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Spring 2010 Term 4 Course and Event Schedule
Courses Start the Week of March 22-26, 2010
Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Special Events
8:30-10:00 a.m. 8:30-10:00 a.m. 9:00-10:30 a.m. 9:30-11:00 a.m. 8:30-10:00 a.m. Friday, March 5
401 Safe Haven: 403 Birding: An 408 Let’s Write 413 Everybody 419 Perspectives on 7:00-9:00 p.m.
One Year Later Activity Legacy Estates Has A Story Textiles and Apparel OLLI First Friday
SCC for All to Enjoy Legacy Estates HECO 121 Gallery Walk
Finke Landscaping/ 10:30-Noon Digital Photography
3:00-4:30 p.m. East Campus Union 409 How Our 9:00-10:30 a.m. 10:30-Noon Class Show
402 Economic Kitchens Connect 414 Intermediate 420 Understanding the Aging Partner’s
Issues 10:30-Noon Us Violin: Suzuki Brain, Part II Senior Center
NET 404 Understanding Legacy Estates Instruction HECO 121 1005 “O” Street
the Platte River Harris Music Studio
March 29 & April 5 901 Hardin Hall 2:00-3:30 p.m. 1:00-2:30 p.m.
1:00-2:30 p.m. 410 South Asian 10:30-Noon 421 Seminar Series Wednesday, March 10
440 Seafood, Spice 2:00-3:30 p.m. Mini-States 415 Life Stories-Some on Current Issues Women’s History
and Sweets: A Taste of 405 Great Decisions SCC of My Favorite HECO 137 Month Event
Veracruz, Mexico SCC People East Campus
East Campus Union 3:00-4:30 p.m. SCC/NET 3:00-4:30 p.m. Union
3:00-4:30 p.m. 411 The Metropolitan 422 Research at UNL, See Page 8
406 Tours of Opera; Live in 10:30-Noon Part II
Artists’ Studios Lincoln! 416 Beginning Violin: Various Locations
Various Locations Westbrook Music Suzuki on City and East March 26
Building Instruction Campuses 1:00-4:00 p.m.
5:30-7:00 p.m. Harris Music Studio Examining the
407 Great Pharaohs 6:30-8:00 p.m. Suffragette Movement
of Ancient Egypt 412 Beginning 1:00-2:30 p.m. Through Film and
SCC Violin: Suzuki 417 Lincoln: Host Discussion
Instruction for Refugees HECO 121
Harris Music Studio SCC/NET See Page 8
3:00-4:30 p.m.
418 The Great May 10-14
Divide Understanding the
SCC/NET Platte River Tour
Course Location Key
Hardin Hall Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET)
33rd & Holdrege 1800 N 33rd Street
Harris Music Studio SCC Continuing Education Center
2935 Pine Lake Road 301 South 68th Street Place
Home Economics Building (HECO) University East Union, East Campus
1650 North 35th Street, East Campus 1705 Arbor Drive
Legacy Estates Westbrook Music Building
7200 Van Dorn 11th & R Streets
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Mondays works with legislation addressing this issue. There will
also be someone from Health and Human Services, a
401 Safe Haven: One Year Later child psychologist addressing the nature of mental and
In this course, we will be looking at the situation behavioral illnesses affecting these at-risk kids, and
highlighted last year by the passage of the Safe Haven law someone who can give us a national perspective on the
and the subsequent abandonment of children and teens issue and tell us how Nebraska compares with other states.
to hospitals in Nebraska. We will learn how Nebraska Day/Date: Mondays, March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19, 26
came to rank among the very worst in the percentage Time: 8:30-10:00 a.m.
of children removed from their homes. The course will Location: SCC Continuing Education Center, 301 South
include personal stories, legal issues, institutional barriers 68th Street Place
to parents seeking mental health care for their children, Course Cost: $25
Health and Human Services policies past, present and
future, the role of Cedars in managing these children, and 402 Economic Issues
various perspectives on the progress that has been made We’ve been buffeted by extraordinary economic storms
since last year and the problems that still remain. in recent months; and now that the seas have calmed
Instructors: Jim Blue, Director, Cedars Youth Services; somewhat, this course will help us “get our bearings” and
Melanie Williams-Smotherman, Founder, Family figure out where we are now. As we, presumably, emerge
Advocacy Movement, step-mother of a child caught from the “Great Recession” of 2008-2009, we will look
up in the system; and Senator Annette Dubas, who at six topics central to our understanding of our current
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economic environment and we’ll try to make sense of the pleasure to those tuned into the wonders of nature.
