Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at CSU, Chico

How does where you are shape who you are and your interactions with others? OLLI Summer 2021 is proud to showcase Professor Ann Schulte’s lecture on How Places Shape Us and what that means for community engagement and our identity. Become a part of OLLI today and sign up for this ground-breaking class. As a bonus, class participants will also be invited to join Professor Schulte’s Critical Perspectives in Education class for future teachers as guests. You can Read more abou...t this class, the entire schedule, and how to sign up at olli.csuchico.edu. Summer Class Preview: Thursday, May 13 at 10am Summer Class Registration: Opens Thursday, May 20 at 9am Summer Class Dates: June 1-28

The pandemic was no match for the annual OLLI Play Festival. Playwrights penned comedies featuring characters isolating in their own homes and making connections on Zoom, whether as a book club, a business meeting, or a date. Actors and directors auditioned and rehearsed on Zoom and the resulting hilarity is now available for you--our audience--to enjoy on Zoom! Find links to the plays and the program at olli.csuchico.edu.

There are SO many interesting classes coming up in OLLI's Summer Term! You can Read more about this class, the entire schedule, and how to sign up at olli.csuchico.edu Summer Class Preview: Thursday, May 13 at 10am Summer Class Registration: Opens Thursday, May 20 at 9am Summer Class Dates: June 1-28

One of many new classes being offered at OLLI Chico this spring! For the complete schedule, plus membership and Class Preview information, visit olli.csuchico.edu.

Happy holidays from OLLI! We're thankful to be able to stay connected with you and look forward to the day that we can get together in person once again for merriment and music. Wishing everyone peace, health, and happiness.

During the holidays, are you on Team Snow or Team Sunshine? Click the video to watch the entire original film footage and to see the original silent version. Fun!

Until we can travel again....

OLLI USA Special Presentation: What it’s Like to Be a Person of Color: Voices We Need to Hear Share Their Experiences Our friends at OLLI at the University of South Dakota bring us two powerful conversations about race. Host Mark Ovendon, a South Dakota sports announcer, interviews Mike Henriksen, Tim Hughes, Marlon Lobban, and Marcia Zephier to discuss ways they can educate people about what it’s like to be a person of color in order to help us move forward in our conversa...tions around social justice. Part 1 of the conversation was recorded and is available for viewing at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN0UU6gEApg&feature=youtu.be Part 2 will take place online this coming Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 4:30 p.m. View with Zoom at: https://usd.zoom.us/j/96720831267#success

An OLLI membership ALSO makes a great gift for a friend or family member. And right now, with online classes, they don't even need to live nearby! https://rce.csuchico.edu/osher#gift

Final Two Days for Pumpkins! The Chico State University Farm grew four acres of pumpkins this year and is offering the festive seasonal gourds for self...-serve public sales at the University Farm greenhouse complex from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday & Friday, October 2223, 2020. Pumpkins are sorted by size and will be available in $5 and $10 sizes. Only exact change and checks will be accepted via drop box. Full details: https://www.csuchico.edu//20-10-15-pumpkin-sales-at-the-un

Join us for our fall Community Speaker Series event. For the link to join by Zoom visit olli.csuchico.edu.

It can be difficult to what ballot measures are really about. Soundbites and postcards rarely provide comprehensive information. The League of Women Voters of Butte County is here to help with their California and Local Ballot Measures presentation which can boost your confidence in your ballot selections. The community is invited to view this non-partisan, OLLI-hosted presentation at olli.csuchico.edu. Feel free to share a link to this page & presentation with others, and most importantly...vote!

The Gateway Science Museum’s Museum Without Walls lecture series presents The Connective Power of Gardens in These Times, by Jennifer Jewell, gardener, author, and host of award-winning public radio broadcast Cultivating Place Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden. Join the online lecture tomorrow, Oct. 14 at 7pm. For the link and more information, visit the Gateway Museum website.

Dress up and attend the symphony this Friday evening...virtually! Enjoy beautiful piano music from the Lewisville Lake Symphony. See invitation below for details, and note that the concert begins at 5:30 p.m. Pacific. (Times in the invite are Central)

The Valene L. Smith Museum, a long-time campus partner of OLLI, is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this fall! Take a look at this video showcasing the work of the museum and its faculty, staff and students. And join their 50th Anniversary Virtual Celebration on October 10 at 2 p.m. Read all about it and register at www.csuchico.edu/anthmu/anniversary/information-links.shtml

Meet Miste and Steve Cliadakis, OLLI members for six years and founders of Altum Wealth Advisors, our first business sponsor. Together they've led more than 20 OLLI classes, and they are leading three for us this fall. In this seven-minute video, they talk about the highlights of their fall classes and share several tips for financial health. Want to learn more? Sign up for their fall classes! * Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing ~ Steve Cliadakis * Save or Shred: ...Organizing Financial Documents ~ Miste Cliadakis * Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing ~ Steve Cliadakis Want to learn more? Sign up for their fall classes! * Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing ~ Steven Cliadakis * Save or Shred: Organizing Financial Documents ~ Miste Cliadakis * Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing ~ Steve Cliadakis See more

**OLLI Brings Far-Flung Friends & Family Together** A benefit of an online OLLI is being able to take classes with friends or family and share the experience of learning something new together...even if you're separated by entire states. This year invite someone to join OLLI and discover a new way to stay connected. Do you and a buddy share a love of US History? Sign up together for the Lewis and Clark Expedition class. Has your sister been trying to talk you into a trip to ...France when the world returns to normal? Learn and practice the language together in one of four French classes. Do you have a pen pal with whom you like to keep in touch? Take the new Write Away: Exploring Poetry, Fiction & Creative Nonfiction class and mail each other your latest works for discussion or simple enjoyment. Fun, right?! Classes start September 14, but registration is open throughout the fall semester. And remember...since most classes are being recorded, you take all the classes that interest you and keep learning on your own schedule! P.S. These new memberships also support OLLI at a time when we really need it.

The Chico State Alumni Association wealth management webinar series continues this Thursday, September 10 with Making the Most Out of Social Security. Register using the link below, and check out past webinars on their website at https://www.csuchico.edu/a/first-hand/webinar-summary.shtml

These days we seem to be spending more time tending to our gardens and patios. The Master Gardeners and their free, upcoming online workshops are here to help!