecting creative expression with innovation and desperation. Images of our present emerge as the pioneering technologies of warfare and capitalism meet at the confluence of a public health crisis, setting in motion human ingenuity that continues to influence the innovative technology of our world today, from NFTs and cryptocurrency to top-secret microbes.

Legendary Foods of Europe: FRANCE

OSHR 5050 Monday

Instructor: Larry P Canepa

Dates: 10/10 – 10/31

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $40

FRANCE - Liberté, égalité, fraternité…and Food

The culture of France has been shaped by geography, historical events, and foreign and internal forces and groups. France, particularly Paris, has played an essential worldwide role as a center of high culture since the 17th century. Since the late 19th century, France has also played a significant role in cinema, fashion, literature, technology, the social sciences, and cuisine.

OLLI Talks

The Prosecutor’s Art – from the Streets to the Suites to the Oval Office

OSHR 3094

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Monday

Instructor: Charles B. Schudson

Dates: 10/10

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

Street crime, white-collar crime … whatever the crime, prosecutors must direct investigations, assemble evidence, and present cases to judges and juries. But how? Does the Constitution restrain them? Do their own constitutions guide them? Do corruption and politics influence them? From behind the scenes to open court, armed with law, literature, and cinema, Charles Schudson, former state/federal prosecutor, returns to OLLI and will help us search for answers.

The 2022 US Midterm Elections: Implications & Potential Impact on Public Policy Decisions & the 2024 Elections

OSHR 5048

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Monday

Instructor: David A. Caputo

Dates: 10/31 – 11/14

Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30

Join OLLI instructor David Caputo as he discusses the implications of the upcoming 2022 midterm elections, the potential impact on public policy decisions, and the 2024 elections. This course will examine historical data, analyze several races, predict the outcome of the 2022 midterms and discuss the ramifications the 2022 midterm election results may have on the Biden policy agenda, the 2024 presidential election, and American democracy. Class interaction will be encouraged in this engaging, non-partisan course.

The Emerging World Dis-order: Moving Forward or Backward?

OSHR 5046

Tuesday

Instructor: Don Menzel

Dates: 9/27 – 10/25

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $50

The liberal world order fashioned in the aftermath of WWII by Western democracies brought peace and prosperity to much of the world these past 75 years. Triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and China’s growing ethnonationalism and authoritarianism, democracy is now in danger of unraveling. This class will focus on the conditions and circumstances that have brought us to this point and explore what may be ahead, for better or worse, in forging a new world order. We will also examine the United States’ role as the “locomotive at the head of mankind?”

OLLI Talks

A Biblical Acceptance of Homosexuality

OSHR 3107

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Tuesday

Instructor: Robert Hoffert

Dates: 10/18

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

There are explicit rejections of homosexuality in the Judeo-Christian Bible, as there are for money, wealth, divorce, shellfish, pork, hair-cuttings, food preparations, and a multitude of other things we celebrate and indulge in today without hesitation or sense of wrong-doing. This OLLI Talk will discuss the Biblical basis for setting aside those rejections of homosexuality, as we have set aside so many other rejections, and for expressing a positive basis for accepting homosexuality within the letter and spirit of the Bible, especially the “New Testament.”

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OLLI Talks

Say It Loud! On Race, Law, History, and Culture book discussion

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Wednesday

Instructor: Randall Kennedy

Dates: 11/2

Time: 4 – 5:30 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

OLLI Talks An Israel-Palestine Update: Is Peace Even Possible Now?

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Wednesday

Instructor: Hillel Katzir

Dates: 10/12

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

Rabbi Katzir offers an updated, contemporary look at the current state of the Israel-Palestine conflict. The dynamics of the region have changed internationally due to the Abraham Accords and domestically in Israel because of a change in government. You will learn where this all leaves us in our hopes of finally seeing peace between the two neighboring countries.

You are invited to join OLLI visiting instructor and Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy for a discussion of his new book, Say It Loud! On Race, Law, History, and Culture. This NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR is a collection of provocative essays exploring the critical social justice issues of our time – from George Floyd to antiracism to inequality and the Supreme Court. The New York Times has called Kennedy “among the most incisive American commentators on race.”

OLLI is one of the best benefits of living in Fort Collins.

The U.S. Economy: Overview and Outlook

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Wednesday

Instructor: John Olienyk

Dates: 11/9 – 11/16

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $20

There is hardly a newscast these days that does not have at least one story about what is happening in the economy. Some observers are warning that the probability of a recession is rising, while others say that economic growth is on a path to continue indefinitely. To help shed some light on this issue, we will examine trends in major economic indicators such as inflation, interest rates, employment, government debt, the housing market, consumer confidence, international trade, and various other factors. Conditions seem to change daily, and our analysis will be based on the most up-to-date information available.

Of Monuments and the Monumental

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Thursday

Instructor: Richard Wilshusen

Dates: 9/22 – 10/27

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

If you want to know what we value, look at our monuments. They mark the places, people, and events most dear to our identities as a people. Monuments can be both natural or manufactured, and some of the most striking monuments, such as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall or Stonehenge, redefine the very landscapes they are on. In each class, we will focus on a different question, and by the end, we should be able to say what makes a suitable monument and when it may be time to take a monument down.

Women of the Supreme Court

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Thursday

Instructor: Lauren Andersen

Dates: 9/22 – 10/13

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $40

Follow the stories of six extraordinary women who pursued legal careers, justice, and equality and became Supreme Court Justices. This four-session course will examine the lives and careers of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Join Lauren Andersen to understand how their lives influenced their careers and why they sought a position on the highest court in the nation.

OLLI Talks

Decarbonizing the Economy

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Thursday

Instructor: Rick Casey

Dates: 10/6

Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

Decarbonizing the US economy may be the best shot we have at mitigating the effects of climate change. There is much public debate over how best to do that at the federal level, with several distinct approaches. This talk will explain the pros and cons of the main choices. A carbon tax combined with a citizen rebate program to create a revenue-neutral policy has broad bipartisan appeal and is the most economically efficient and quickest to implement. Opportunities to get involved for those wishing to take personal action on climate change will be discussed.

Introduction to the Humanities of China and Japan

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Thursday

Instructor: Sally Purath

Dates: 11/3 – 12/15

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

China and Japan gave the world two uniquely rich cultures over the centuries. This course will provide brief highlights of their history and politics but will focus on the humanities—the philosophies, religions, art, and music of regions that too often are considered in terms of conflict. It will introduce and compare the cultural achievements from the earliest dynasties up to the 20th century.

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Exploring the Recent Landmark Supreme Court Decisions

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Thursday

Instructor: Richard Alper

Dates: 11/10 – 12/1

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30

During the October 2021-2022 term of the US Supreme Court, the Court has had an opportunity to set significant precedents in controversial areas of American case law. This June, the Court issued precedent-setting decisions in NY State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen (gun control) and Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization (abortion). In the Bruen case, the Court held that State law restrictions on concealed carry of a gun outside the home violated the Second Amendment. In the Dobbs case, the Court reversed Roe v Wade and held there is no constitutional right to an abortion.

This three-session class will discuss both of these controversial cases and pose “big picture” questions about what these decisions tell us, if anything, about the direction, values, and themes of the Roberts Court. It will also consider whether the Court is suffering from a “legitimacy” issue and the prospective impact this may have on the Judicial branch of government. The course will be based on a non-partisan, non-rhetorical, constructive inquiry into making sense of the constitutional reasoning the Court used in these two cases.

International Hot Topics with John Roberts

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Friday

Instructor: John Roberts

Dates: 9/23 – 10/21

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $20

Join OLLI instructor and facilitator John Roberts for a review and discussion of international hot spots. Ten to twelve hot spots from any continent will be selected before each class by the presenter to be discussed in real terms, including insights regarding current and future implications for the United States. Open questions will be addressed at each class session. This unique class will provide an interactive opportunity to keep up with critical international news events and developing geopolitical situations. Each student is requested to bring a basic paperback world atlas as a reference.

OLLI Talks

Demon Foods: Are Your Favorite Foods Killing You?

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Tuesday

Instructor: Larry P Canepa

Dates: 10/4

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

Foods grown for shelf life and transport, saturated in toxic chemicals, are not so great for actual consumption when it comes to nutrient value. Has science and agribusiness made the “perfect food” yet? This “foodtainment” presentation will examine the current crazes, diets, fads, superstitions, facts, and fiction of “demon foods.” We will explore the foods and snacks of yesteryear and the fantastic foods of the future. We are what we eat, and making good choices is based on knowledge. The OLLI Talk includes an introduction and discussion of our favorite “demon foods” and some delicious, healthy alternatives.

