Spring and Summer 2023 at AUM OLLI

Winter lingers with its cold, rainy, windy days. Despite the cold and rain, AUM OLLI is busy making plans for classes for the spring and summer terms of 2023. The spring term is April 03 – May 19, 2023, with seven sessions of each class. The summer mini-term is Mondays and Tuesdays of the four weeks of June. The favorite repeated classes will, of course, stay in the schedules, but there will be new classes in all categories – study/discussion, active, and hands-on (DIY). (The new catalog for both terms will be available in print and online by mid-March.)

New study/discussion classes for the spring term include analyses of historical and current events in the Middle East and East Asia. How often have you mused that you wished to be better informed on what is going on in these parts of the world and how these events affect the U. S.? There is also a course that provides an overview of legal issues people need to consider as they age. For fun, one study class will read and discuss contemporary female mystery writers.

Spring and summer terms will both include new exercise classes in addition to the ongoing Tai Chi for Pain Management in the spring term. The new introduction to Tai Chi class in the spring will meet two days a week and once a week in the summer. Also added in the summer is an exercise class designed to improve flexibility, balance, and strength. The popular line dancing class will be offered both terms.

In spring or summer terms, participants will have the opportunity to improve their abilities in watercolor painting, zentangle, or writing. New in the hands-on category for spring is an introduction to quilting (tee-shirt memory quilts). Jewelry making with beads continues to gain in popularity each term and is on the schedule for both terms.

Because the summer term is only four weeks, the only bonus opportunities offered are the book discussion groups – one at the Center for Lifelong Learning (meets twice a month) and one at the Selma – Dallas County Public Library (meets once a month). Spring term has not only the two book groups but a full schedule of lunch presentations and field trips. Subjects covered in the lunch presentations are Alabama rocks, Faberge eggs, and the training of service dogs. In addition, there will be a performance by AUMcapella. Field trips include a popular wine and food tasting at Peppertree Steaks N’ Wines and a trip to a service dog training facility.