OLLI WINTER BREAK FEBRUARY 18 to 22 *Most OLLI classes will not meet*
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Long-time OLLI Instructors Recognized
Three long-time OLLI instructors recently received Certificates of Appreciation from OLLI Director Chris McLeod for reaching major teaching milestones. Billy Yeargin and Jay Dunbar reached a 50-course milestone and Ken Hoover reached a 25course milestone. To put this in context, in the 42-year history of OLLI, fewer than 5% of instructors have taught 25 times and fewer than 1% have taught 50 times. Please join us in congratulating these long-time instructors on their accomplishments!
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Director Chris McLeod congratulates Billy Yeargin for teaching more than 50 courses for OLLI. She reports that Billy will teach his last course this Spring. We hope to add photos of the fellow honorees Jay Dunbar and Ken Hoover to our website as soon as we can procure them.
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Matt Epstein Appointed New OLLI Vice President We are delighted to announce that, with the approval of the Board, Matt Epstein was appointed Vice President of OLLI at Duke for the remainder of this academic year (through June 2019). Community Engagement SIG Needs Volunteers for Two Projects The Community Engagement SIG needs volunteers for two projects in Durham, one implementing a new project with Meals on Wheels and one working on an evaluation of the Farmer Foodshare’s Donation Program. The group is also developing some new projects in the education area in Durham. Learn more here. Volunteer Opportunity with Durham Center for Senior Living EATS Program Few people realize that an estimated 7,300 senior citizens in Durham are food insecure and lack limited or uncertain access to adequate food. The Durham Center for Senior Life (DCSL) in partnership with Durham County Social Services has begun a new program to help address this program and needs volunteers. Read more here. DUKE BRAIN STUDY
Volunteers are needed for neuroscience research at the Duke University Medical Center. These noninvasive research studies generally last 1-2 hours and participants will be compensated for their time. For more information, email Angela Cook at angela.cook@duke.edu and read more here. 
Lawrence "Larry" Charny, February 12
Mary Kerrigan, January 17 Anne Firor Scott, February 6 Dorothy ‘Dot’ Sutton, February 2 
New Spring Course from the State Budget Director
Nobody knows the budget like the state’s Budget Director Charles Perusse, and he will be presenting an OLLI course on the ins and outs of developing the NC budget in this upcoming Spring Term. Read more here. A Closer Look at Some New OLLI Instructors From a doctor to a rabbi, from professional educators to entrepreneurs, from an engineer to an author, the Winter 2019 OLLI term offers an impressive array of new instructors presenting classes in their areas of expertise. Read more here. Spring Course Preview: Pink Flamingos and Time Warps
You don’t have to come in costume to join instructor Jackson Carter as he slips the class back a few decades to explore classic cult films of our youth. Films like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Eraserhead, Reefer Madness, It's A Wonderful Life and others have gained a following for many reasons, primarily our fascination with reliving the love we felt when we first watched them. This course explores how movies become "cult classics" over the years—exploring a myriad of filmmakers, forgotten Hollywood stars, late career bloomers, and out-and-out so-bad-they're-great films. Members of the course will learn how to identify a film as a cult classic, their own personal cult films, and why we love the films we love when we love them. Students will experience the joy of watching a cult classic and revisiting films that may not be considered cult but upon second viewing will change their mind. |
Durham-based Film “An Unlikely Friendship” Shows Possibilities of Racial Reconciliation“
An Unlikely Friendship” tells the story of the altogether surprising friendship that emerged between C.P. Ellis, the Exalted Grand Cyclops of the Durham Ku Klux Klan, and Ann Atwater, an outspoken Black woman and civil rights activist. A special showing of the film will take place on March 6. Read more here. Get a Taste of the Movement that Sparked the Idea of “Life Long Learning” in the US
Deborah Sunya Moore, Vice President of performing and visual arts at the Chautauqua Institution, is the guest speaker at the Triangle Chautauquan Luncheon on Friday, March 22, in Raleigh. Some OLLI members already join thousands of other lifelong learners in enjoying leading thinkers and performers at the scenic campus in western New York each summer. Reserve by March 15 to attend the noon lunch at the NCSU University Club. Read more here. Many Special Interest Groups (SIGs) hold regular monthly meetings. Be sure to click on the OLLI Calendar to learn dates, times and places. Read more about all the SIGs at OLLI at Duke here.
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OLLI Writer Published in Chicken Soup for the Soul
Getting published in a national anthology like Chicken Soup for the Soul is not easy, but OLLI student Nancy Haines managed just that after Erika Hoffman’s class. Read more here.
Getting published in a national anthology like Chicken Soup for the Soul is not easy, but OLLI student Nancy Haines managed just that after Erika Hoffman’s class. Read more here.
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