ESSENTRICS® Aging Backwards

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Wednesday

Instructor: Terry Nolan

Dates: 9/28 – 10/26

Time: 1 – 2 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $30

Join new OLLI instructor Terry Nolan as she introduces us to ESSENTRICS®, an age-reversing workout designed to restore and maintain joint mobility and flexibility in muscles, relieve pain, and stimulate cells to boost energy, vibrancy, and the immune system. Using music to cue movement, it is a dynamic full-body stretch and strengthening program created by Miranda EsmondeWhite, author of Forever Painless and the New York Times bestseller, Aging Backwards. This class will include five one-hour-long workouts precisely paced for OLLI members who are moderately fit and whose doctors approve of their exercising. It will also incorporate discussion about posture, everyday alignment, and how exercise can keep our minds and bodies active.

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Qi Gong for Mind/Body Health

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Friday

Instructor: Madeline Marchell

Dates: 10/7 – 10/28

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $40

Qi Gong is an ancient heart, mind, and body practice that includes movement, breathwork, and mindfulness. It strengthens the mind/body connection to bring inner balance and health. Everyone can do Qi Gong.

This course will cover breathwork, meditation, moving meditation, healing sounds, and practice. Each two-hour session will include a half-hour of Qi Gong practice.

Returning participants will enhance and enrich their practice as well. “Put health back into your own hands.”

Mindfulness Breath Meditation: From Inner to Outer

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Friday

Instructor: Margit Hentschel

Dates: 11/18 – 12/16

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $45

This course is designed to explore mindfulness breath meditation for your daily well-being. It seems like everyone is “stressed out” these days and learning mindfulness meditation practices is a way to help us regain our calmer, inner state to meet external challenges. The essence of mindfulness is to reconnect with your inner knowing and wisdom (gnosis) by sitting still with your “present moment.” In our practice sessions, we will invite simple guided five to ten-minute breath meditation practices to meet the present moment. A “start where you are” philosophy is embraced, and no previous experience is required – we are all beginners, and everyone is welcome. Recent clinical research on mindfulness practices shows relaxation benefits may increase the ability to transform stress, improve mental clarity, and build concentration. We will begin with an overview of breath meditation benefits, offer guided breath practice, and engage in “hands-on” practice of these techniques. Participation will be invited at your comfort level through a “learning circle” format. We will create time across each session to share experiences and learn from each other.

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History, Psychology, and Philosophy

The Making of England to 1714

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Monday

Instructor: Henry Weisser

Dates: 9/26 – 10/31

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

This is the first course in American history because so many institutions, laws, rights, and beliefs of the United States were hammered out in the forge of English history. The story is replete with colorful characters and dramatic events that most Americans know something about already. Join popular OLLI instructor Henry Weisser to explore this fascinating era.

In Chivington’s Shadow: Colonel William O Collins’ Treatment of Native Americans

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Monday

Instructor: Brian P Carroll

Dates: 11/7 – 12/12

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $50

Our city is named after Lt. Colonel William O. Collins, a Civil War Commander assigned to manage a contentious western frontier plagued with conflicts between European and Native Americans. Collins came from a family of leaders whose continuing influence had shaped New England since the family’s arrival in the 1600s. True to his heritage, Colonel Collins demonstrated bravery and integrity in handling the “Indian Problem” during his Civil War command. In contrast to the brutality and prejudice of generals like John Chivington, Collins treated the Native Americans with respect and honesty. He was a man ahead of his time and not always rewarded for his progressive ideas.

OLLI Talks

The Lost Cause Legacy of the Civil War

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Monday

Instructor: Henry Weisser

Dates: 11/7

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

The Lost Cause legacy grew from the utter devastation of the South in the Civil War. It is Southern history in a golden haze, part myth, part truth. This presentation and discussion will present the elements of the Lost Cause beliefs and refutations of them.

OLLI Talks

Reflections on Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

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Monday

Instructor: Henry Weisser

Dates: 11/14

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

These two great generals were a study in contrasts. Arguments continue about who was the better general. Their backgrounds, styles, skills, and weaknesses will be contrasted and discussed.

OLLI Talks

The Life, Wit, and Wisdom of Winston Churchill

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Monday

Instructor: Henry Weisser

Dates: 12/12

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

Winston Churchill has been regarded as the most significant person of the 20th century. This presentation will examine his life and times and quote his wit and wisdom. His flaws will not be overlooked, of course.

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Economics, History, and You

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Tuesday

Instructor: Paul Lohr

Dates: 9/27

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

Join new OLLI instructor, Paul Lohr, for a fascinating introductory look at Economics History and You. This OLLI Talk will introduce members to Paul’s future indepth economics course using engaging, interactive, evidence-based presentations and videos on current economic topics that impact all consumers/citizens. This lecture includes controversial issues and recent events, the unwritten economic culture, and the “animal spirits” of behavioral economics influencing how consumers choose to behave with money. Discover how history, politics, and economics collide with the present and affect you and your grandchildren. If you were bored by economics and history in school, this is for you!

The French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon

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Tuesday

Instructor: Jared Day

Dates: 9/27 – 10/25

Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $50

Most historians look to the French Revolution as the time when the modern age began. Western society, economy, culture, and politics began to alter fundamentally. Europe was transformed from a medieval landscape where traditional norms dominated to one where democracy, free-market capitalism, and ingrained tech-driven notions of social “progress” dominate. To understand this transition, one must understand the French Revolution and the spread of revolutionary values across Europe that came with the Napoleonic wars and reforms.

History, Psychology, and Philosophy cont.

The FBI: A Hoover-Era Veteran Shares an Insider’s Story Pt. 2 The Full Story

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Tuesday

Instructor: Brian P Carroll

Dates: 10/11 – 10/25

Times: 1 – 3 PM (10/11 and 10/18 classes)

10 AM – 12 PM (10/25 class)

Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30

This three-session course is an extension of the Spring OLLI Talk and will provide an in-depth examination of the FBI, national, and world events from the 1940’s to the 21st century, as seen from the first-hand perspective of one who served as a Special Agent under the service of six Directors including J. Edgar Hoover. The Spring 22 FBI OLLI Talk is NOT a prerequisite to this 3-week course.

US Money: Art, History, and Symbolism

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Tuesday

Instructor: Robert Meroney

Dates: 10/11 – 11/1

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $40

Explore the complex history of money from 7000 BC to today. The class will review the initial issue of paper money by the Continental Congress in 1775 (not worth a Continental); the first US coin that Benjamin Franklin helped design in 1787 - the Fugio; the first US Currency Fraud; early US coinage, including the Silver Cent and Ring Cents; and our first US legal tender paper money, $1 issued 1862 and discontinued currencies. Discover the art and symbolism found on different denominations, the story of Hobo nickels, the Masonic conspiracy, and proposed evil influences. Many coins and paper currency will be presented during class to examine in detail.

Strong Women of the Hebrew Bible: Hiding in Plain Sight

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Tuesday

Instructor: Nina Rubin

Dates: 10/25 – 11/8

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30

Women in the Hebrew Bible have often been described as “property” or of no importance compared to men. When we look closely at the text, we realize that, although the Hebrew Bible was written with the men’s community in mind, the separate women’s community had much more influence on the outcomes of the stories than previously believed. We will look at the actions of Sarah, Rebecca, Miriam, Pharaoh’s daughter, and many more who determined the outcome of the biblical stories and the development of the monotheistic religions.

The Study of Prehistoric Change

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Tuesday

Instructor: Richard Wilshusen

Dates: 11/1 – 12/13

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

Four and half decades ago, when I first got into archaeology, the primary goal of archaeology was to explain the significant changes we saw in the past. Why did people increasingly give up hunting and gathering for agriculture? Why are some technologies, such as stone spear points, slow in coming, and others, like the bow and arrow, fast? How do varying histories influence why one group is ready for change and another resistant?

Most answers are not what you might think they should be. Join me as we explore how humans are not as reasonable or predictable as we would like to think.

Citizen Ulysses Grant: Civil War General and Reconstruction President

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Tuesday

Instructor: Jared Day

Dates: 11/1 – 11/8

Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $20

Explore the life and times of one of America’s most interesting and controversial “common man” leaders, Ulysses Grant. Discover his unexceptional military career preceding the civil war, his emergence as President Lincoln’s critical military leader, and then his emergence as Lincoln’s heir in the White House, trying to fulfill the promise of the reconstruction era and yet ultimately overseeing an age known more for tragedy and corruption.

History, Psychology, and Philosophy cont.

US Constitution’s 27 Amendments: Living Vitality that Saved the Original

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Wednesday

Instructor: Robert Hoffert

Dates: 10/5 – 11/9

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

Twenty-seven Amendments have done so much to make the US Constitution we know effective and, even more, legitimate. This course will examine these amendments and consider how they have changed the Constitution and modified Constitutional history in ways that have made it possible for an 18th Century document to have a relevant life in the 21st Century.

