In this Issue:
Happy Independence Day! | Registration Follow-Up | Please Take our Member Survey | Packet Pick-Up on July 31 | Working to Meet Demand | Travel with Osher and Road Scholar | Charleston and Savannah Trip Recap | Thank You, June Volunteers | In the Spotlight | Free Learning Opportunity on Campus
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We hope you are able to enjoy a restful holiday with family and friends! The Osher office will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, and Thursday, July 5. Customer Services will be closed only on July 4.
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Thank you to everyone who registered for the fall semester! Whether you registered online, by paper, by phone, or in person, please make sure to check your email for your registration confirmation receipts. These receipts list the offerings you have been successfully enrolled or waitlisted in. If you have any questions about your receipts, please call Customer Services at (208) 426-1709.
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Please Take our Member Survey
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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute recently completed the goals and objectives of its three year strategic plan. This summer, we are updating our plan with a focus on the next three to five years. To help accomplish this, we would like your input by taking part in a short membership survey.
Click here to take the survey.
The survey will take about ten minutes. Your responses are completely anonymous, and your participation is voluntary. The survey will be open for the month of July. Thank you in advance for your participation and for all you do to support the Osher Institute!
If you have any questions, please call the Osher office at (208) 426-6554.
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Packet Pick-Up on July 31
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Stop by the Osher office on
Tuesday, July 31 any time between
9 a.m. and
4 p.m. to pick up your fall 2018 membership packet. Membership packets include important materials for the upcoming semester, including your name badge and parking permit.
If you are a new member, we encourage you to come! Members from our Volunteer Committee will be manning the packet pick-up table and will be happy to give you a tour of the Yanke Building and answer any questions you may have.
If you cannot stop by on July 31, there is no need to worry. We will mail the remaining packets, as usual, on August 1.
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Thank you for your enthusiastic response to our fall curriculum! To meet demand for popular offerings, we have added repeats of Dr. David Adler's seminar, "The First and Second Amendments," Josh Johnston's lecture, "A Human's Guide to Artificial Intelligence," Lon Morgan's workshop, "Apps for Your iOS and Android Devices," and have added space to Dr. Del Parkinson's course, "Chopin: Poet of the Piano."
There is still space available in the repeat of "A Human's Guide to Artificial Intelligence," happening on Fri., Sept. 28, 1:30-3:30 p.m. To register, visit the
Osher Registration Website or call Customer Services at (208) 426-1709.
In addition to these offerings, we continue to work on adding alternatives for popular courses including Ralph Bild's course, "The Greatest Intelligence Successes and Failures of the CIA," and Dr. Shelton Woods' course, "China Between 1936 and 1956."
Keep an eye on your email! Members who are on the waitlist for an offering that is repeated will be notified via email about registration opportunities.
Thank you again for your interest and patience as we work to expand offerings.
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Travel with Osher and Road Scholar
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"Best of Yellowstone"
May 19-25, 2019
Registration opens August 1, 2018
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Yellowstone National Park's past and present volcanic and tectonic activity is the foundation of its unique ecosystem and the ecological connections that make it so alluring. Join a park naturalist for a field study showcasing this UNESCO Heritage Site where landforms, together with climate, elevation, and time, have resulted in a grand diversity of flora and fauna. Interpretive walks and field trips reveal wildlife, geology, forest, wildflowers, and thermal features, as well as the park's human history and current issues.
Program Price:
Double Occupancy: $1,849
Single Occupancy: $2,409
Activity Level:
"Keep the Pace." Expect daily, moderate walking up to three miles on established trails, paths, stairs, and boardwalks. Walking is integral to the program content.
Registration is available only through Road Scholar and opens August 1, 2018. To register, call Road Scholar toll free at (800) 322-5315. Reference program #23358 "Best of Yellowstone," and tell them that you are a member of the Osher Institute at Boise State University.
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Charleston and Savannah Trip Recap
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Thank You, June Volunteers
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Thank you to
Julie Slee, Tama Everett, Suzanne Radeke, Stephanie Miller,
and
Sue Baker
for tending to our courtyard. The plants look beautiful!
