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Submit Your Summer 2024 OLLI Study Group Proposal

The summer 4-week OLLI NU term is a wonderful opportunity to venture into new areas of interest ... in-person on the Evanston or Chicago campus, virtually, or even via weekly field trips to interesting Chicagoland sites.

Think creatively about your texts and topics. Consider new or under-represented topics like philosophy, economics, religion, anthropology, recent history. Consider podcasts, streaming series', credible YouTube channels, museums, Ted Talks, magazines, journals, books, and more. Click here for a list of study group resource ideas.

Proposals deadline: Sunday, April 28, 2024

Summer 4-week term: Monday, July 8 through Friday, August 2, 2024

• Click here to view a sample proposal form which will help you gather information needed.
• Be sure all coordinator emails are correct on the form. Emails submitted on the form are used for all summer coordinator correspondence, including the email confirmations containing proposal details.
• Instructions to save and share the form with co-coordinators are in the form. You or a co-coordinator must click Submit to finalize the form.
• You will receive an email confirmation from JotForm with your submission information.

No need to be a topic expert. Coordinators are not instructors. Your success as a coordinator does not hinge on how much you know, but rather on your ability to encourage member participation.

Coordinators play a vital role in our OLLI program. Their importance to the success of OLLI cannot be overstated. We value the time and talents you bring to OLLI.

Questions? Email the OLLI Study Group Committee: ollinusgc@gmail.com

To submit your proposal, click the button below for the campus where you are usually affiliated:

Thank you for submitting a summer study group proposal!

Bring Your Lunch

Evanston Brown Bag Lunch Week

Date: Monday, April 15 through Thursday, April 18

Time: 12:00pm–1:00pm

Location: Evanston Office, 500 Davis Street, 7th Floor Lounge

Open to all OLLI members. Meet New Members as well as Members New to you! Bring your lunch and your appetite to meet, mingle, and engage with others. Drinks and dessert provided.

Hosted by the Evanston Membership Enrichment Committee.

Registration is not required.

Members who wish to arrange lunches in Chicago — here is a list of nearby restaurants compiled by the Chicago Membership Enrichment Committee.

In-Person Panelist Event

Why is Black Maternal Mortality So High in the United States and What Can Be Done

Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Time: 12:00pm–1:00pm

Location: In-person, Evanston

and Live-stream to Chicago Wieboldt Hall

According to the US Centers for Disease Control, in the US, Black women are nearly three times as likely as white women to die from a maternal cause. As a number of high-profile cases recently demonstrated, Black women and their infants are at higher risk of morbidity and mortality regardless of income or education. Kristin Meyer, Management Analyst for the City of Evanston’s Department of Health and Human Services, will moderate a panel discussion including Debra Wesley, MSW, President of Sinai Community Institute, and Camille Williamson, LCSW, DSW, Program Manager for Health Equity at the American Medical Association. The discussion will focus on why this is happening, what can be done, and what this says about the broader issues of racial health care disparities in the US.

Hosted by the OLLI Evanston Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Register for In-person in Evanston here

Register for Live-stream to Chicago Wieboldt Hall here

Live stream viewing in Wieboldt Hall.



*This event is free and open to all 2024 OLLI spring members. Registration is required through the OLLI online registration system (Augusoft).

End of Year Celebrations!

Say Good-Bye to Kari, Hello to Emily, and Celebrate An Outstanding Year

Say Good-bye to our prior director, Kari Fagin. Say Hello to our new director, Emily Ferrin. Celebrate another outstanding year at OLLI and all the joy that is yet to come. 

Chicago

Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Time: 4:00pm–6:00pm

Location: Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Potocsnak Family Atrium, 303 E. Superior St.

Enjoy wine and cheese.

Cost: $20

Register and Pay Here

Registration deadline Sunday, April 28.

Evanston

Date: Friday, May 10, 2024

Time: 1:00pm–3:00pm

Location: Evanston OLLI, 500 Davis Center, Suite 700

Enjoy champagne and desserts.

Cost: $10

Register and Pay Here

Registration deadline Wednesday, May 1.

Coming Up...In-person, Chicago

Is Movie Going Dead or Alive?

Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024

Time: 12:00–1:00 pm

Location: In person, Chicago Wieboldt Hall

Live-stream to the OLLI Evanston office 

Join Chicago Tribune Film Critic Michael Phillips for a conversation about how we watch movies today, and what we are in danger of losing. We will look at viewing habits, changing tastes, the Pandemic, and our own living rooms—and how these things have imperiled the theatrical experience. We all have great memories of movie-going in our collective past. Is it really time to say goodbye to the theatrical film-going tradition?