White Gold - The History of the Great Western Sugar Company

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Wednesday

Instructor: Kenneth Jessen

Dates: 10/19 – 11/2

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30

The most significant industry in Northern Colorado was farming the homely sugar beet and its incredible conversion into pure white sugar. Thousands worked in the fields and the factories and were involved in transportation and distribution. Now Colorado State University, the Colorado Agricultural College, played a pivotal role in starting this industry.

Discover how sugar beets are transformed into granular sugar and learn about the chemists who made this conversion possible. As investors were attracted and money became available, the factories were constructed, beginning in Grand Junction. These factories attracted ethnic groups, such as the Germans from Russia, who became an essential part of the picture.

The Wild Bunch: Supreme Court Justices 1930-2022

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Wednesday

Instructor: Gregory Ferro

Dates: 10/19 – 11/2

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30

Think Supreme Court justices were dull and stodgy? Think again. Join this interesting three-part class and discover the WILD BUNCH of the Supreme Court! One had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan, another was born and raised in Austria, another married four times, and another helped send Nazis to the gallows. One had no experience as a judge before becoming the Chief Justice. This group includes several firsts: the first woman, the first African American, and the first Italian justice on the US Supreme Court.

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An Introduction to Kabbalah: What It Is and What It Isn’t!

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Wednesday

Instructor: Hillel Katzir

Dates: 11/2 – 12/14

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

Kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism, is a way of approaching and understanding the role of the divine in our lives. It developed as a response to various experiences in Jewish history and has played an influential role in the development of modern Judaism. The course will study the history and development of Kabbalah, how it has influenced modern Judaism, and how it is sometimes misunderstood in American culture.

OLLI Experience

Loveland Foundries Tour

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Wednesday

Instructor: Kenneth Jessen

Class Date: 10/19

Class Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Tour Dates: Tuesday 10/25 and 11/1

Tour Time: 9 AM – 4:30 PM | Location: Loveland

Class Size: 25 participants | Cost: $60

Join local historian Ken Jessen as he shares the origins of the nationally known Loveland bronze foundries. Ken will introduce participants to the actual wax casting process and describe modern improvements, including digitization and digital printing. He will examine the many cottage industries that helped make Loveland home to the largest sculpture show in the United States, “Sculpture in the Park.”

Two full-day tours will make this information come alive for class members.

Please note: Participants will provide transportation or carpool with other class members. During the first class at Drake Hall, time to arrange carpool details will be provided.

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History, Psychology, and Philosophy cont.

Stories of Race and Reconciliation

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Wednesday

Instructors: Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby

Dates: 11/9 – 12/14

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $20

Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby return to OLLI with a two-part in-depth discussion of Betty’s 2002 book Wit, Will & Walls and Betty and Phoebe’s 2021 book Cousins: Connected Through Slavery. These books serve as bookends to their family histories and experiences of race. Betty’s tale begins with desegregating her high school and overcoming many obstacles to achieve executive management employment. Their story continues in Cousins, as Betty and Phoebe meet and embark on a path toward family and racial reconciliation.

Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream that “the sons of former slaves and former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.” As cousins, Betty and Phoebe found a way to live that dream and share their powerful stories.

Why Jewish History Matters

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Thursday

Instructor: Hillel Katzir

Dates: 9/22 – 10/27

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

By all historical logic, Judaism and the Jewish People should have disappeared several times over the last four thousand years, yet both are still here and thriving. How have they succeeded in outliving all the powers that have sought their destruction? What can Americans in the 21st century learn from the Jewish experience?

The Great Depression and the Shaping of Modern America

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Thursday

Instructor: David B. Danbom

Dates: 11/3 – 12/15

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

The Great Depression was the most challenging domestic crisis confronting the United States in the twentieth century. Millions of Americans lost jobs, businesses, homes, and farms, sometimes coping with an unprecedented environmental crisis.

In addressing this economic and environmental catastrophe, the federal government created some of the social safety net programs with us still--farm and home loan programs, unemployment relief, Social Security-and rural electrification, water and soil conservation, and reclamation. By 1939, in an age of dictators, the United States had demonstrated that a democracy could solve daunting problems.

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Death by Music: An Introduction to a Historical Odyssey

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Friday

Instructor: Elaine Hild

Dates: 9/30

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

For centuries, families and communities in Europe sang for their loved ones in the final moments of life. After the tradition waned in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the music remained preserved—but unused—in medieval manuscripts. Elaine Hild has worked to uncover these ancient chants and reconstruct their melodies for the last four years. In this OLLI Talk lecture, we will hear powerful performances of the historic songs led by CSU Professor Joel Bacon.

Because historical material can help us reflect on our practices, this presentation will also examine the potential role of community, beauty, and music as we care for our vulnerable and dying today. Music is currently being used in medical facilities to benefit the critically ill. Babies in neonatal intensive care units, born prematurely and addicted to illegal substances, can often be soothed and stabilized. People with chronic pain or anxiety can often find rest and relief while listening to palliative music.

Singing when Death Comes: A Deeper Look at Historical Practices and Contemporary Contexts

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Friday

Instructor: Elaine Hild

Dates: 10/7 – 10/21

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30

Medieval documents reveal practices of end-of-life care that are strikingly different from our own: practices of gathering to support a suffering person; methods of openly acknowledging the suffering and the hope of relief; practices of singing to accompany the final breath of life.

Engaging in historical inquiry allows us to encounter death at a thoughtful distance. These historic witnesses gently remind us that death is a natural occurrence and an intrinsic part of the human experience. This three-week course uses a reflective, academic environment to deeply explore the practices of historical times, not just for the sake of historical inquiry but also as a way of exploring and supporting our own experiences and practices.

The Prose Poem’s Radical, Radiant Energy

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Monday

Instructor: Veronica Patterson

Dates: 9/26 – 10/17

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $45

Prose poems use every poetic tool but the line break. We will read prose poems from multiple poets and explore the unique energy that prose poems can achieve. We will look at the images they include, how they move, and what insights they can ignite. We will write during class each week, and writers will receive a set of prose-poem prompts. New writers are welcome.

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The Oddities of English

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Monday

Instructor: Holly Manley

Dates: 10/31

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

Learning English might drive a person crazy. There are plenty of rules to learn, but all have exceptions. You must wonder about a language in which your house can burn up while it is burning down. Why doesn’t Buick rhyme with quick? And why does the word child become children and not “childs”? Returning OLLI instructor, Holly Manley, will guide you through a discovery of the many humorous oddities of our English language.

The Heart of Story: Tell Stories that Matter

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Tuesday

Instructor: Mary Roberts

Dates: 9/27 – 11/1

Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $65

Our personal stories help us unwind the past and understand the present. Everyone has these stories-the ones we never forget. They can be funny, heartfelt, tragic, insightful, or revelatory, but they must be about you and true, as best as you remember. We will explore the three crucial elements of a compelling story--conflict, transformation, and why your story matters. Students choose a story in the first class, and we hone it for the rest of the sessions.

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Red Herring Book Club

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Wednesday

Instructors: Nancy Hansford and Sara Hoffman

Dates: 9/28, 10/26, 11/30

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 30 participants | Cost: $30

OLLI welcomes back the popular Red Herring Book Club for crime fiction lovers. Participants will read three selected novels, one each month during the fall term, followed by a lively class discussion full of backstory and plot analysis. Join this fun group of book lovers for an entertaining and energetic examination of three excellent mystery novels.

The three novels chosen for this session are:

• The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

• The Bat by Jo Nesbo

• Exercise is Murder by Bruce Hammack

Journey Through a Book: Klara and the Sun

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Wednesday

Instructor: Sara Hoffman

Dates: 10/12 – 10/19

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 30 participants | Cost: $20

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun is a speculativefiction novel that is no longer speculative. It is a story about artificial intelligence, told through the eyes of an “artificial friend” created not to cook or clean but to become a loving companion to a lonely girl. Recent headlines prove the story’s truth. We already have access to Robo-pets (including sharks), Woebots (therapists), and Lovots (robots “with an instinct to love” on sale in Japan for $2,800). Are we ready for this? Of course, says one researcher: “It may all seem a bit yucky now, but you’ll think differently later on.”

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The Heat in Us: Finding & Writing Our Poems

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Thursday

Instructor: Chloé Leisure

Dates: 10/20 – 12/1

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 3:30 – 6 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 20 participants | Cost: $90

“Poems appear...to arise in looking outward: the writer turns toward the things of the world, sees its kingfishers and falcons, hears the bells of churches and sheep, and these outer phenomena seem to give off meaning almost as if a radiant heat. But the heat is in us, of course, not in things.” –Jane Hirshfield, “Ten Windows”

We will search for the “outer phenomena” that ignite our inner poetics through readings, exercises, and discussions. We will hone our senses, pay attention, record, and write keen and wholehearted poems. New writers welcome.