economic world in which we find ourselves in 2010. Instructors: Dan Wheeler, Emeritus Professor, Ag
Drawing on academic, governmental and banking Leadership Education & Communication, UNL; and Dave
expertise, our classes will explore the federal deficit Titterington, Owner, Wild Bird Habitat Store.
and debt, health care reform, the energy-environment Day/Date: Tuesdays, March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27
interconnection, regulatory change in the financial sector, Time: 8:30-10:00 a.m.
agricultural policy and its international consequences, and Location: The first class (March 23) and the last class
our foreign trade and payments situation. (April 27) will meet at the East Campus Union. The other
Instructors: John Anderson, Interim Dean of the College classes will meet at Finke’s Pioneer Nature Center and
of Business Administration and Professor, Economics; Landscaping Classroom at 500 North 66th Street.
Craig MacPhee, Professor, Economics; Richard Perrin, Course Cost: $25
Professor, Agricultural Economics; Wes Peterson,
Professor, Agricultural Economics, UNL; David Palm, 404 Understanding the Platte River: A Natural and
Economist, Nebraska Health and Human Services; Matt Developmental Perspective
Williams, American Bankers Association Board Member The Platte River plays major roles in the natural formation
and Past Chairman of the Nebraska Bankers Association. and development of the State of Nebraska. The course will
If they don’t know the answers, there must not be any. address these roles for the river by exploring its geologic
Day/Date: Mondays, March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19, 26 and hydrologic history and nature; reviewing how it shapes
Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m. Nebraska’s irrigated agriculture and water laws; examining
Location: Nebraska Educational Telecommunications its two major water development projects; and assessing
Building (NET) 1800 N 33rd Street its environmental and ecological significance. As an
Course Cost: $25 educational compliment to this course or as a standalone
educational adventure an “Understanding the Platte River”
440 Seafood, Spice and Sweets: A Taste of Tour is being planned for May 10th through May 14th,
Veracruz, Mexico 2010. The tour will explore the Platte River Basin from
While Xalapa (Jalapa), the capitol of Veracruz is Grand Island to the Wyoming border.
recognized for its primary crop, the Jalapeno Pepper; Instructors: Bob Kuzelka, Associate Professor Emeritus,
seafood from the lengthy coastline, produce from the wet School of Natural Resources, UNL; Bob Diffendahl,
tropical lowland and French influence blend to create a Professor Emeritus, School of Natural Resources, UNL;
flavorful, enjoyable cuisine. Join the UNL Catering class Jim Goeke, Professor, School of Natural Resources, UNL;
as they prepare and serve traditional dishes of Veracruz-- Mike Jess, Consulting Water Resources Engineer, Nebraska
Chilies Rellenos a la Verzcruzana (crabmeat stuffed Department of Water Resources, formerly Senior Lecturer,
jalapenos) and Huachinango a la Veracruzana (red snapper Director of the School of Natural Resources, UNL; Dave
in a spice tomato sauce). Look forward to desserts of Aiken, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics,
sweet potatoes, pineapple and ice cream. UNL; John Lawson, Manager, Bureau of Reclamation
Instructor: Fayrene Hamouz, Associate Professor, Wyoming Area Office; Tim Anderson, Public Relations
Hospitality, Tourism and Restaurant Management, UNL Manager, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation
Day/Date: Mondays, March 29 and April 5 District; Chad Smith, Natural Resources Division Director
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. (Platte River Recovery Implementation Program),
Maximum Enrollment: 15 Headwaters Corporation
Location: East Campus Union, Room TBA. A parking Day/Date: Tuesdays, March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27
permit is required and included in course fee. Time: 10:30-Noon
Course Cost: $18 Location: 901 Hardin Hall. A parking permit is required
and included in course fee.
