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Volume 2 Issue 8

OLLI at DU's spring lineup promises to engage, educate, and inspire. I can feel the excitement building as the full spring catalog arrives on your computer's proverbial doorstep today. Click this link to flip through the 100 outstanding courses offered this spring. Be sure to take time to learn about our great facilitators as well. Get ready to register starting at 10 am sharp on Monday, March 4.

As spring unfolds, join us for a new chapter of intellectual discovery. Our commitment to providing enriching experiences and fostering a sense of community is stronger than ever. Members and prospective members are invited to take courses spanning various subjects, from art and history to science and literature.

And, remember, if you have a friend who you think would benefit from taking a course at OLLI, invite them to purchase a special "Share the Love" membership. The special half-year membership costs just $35 and lasts until August 10.

Remember that registration opens at 10 am on March 4.

Bruce

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OLLI at DU Member Upcoming Month

Calendar of Opportunities!

3/4/24

Registration for spring term opens at 10 am!

3/15/24

Exclusive 2025 OLLI at DU Travel Opportunity with Road Scholar:

The Civil Rights Movement

Space is limited. Deadline to express interest is Friday, March 15, 2024

4/23/24

Reciprocal Membership with OLLI at CSU Opportunity! Join Temple Grandin for a webinar on Visual Thinking.

April 23, 2024 from 10-noon.

Through March

Take a hike with Pam! To learn more about this free OLLI at DU member Shared Interest Group, click here. Be sure to check in with Pam the night before each walk especially if there is bad weather.

Starting March 6

(See article below)

Stories in Stone: Denver History Told Through Denver’s Historic Buildings and Neighborhoods

March 26

(See article below)

FREE member webinar on the Health Effects of Loneliness and Isolation

Starting April 1

(See article below)

The Eisenhowers in Colorado: Their History and Legacy with Glenn Gravlee

Four Mondays starting April 1

Registration opens soon!

Featured Course: OLLI at DU and the Lowry Foundation present a course at the Eisenhower Chapel in April, 2024

The Eisenhowers in Colorado: Their History and Legacy with Glenn Gravlee

Monday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30 am on April 1, 8, 15, and 22.

Location: The Eisenhower Chapel in Lowry (293 Roslyn St., Denver)

Glenn Gravlee is a Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology at University of Colorado School of Medicine. As a retired subspecialist in cardiothoracic anesthesiology, he has interest and expertise in the cardiac aspects of Ike’s medical history. He and his wife, Joyce, live in Denver and also share a cabin near the Byers Peak Ranch in Grand County, where Ike enjoyed his summer fly-fishing breaks. Glenn has co-facilitated approximately 20 courses for OLLI at DU on a range of topics including popular music history (1950s and 1960s), military history, movies, and the Berlin Wall.

This course will trace Ike and Mamie’s extensive Colorado connections through four weeks of 2-hour sessions at the Eisenhower Chapel at Lowry.

Although neither Dwight David (Ike) nor Mamie Doud Eisenhower was born in Colorado, Mamie was raised mostly in Denver. They wed in Denver in 1916 and visited Colorado frequently over the four ensuing decades. Ike was stationed at Denver’s Ft. Logan in the 1920s, and Mamie visited her Denver family several times without Ike as he pursued his widespread military assignments. Sadly, some of her visits were for funerals of siblings or parents.

Denver served as headquarters for Ike’s 1952 Presidential primary campaign, and subsequently he established his “Summer White House” at Lowry Air Force Base. During these visits, Ike and his entourage escaped to the nearby mountains in Fraser for extended fly-fishing getaways. While playing golf at Cherry Hills Country Club in 1955, he experienced a life-threatening heart attack, from which he convalesced for seven weeks at Fitzsimons Army Hospital. This prompted controversy about his fitness to serve a second term.

Ike and Mamie left profound legacies in Colorado, among which are the Eisenhower Chapel at Lowry and the Eisenhower Suite in the Fitzsimons Building on the Anschutz Medical Campus, as well as multiple namesake memorials including parks, schools, libraries, and a very busy tunnel.

Mark this on your calendar. Registration to open soon!

Stories in Stone: Denver History Told Through Denver’s Historic Buildings and Neighborhoods

Carol Lynn Tiegs' well-received course on Denver History will be presented at the new Acoya Cherry Creek senior community starting March 6 as part of OLLI at DU On the Move and it is open to all OLLI at DU members who wish to register (this will be treated as a regular class registration)!

Join Carol Lynn as she reveals stories and secrets of the past in Denver’s 337 historical designated buildings and 53 historic neighborhoods. She will include colorful citizens and architectural styles you probably drive/walk by each day without noticing. She will explain Denver’s historic preservation process and its current activities.

Four Wednesday afternoons: March 6, 13, 20, 27 from 2-3:30 p.m. at Acoya Cherry Creek, a Senior Living Community (301 S. Harrison St. Denver).

Carol Lynn Tiegs is a tour docent for History Colorado, she holds master degrees in German Studies and in Journalism from CU-Boulder. Her communications background includes time as a report/editor for local, national and international publications; as a public, community and government relations coordinator for Kaiser Permanente.

REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW.

FREE member webinar on the Health Effects of Loneliness and Isolation

offered by OLLI at UC Davis in collaboration with UC Davis Healthy Aging

Tuesday, March 26

11 am-12:30 pm

Human beings are social creatures. Isolation and loneliness have been linked to increased mortality and have a relation to cognitive decline and physical deconditioning.

Meet Dr. Rebecca Boxer, chief of Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Medicine at UC Davis Health. She’ll share medical insights and recent research on the effects of isolation and prolonged loneliness.

This is a free presentation offered to OLLI at DU members by OLLI at UC Davis in collaboration with UC Davis Healthy Aging.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information and a personalized Zoom link to join the meeting on March 26.

Rebecca Boxer is a geriatrician caring for older adults with multiple chronic conditions, functional decline, dementia and frailty. She has broad research interests including heart failure disease management, nursing home care, polypharmacy, and social determinants of health. In addition to her work at the UC Davis Healthy Aging Clinic, she conducts pragmatic clinical trials and collaborates with investigators in multiple disciplines.

Click here for registration information

Pam Murdock leads walks and hikes in the Denver vicinity. She has walks scheduled every week through March. through an OLLI at DU Shared Interest Group. Click here for an upcoming schedule!

Platinum Facilitator Charlie Holt and his wife Suzie joined 48 other OLLI at DU members for a night at the opera on February 22 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House for the final dress rehearsal of The Flying Dutchman.

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