Dr. Seuss Books for “Obsolete Children”: Life, Lessons, & Controversy

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Thursday

Instructor: Robert N. Meroney

Dates: 11/3 – 12/1

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $40

Celebrated cartoonist Theodore SEUSS Geisel (19041991) wrote and drew not only for children but for adults (or obsolete children as he called them). He had strong opinions about serious matters and authored books using cartoon illustrations that considered the “cold war,” ecology and the environment, life and aging, and love and devotion. His cartoon sometimes pushed the politically correct limits and led to efforts to cancel, ban, and even burn his books. Lectures review Dr. Seuss’s life, loves, awards, and controversies.

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Music, Theatre, and Film

Motown Soul Moves Mainstream

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Monday

Instructor: Rob Joyce

Dates: 10/17 – 11/7

Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $40

As the popularity of Rock and Roll hits its stride in the 1960s, artists from the Rhythm and Blues styles merge into the mainstream. Rock and Roll becomes full of sounds of R&B, Gospel, Soul, and Blues-filled arrangements. Ray Charles, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and a torrent of stars from Barry Gordy’s Motown a.k.a “Hitsville USA,” will be shared through an exciting presentation full of memorable audio and video files.

History of Rock and Roll, Pt. I: From Memphis to San Francisco

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Tuesday

Instructor: Jack A. Rogers

Dates: 9/27 – 11/1

Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

Join returning OLLI instructor Jack Rogers for an examination and facilitated conversation on the history of Rock, from its origins in traditional American styles, breaking through to the mainstream in the 50s, and flowering in the 60s into the psychedelic era. The course will examine the individual, iconic personalities and the cultural contexts of the artists, the music, and the respective periods.

More History at the Movies: Facts and Fiction in Five Films

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Tuesday

Instructor: Sally Purath

Dates: 11/1 – 12/13

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

Films based on historical events are a mix of facts and fiction and can magically transport us to other times and cultures; however, not being documentaries, they can also mislead us as to what really happened. Five selected films are each to be streamed at home, the class will discuss it the first hour and afterward there will be a history lecture on the next film about its historical and cultural events, what is accurate or not, and the literary aspects to notice in the film’s construction. The films will be Yojimbo, Some Mother’s Son, Lawrence of Arabia, Howard’s End, and The Age of Innocence

An email detailing how to find each film and possible rental cost will be sent to each participant. Please see additional course information on the registration page.

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MORE Broadway Deconstructed, Part Two

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Wednesday

Instructors: Sam and Candy Caponegro

Dates: 11/2 – 11/16

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $30

Do you love Broadway Musical Comedies? Have you ever wondered how they work or how they are put together? Join OLLI’s favorite musical theater historians, Sam and Candy Caponegro, as they present a brand-new series of video clips and show tunes. During this toe-tapping class, they will dissect the details of opening numbers, main character signature songs, blockbusters, supporting character songs, and the o’clock numbers from some famous and some not-so-famous shows.

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Cinema du Jour

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Wednesday

Instructor: Joannah Merriman

Dates: 11/2 – 12/14

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 12 – 3 PM | Location: Lyric Theater

Class Size: 35 participants | Cost: $110

We invite you to join us, screening weekly films and participating in post-film discussions in the comfortable ambiance of the NEW Lyric Cinema Café. Enjoy a complimentary small popcorn as you watch movies with unique storylines and observe filmmaking themes and techniques that often vary from the standard studio fare. The facilitator will bring notes from research, reviews, and interviews with the actors and directors as available and relevant. After each cinematic adventure, we will have time for a thought-provoking conversation with our classmates.

Please note: Movies may be subtitled and carry various ratings. This is not a filmmaking course.

Legendary Women Jazz Vocalist

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Thursday

Instructor: Rob Joyce

Dates: 9/22 – 10/13

Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $40

Learn about the overwhelming success and contribution of some of the most spectacular singers of the last 100 years! This course will explore jazz vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, and more. Listening to some of the most memorable songs of the 20th Century, this class will investigate the lives and musical careers of these great women of Jazz. Enjoy the many audio and video samples that will be presented of these legendary women.

Nature, Science, and Technology

A Naturalist’s Desiderata

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Monday

Instructor: Kevin J. Cook

Dates: 9/26 – 10/31

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

We can prove some things in life to be true; some things we just accept to be true. Things we accept become beliefs. A reasoned blending of belief and knowledge can become a desideratum -- a fundamental ideal by which we guide our passage through life. When tough decisions must be made after all facts have been assessed, the desiderata of our lives guide how we proceed. Coping with the interface between humanity and nature can be a confrontation, sometimes elegant, sometimes hostile. These are a naturalist’s desiderata, the tools by which humanity can survive nature and nature can survive humanity.

OLLI Talks Chilling Out with the Ice Age Mammals of Colorado

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Tuesday

Instructor: Greg McDonald

Dates: 11/8

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

Are you interested in big game? How about mammoths on the Great Plains, mastodons in the Rocky Mountains, and giant ground sloths in your backyard? These are but a few of the animals that lived in Colorado during the Pleistocene, popularly known as the Ice Age. Join new OLLI instructor and paleontologist Greg McDonald to learn about these and many other unusual former inhabitants of Colorado, where they came from, and why they are no longer present in Colorado (and elsewhere).

OLLI Talks

Future Perfect

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Tuesday

Instructor: Douglas Stowell

Dates: 12/13

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

Remember the book 1984 by George Orwell, and we thought THAT was the future! How about 2000, the new Millennium, and THAT was what the future held! We have lived through all those futures, so what is now ahead? One thing we know, the pace of technological change has accelerated. In this OLLI Talk, new instructor Douglas Stowell will offer a glimpse of the near future, eight to ten years ahead. He will provide a quick look back to remind us how we did “things” not too long ago and examine technology changes we will likely see by the year 2030. Guided by data and analytics, you will examine the future of autos, airplanes, boats, railroads, space travel, highways, healthcare, education, climate & environment, and energy generation to explore whether this is the “Future Perfect”? (Are you ready for pilot-less airliners?)

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OLLI Talks

Stronger Than a Hundred Men -Waterwheel History

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Wednesday

Instructor: John Cowdrey

Dates: 10/5

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

Stronger Than a Hundred Men is the title of a waterwheel history book and the reference for this OLLI Talk. For centuries, man had relied on human and animal muscle power for all kinds of work. Learn how the waterwheel enabled man to use an inanimate power source for industrial production for the first time, which significantly impacted technological and industrial development.

Great Geologic Wonders of Earth

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Wednesday

Instructor: Frank G. Ethridge

Dates: 11/2 – 12/14

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

Great Geologic wonders of Earth, such as the Grand Canyon (AZ), Cave of Giant Crystals (Mexico), Uluru/ Ayres Rock (Australia), Matterhorn (Italy), and Santorini (Greece), may be known to you. Do you have a clear understanding of how they formed? In this course, we will discuss the characteristics and origins of these and many other geologic wonders of Earth. We will also examine the complex connections between humans and geologic wonders. This course aims to enhance our understanding of Earth and deepen our appreciation of the geologic processes that have created the most spectacular geologic features of our planet.

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Edison and Tesla -- The Battle of the Currents

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Thursday

Instructor: John Cowdrey

Dates: 9/22

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

In December 1878, Edison succeeded in making the first practical and economical light for domestic use. Edison’s most significant project was a workable direct-current electric light system that would replace candles and gaslight. But another inventor, Nikola Tesla, invented the superior alternating current system that we take for granted today. A battle was soon to be underway between these two geniuses of the time over which was the best source of electric energy. Edison and Tesla’s later inventions and Tesla’s fall from fame end the presentation. Included are many historical pictures and some short movie clips. Both technical and non-technical audiences can appreciate this fascinating story.

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The First American Geology Field Party in Antarctica: Byrd Expedition 1929-30

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Thursday

Instructor: Jim Collinson

Dates: 9/29

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

Take a deeper look into Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s first expedition to Antarctica. Laurence M. Gould, Chief Scientist and second in command of Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s first expedition to Antarctica, led a field party of six from Little America across the Ross Ice Shelf to the Queen Maud Mountains, 600 miles away. Sledding with dog teams and skis, the field party followed the due south route Roald Amundsen took to the South Pole in 1912. They laid out supply depots and a fuel cache en route in anticipation of Admiral Byrd’s flight to the South Pole. Byrd flew to the South Pole on November 29, 1929. Surveying the mountain front and using aerial photographs, Gould’s team made a detailed topographic map of the southern Queen Maud Mountains segment. They extended the geology of the Beacon sandstone lying above the granitic basement, as recognized by Shackleton and Scott’s parties, further north for 1,000 miles along the Transantarctic Mountains.