Tuesdays Course Cost: $25
403 Birding: An Activity for All to Enjoy 405 Great Decisions
Birding and bird feeding is the fastest growing hobby The Great Decisions 2010 Discussion Program, developed
in the US and is popular all over the world. This course by the Foreign Policy Association, examines global issues
provides participants with the opportunity to see and facing U.S. foreign policy decision makers. The series
experience various aspects of birding from identification to offers a briefing book, written by independent experts,
feeding to developing habitat for birds and other wildlife. that provide in-depth articles with maps, historical
The course will include use of other experts, field trips and background, present and future policy options, and the
becoming familiar with the range of resources to identify chance to take part in a national opinion poll on U.S.
and attract birds. The orientation of the leaders is that foreign policy. Each of the topics also includes a video
birding is a gift that they want to share with others from featuring foreign-policy experts and world leaders. Each
that exciting identification of a new bird to the pleasure session will feature viewing the background video and
of seeing “old friends” return year round. Then there are discussion of the reading material. Advance reading and
the spectacular migrations of the Sandhill Cranes along active class participation are essential. Topics scheduled
the Platte in the spring – an event to rival the African in this continuing series include: Global Financial
migrations. Whatever the sight, it provides one more Crisis, Russia and Its Neighbors, The Persian Gulf, and
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Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution. If you do not on Egypt and separate legend from fact. The ancient
have the Great Decisions Briefing Book ($18), you may Egyptian civilization ruled by the Ptolemies brought us
purchase it from UNL bookstores, on-line at www.fpa.org, the first institution of its kind to encourage the sharing of
or at the first class session. ideas among scholars: libraries. Finally, we will discuss
Instructor: Marv Almy, OLLI Member Cleopatra, the last Pharaoh. Mary Christiansen and
Day/Date: Tuesdays, March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27 Dorene Casey will share their trip experiences to Egypt
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m. and Jordan.
Location: SCC Continuing Education Center, 301 South Instructors: Mary Christiansen and Dorene Casey, OLLI
68th Street Place Members
Course Cost: $25 Day/Date: Tuesdays, March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27
Time: 5:30-7:00 p.m.
406 Tours of Artists’ Studios Location: SCC Continuing Education Center, 301 South
Have you ever wondered where and how some artists 68th Street Place
create their work? Join us for a behind the scenes look Course Cost: $25
of several Lincoln artists in their studios. You’ll have a
chance to see their creative environment and study some Wednesdays
of their finished pieces or works in progress. You’ll hear
them describe their creative process and perhaps see a 408 Let’s Write
demonstration of their techniques. This is our third year Exploring writing through perception: using your senses,
of tours and, once again, we will visit all new/different perceiving emotional attitudes, observing a person or a
studios. Register early since space is limited. scene to name a few. Also examining and writing poetry.
Day/Date: Tuesdays, March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27 All of these and more may be used to enhance your family
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. memories, fiction, etc. Do you write? Do you want to
Maximum Enrollment: 15 write? Join us as we venture in class writing challenges,
Location: Various Artists’ Studios. The April 6 class will sharing our written work and some gentle critique. We are
meet at Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET) free to use our imagination in our approach to writing.
Building at 1800 North 33rd Street. Instructor: Barb Carlson, Ed.D., OLLI Member
Course Cost: $25 Day/Date: Wednesdays, March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28
Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
407 Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt Location: Legacy Estates, 7200 Van Dorn, Fireside Room
We will use lectures from The Teaching Company Course Cost: $25
DVD-based course taught by Professor Bob Brier, an
Egyptologist and Professor of Philosophy at Long Island 409 How Our Kitchens Connect Us
University. How do you cover 3,200 years of ancient Do you remember what Mom and Grandma used to
history? Professor Brier does it by looking at the greatest cook and bake? We all look back nostalgically to some
leaders at a particular time in human history. Through food and the feeling of warmth and comfort it brought
the lives of the pharaohs, we will trace the rise of Egypt us. Every culture, throughout the ages, has developed its
from a scattering of villages along the Nile to the greatest own way of using its available resources. However, food
power the world had ever seen. We will start with the has significance greater than nutrition; it is a part of the
unification of Egypt and the building of Pyramids. We customs, traditions, rituals and beliefs of all peoples. Join
will discuss the power of women in the ancient world, and us as we learn about kitchens from Sweden to India and
the introduction of belief in a single god. We will trace discover how they connect us.
