EXECUTIVE NEWSLETTER WINTER 2020
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Winter is here…that must mean we are in Classes!
Welcome to our OLLI at DU Winter 2020 Term. I hope you all enjoyed the holiday season and are now ready to return to lifelong learning with friends and cohorts.
This term, the amazing Curriculum Committees, working with their respective Site Managers, have provided a combined offering of over 200 classes, not counting the very well attended speaker series. I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to every one of our volunteer Curriculum Committee members and volunteer Facilitators who created these wonderful classes.
I hope you enjoy your class and consider, for the future, what topic you might like to share with your fellow OLLI at DU.
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NOTE: Depending on your browser clicking on some links may not work. You may need to copy and paste to your browser.
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Subscribing (or rather unsubscribing) from the various emails you receive from OLLI
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The laws around privacy and phishing continue to grow and evolve. As an organization that takes such laws very seriously, OLLI at DU is committed to aligning to these rules and regulations. As such, we utilize a software provider when sending out our emails.
We strive to send no more than are in the interest of quality communicating. We use this software for all our email distributions, across all sites, including class confirmations.
If you choose to ‘unsubscribe’ from OLLI at DU emails (no matter which site you have received it from), you unsubscribe from ALL OLLI at DU emails sent through this software. And, further, we are not able to re-subscribe you due to the privacy and phishing laws. In fact, the software we use does not even allow us to do so.
I thought it valuable to share this information, so you are aware of the impact of clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of OLLI at DU emails.
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OLLI at DU 2025
Development of Diversity Task Force
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An outcome of the OLLI at DU Vision 2025 Task Force was an awareness of a need to address issues of diversity in our organization. For such initiative, I am requesting OLLI members interested in becoming a part of this task force to email me at
Barbara.Ratcliffe@du.edu and advise me of your interest in joining such task force. At this point in time, the commitment required for such task force is unknown. Thank you.
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The Olli WorldView Travel Program Continues to Grow and Evolve
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A Second Memphis Blues Trip – June 2020
As the OLLI
Signature City Memphis trip this past November was such a success, we are in the planning stages for a second trip to Memphis this coming June. This trip will run from June 7
th to June 12
th; Larry Tannenbaum will be the OLLI leader on the trip; and will be offering his Blues class at our East Site during the Winter term. For more information, contact Roads Scholar at 800-322-5315 and reference program #12347 – Signature City Memphis June 2020 and mention that you are an OLLI at DU member.
A Few Spots left for The Amalfi Coast Trip – June 2020
This trip to the Amalfi Coast of Southern Italy
is an 8-day trip running from June 17 – June 25, 2020; Barbe Ratcliffe will be the OLLI leader on the trip and is offering a class on Pompeii both Winter and Spring terms at various OLLI sites. If you are interested in this tip, please call 1-800-323-7373 or visit
ollden@ahitravel.com
Shades of Ireland - June 2020-
SOLD OUT
A Few Spots left for Patagonia-Argentina Solar Eclipse Trip – December 2020
Informational emails are now being sent to those signed up for the Patagonia, Argentina December 2020 Total Solar Eclipse trip. If you are signed up and have not received any emails, please contact Victoria Sahami of Sirius Travel immediately (email:
siriustravel@siriustravel.com). If you are interested in the trip but have not signed up, there are a total of four spaces that have come available. To learn more about this trip go to:
https://siriustravel.com/solar-eclipse-tours/2020-patagonia-argentina-olli-total-solar-eclipse/
or call 303-872-7313. Please contact Sirius Travel before signing up to ensure the spaces are available.
Coming Trip in March 2021 – Egypt
This trip (
Legends of the Nile) will be offered through AHI travel; run from March 16
th to 27
th,
2021; trip costs begin at $4,995 and does not include international airfare. Additional information and registration will begin May 1
st, 2020.
Coming Trip in November 2021 - Iceland
Northern Lights and Sights of Iceland is being offered by Sirus Travel, the same organization bringing us the trip to Patagonia. This trip will run from November 28th to December 3rd. Trip costs are currently being confirmed. Additional information and registration will begin May 1, 2020.
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Research Opportunities Available for
OLLI at DU Members
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ANSCHUTZ ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH PROJECT
The University of Colorado Alzheimer’s and Cognition Center hopes to discover effective early diagnostics, preventions, treatments, and ultimately cures for Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders, through research and clinical care
. They believe there is as much to learn from individuals who are healthy as they do from individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. They are currently seeking healthy older adults to participate in their research studies. To learn more about their research opportunities, please visit
http://medschool.ucdenver.edu/alzheimers-research or call 303-724-4644
FINANCIAL WELLNESS RESEARCH
The purpose of this research if to look at the relationship between financial decision making, cognitive health and financial security in individuals age 50+. Some of you were involved in the initial study. Thank you.
We are now ready to proceed to the next level of research. Please register in advance by emailing
FinancialSecurity@du.edu Your registration will avail you a spot in the seminar to be held on Friday, February 28
th from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM at First Universalist Church.
(**If you attended in 2019, you are ineligible to attend in 2020.)
KNOEBEL INSTIITUTE OF HEALTHY AGING RESEARCH - MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION
This is a class designed to cultivate member abilities to tap into internal wisdom, wholeness and healing. Orientation is being held Tuesday, January 21
st
from 6 – 7:30 pm and classes begin on Tuesday, January 28
th
from 6:00 – 8:30 pm. A silent retreat day is also included (Saturday, March 7
th
). If you are interested, please email to:
kara.traikoff@du.edu
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Organizations That Might Peak Your Interest
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The Bridge Project
The Bridge Project was created in 1991 through a collaboration involving community representatives and faculty members of the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. It serves a continuum of youth from kindergarten through college. Each of the four program components includes a number of distinct opportunities for children and youth.
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Senior Lobby
Colorado Senior Lobby is the only non-partisan, non-affiliated, all-volunteer non-profit that has been serving the entire spectrum – every stripe and category – of Colorado seniors for 38 years; helping those seniors learn more about how public policy and resource allocation to senior-related issues intersect – and most importantly, how to become active participants in public processes.
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