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The Geology, Technology, and Risks of Oil-Field Fracking

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Thursday

Instructor: Harry Mueller

Dates: 9/29

Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $10

In the current discussion about fracking near Fort Collins, it is vital to consider the range and scale of risks involved. The necessary geological parameters, state-of-theart well design, careful volume control, and pressure gradient toward the producing wells dramatically reduce surface and near-surface impact. Risks associated with fracking (as opposed to more conventional drilling) are related to transporting materials to and from the well site and the disposal of fluids produced from the wells.

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Discover the Magic of Antarctica

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Friday

Instructor: Jim Collinson

Dates: 10/7 – 11/11

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

This course includes photographs and maps from Antarctica and the surrounding ocean to enhance the first-hand stories from seventeen expeditions to the continent. Topics include (1) geography, glaciers, mountain ranges, Southern Ocean, and climate change; (2) Heroic Age of Exploration led by early explorers including Roald Amundsen, Robert F. Scott, and Ernest Shackleton; (3) The Mechanic Age of Exploration including expeditions by Richard E. Byrd and Laurence M. Gould, Lincoln Ellsworth; (4) The Modern Age – International Geophysical Year 1957-58 to present; (5) Geology; and (6) Biology; (7) Virtual cruise to Antarctic Peninsula.

50 Ways to Discover Colorado

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Friday

Instructor: Kevin Cook

Dates: 10/28 – 12/9

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

In 1982 Paul Simon released his song, “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover.” What if we modified the theme to a more upbeat and locally applicable perspective, like fifty diverse ways to explore, discover, and engage the full character of Colorado? That theme could easily elaborate to include fifty mountains and fifty valleys, fifty rivers and fifty lakes, fifty trees and fifty wildflowers, fifty birds, and so much more! Or it might focus selectively on a blending of just fifty such things. Suddenly, “hop on the bus, Gus” promises a whole new motivation to visit the state we call home!

Seven Million Years of Hominid History, “Graecopithecus” to “Homo altai.”

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Friday

Instructor: William C. Cornell

Dates: 11/4 – 12/16

No classes the week of 11/21 – 11/25

Time: 1 – 3 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $60

Our understanding of deep human history has increased astonishingly during the last two decades. The first fossil hominids discovered (~1830 - 1925) were “Old Man Neanderthal,” “Pithecanthropus” (or Peking Man or Java man), “Piltdown Man” (oops!), and the Tuang child.

Today’s human family tree includes at least thirty-five species assigned to four genera. We will meet our family members in this class and explore analytical tools used to study their anatomy, diets, and geologic age.

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OLLI Member Bonus Lectures

Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco

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Monday

Instructor: Jay Sherwin

Dates: 10/24

Time: 1 – 2:30 PM | Location: Online Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $0

Alfred Hitchcock loved San Francisco and used its elegance, beauty, and mystery to great effect in many of his films. In this virtual tour, you will see brief scenes from Vertigo, The Birds, and other Hitchcock classics filmed in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will hear interesting stories about how Hitchcock chose those locations and how he filmed them. And you will learn why San Francisco was the perfect setting for Hitchcock’s favorite themes: danger, deception, and obsession. It is a treat for Hitchcock fans and lovers of the City by the Bay. Jay Sherwin shares his love of Hitchcock’s San Francisco in this complimentary OLLI talk that is sure to fascinate.

Enrich Your Life with Humor!

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Tuesday

Instructor: Kate Lyn Reiter

Dates: 10/4

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $0

Enjoy this complimentary OLLI Bonus Presentation with new instructor Kate Reiter. She draws on her experience as an NYC comedian and Yale School of Drama graduate to offer insight into how humor provides a way for everyone to reframe even life’s most challenging experiences. Citing humor’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits, Kate Reiter hopes participants will leave with a lighter step, a more hopeful heart, and a fresh way of viewing life.

A to Z of Estate Planning

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Instructor: Celeste Kling

Dates: 10/20

Time: 4 – 6 PM | Location: Drake Hall

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $0

During our session, Celeste Holder Kling will discuss the why’s and how’s of estate planning.

• Why do estate planning?

• How does property pass at death?

• Issues to consider regarding wills?

• What about trusts?

• What about taxes?

• What about charitable giving?

• How should I allocate my assets?

Come prepared to learn and ask questions during this interactive session!

Yellowstone National Park Experience

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Tuesday

Instructor: Yellowstone Ranger

Dates: 11/15

Time: 2 – 2:45 PM | Location: Online

Class Size: 50 participants | Cost: $0

You are invited to sit back and relax in the comfort of your home and enjoy a complimentary Ranger-led experience of Yellowstone National Park. During this 45-minute tour, the Ranger will discuss the geology and ecology of the park and save sufficient time for your questions.

CSU Powerhouse Tour

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Friday

Instructor: Powerhouse Ambassador

Dates: 9/30

Time: 1 – 2 PM | Location: CSU Powerhouse Energy Campus

Class Size: 30 participants | Cost: $0

The Powerhouse Energy Campus welcomes OLLI Members to a guided tour of its state-of -the-art facilities and the groundbreaking research that takes place there. This tour will be led by Energy Institute Student Ambassadors and will give OLLI Members a chance to see science and solutions in action.

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Meet the Instructors

Richard Alper earned his law degree with a concentration in real estate and state and local government from the Georgetown University Law Center. Richard is co-founder and past chair of the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County and served as co-chair of the community and public affairs section of the Maryland State Dispute Resolution Commission. Since 1993, Mr. Alper has mediated, facilitated, and arbitrated 200+ cases in federal and state courts and agencies, non-profits, including churches, and private clients. He has designed and taught more than 1,500 hours of conflict resolution, arbitration, negotiation, commercial real estate, land use, and environmental law courses. He currently serves on the facilitator roster of the US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution in Tucson, AZ.

Richard has taught at the University of Maryland Law School, the University of Baltimore Graduate School in Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies, and the College of Southern Maryland’s Center for Environmental Training. He has guest lectured at Colorado State University, the OLLI @ CSU program , Warner College of Natural Resources, and its School of Agriculture and Resource Economics, the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, the Catholic University of America Law School, and the George Washington University Law School.

Lauren Andersen (B.A. American University 2003, JD Gonzaga Law School 2007) practiced appellate law in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and co-authored briefs offered to the U.S. Supreme Court from 2008 through 2010. She is admitted to practice law in the state of California and the State of New York. In 2010, she worked for Sacramento’s Mayor’s office and helped coordinate the Mayor’s Greenwise Sacramento initiative. She moved to Utah in 2011 and worked as a fundraiser for the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics at Weber State University before serving as the OLLI Director for the University of Utah from 2016 until December 2020. In 2019, Lauren began teaching about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, offering an OLLI course called Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Cultural and Legal Icon. The course was so popular that in 2020 she offered a complimentary course, Women, Diversity, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Lauren is currently pursuing her M.S. Analytics at American University.

Dr. Betty Kilby Fisher Baldwin grew up in rural Virginia. Thanks to her father’s determination, she entered and graduated from Warren County High School after suing the school board, based on the landmark Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954. Later in life, she documented her experiences and published her autobiography, Wit, Will & Walls. Betty has an M.B.A. and an Honorary Doctorate from Shenandoah University.

Larry Canepa has a background in the culinary arts, including teaching, hospitality management, etiquette training, wine expertise, and even a certificate of tea mastery. Larry Canepa’s portfolio is as flavorfully diverse as the menus he has created for his unique food and culture ‘food-tainment’ classes. He has taught culinary and restaurant operations classes at the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Phoenix and Le Cordon Bleu, Scottsdale, AZ and is a frequent instructor for the OLLI program at ASU.

Sam and Candy Caponegro are film historians who are passionate about movie musicals and feel it is their job to keep the movie musical genre alive through their lectures. They have acted, directed, and produced professional, community, and school theater for over thirty years. Candy’s most notable professional acting roles are Adelaine opposite Nathan Lane in Guys and Dolls and Cheri opposite Divine in the New York production of Women Behind Bars. Before joining OLLI @ CSU, Sam and Candy taught History of the Movie Musical courses for four years at the Rutgers University OLLI program, in addition to lecturing on cruise lines, at libraries, and to multiple 50+ audiences.

Dr. David Caputo received his Ph.D. from Yale University and has taught and held various faculty and administrative positions at Purdue University, Hunter College (CCNY), Pace University, and as an adjunct professor at CSU. He has had extensive media experience over the years, has taught multiple top-rated courses for CSU’s OLLI program, and is well known for his nonpartisan political commentary.