the history of discoveries in the Valley of the Kings to Instructors: Marleen Johnson and Clarice Orr, OLLI
learn of the lost Pharaoh (King Tut) and the theory of his Members
murder. We will talk of Ramses the Great, his long and Day/Date: Wednesdays, March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28
productive life and his reputation as a builder, a warrior, Time: 10:30-Noon
and a family man. We discuss the possibility that Ramses Maximum Enrollment: 25
was the unnamed pharaoh of the biblical Exodus. Who Location: Legacy Estates, 7200 Van Dorn, Fireside Room
were the Nubians and how did they restore Egypt to Course Cost: $25
greatness? We will discuss Alexander the Great’s influence
410 South Asian Mini-States
Parking Permits!!!!! In addition to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, four
Parking Permits are required for courses scheduled on the UNL other countries constitute what is known as South Asia:
campuses. See individual course descriptions for requirements. Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka. Environmental,
• Permit cost is included in the course fee. historical, economic, political, and cultural conditions will
• Permits can be picked up the OLLI office, 125 Home Economics be discussed in terms of a general theme for each. Themes
Bldg., the week prior to courses starting.
• Need special parking arrangements? Contact Nadine at 472-1140. include: (a) How does a nation prepare for the predicted
flooding of its entire land? (b) What are some of the effects
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of modernization on a previously isolated “medieval”
country? (c) Can traditional cultural values be preserved 413 Everybody Has A Story
in a time of global communications? (d) What are some of Tell your story! Bring out the writer in you! Class
the long-range effects of several centuries of Colonialism? members offer helpful suggestions and comments as we
Instructor: Bob Stoddard, Emeritus Professor, write and read our memories, family histories, poetry,
Anthropology & Geography, UNL and OLLI Member experiences, and opinions, to small and large groups.
Day/Date: Wednesdays, March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28 You’ll learn from each other and have fun in the process.
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m. You’ll laugh, maybe even cry, but your story will be written.
Location: SCC Continuing Education Center, 301 South Learn the difference: Memoir/autobiography/biography/
68th Street Place family history/life story.
Course Cost: $25 You will receive ideas to help you write: Ways to begin
telling your story; details that make memoirs more
411 The Metropolitan Opera; Live in Lincoln! interesting; how to pass along your values to other
Faculty from the UNL Music Department will complete the generations; and fundamentals of grammar, punctuation
2009-10 series of Metropolitan Operas shown live in HD at and word usage.
Ross Theater and South Point Cinemas. This term we are Class procedure:
offering two classes for you to learn about the history, the When you have something to read aloud to a small
works, and the performers, with insights to enhance your group within the class, please bring four or five copies.
viewing experience. The two opera classes are: March 24, Comments and suggestions will be given. After you have
2010, Hamlet; and April 28, 2010, Armida. read to a small group, you may choose to read to the entire
Instructors: Kevin Hanrahan, Assistant Professor of Voice group and bring copies for all members of the class. More
and Voice Pedagogy,; Steven Soebbing, DMA Candidate; comments and suggestions may be given.
and Donna Harler-Smith, Professor of Voice, School of Instructors: Clarice Orr and Marleen Johnson, OLLI
Music, UNL Members
Day/Date: Wednesdays, March 24 and April 28 Day/Date: Thursdays, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Time: 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Location: Westbrook Music Building, 11th & R Streets, Location: Legacy Estates, 7200 Van Dorn, Fireside Room
Room 110. Parking is on your own. Course Cost: $25
Cost: $10
414 Intermediate Violin: Suzuki Instruction
412 Beginning Violin: Suzuki Instruction This is a continuation of the Beginning Violin course. You
“Talent is no accident of birth. In today’s society a good must have completed the beginning course to enroll in this
many people seem to have the idea that if one is born course.
without talent, there is nothing he can do about it; they Instructor: Jentry Barrett, Suzuki Trained Instructor Levels
simply resign themselves to what they consider to be their I-III
fate. Consequently, they go through life without living it Day/Date: Thursdays, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
to the fullest or ever knowing life’s true joy. That is man’s Time: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
greatest tragedy.” These are the words of Dr. Suzuki, Location: Harris Music Studio, 2935 Pine Lake Road, next
founder of the Talent Education School. Come and learn to Eyecare Specialities. Enter on west side of building.
