OLLI at SOU NEWSFLASH

May 20, 2024

Council Election Ballots Due Friday, May 24

If you haven’t completed your ballot for the OLLI Council election yet, please be sure to submit it by 5:00pm PDT on Friday, May 24.

This year we have five candidates for three open seats:

Myrna Hall, Timothy Kelly, John Schuyler, and Sarah Tisch.

To learn more about the candidates this year you can view their bios and photos and view a recording of the candidates forum.

Members with individual email accounts were emailed a unique link to your personal ballot on May 17 (subject line: “Official Ballot 2024 OLLI Council Election”). Those who share an email with another member or do not have an email address were sent a paper ballot in the mail. Please contact the OLLI office at olli@sou.edu or call 541-552-6048 if you have questions or need assistance.

Submit Your Fall Course Proposals

Turn in your proposal for a fall OLLI at SOU course through Friday, May 31! OLLI members are an intellectually curious group looking to be creative, challenged, and to learn something outside their usual realm. There is an audience for nearly any topic you could bring to the fall OLLI at SOU catalog. Physics. Braiding. Hiking. Spiritual growth. Make a course out of your knowledge, passion, and enthusiasm.

Use this link to the online Fall Course Proposal or email apcoleman2019@gmail.com. Fall term begins September 16 and runs through November 22. Teach the OLLI at SOU membership something new this fall term!

Talk to Us: Monday, May 20th

Mark your calendars for the following Talk to Us series, where OLLI members John Ferris and Barry Vitcov hold one-hour Zoom interviews with accomplished people who make a difference in Southern Oregon and beyond.

Monday, May 20, 4:00 p.m. PT – Ashland artist John Pugh, internationally known for creating large trompe-l’oeil wall murals giving the illusion of a three-dimensional scene behind the wall. John Pugh has proposed and designed a large scale mural for the side of the Elk’s club in downtown Ashland.

Facilitators John Ferris and Barry Vitcov

Register to receive the Zoom link

Attention: OLLI at SOU Volunteers

If you've volunteered in any capacity other than instructing in the past two years, watch your email for an invitation to our Volunteer Appreciation Event!

OLLI Members Needed for New Volunteer Opportunities

We are looking for member volunteers to help direct several new areas of OLLI operations.

• Membership Recruitment & Retention
• Programs & Activities
• Communications

Volunteers are a key part of everything that happens in OLLI. Please consider sharing

your time and talents.

See our OLLI Volunteer Classified Ads for more information.

Intergenerational Discussion with SOU Students

A psychology faculty member at SOU is inviting community volunteers to watch the

movie Robot and Frank (2012) with SOU students and collectively discuss their insights on the topic of aging, technology, and humanity. Discussion questions and the free movie link will also be sent to the volunteers in advance.

If you are interested in participating in this collaborative discussion, please Email

Noriko Toyokawa, Associate Professor of Psychology at SOU, toyokawan@sou.edu, by

Monday, May 20.

Date & Time: Thursday, May 23, 10:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.

Location: TBA (SOU campus). A campus map will be sent to participants)

The course: PSY 467 Death, Dying, and the Making the Meaning of Life

SOU News Southern Exposure, published Tuesday, May 14

Have a question or need help with your OLLI membership?

The OLLI at SOU office is happy to assist you.

Email: olli@sou.edu  |  Phone: 541.552.6048

Office hours: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Pacific Time, Monday–Friday

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