Brian Carroll retired from the FBI in 1996 after a 27-year career as a Special Agent. He has resided in Fort Collins for over 25 years and has researched various historical topics important to the area. In retirement, Brian consulted with the FBI and US State Department, furnishing instruction to foreign police managers about managing terrorist incident investigations. He helped establish the Security Management Program for the University of Denver’s University College. Brian is the author of an excellent book on Fort Collins history, William O. Collins, From the Mayflower to the Rockies with Stops in Between.

Rick Casey received an MA in Economics in 1981 from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked for several years as an economic analyst for a Denver oil company. Rick briefly taught economics at the Front Range and Western Colorado University, but turned to programming in 1992, then earned a second master’s in Telecommunications from CU-Boulder in 2002. After surviving two Wall Street-induced recessions (the Dot Com crash in 2002 & the Global Financial Crisis in 2008), he learned how the world REALLY worked. He subsequently got involved in political activism and returned to teaching environmental economics in 2009 part-time to share his newfound wisdom with others, which he loves to do...but still works as a programmer to earn a living.

Dr. Jim Collinson is an emeritus professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University. His research has taken him throughout the Transantarctic and Ellsworth Mountains. After retirement, he served as a lecturer on Antarctic cruise ships.

Kevin Cook has worked full-time as a self-employed writernaturalist since earning his biology and wildlife biology degrees from Western State College and CSU. As a lifelong naturalist, Kevin has explored Colorado to experience its wildlife firsthand and has spent his entire adult life addressing the issues between people and the natural world. Kevin writes natural history columns for newspapers and magazines, edits technical articles for scientific publications, leads wildlife observation tours, teaches various wildlife classes, and presents monthly wildlife lectures at several Colorado venues.

Dr. Bill Cornell earned BS and MS degrees in Geology at the University of Rhode Island and a Ph.D. from UCLA. Bill has taught geology at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), with stints as department chair, assistant dean of the College of Science, a pre-med advisor, and taught in the OLLI Program at UTEP for 15 years. He received numerous teaching and service awards from UTEP. In 2007, he received the Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America.

John Cowdrey is an electrical engineer and hydro-power consultant. He taught electrical machinery lab at the Colorado School of Mines and teaches a Hydro Plant Operator’s school for Denver Water. He was the City of Boulder’s hydroelectric technician for 12 1/2 years and is a docent at the historic Fall River Hydroelectric Plant in Estes Park. This lecture is his most popular and has been presented many times to schools and organizations.

Dr. David Danbom is a CSU grad who earned his MA and Ph.D. degrees at Stanford University. He taught American History at North Dakota State University for 36 years and is the author of six books, one of which is on the Great Depression. He has taught several OLLI classes.

Jared Day, Ph.D., taught American history at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for sixteen years. His areas of specialization are US political, urban, and cultural history and world history from the fifteenth century to the present. He is the author of several books and numerous popular and peerreviewed articles. He now teaches at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, CT.

Dr. Frank Ethridge, professor emeritus of Geology at Colorado State University, worked as a geologist with the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Texas Highway Commission, and Chevron Oil Co. Frank has conducted courses and led field trips for geological societies and petroleum companies. He taught geology at Southern Illinois University and Colorado State University for 35 years. Frank has a long-term interest in the characteristics and origin of spectacular global geologic features.

Dr. Greg Ferro has several teaching career highlights. These include appearing on the front cover of State College Magazine as one of the best teachers in Centre County in June 2005; nomination for best teacher in America by the Disney Corporation in 2002; two-time appearance in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers; and earning The American Family Institute’s Gift of Time Tribute.

Dr. Ferro has been interviewed numerous times on local radio and television and invited to speak at The Pennsylvania Military Museum four times. For the past ten years, Dr. Ferro has taught courses on US History at the Chautauqua Institute in New York, sponsored by The Road Scholar Organization.

Steve Griggs has a love of art that started early in life. While other children would lament field trips to the art museum, he would embrace them as his favorite day of the school year! Steve’s mother bought his first ‘real’ watercolor set of six tubes of paint when he was in elementary school, and his love of watercolor was born. Growing up in a large family made finding time and space for painting challenging. Whenever possible, Steve would steal away to the basement of his childhood home, where he would paint but never show anyone what he had done. Steve remained a ‘closet artist’ until he attended Michigan State University and graduated with a degree in Studio Art. Steve later attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Reflecting his unique, loose painting style, Steve’s paintings have been juried into various national and international exhibitions and have regularly won awards. Steve loves to guide other artists in learning to paint in his free and expressive style, and he is a sought-after workshop instructor and exhibition juror. Steve and his partner, Sue, have written numerous articles for publication in Watercolor Artist and The Artist Magazine (published in the UK). Steve has gallery representation with Mirada Fine Art in Indian Hills, Colorado; Twisted Fish Gallery in Elk Rapids, Michigan; J Petter Galleries in Douglas, Michigan; and Five3Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA.

Nancy Hansford has lived in Fort Collins for more than three decades. She is a longtime freelance writer and author of Fort Collins Highlights and Northern Colorado Ghost Stories

As a local author’s columnist for the Coloradoan, she has supported outstanding local authors for many years, bringing talented authors to the OLLI classroom through her popular course: What the Book Jacket Doesn’t Tell You

Dr. Margit Hentschel is the Co-Founding Director of Colorado State University’s Center for Mindfulness. She also serves as the Executive Director for the Northern Colorado Foodshed Project. Margit shares mindfulness practices in classrooms and community workshops and has over 25 years of teaching experience. Margit believes that a healthy mind/ body connection facilitates a more sustainable relationship with oneself and the community. She holds a Ph.D. from Colorado State University’s School of Education, focusing on Peace and Reconciliation Leadership.

Dr. Elaine Stratton Hild currently serves as a musicologist with Corpus Monodicum, a long-term research project housed at the Universität Würzburg (Germany). Her responsibilities include publishing volumes of plainchant transcribed from medieval manuscripts. Dr. Hild’s research has been supported by the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and the Fulbright Foundation. She has presented her work at universities across Europe, including Cambridge, Dublin, Stockholm, and Weimar. Dr. Hild’s most recent work on the historic music sung for the dying has been generously supported by the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to her engagement with academic musicology, Dr. Hild graduated with honors from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a degree in viola performance. She now runs a small business, Palliative Music, dedicated to providing comfort music for people in the Fort Collins area experiencing difficult medical circumstances and end-of-life care.

Dr. Bob Hoffert, a CSU emeritus professor, and dean focused his teaching and research in political philosophy on the US political founding. His most recent publication is The 1960s Segregated South: Youth’s Zeal and Aged Reflections. During this time of reactionary degeneration, Bob is renewed by the competent decency of his daughters and the zest and promise of his grandchildren.

Sara Hoffman has taught writing and literature at OLLI and elsewhere for 40 years and is the author of a historical fiction novel about her grandmother, Finding Baby Ruth. She is a full-blown bookworm who puts reading near the top of her favorite pastimes.

Kenneth Jessen has been teaching OLLI classes since 2014. He worked as a journalist for Northern Colorado newspapers for over four decades and, during that time, has had over 2,300 articles published. He has authored 22 books on Colorado history. Jessen holds a BSEE in electrical and electronic engineering, an MBA, and post-graduate telecommunications technology.

Robert (Rob) Joyce, Sioux Falls, S.D., is Executive Director of South Dakota News Watch. Joyce has 29 years of non-profit leadership, most notably as the Executive Director for arts organization Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues for 18 years. He graduated from Augustana University with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts Degree in Education and has over 30 years of teaching experience at Augustana University and the University of South Dakota. Joyce is a native South Dakotan with homes in Sioux Falls, SD, and Silver City, SD, in the Black Hills.

Rabbi Hillel Katzir lived in Israel for several years, practiced law in three states, and has led Jewish congregations in Iowa, Maine, and Colorado. He has taught courses related to Judaism and the Constitution with OLLI at CSU since 2016. In 2013 he published The Evolving Covenant: Jewish History and Why It Matters, which is recommended reading for his Jewish history course.

Randall Kennedy is the author of several books, including The New York Times 2021 Notable Book of the Year, Say It Loud! On Race, Law, History, and Culture. The New York Times has called Professor Kennedy “among the most incisive American Commentators on Race. He is the Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School, where he teaches courses on contracts, criminal law, and the regulation of race relations. Randall is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia, the American Law Institute, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Phoebe Kilby grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, knowing nothing of Betty. After obtaining a BS in Botany and a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University, she had a long career as an urban and environmental planner. Later, Phoebe returned to school to obtain a degree in Conflict Transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University. In 2006, she discovered the Coming to the Table movement and was inspired to research her family’s participation in slavery. Through this research, she found Betty. She and Betty have presented their story across the US and have served as guest speakers in various university and conference settings. They are featured in the Netflix documentary series Stories of a Generation with Pope Francis, Episode 2.