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Every month, Osher News highlights offerings that still have space available for members to enroll. The following courses take place during the month of September:
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Statecraft in a Turbulent World
Statecraft, the management of state power to promote national interests, can be remarkably complex and deceptively simple. This course will present a survey of statecraft and diplomacy—from historic antecedents to contemporary crises. We will explore core principles of statecraft including power in the contemporary system, reputation and deterrence, lessons in decision making, and best practices in negotiation, coercion, and grand strategy. We will look at specific examples of statecraft, such as Bismarck's balance of power strategy and Cold War containment and deterrence, and scrutinize contemporary problems, such as the Korean nuclear crisis, cyber warfare, the rise of China, and Russian aggression.
Presenter: Steven Feldstein, Associate Professor and the Frank and Bethine Church Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
Dates and times: Thu., Sept. 6, 13, and 20, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Cost: $35
Visit the
Osher Registration Website to register online. You can also register by phone by calling Customer Services at (208) 426-1709.
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The History of Rhetoric
The history of rhetoric in the Western world begins in the early days of Greek civilization and continues in an unbroken tradition through the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the modern age. In every age, rhetoric examines how language works in society, how language persuades, how persuasion is ethical or unethical, and how all aspects of human language—from literature to theology to philosophy to science—are rhetorical. Today, rhetoric is studied in politics, advertising, art, electronic environments, visual, and even sonic systems of communication. This course will move in chronological order from ancient Greece to the 21st century, but will emphasize the enduring questions we have asked and answers we have offered.
Presenter: Dr. Clyde Moneyhun, Associate Professor of English, Boise State University
Dates and times: Mon., Sept. 10, 17, 24, and Oct. 1, 2-4 p.m.
Cost: $45
Visit the
Osher Registration Website to register online. You can also register by phone by calling Customer Services at (208) 426-1709.
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Free Learning Opportunity on Campus
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First Friday Astronomy Lecture and Stargazing
The Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for nearly six years, exploring current conditions and assessing whether conditions on Mars might have once supported life. Using a range of instruments, including cameras, an X-ray spectrometer, an X-ray diffraction instrument, and a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer/tunable laser spectrometer, Curiosity has found intriguing evidence.
Join the Boise State Physics Department on
Friday, July 6, at 8:00 p.m.
to hear Doug Archer, a Mars research scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center, discuss recent discoveries by the Curiosity rover in the Gale Crater, a former lake on the Martian surface. This event will take place in the Science and Education Building in Room 112.
Following the lecture, guests are invited to stargaze on the rooftop of the Science and Education Building at the newly refurbished Boise State Observatory, weather permitting. Because the observatory is not ADA compliant, telescopes will be available at ground level near the observatory.
This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so attendees are encouraged to arrive early. If you have questions about this event, please contact Professor Brian Jackson at
bjackson@boisestate.edu
. Discounted parking is available in the Brady Street Garage by selecting "First Friday Astronomy Lecture" at the payment kiosk. You will need to enter your license plate number at the payment kiosk, so please remember to write it down once you park.
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Boise State University
Phone: (208) 426-OLLI (6554)
Email: osher@boisestate.edu
Website: osher.boisestate.edu
Boise State's Osher Institute operates within the Division of Extended Studies. It is a membership-based lifelong learning program offering non-credit, college-level short courses, lectures, and unique learning opportunities for intellectually curious adults over age 50.
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Osher Institute Advisory Board
Chair: Ben Simko
| Ralph Bild | Russ Centanni | Carol Delaney | Gary Dunn | Bae Emilson
Chuck Folkner | Susan Gibson | Dennis Hall | Merilee Marsh | Mike Merz
Virginia Rivers | Gary Robb | Sheri Robison | Nancy Roehrkasse
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Osher Institute Staff
Director:
Rosemary Reinhardt |
Program Coordinator:
Jamie Lundergreen
Assistant Program Coordinator:
Holly Goldgrabe
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