how to play the violin in this fun and dynamic group Maximum Enrollment: 7
class. We will learn how to hold the violin and to play with Course Cost: $40 fee to be paid at the time of registration
beautiful tone. We will perform in a recital for family and includes violin rental, shoulder rest and music. $25 fee if
friends at the end of the semester (we might even go on you have your own violin.
tour). No experience or instrument required, just a willing
and excited attitude. “You’re rarely too young and never 415 Life Stories-Some of My Favorite People
too old to Twinkle.” For these sessions I will talk about six well-known
Instructor: Jentry Barrett, Suzuki Trained Instructor historical figures who are some of my favorite folks.
Levels I-III They are Robert Frost, Samuel Johnson, George Orwell,
Day/Date: Wednesdays, March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Charles Darwin and, with the help
Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. of a guest lecturer, Walt Whitman. I will place each within
Location: Harris Music Studio, 2935 Pine Lake Road, next the context of their own times, quote from their writings,
to Eyecare Specialities. Enter on west side of building. and try to explain how they have influenced me.
Maximum Enrollment: 7 Instructor: Charles Stephen, Minister Emeritus, Unitarian
Course Cost: $65 fee to be paid at the time of registration Church
includes violin rental, shoulder rest and music. $50 fee if Day/Date: Thursdays, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
you have your own violin. Time: 10:30-Noon
Location: SCC Continuing Education Center, 301 South
Thursdays 68th Street Place. The April 8 class will meet at Nebraska
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Educational Telecommunications Building (NET) 1800 common parlance as the political divide in the United
North 33rd Street. States, that is, the division between the political parties
Course Cost: $25 particularly in Congress and among the citizenry. We
will assess, among other things, whether the divide is real,
how deep it runs, how it compares historically with other
416 Beginning Violin: Suzuki Instruction periods of partisan conflict, what has produced it, what
“Talent is no accident of birth. In today’s society a good consequences it has for public policy, and when is it likely
many people seem to have the idea that if one is born to end.
without talent, there is nothing he can do about it; they Instructor: John Comer, Professor, Political Science, UNL
simply resign themselves to what they consider to be their and OLLI Member
fate. Consequently, they go through life without living it Day/Date: Thursdays, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
to the fullest or ever knowing life’s true joy. That is man’s Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
greatest tragedy.” These are the words of Dr. Suzuki, Location: SCC Continuing Education Center, 301 South
founder of the Talent Education School. Come and learn 68th Street Place. The April 8 class will meet at Nebraska
how to play the violin in this fun and dynamic group Educational Telecommunications Building (NET) 1800
class. We will learn how to hold the violin and to play with North 33rd Street.
beautiful tone. We will perform in a recital for family and Course Cost: $25
friends at the end of the semester (we might even go on
tour). No experience or instrument required, just a willing Fridays
and excited attitude. “You’re rarely too young and never
too old to Twinkle.” 419 Perspectives on Textiles and Apparel
Instructor: Jentry Barrett, Suzuki Trained Instructor Current trends in textiles and apparel research will be
Levels I-III featured in this series of six presentations by faculty
Day/Date: Thursdays, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 from the Department of Textiles, Clothing & Design.
Time: 10:30-Noon The department, whose mission embraces the full scope
Location: Harris Music Studio, 2935 Pine Lake Road, next of textiles and apparel from their development, design,
to Eyecare Specialities. Enter on west side of building. distribution and performance to their consumption by
Maximum Enrollment: 7 the end user, and takes an integrative approach to its work
Course Cost: $65 fee to be paid at the time of registration based on scientific, aesthetic and historic frameworks.
includes violin rental, shoulder rest and music. $50 fee if Each of these dimensions will be reflected in the content
you have your own violin. of the six classes in this series. Each class will demonstrate
how textiles and apparel perform on the global platform
417 Lincoln: Host for Refugees and how, whether considered as art, design, material
In the mid-1990’s Lincoln was designated as a refugee culture, business or science; they embody many of the
friendly city by the U.S. State Department. Since 1980 currents of their time.
the State of Nebraska has welcomed over 12,000 refugees Instructors: Dr. Patricia Crews, Cather Professor; Dr.
from nearly 40 different countries with the majority being Michael James, Professor; Dr. Young Ha, Assistant
settled in Lincoln. Learn about how the world deals with Professor; Wendy Weiss, Professor; Dr. Yiqi Yang, Cather/
refugees and the support agencies that work resettling Bessey Professor; Dr. Barbara Trout, Professor; Textiles
refugees. Meet “new” Americans that have come to Lincoln Clothing & Design, UNL
from Vietnam, Iraq, Eastern Europe and Africa and hear Day/Date: Fridays, March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
their stories. Have you heard of the Karen refugees from Time: 8:30-10:00 a.m.