Celeste Holder Kling is an attorney/mediator who has practiced law in Fort Collins since 1986, focusing on mediation, children’s advocacy, and estate planning. She is a friend of CSU and taught Families in the Legal Environment as an adjunct faculty member in Human Development and Family Studies for over 20 years and remains a faculty affiliate in HDFS. She received the bar’s esteemed Professionalism Award. Celeste serves on the elected board of our Health District of Northern Larimer County, is the liaison to the UC Health/ Poudre Valley Hospital Board and serves on many Colorado and Larimer County professional best practices task forces. Her spouse (Bob Kling) is an economics professor at CSU and is the academic liaison between CSU and Semester at Sea. They have two adult children and two young grandchildren.

Hugh Leeman is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator, teaching art history and technique in English and Spanish. Leeman’s artwork and projects focus on community collaboration and social interaction. While living in the Caribbean at a young age, Leeman imagined himself remaining there for the rest of his life. Yet, as a teenager, he began to meet visiting cruise ship passengers from the Americas and Europe. Their stories would change the course of his life, inspiring a multi-year journey. He traded his paintings for rent while working his way around the world. He learned to draw from books he couldn’t read while teaching English in China. Leeman moved to the United States from the Middle East, where he had picked up trash in the desert. He has developed his social practice for over a decade, living on San Francisco’s “skid row”.

Leeman first collaborated on a self-empowerment project with the homeless in San Francisco. More recently, he teamed up with Aetatribes.org to bring clean water projects to the indigenous Aeta Tribes of the Philippines. Now he is creating impasto paintings and sculptures. They address personal and societal transformation.

Leeman has exhibited his artworks at the de Young Museum, the Museum of Mexico City, the Masur Museum of Art, and the Arlington Contemporary Art Center. He was awarded an Artistic Mastermind Grant and created a twenty-foot-tall mural of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. adjacent to King’s birth house in Atlanta, Georgia. His artwork and projects are published in The Outlaw Bible of American Art

Chloé Leisure holds an M.A. from Northern Arizona University and an M.F.A. in poetry from CSU. A former CSU English instructor, she currently teaches community and elementary creative writing and art classes. Leisure was the 2014 Fort Collins Poet Laureate and is the author of The End of the World Again

Paul Lohr holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics with a minor in Political Science and a master’s degree in Education. He had a 24-year career in retail management and a 12-year second career as a teacher. Before relocating to Colorado, he presented six ILR/OLLI courses for Miami University and the University of Cincinnati.

Holly Manley has a master’s degree in Technical Writing and Communication from CSU and has worked as a technical writer. She developed course curricula for many classes at the college level and for OLLI. Writing is one of her passions, along with hiking, reading, felting, and traveling.

Carol Marander is an artist living and working in Fort Collins, Colorado. She worked as a graphic designer for many years at Colorado State University while pursuing her fine art. Carol is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and the Colorado Watercolor Society. Carol has taught drawing classes at OLLI for several years. She is excited about sharing her love of drawing with her students.

Madeline Marchell is an Integrative Medicine practitioner and Medical Qi Gong instructor. She has incorporated Qi Gong in various hospital locations. Currently, she is also a Naturalist for the city of Fort Collins, where she shares Qi Gong in the Natural Areas.

Dr. Greg McDonald is a retired regional paleontologist for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Before transferring to the BLM, he worked for the National Park Service as the Senior Curator of Natural History in the Washington Museum Management Program, as Paleontology Program Coordinator in the Geologic Resources Division, and as the paleontologist at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument. Before working for the government, Greg was Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and collections manager for vertebrate paleontology at the Idaho Museum of Natural History. He earned his doctorate at the University of Toronto, a master’s degree at the University of Florida, and a Bachelor’s degree at Idaho State University. His research focuses on the extinct giant ground sloths and their relatives and Plio-Pleistocene mammals of North and South America. He is a co-editor of Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth and a co-author of The White River Badlands – Geology and Paleontology

Dr. Don Menzel is a professor emeritus at Northern Illinois University. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Penn State University and has served as a tenured faculty member at three public universities. He resides in Loveland, CO.

Dr. Robert Meroney is a professor emeritus in engineering from Colorado State University. He has 55 years of experience in teaching, research, and consulting. He has developed over 50 lectures on eclectic topics ranging from corporate logos to fraud, to surrealistic art, to MONEY! These have been presented to service clubs, senior centers, libraries, college classes, and book clubs.

Joannah L. Merriman, M.A. is a writer/community educator/retired psychotherapist. Her love of images and words brought her to Osher/OLLI as a facilitator in 2007. She has taught OLLI cinema and reflective writing courses for over fifteen years. She shares her Fort Collins home with her longtime partner, Neil, and three fur babies.

Dr. Harry Mueller has a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin and has worked in various aspects of the oil industry for ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco for 33 years. He taught numerous short courses on multiple aspects of oil and natural gas exploration and production during that time. Since retiring from Aramco, he has taught several courses and lectures for OLLI.

Terry Nolan lives by the motto, ESSENTRICS® makes other activities you enjoy easier – not harder! She discovered ESSENTRICS® at age 60 and is now a certified Level 4 instructor who taught classes in Steamboat Springs for six years and contributed to editing its training manuals. Terry’s teaching style is mindful and fun as she guides you through dynamic full-body strength and flexibility workouts that move with a curated playlist. Terry is confident that OLLI members who do so much to keep their minds active will love this fitness program that brilliantly does the same for their bodies.

Dr. John Olienyk earned his Ph.D. in economics at Colorado State University. He served for 37 years as a faculty member there, first in the Department of Economics, then in the Department of Finance and Real Estate. He developed a reputation as an outstanding teacher and received several awards for excellence in teaching. His economics and international finance research have been published in various academic journals, and he has consulted for various multinational firms. John has substantial international experience. He taught in MBA programs in France and Russia and participated in a faculty exchange program involving universities in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Serbia, and Russia.

Joe Osmann, M.F.A., is an active painter who taught art history and studio art for forty years. Attracted to the visual arts at an early age, Joe devoted his life’s work to exploring and applying the power of visual literacy and design.

Veronica Patterson is an award-winning poet whose collections include How to Make a Terrarium (Cleveland State University, 1987), Swan, What Shores? (NYU Press Poetry Prize, 2000), Thresh & Hold (Gell Prize, 2009), & it had rained (C.W. Books, 2013), Sudden White Fan (Cherry Grove, 2018), and two chapbooks. She writes, teaches, and is the first Loveland Poet Laureate (2019–2022).

Sally Purath earned her BA in Social Sciences and an M.Ed. at Colorado State University. She taught history, world humanities, and language arts for 26 years for the Poudre School District and has led National Endowment for the Humanities Institutes and other teacher workshops. Sally has extensive training in Russian history and world humanities, especially in India, China, Japan, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. She has studied religion and culture in Japan, China, India, Peru, Turkey, and Europe. Sally currently teaches courses for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute program at Colorado State University.

Kate Lyn Reiter is an MFA graduate of the Yale School of Drama. She has appeared on Comedy Central, Fox Network, and numerous New York City Comedy Club stages. She has been awarded an NYC Backstage Bistro Award for Comedy Performance and was nominated for the Manhattan Association of Cabarets’ MAC Award. Her acting credits include performing with Robin Williams and John Lithgow in the film, The World According to Garp.

Her comedy workshops have been presented for over 15 years in conjunction with Centenary Stage Company, Chester Theatre Company, Warren County Cultural & Heritage Foundation, New Jersey Teen Arts, and the Roxbury Alliance for Arts Council. She has also taught Theatre and English at Warren County Community Theatre and Centenary College.

Laughter, Reiter believes, is a way for all people to reframe even life’s most challenging experiences and release themselves from what would otherwise be a ponderous road of suffering. Humor is medicine—both spiritual and physical. This workshop is for all people.

John E. Roberts has an MS degree from Cornell University. He served 34 years with the US Department of State and the US Peace Corps as an undisciplined semi-professional in 19 countries. He has taught International Studies at CSU and has taught various courses with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Colorado State University since 1999. John brings a rich set of life experiences and a keen interest in international affairs. He describes himself as always a student, a teacher, and an internationalist.