Hosted by the OLLI Academic Enrichment Committee.

Register for in-person Chicago Here

Register for live-stream to the Evanston office Here

This event is free and open to all 2024 OLLI spring members. Registration is required through the OLLI online registration system (Augusoft).

Field Trip!

Take a Trip to Ancient West Asia and North Africa Without Leaving Chicago (and for a fraction of the cost)!

Tour the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC, previously known as the Oriental Institute) at the University of Chicago

Date: Friday, May 24, 2024

Registration closes May 10

• 9:00am: Bus departs Evanston (500 Davis St.)
• 10:00am: Bus departs Chicago (Wieboldt Hall)
• 11:00am–1:00pm: ISAC Tour, followed by lunch at Baker Commons on campus
• 2:30pm: Bus departs University of Chicago

Location: 1155 E. 58th Street, Chicago, IL

Cost: $52 per person

(OLLI members may register one guest)

Discover how people thousands of years ago forged a collective identity — confronting, as we do today, issues of autonomy, diversity, and unity. The field trip incudes:

• Museum visit highlighting the museum collections
• private guided tour for OLLI members only
• includes a one hour film
• Lunch together at Baker Commons on the U of C campus in a private dining room
• Motorbus to the museum, to Baker Commons, and back to campuses

Hosted by the OLLI Academic Enrichment Committee, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, and Membership Enrichment Committee.

Register and Pay Here.

Cost: $52 per person. Registration is open to current OLLI members and one guest. Register through the OLLI Online Registration System (Augusoft). Includes bus transportation to and from the event, admission to the museum, and lunch. 

Coming Up...Online Speaker Event

Antisemitism: From the Margins to the Mainstream

Date: Friday, May 17, 2024

Time: 12:00–1:30 pm

Location: Online via Zoom

In the US, nearly 60% of hate crimes are antisemitic in nature, even though Jews account for less than 3% of the population. Yehudit Barsky (Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy) will provide OLLI members with an understanding of how extremist movements have spread antisemitic ideology throughout the world. She’ll examine the lightning-speed spread of antisemitism through social media, and how both the far right and far left have embraced this hateful ideology. Ms. Barsky will also discuss what can be done about this frightening rise of hate.

Hosted by the OLLI Academic Enrichment Committee.

Register Here

This event is free and open to all 2024 OLLI spring members. Registration is required through the OLLI online registration system (Augusoft).

Exclusively for Current OLLI Members

Recordings of Recent Lectures and Events

Click the lecture title/s below to view recordings. You must log into your MyOLLINU.com account for access to the link. Recordings are located within General Information...Lectures/Training tab.

Two Years In: Why is Support for Ukraine Waning? — April 1, 2024

• Speaker: Peter Slevin, Professor, Medill School of Journalism

Recognizing Misinformation and Overcoming Conflicts: How to Reduce Polarization in Political Discussion — March 12, 2024

• Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Wang

OLLI NU is proud to be part of Northwestern’s Mesulam Center 30th Annual Alzheimer Day — Friday, May 3

Researchers and health professionals join with community members to learn about the latest developments.

Northwestern’s Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease is world-renowned for research on aging and diseases that cause dementia—research that is fully integrated with patient support and caregiver training. In partnership with the Mesulam Center, OLLI’s Chicago Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee is proud to participate in Alzheimer Day with an information table at the Vendor Fair on Friday, May 3 at Feinberg Pavilion Conference Center on the Chicago Campus.

Learn more here.

Hosted by the Chicago Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee in conjunction with the Academic Enrichment Committee and the Chicago Membership Enrichment Committee

Volunteer to Help a Child Succeed!

OLLI Northwestern University’s Partnership with Fourth Presbyterian Church’s Chicago Lights Tutoring Program

Mentor a student and share your love of learning! Participate in OLLI’s exciting new partnership with the Fourth Presbyterian Church’s Chicago Lights Tutoring Program, 126 East Chestnut Street and Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

You can volunteer weekly in-person on Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 6:00pm–7:30pm or on Mondays via Zoom. Discount parking is available at 900 North Michigan Avenue (Bloomingdale’s).  

Interested? To learn more about this program visit the website at https://chicagolights.org/tutoring/ and then contact Mark Dennison, Program Manager: mdennison@chicagolights.org. Please let Mark know that you learned about this program from OLLI.

Library

Northwestern Library holds over 8 million items making it the 11th largest private university library. 

Need help finding resources for your study group, or have other library-related questions? Email Tracy Coyne: tracy-coyne@northwestern.edu

OLLI Research Guide

Additional information: Click Here.

Staff work remotely on Fridays. You can reach OLLI staff at olli@northwestern.edu