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We have all have experienced massive changes over the decades and that makes us special!
- We have gone from the telephone with an operator for long–distance calls to video calls to anywhere in the world.
- We have gone from slides to YouTube, from vinyl records to 8-tracks to cassettes to online music.
- We have moved from handwritten letters to email and texting emojis and using language shortcuts. ROTFL.
- We have gone from radio to black and white TV, color TV, and then to 3D HD TV and virtual reality.
- We went to the video store, got DVDs in the mail and now stream tv on demand.
- We got to know the first huge computers, with punch cards, floppy disks and noisy dot matrix printers; now we have more power and gigabytes than we ever imagined on our phones!
- We dodged and dealt with infantile paralysis, meningitis, polio, tuberculosis, swine flu and COVID-19.
- We rode skates (using a skate key!), tricycles, bicycles, mopeds, petrol or diesel cars and now many of us drive hybrids or electric and have electric bikes.
- Yes, we've been through a lot but what a great life we've had!
- We had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood.
- We've kind of "Seen-It-All"!
- Our generation has literally lived through and witnessed more than any other in every dimension of life.
- It is our generation that has adapted to "CHANGE."
- A big round of applause to all the OLLI at DU members of a very special generation.
Bruce
*Excerpted and adapted from a Facebook post. What else have you noticed? Send a note to bruce.caughey@du.edu.
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OLLI at DU Member Upcoming Month
Calendar of Opportunities!
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Through
2/26/24 | Take a hike with Pam! To learn more about this free OLLI member Shared Interest Group, click here. Be sure to check in with Pam the night before each walk especially if there is weather! | | 2/9/24 | FREE Member Webinar
The Past, Present and Future of Weather and Climate in Colorado with Russ Schumacher, 10-11:30 am | |
Thursdays until
February 15 | The American Presidency: Pivotal Elections Series -brought to you by OLLI at University of Texas Austin
FREE for OLLI at DU Members
Thursdays until February 15 from 3-4:15 pm | | 2/16/24
(See Article Below) | FREE Member Webinar
The Science of Nutrition and Food
with Penny Friedberg
Friday, February 16 from 10-11:30 am | |
February22
(See article below) | Special Opera Colorado performance. Join other OLLI at DU members for the final dress rehearsal of The Flying Dutchman at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. | |
2/13/24-3/18/24 | Members of OLLI at DU can use your reciprocal membership with CSU to take OLLI courses at the beautiful new campus located adjacent to the National Western Complex in Denver. | | 4/23/24
(See article below) | Reciprocal Membership with OLLI at CSU Opportunity! Join Temple Grandin for a webinar on Visual Thinking. April 23, 2024 from 10-noon. | | |
Reciprocal Membership Opportunity with OLLI at CSU
Temple Grandin and Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
April 23, 10-noon, limited online enrollment
Join author, activist, researcher, and Distinguished Professor Temple Grandin as she discusses her recent book, Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions. With her genius for demystifying science, Grandin draws on cutting-edge research to take us inside visual thinking. Visual thinkers constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously believed, she reveals, and a more varied one, from the photo-realistic “object visualizers” like Grandin herself, with their intuitive knack for design and problem-solving, to the abstract, mathematically inclined “visual-spatial” thinkers who excel in pattern recognition and systemic thinking. She also makes us understand how a world increasingly geared to the verbal tends to sideline visual thinkers, screening them out at school and passing over them in the workplace.
Click the button below for more information and registration. OLLI at DU members who wish to purchase a membership to OLLI at CSU for $10 should call their office at 970-491-7753. This reciprocal membership is required for the Temple Grandin presentation.
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FREE member winter webinars (Fridays until 2/26) are part of your OLLI at DU Annual Membership | |
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The Past, Present and Future of Weather and Climate in Colorado with Russ Schumacher on Friday, February 9 from 10-11:3o am
Colorado has a diverse and fascinating climate, owing to our location at the intersection of the mountains and plains, and our position in the midlatitudes that is regularly traversed by weather systems. Colorado is also no stranger to droughts, floods, wildfires, severe thunderstorms, and other hazards. This presentation will outline the history of weather and climate observations in Colorado, what they tell us about the climate of our state, and how a warming climate is expected to affect Coloradans.
Russ Schumacher is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University and serves as the Colorado State Climatologist and Director of the Colorado Climate Center. He received his M.S. in 2003 and Ph.D. in 2008 in Atmospheric Science at CSU. His research and teaching interests include extreme precipitation, weather prediction, the climatology of precipitation, and Colorado’s weather and climate. In 2021, he received the Clarence Leroy Meisinger early-career research award from the American Meteorological Society.
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The Science of Nutrition and Food
with Penny Friedberg
Friday, February 16 from 10-11:30 am
In our country, most perceptions of nutrition and food are shaped by the marketing of diet books and various dietary trends like low-carb, vegan, paleo, keto, and no-fat diets. However, it's essential to recognize that nutrition is fundamentally a scientific field, despite the misleading information found online and in diet books. A visit to PubMed.org, the world's largest repository of scientific studies and research articles, illustrates this point. Simply search for "Nutrition," and you'll discover a staggering 797,791 articles and studies. By narrowing the search to the past year and focusing on randomized clinical trials, there are still 1,782 relevant studies available. This abundance of research underscores that nutrition is a well-established and heavily researched scientific discipline.
This webinar will delve into the scientific foundations of nutrition and food by drawing from the work of Annemarie Colbin. Annemarie was a pioneer in her field, having published her groundbreaking book, Food and Healing, in 1986. Annemarie's Ph.D. thesis, titled "WHOLISTIC NUTRITION: From Biochemistry to Chaos, Complexity, and Quantum Physics” explored novel approaches to understanding how food impacts health. In this webinar, we will explore how science evaluates nutrition and food through Annemarie's Seven Criteria for Healthy Eating.
Penny Friedberg has an MBA in Nutrition. She is a life-long advocate for a personalized nutrition program based on whole real foods. Formerly a professor of Nutrition at the Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) in Laurel, Maryland, Penny’s classes take a holistic approach to nutrition. Her aim is to empower students to make healthy nutritional changes that enhance energy, stamina, wellness, and reduce stress. Penny has a wealth of experience teaching nutrition, including several classes for OLLI at DU.
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A Ghostly Legend Comes to Shore
Join OLLI at a final dress rehearsal for Opera Colorado’s presentation of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at Denver's Performing Arts Complex. OLLI has secured a block of tickets at a reduced rate of $15 apiece in consideration of OLLI facilitator Jan Friedlander’s online Opera for All Winter course. This is your sneak look at the production that opens to the public on Feb. 24.
Wagner’s supernatural drama makes landfall with Opera Colorado this winter. The captain of a legendary ghost ship is lost in more ways than one as he is doomed to roam the seas and only come to land for one day every seven years. When the Dutchman is introduced to the idealistic Senta, he begins to wonder if he has found a love strong enough to break his lonely curse. To place an order, email Kassandra Mestermaker at education@operacolorado.org with:
- Full Name
- OLLI at DU
- Number of Adult Tickets at $15 (This is the college group rate. If spouses or plus ones attend they need to pay the adult rate of $20.)
You will get an invoice back for a signature and then those wishing to attend can pay directly with Opera Colorado’s Patron Services team. Orders must be placed and payments made before Feb. 16.
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