Mary Roberts has an MA in Creative Nonfiction Writing and a BA in Journalism, teaches storytelling workshops and is a storyteller for individuals and organizations. She runs a monthly meeting for storytellers wanting to hone their skills. She also produces, coaches, and emcees storytelling events. Mary has won the Boulder Story Slam twice and keeps her skills up by telling stories at local events.

Jack Rogers has worked in the performing arts for over 25 years. He has functioned as an artist, an advocate, a tour manager, a festival producer, and a venue director, wearing countless hats. Jack received his BFA in Acting with a minor in dance and a concentration in music from Long Island University at CW Post and multiple awards for his professional and academic performance. He received his MPA in Nonprofit Management from Georgia State University. Jack’s interests include multi-disciplinary collaboration, events management, and performing arts programming. Jack is a member of Actor’s Equity of America, Americans for the Arts, the International Association of Venue Managers, and the Western Arts Alliance. Jack currently provides administrative, artistic, and operational leadership to The Lincoln Center, a multi-venue events facility and Northern Colorado’s largest performing arts presenter. Jack serves as associate faculty for the LEAP Institute for the Arts at Colorado State University.

Nina Rubin is a retired Clinical Social Worker. She has been a Jewish educator for more than 40 years. She has been teaching nationally on topics of Women’s Torah, spiritual practice, and Jewish death practice for over 30 years. Nina has lived in Fort Collins for 43 years, working in medical social work and with interfaith initiatives.

Charles Schudson (www.keynoteseminars.net) is a law professor, Wisconsin Reserve Judge Emeritus, and recent Fulbright Scholar. He graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Wisconsin Law School. He served as a state and federal prosecutor for seven years, a trial judge for ten years, and an appellate judge for twelve years. He has authored many published works, including On Trial: America’s Courts and Their Treatment of Sexually Abused Children (Beacon Press, 1989; 2nd ed., 1991); and Independence

Corrupted / How America’s Judges Make Their Decisions (University of Wisconsin Press, 2018), a nominee for the National Book Award.

Judge Schudson has presented for dozens of OLLI chapters, taught hundreds of classes, and keynoted conferences worldwide. He has been a featured guest on NPR, PBS, and Oprah.

Jay Sherwin is a writer and consultant who has watched, studied, and enjoyed Hitchcock films for decades. As a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, he created and led a walking tour of Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco that continues to attract Hitchcock fans and fellow Hitchcock obsessives from around the world.

Doug Stowell has been a Furman University OLLI instructor in Greenville, SC, since 2015 and nationally with more than 40 OLLIs via ZOOM since 2018. His background is in corporate market research and public opinion polling. His career includes - Director of Market Research for the Xerox Corp., US Client Director for the UK firm National Opinion Polling, Ltd. in London, and Senior Client Representative with Wirthlin Worldwide Polling in Washington, DC. He opened Market Resource Associates in 2008 and continues conducting consumer and political issues surveys today.

Dr. Henry Weisser was a Professor of History at Colorado State University for 39 years. He holds a doctorate in history from Columbia University and has extensively taught and written about British, Irish, and World War II history.

Dr. Richard Wilshusen has been an archaeologist for most of his adult life. He began as a field archaeologist, and over the years, he gradually took on other roles as a research director, instructor, curator, and finally, an administrator. He has worked with universities, cultural resource management firms, museums, state and federal governments, and tribes. Wilshusen is the former Colorado State Archaeologist and is currently a consultant and OLLI instructor.

OLLL makes available a wonderful opportunity to expand our knowledge. We are fortunate to have so many specialists, retired professors, professionals to teach these classes geared toward the senior citizen community.

GIVE THE GIFT OF LEARNING Donate to OLLI at CSU

On a warm afternoon last fall, a group of people gathered at Drake Hall. While many of them may have been strangers, they had something meaningful in common: curiosity. Every gatherer was a member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Colorado State University, reconvening in person after many months apart. For Louise Thornton, an OLLI member for many years, the experience was seamless but unsurprising.

“I really didn’t know most of the people – only one or two – but just how comfortable I felt walking in and starting conversations, joining groups. Because we’re all mature adults: we’re all people who are interested and interesting, who want to keep our minds alert and want to keep going and going.”

Louise is not alone, and that is the point. OLLI members ascribe many qualities to their courses: the opportunity to stretch their minds, the structure to learn more deeply, the variety of new topics to explore. The heart of Louise’s story is joy – it is what keeps members like her engaged year after year. OLLI delivers that essential seed of joy that allows learning and belonging to bloom.

When you become a donor to the OLLI, you are planting a seed that in turn nurtures over 1,000 members each year. You are ensuring that people like Louise can explore the biodiversity of Colorado in a course on large mammals or put pen to paper as a poet in a weekly writing class. Louise has become a burgeoning poet, and yet still relishes the alchemy of perspective that it offers her.’

“We have a print on our wall of Klimt’s ‘The Kiss,’ and I had always viewed it one way in my life. I was sitting there one day ruminating over what I might choose as a subject matter for a poem that I had to do for a class, and I happened to see it in a whole different light.”

While Osher benefits from the academic excellence of Colorado State University, it is a financially self-sustaining program. Contributions from our donors add essential stitches in the network that keeps members like Louise learning and –more importantly – connecting.

“The classes stretch me; they stretch my mind,” Louise says. “Mature people worry that they’re just not up to snuff. With Osher, there is no up to snuff.”

If you have not yet donated, please consider making a gift to OLLI today. Your support sustains a place where minds continue to grow and stretch, no matter the age.

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THANK YOU

OLLI Donor Honor Roll FY 2022

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Colorado State University greatly thanks the many members and instructors of our community who have so generously contributed to our program during FY 2022. We appreciate the many thoughtful anonymous contributors who have also provided valuable support to help our program flourish.

Annonymous Contributors

Eli Alberts Richard S.Alper Elaine Andersen Tom Andersen Lauren Andersen Judith Aranow Susan Barbour Thomas Barbour Doreen Beard

The Benevity Community Impact Fund Beverly Bert James Bert Jonathan Biggane Anne Blair John, Jr. Blair Lucille Braden Susan Brand

Audra Brickner Donna Brown Judson Brown Tim Buchanan Larry Canepa Candy Caponegro Sam Caponegro Brian Carroll Caroline Coccardi James Collinson Madeline Collinson Kevin Cook John Cowdrey David Danbom James Danforth Jeane Darst Barbara De Bonte

The Edgar Allen Poe Museum Carole Egger

Isaac Eliachar Reeve Eliachar Richard S.Erdman Nicole Erhart Douglas Ernest Frank Ethridge Diane France Page Frick

The Frist Museum Patricia Gannon Bob Gannon James Giffin Mica Glantz

The Global Village Museum Ed Goodman Vicki L. Grassman John Green Vicky Green Beverly Hadden Richard Hall Sandy Hall Bruce W. Hall* *In Memory of Mary Jane Hall, M.S., R.N Mims Harris Bruce Harshberger Janet Harshberger Pamela Herrlein Kate Herrod Lani Hickman

Thomas Hickman Barbara Hoel

Robert Hoel, Ph.D. Robert Hoffert Sara Hoffman Karen Howat Lynn Iannuzzi Susan Jones Barbara Karbs

James Kehr

Jennie Kehr Phoebe Kilby Betty Kilby-Baldwin Kathleen Kling

Rev. Richard Kling Wanda Koch

Robert Lawrence, Ph.D. David Lehman Jean Lehmann, Ph.D. Albert Leung Barbara Leung Ross Loomis Holly Manley, Robert Manley, Gerry Mansell James Manuel Trudi Manuel Judith N. McArthur Don Menzel Cathy Monty** Tim Monty** * In memory of Eileen C. Bordman Patt Moore Chet Moore Suzanne F. Morrow Harry Mueller, III Sandra Munger Barbara Near Dr. Ray Nelson Martin Nelson Leslie Noone Les Olsen Sue Olsen Rick Oppenheim Joe Osmann Linda Osmundson Connie Paine

William Parton Nancy Plemmons Stacy Plemmons Ruth Potter Judy Printz William Reents Carol Roberts Bill Robertson

The San Diego Museum of Art Judy Sayre Grim

Judge Charles Schudson Cheryl Schutz David Schutz Richard Schweizer Earl Sethre Lisbeth Sethre Dr. Robert Simmons Wanda Simmons Dr. Hal Smith

The Spam Museum Elaine Stratton-Hild Lloyd Thomas Felice Thorson-Boudreaux Jerry Thorson-Boudreaux Ron Tjalkens Gary Turner Kathleen Turner Karen Unger Donald Unger, Ph.D. Eli Vega Sapna Von Reich Sheri Wahlgren Henry Weisser, Ph.D. Donald Wells Robin Welsh Carol Wiebe Richard Wilshusen Brad Young Margaret Young