Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

o s h e r l i f e l o n g l e a r n i n g i n s t i t u t e | 28 | F A L L 2 0 2 1 C o u r s e C AtA L o g Class Details (plaid works best, but solids and patterns can work as well), a 12" wire wreath form (must be wire and not foam), sharp shears, and what- ever you might like to decorate a wreath with -- bits of evergreen, holly, fall leaves, ribbon -- you choose what fits your fancy. together, we will cut fleece, tie knots, laugh, tell holiday stories, and at the end of two hours you will have your very own wreath of fleece to wel - come the holiday season. instruCtor: Judith tavano dAY/dAte: tuesday, 10/12/21 - (1) tiMe: 10:00 aM - 12:00 PM ForMAt: in-Person LoCAtion: Mt. seq Cost: $19.00 olli Member $34.00 non-olli Member tHe iMPortAnCe oF HoLoCAust eduCAtion For ALL desCriPtion: anti-semitism is on the rise in the united states. arkansas is no different. a recent study found that arkansas students rank last in the nation in their knowledge of the holocaust. given these troubling statis - tics, there was a need to pass legislation to en- sure arkansas students learn about the holo- caust. on March, 8, 2021, arkansas governor, asa hutchinson, signed sB-160. this new law mandates holocaust education for all arkan- sas students in grades 5-12. Participants of our course will learn about anti-semitism in the state, on our college campuses, and what sB-160 does. toby Klein, co-president of tem - ple shalom, will discuss the bill allowing our participants to walk away with a better under- standing of how the legislative process works. instruCtor: toby Klein dAY/dAte: Wednesday, 10/13/21 - (1) tiMe: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ForMAt: in-Person LoCAtion: temple shalom of nWa (699 sang) Cost: $15.00 olli Member $30.00 non-olli Member ArKAnsAs Poets Write WitH A sense oF PLACe desCriPtion: in this class, suzanne un- derwood rhodes, author of six books of poet- ry and lyrical prose, including her most recent collection, Flying Yellow: New and Selected Poems (Paraclete Press), will present poems published by recent and current arkansas po - ets, including her own work. as suzanne reads and discusses the poems, she will demon- strate how work grounded in physical places leaves strong and lasting emotional and aes- thetic impressions. after sharing the poems, suzanne will invite participants to engage in a creative writing exercise that provides a chance to explore a place of their own. instruCtor: suzanne underwood rhodes dAY/dAte: thursday, 10/14/21 - (1) tiMe: 10:00 aM - 12:00 PM ForMAt: in-Person LoCAtion: Mt. seq Cost: $35.00 olli Member $50.00 non-olli Member CLeoPAtrA's needLes desCriPtion: rome boasts 13 monolithic granite obelisks from egypt coined Cleopa- tra's needles. second only to the pyramids are egypt's obelisks, a monumental four-sided pil- lar tapering made from solid granite topped by a miniature pyramid. in 31 BC, the roman general octavian defeated his rival Marc anto- ny and queen Cleopatra, and egypt was then annexed as a province of the roman empire. take a vespa tour through rome's city center, led by Caroline Cocciardi, leonardo da vinci researcher, and be amazed how roman engi- neers were able to transport and erect these 326-ton monoliths and discover how a Chris- tian nation accepted their pagan symbols as part of its history. instruCtor: Caroline Cocciardi dAY/dAte: thursday, 10/14/21 - (1) tiMe: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ForMAt: virtual LoCAtion: Zoom Cost: $15.00 olli Member $30.00 non-olli Member PLAgues, PAndeMiCs, And PAndeMoniuM in HistorY And LiterAture desCriPtion: 2020, an unprecedented year, or was it? not so much, say Dr. steven field, Clinical ethics Consultant, nyu langone health and Ms. shirley lazar, literature scholar and educator. they have been team-teaching about years like 2020 for the better part of a de - cade. origins - a brief introduction to the vari- ous pathogens which have plagued humanity, followed by a study of plagues in the ancient world, their influence on society, and their rep- resentation in theater, literature, and art. the Middle ages and Beyond - the Black Death through to the end of the 17th century. the ef- fects of plague on politics and society will be reviewed. students will read excerpts from the so-called "plague literature" of the time. other pandemics, including the several cholera pan- demics, and the effects of measles and small- pox on the colonization of the americas, will be covered as well. the Contemporary World - the great influenza Pandemic of 1918 and its foreshadowing of the current CoviD pandemic. a discussion of hiv and the profound changes in culture, ethics, and law which it brought about will follow, and the rest of the class will be devoted to Cov- iD-19 and the ethical implications of a modern pandemic. *note: Class sessions are several weeks apart. instruCtor: shirley lazar & Dr. steven field dAY/dAte: thursdays, 10/14/21-11/18/21 (3) tiMe: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ForMAt: hybrid LoCAtion: Drake Cost: $25.00 olli Member $40.00 non-olli Member tHe AMeriCAn LABor union MoveMent desCriPtion: Who killed the american labor union movement? the convenor has rounded up the usual suspects, plus a few possibly unexpected culprits. But, in order to be informed before you jump to a conclusion, len White, a retired professor of economics from the university of arkansas, will expose the class to the history of the rise and fall of american unionization. regardless, in the end the verdict is yours. instruCtor: Dr. len White dAY/dAte: Mondays, 10/18/21 - 11/8/21 (4) tiMe: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ForMAt: virtual LoCAtion: Zoom Cost: $25.00 olli Member $40.00 non-olli Member grAvitAtionAL WAve deteCtion: PAst, Present And Future desCriPtion: this course covers the his- tory of gravitational wave detection, begin- ning with the pioneering efforts of Joe Weber in the 1960s and the resulting controversy over his (now discounted) claims of successful detection in the 1970s. the history of the ligo project, the first to successfully detect gravita- tional waves, will be discussed in some detail, along with other projects such as virgo and geo600 (european detectors) and lisa (pro- posed space-based detector). the successful detection of gW150914 and the science be- hind it will form the main topic of the second lecture, along with a discussion of more re- cent results and the likely future development of the field. instruCtor: Daniel Kennefick dAY/dAte: tuesdays, 10/19/21 - 10/26/21 (2) tiMe: 9:00 aM - 11:00 aM ForMAt: in-Person LoCAtion: Drake Cost: $29.00 olli Member $44.00 non-olli Member 99 YeArs And Counting: A HistorY oF Mount seQuoYAH desCriPtion: looking east, you've glimpsed fayetteville's highest peak and seen the Cross lit up at night, but how many of you have ever known about, or even been on our own east Mountain, thinking it was just "some Church place"? after 99 years, Mount sequoyah is now a non-profit facility with his - toric buildings and grounds and lots of new happenings. the illustrated talk, given by Ceo emily gentry, will be followed by a tour of the grounds. Come find out what's there for all! instruCtor: emily gentry dAY/dAte: tuesday, 10/19/21 - (1) tiMe: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM ForMAt: in-Person LoCAtion: Mt. seq Cost: $19.00 olli Member $34.00 non-olli Member onLY HoPe: MY MotHer And tHe HoLoCAust BrougHt to LigHt desCriPtion: Before she passed away in 1974, felicia Bornstein lubliner wrote about her internment in Polish ghettos and two nazi concentration camps, auschwitz and gross- rosen. her powerful stories have recently been published by her son, irv lubliner, pro- fessor emeritus southern oregon university. he will share excerpts from Only hope: a Sur- vivor's Stories of the holocaust, shedding light on his mother's experiences and indomitable spirit, as well as his experience as a child of holocaust survivors and his process in bring- ForMAt KeY | = in-Person only | = virtual only | = Choice of in-Person or virtual

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