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Learning Continues in Summer With Free OLLI Offerings

Cal State Fullerton Group Offers Speaker Presentations on Variety of Topics

June 3, 2008 :: No. 275

What:

Cal State Fullerton's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is offering a summer of lectures that appeal to a variety of interests.

Where:

Mackey Auditorium in the Ruby Gerontology Center

OLLI:

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is a self-governing university support group of more than 875 retired and semiretired individuals dedicated to the pursuit of lifelong learning.

Schedule:

The Political Scene
Alternate Thursdays, 10 a.m.-noon

  • June 5 - "The Pasco Report" with Jean Pasco, director of the Orange County Archives and former political writer for the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register

  • June 19 -"Putin's Russia: Old Wine in New Bottles?" with Robert S. Feldman, Cal State Fullerton emeritus professor of history

  • July 3 - "Can a Woman be Elected President?" with Sandra Sutphen, Cal State Fullerton emeritus professor of political science

  • July 17 - "Assimilation and the Challenge to American Institutions" with Gerald P. Rosen, Cal State Fullerton emeritus professor of sociology

  • July 31 - "Terrorism: A World in Shadows" with Robert Kline, lecturer at USC and Chapman University, and former 20th Century Fox executive vice president and co-founder of Lifetime Television

The Best of the Eclectic Series I
Alternate Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon

  • June 10 - "How to Listen Critically to Opera" with Bill Glassman, Fullerton College professor of fine arts

  • June 24 - "How Does DNA Code for All of the Functions in the Body?" with Marvin J. Rosenberg, Cal State Fullerton emeritus professor of biology

  • July 8 - "An Introduction to 'Aida,' Giuseppe Verdi's 1871 Masterpiece" with Glassman

  • July 22 - "Breaking New Ground: The Early Years of Knott's Berry Farm" with Phil Brigandi, county of Orange archivist

  • Aug. 5 - "History of African-Americans in the United States: A Timeline of the African-American Odyssey" with Ernest Bridges, CSUF lecturer in Afro-ethnic studies

American Studies Series
Alternate Thursdays, 10 a.m.-noon

  • June 12 - "The Peace Corps: Serving the World for 47 Years" with Michael Salazar, Peace Corps recruitment coordinator, Los Angeles regional office

  • June 26 - "WECARE: Everything You Need to Know" with Adrienne Stokols, Cal State Fullerton WECARE program director

  • July 10 - "Orange County Update" with Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby

  • July 24 - "Following the Class of 1933: Using American Social Science Around the World in an Age of War" with Leila C. Zenderland, CSUF professor of American studies

  • Aug. 7 - "Discover, Innovate, Achieve: Fifty Years of CSUF" with Lawrence de Graaf, CSUF emeritus professor of history

The Best of the Eclectic Series II
Alternate Thursdays, 1:15-3:15 p.m.

  • June 12 -"Safety Smarts" with Iris Cortes-Valle, CSUF University Police, and Jim Ellis, CSUF emergency management coordinator and retired Costa Mesa fire chief

  • June 26 - "Building a New Nixon Library" with Timothy Naftoli, director, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda and College Park, Md.

  • July 10 - "Grand Juries" with Lew Avera, California Grand Jurors Association director

  • July 24 - "Great Directors in Film" with Robert Kline, lecturer at USC and Chapman University, and former 20th Century Fox executive vice president and co-founder of Lifetime Television

  • Aug. 7 - "Repatriates From Asia to Postwar Japan: From Gaichi (outer territories) to Naichi (homeland)" with Kristine Dennehy, CSUF assistant professor of history

Media Contacts:
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 657-278-2446