Myanmar (Burma) or Yezidi religious refugees from Iraq? Location: Home Economics Building, Room 121. A
Learn about volunteer opportunities that are available to parking permit is required and included in course fee.
assist refugees to adjust to living in their new homeland. Course Cost: $25
Instructor: Angela Gunther, Fusion Project Director,
Asian Community & Cultural Center 420 Understanding the Brain, Part II
Day/Date: Thursdays, March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 This course is a continuation of the Term 3 course about
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. the brain. We will use lectures from a DVD-based course
Location: SCC Continuing Education Center, 301 South by teaching-award-winning Professor Jeanette Norden:
68th Street Place. The April 8 class will meet at Nebraska “Understanding the Brain.” Each class will consist of two
Educational Telecommunications Building (NET) 1800 half-hour DVD lectures followed by discussion. While
North 33rd Street. the first of these two back-to-back courses required no
Course Cost: $25 special background or previous training, some of the
lectures of this second half will assume some knowledge
418 The Great Divide from the first. If you are at all sophisticated about the
This course will explore what has come to be known in brain and neural processes, though, you should be able to
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Courses and Special Events
gain a great deal from this second course without having Nutrition; Dr. David Sellmyer, Professor of Physics; Dr.
had the first. The great topics in the second course will Yongfeng Lu, Professor of Electrical Engineering; Dr.
include: depression, drugs and reward systems in the brain, Christian Binek, Associate Professor, Department of
how the brain learns, emotion, music, sexuality, sleep, Physics and Astronomy; Dr. David Conrad, Associate
consciousness etc. Those will be your rewards for learning Vice Chancellor for Technology Development; Dr. Shane
the somewhat more basic (but still really interesting) Farritor, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering;
material of this first course. Dr. Katherine Walter, Professor and Chair, Digital
Instructor: Dick Dienstbier, Emeritus Professor, Initiatives and Special Collections; Dr. Robert Oglesby,
Psychology, UNL and OLLI Member Professor of Climate Modeling; Dr. David Wedin,
Day/Date: Fridays, March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Professor, School of Natural Resources, UNL.
Time: 10:30-Noon Day/Date: Fridays, March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Location: Home Economics Building, Room 121. A Time: 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
parking permit is required and included in course fee. Location: Various locations on the UNL City and East
Course Cost: $25 Campuses
Maximum Enrollment: 30
421 Seminar Series on Current Issues Course Cost: $25
Each week, the Instructor will list about three internet
video presentations (lasting 15 to 20 minutes each) that
relate to a current issue. You are to view these videos before
each Friday’s class and note key points at issue. During Special Events
class, we will review and discuss the issues raised in the
video presentations. The assigned video presentations 430 Examining the Suffragette Movement Through
will be selected from the extensive Web libraries of TED Film and Discussion
(Ideas Worth Spreading) and MIT World (Distributed Leslie Working will introduce the movie “Iron-Jawed
Intelligence). Angels” with a brief examination of the history of the
Minimum requirements for this class are: suffrage movement up to 1920 and answer questions, as
1. You have regular access to an Internet connected well as facilitate discussion after the film. Ms. Working’s
computer--preferably a hi-speed connection. You may Master’s thesis focuses on the work of suffragists in
use the UNL computer labs when they are available. Nebraska and her dissertation examines suffragists and
2. You are a frequent Internet user and use the Internet other reformers in the wider context of the American
for email and use a browser to view web pages such as West. Her research integrates regional movements with
CNN or the Weather Channel. the national history of women’s suffrage through an
Instructor: Jim Kendrick, Emeritus Professor, Agriculture exploration of ideologies and rhetoric, as well as mobility
Economics, UNL, and OLLI Member and technology.
