Spring 2021 Membership and Registration
Special Events Fridays – ONLINE!
Registration and participation in UD OLLI Online takes place 100% online. Sign up for OLLI membership ($75), and enroll in as many 11-week and 5-week classes as you wish ($50/each and $25/each, respectively). Signing up for classes is optional, as many virtual activities and benefits are free to membership-only participants, see list on this page.
Fridays, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
For details, visit olli.udel.edu/online/registration.
Enrichment Activities and Benefits — free to UD OLLI Online members! The following activities, benefits and virtual events are open to all UD OLLI Online members, whether or not they register for online classes—and provide a great way to socialize with current and past OLLI members, reconnect with former classmates and meet new friends who share your passion for lifelong learning.
• •
Community service opportunities (see page 38)
These live, members-only special events are free to OLLI members. All presentations take place virtually, with participation links emailed to OLLI members each week.
•
February 26 — U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (invited)
•
March 5 — Wilmington International Photo Exhibition, Patrick Litle, exhibition director
•
March 12 — They Belong to the Ages: Abraham Lincoln and JFK, Daniel Pritchett, OLLI instructor
•
March 19 — Finding Amelia Earhart, Ric Gillespie, author and researcher
•
March 26 — Bellanca Airfield Museum and Delaware Aviation History, Frank Ianni, Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame
• •
April 2 — no program
Extracurricular activities and interest groups (see page 39)
•
Online social activities (Q & A with staff, virtual games, birthday celebrations, virtual happy hours)
• •
•
April 16 — Robert Duncanson's On the Banks of the Doune, Scotland, Delaware Art Museum’s new painting acquisition, Lyn Groves, docent, Delaware Art Museum
•
April 23 — Earth Week — OLLI Tree Club, Jim Hainer and Gerald Hapka, OLLI instructors
•
April 30 — Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Newark Symphony Orchestra, Simeone Tartaglione, conductor
•
May 7 — Air Mobility Command Museum, Michael Hurlburt, Dover Air Force Base
Members-only seminars, workshops, virtual field trips Free UD student email account (enables valuable student-related discounts, details at olli.udel.edu/online/benefits)
April 9 — Operation of a Modern Organic Dairy Farm, Edwin R. Fry, Fair Hill Farm, Chestertown, MD
Program and topics are subject to change.
2
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Delaware • Spring 2021