Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI):
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OLLI Lecture Series on Aging
First Wednesday of the Month:
April 2
May 7
June 4
Lectures: 12:00pm-1:30pm
Discussion: 2:15pm-4:00pm
Follow-up discussions held on the second Wednesday, 12:00 noon-2:00pm at the DTC.
SF State Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
(Powell Street BART/Muni Station)
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This is a free event.
April 2: New Concepts in Dementia and Healthy Aging
Bruce Miller, M.D., Director, Memory and Aging Center, UC San Francisco. Prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer’s and related diseases.
April 9: Discussion on Depression and Aging; the potential roles of caring communities.
May 7: Aging, Loss, and Fear of Dying
Peggy Flynn, M.A., Director of The Caregiving Zone and author of The Caregiving Zone.
May 14: Discussion of lecture and related issues.
June 4: So Much to Do, So Many Ways to BePanel presentation on the many paths open to us—active engagement in the world, including advocacy and the political; finding and creating community; developing our own creativity; and spirituality.
June 11: Discussion of issues.
OLLI Guest Speaker:
"How to Protect Yourself When Buying Stocks,
Bonds, Annuities and Other Investments"
Friday, April 11
12:30pm-1:30pm
Free Public Event
SF State Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
(Powell Street BART/Muni Station)
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Professor Robert E. Talbot is a Legal Analyst who has appeared on numerous media outlets, including CNN, CBS, local network affiliates, and Tech TV. He is also a consultant for the San Francisco Examiner and Los Angeles Times. Professor Talbot has been a consultant for the State of California Department of Water Resources and the California Franchise Tax Board. He has developed training programs for the San Francisco Police Department and San Mateo County Police Academy, and has done extensive pro bono work on behalf of numerous local agencies and non-profit corporations.
Robert E. Talbot
Professor of Law and Director, Mediation, Investor Justice, and Internet/IP Clinics
OLLI Celebration Event
Thursday, May 8
3:30pm-6:30pm
SF State Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
(Powell Street BART/Muni Station)
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Celebration Event when all OLLI members share their creative work from the session with food and frivolity. Free.
Easing In & Out of Retirement:
Working, Volunteering, Entrepreneurship
Thursday, May 15
1:00pm-7:00pm
SF State Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
(Powell Street BART/Muni Station)
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Join us as we discuss the issues facing adults over 50 on finding meaning, fulfillment and financial independence after retirement. We will hear from the Bay Area’s leading experts on how to explore new directions, achieve financial security, tackle the challenges of the workplace, and choose new career or volunteer opportunities. Whether you are retired or nearing retirement and wondering what’s next, you will find valuable insight into discovering the possibilities for the next chapter of your life. Download more information about the conference and a registration form (PDF). You will need Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file.
OLLI Open House
Thursday, May 22
Thursday, September 4
3:30pm-5:30pm
SF State Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
(Powell Street BART/Muni Station)
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Free
RSVP: 415.817.4251
This gathering is free and a great chance for you to:
- Meet OLLI faculty
- Discuss which courses are the best match for your educational interests
- Meet other like-minded people
- Learn more about OLLI
- Participate in building a learning community of peers
OLLI Driver Safety Program
Monday & Tuesday, June 30 & July 1
10:30am–2:30pm
SF State Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA
(Powell Street BART/Muni Station)
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Course fee: $10 – checks are made payable to AARP at the first class.
Instructor: P.J. Joseph
The AARP Driver Safety Program is the nation’s first and largest refresher course geared especially to the needs of drivers aged 50 and above.
You learn defensive driving techniques, new traffic laws, rules of the road, and how to use newer innovations in automobile design such as anti-lock brakes, air bags, and safety belts. New laws will require people over 70 to take the written and eye tests and have a new picture taken. Also, the driving test is at the discretion of the DMV. For the test phobic, there are no tests; for the thrifty, all attendees are eligible for an insurance discount.
OLLI is sponsoring this program as a community service to its members, guests and AARP members. Enrollment is limited to 30 participants.
Please call 415.563.1706 to reserve your space or for additional information.
News
Islam & the West - July/August Broadcasts on KALW Radio 91.7 FM, Mondays, 8:00pm
For more than a millennium, the West and the Islamic realm each saw itself as the center of world history. But as Europeans colonized the globe, the two world histories intersected, and the Western narrative became dominant. Most Westerners hardly noticed, but the Islamic world was profoundly disrupted and continues to wrestle with the consequences.
Join host Tamim Ansary for “Islam & the West,” a series that explores the last fourteen centuries from an Islamic perspective, and why that history matters now. The first five programs are based on lectures Ansary delivered during a course at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Francisco State University, and in the final episode, we’ll open the phone lines and your questions about the history of Islam’s continuing encounter with the West.
Tamim Ansary is author of West of Kabul, East of New York, a memoir about growing up in Afghanistan and growing old in the United States. He writes and lectures about Afghanistan, Islamic history, democracy, education, and the writing process. He also directs the San Francisco Writers Workshop, the oldest continuous free writers workshop in America.
As the series progresses, we will be sending out weekly e-mail reminders with links to additional background material for the series. If you’d like to receive those reminders or podcasts of “Islam and the West,” please drop an e-mail to kalw@kalw.org with the word “Islam” in the subject line.
Recorded broadcasts are linked below. Click the links, and give them time to load. You can listen in your Web browser.
July 2: The Birth of Islam
July 9: Islam's Formative Centuries
July 16: Islam Evolves as the West Rises
July 23: The Colonization of the Muslim World
July 30: The Islamic World Enters the Modern World
August 6: LIVE Call-In with Tamim Ansary
Bernard Osher Foundation Grants OLLI-SF State $1 Million
SF State's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute received $1 million from the Bernard Osher Foundation to fund an endowment and secure the future of programs, symposiums and classes aimed at older students.
Read the full story on the SF State News site.
Osher Grant Featured in The San Francisco Examiner
The June 9-10, 2007 issue of The San Francisco Examiner featured a story on the Bernard Osher Foundation's $1 million grant to SF State's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. View the article here (PDF). You will need Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file.
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