Day/Date: Fridays, Fridays, March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 “Iron Jawed Angels” describes a group of fiery young
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. suffragettes, from 1912 to 1920, led by Alice Paul (Hilary
Location: Home Economics Building, Computer Lab, Swank) and Lucy Burns (Frances O’Connor) that band
Room 137. A parking permit is required and included in together to wheedle the United States into adapting a
course fee. Constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the
Maximum Enrollment: 20 right to vote. Along the way, they incur the wrath of
Course Cost: $25 President Woodrow Wilson (Bob Gunton) and anger
other suffragette leaders (Anjelica Huston and Lois
422 Research at UNL, Part II Smith). Directed by Katja von Garnier.
In this course, we will learn about the wide variety of Instructor: Leslie Working, PhD Candidate in History,
research conducted at UNL. In the words of Dr. Prem UNL
Paul, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Day/Date: Friday, March 26
Development, “Our faculty is addressing important Time: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
challenges for Nebraska, our nation and the world. From Location: Home Economics Building, Room 121. A
climate change and renewable energy to childhood literacy parking permit is required and included in course fee.
and transportation safety, their research is being published Cost: $5
in high impact journals and they are being recognized for
their contributions with prestigious awards and honors.” 340 Examining the Roles of Women in the Military
The six classes will feature presentations by UNL and War
researchers on the following research topics: Queens of We are hosting this one-day program open to OLLI mem-
England, Genetics, Materials and Nanoscience, Promoting bers and guests in honor of Women’s History Month.
Economic Development and Miniature Robots for Surgery,
Digital Humanities, and Climate Change. Some of the 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. One’s Company featuring actress Pippa
sessions will include visits to UNL research facilities. White in her new one-woman show.
Instructors: Dr. Carole Levin, Professor of History; “Saints, Soldiers and Spies: Women and War”
Dr. Janos Zempleni, Associate Professor of Molecular The roles women have played in war are many and varied.
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Special Events and Member Value-Added Benefits
Hear the experiences from “Saints, Soldiers and Spies” proof
that women in war have never been only on the sidelines. Value-Added Benefits
11:45 a.m. Soup/Salad Buffet Lunch
Catered by Hospitality, Tourism, and Restaurant
Management class taught by Fayrene Hamouz, Associate $10 Tickets for OLLI Members
Professor, Nutrition & Health Sciences, UNL. Lincoln Community Playhouse
12:15 p.m. Panel Presentation by women from Nebraska Air 2500 South 56
National Guard Upcoming Productions:
Note: BGen Roma Amundson was to give the keynote address The Three Little Pigs Out West - March 12 through 21
but duty called . She regrets she will not be able to join us at Bye Bye Birdie - June 4 through June 27
this event.
Day/Date: Wednesday, March 10 All tickets $10 when accompanied by your OLLI
Time: 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. membership card. This offer good for up to two
Location: University East Union, East Campus, Prairie tickets per member. Call at the Playhouse ticket of-
Suite. A parking permit is required and included in event fice at 489-7529 Tuesday through Friday 9:00-5:00 or
fee. order online at www.lincolnplayhouse.com.
Cost: $25 for OLLI members
$28 for Non-OLLI members Morrie Enders , Executive
Includes parking permit, lunch and program. Director, looks forward to
seeing you at the theatre!
Deadline for sign-up is March 8.
Your OLLI Membership Card has greater value.
These partners offer OLLI
member discounts:
Friends of the Mary Reipma Ross Theatre
Reduced membership price
Nebraska Repertory Theatre
Reduced price on Summer Season Pass
Nebraska Wesleyan Theatre
Reduced price performance tickets
Nebraska Bookstore
10% discount on non-textbook purchases
Third Chair Chamber Players
Reduced price performance tickets
Friendship Force
January 2010 Open House
E-mail: olli@unl.edu Phone: 402-472-6265 Website: olli.unl.edu
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Nebraska—Lincoln
Membership and Registration Form
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Nebraska—Lincoln
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From Sligo to the Ring of Kerry and from Galway Bay we promote lifelong learning
to Dublin, Marsh presents various musical styles from for adults 50 years and
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