Club OLLI Classes
Club OLLI Classes Summer 2012
Economics and Finance
Managing Your Investments: 401K to Retirement
This class helps the student manage their investments before or during retirement. Asset classes of Bonds, Stocks, and Alternatives are covered as well investment vehicles such as individual securities, mutual funds, etfs, closed end funds, and annuities. The student will also learn valuable methods to either grow their funds or generate an income.
Russ Abbott is a registered financial advisor who holds an MBA in Finance and a BA in Economics. He has taught investment classes for over 20 years.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Roseville Gateway Center
# Club403 6/21-7/19 (No class July 5)
Thurs
2 PM-4 PM
Room 601
History and Humanities
A Tribute to Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks at age 56 has established an everyman screen persona for over 30 years in the tradition of such acting icons as Gary Cooper, Henry Fonda, James Stewart and others, but with his own distinctive personality in both comedy, drama, thrillers, etc, being nominated four times and winning two back to back best actor Oscars along the way for Philadelphia, 1993, and Forrest Gump, 1994. There are so many terrific films to choose from with Mr Hanks, but at the moment the plan is to watch such diverse films as A League of Their Own (1992), Philadelphia, Sleepless in Seattle (both 1993) You've Got Mail (1998), Cast Away (2000), and if available Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011), or others to be announced.
Curtis Covington has a BA in political science with a primary interest in Film, History, Literature and Current Affairs.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Rocklin Campus
# Club901 6/14-7/26 (No class July 5)
Thurs
1 PM-4 PM
Room D-12
Art of the City: Tokyo
This course will cover the history, culture, and art of Edo (modern day Tokyo). Rising to prominence in the 17th century under the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokyo was a vast melding ground for various social classes. We will look at art and cultural movements spanning the social structure from the low class pleasure quarters to the art of the elite, as well as Buddhist and Shinto monuments.
Brenna Chapman has an MA in Art History from UC Davis and taught for Sierra College’s Study Abroad program in Florence.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Roseville Gateway Center
# Club902 7/9-7/23
Mon
10 AM-12 PM
Room W-110
Asian Film
Asian film has become an influential and dynamic force in world cinema. Multi-layered characterization, lyrical cinematography and peculiar narrative twists characterize these films. Two by Korean “New Wave” director Lee Chang-dong: Poetry (2010), quiet and haunting, with a deeply affecting performance at its heart, and Secret Sunshine (2007), a tragic and beautifully acted drama; also, Ugetzu (1954, Japan), perplexing with an eerie charm; Departures (2008, Japan) an ironic, oddly comic Oscar winner; plus two additional films, all with English subtitles.
Stephen Sterling has a BA in Film from San Francisco State University and also teaches English and Meditation.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Nevada County Campus
# Club801 6/12-7/24 (No class July 3)
Tues
1 PM-4 PM
Room N15-101
Roseville Gateway Center
# Club402 6/13-7/25 (No class July 4)
Wed
1 PM-4 PM
Room 613
OLLI Orchestra
This an ensemble that rehearses weekly and performs in concert a variety of music, from the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart to the music of the American musical theater.
Steve Miller has a BM and MM from CSU Sacramento. He is a part-time faculty member at Sierra College.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Nevada County Campus
# Club802 6/13-7/25 (No class July 4)
Wed
6:30 PM-9 PM
Room N15-101
Olympic Games: Rediscovered Treasure on Film
The Olympic Games are regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations and over 13K athletes participate in 33 different sports and 400 events. Many of the films we will view will be familiar, some new, but all will inform, entertain, and examine questions that have surrounded this event for decades including: History of the 1st Olympics, addition of Winter Olympics, participation of women athletes, controversies surrounding Jim Thorpe, Jesse Owens, the Munich 1972 Games, boycotts, Black Power “salute”, ice dancing, television broadcasts, entrance of professional athletes, choosing host cities and more? Join us and relive the “the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat”!
Linda Derosier has a BA in History with a minor in Drama and Theatre Arts from the University of Minnesota. She is a member of the AFI (American Film Institute) and student of film. She has worked with Community Theatre and has co-taught Community Education classes.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Twelve Bridges Library, Lincoln
# Club202 6/11-7/23 (No class July 2)
Mon
2 PM-5 PM
Redwood Room
Eskaton Village, Roseville
# Club701 6/12-7/24 (No class July 3)
Tues
9:30 AM-12:30 PM
Presentation Room
Roseville Gateway Center
# Club404 6/13-7/25 (No class July 4)
Wed
9:30 AM-12:30 PM
Room 114
The Pioneering Spirit of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thanks to Emerson’s philosophical insights, a young America saw the flowering of ideas that shaped new ways of thinking, namely, the power of the individual and increased sensitivity to the natural world. We see these themes reflected in his essays, Self Reliance and Nature, as well as others, and because of the timelessness of Emerson’s ideas (called Transcendentalism), we will discover practical ways to use them, enhancing the well-being of our own lives. A slide presentation will accompany the lectures.
Stephen Sterling
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Nevada County Campus
# Club803 6/12-7/24 (No class July 3)
Tues
10 AM-12 PM
Room N15-101
Roseville Gateway Center
# Club405 6/13-7/25 (No class July 4)
Wed
10 AM-12 PM
Room 613
Undiscovered Europe: Ukraine
On the frontiers of Europe and Asia, Ukraine isn’t the obvious choice for a holiday destination. One of Europe’s least visited nations; it has languished in the Soviet shadow for decades, hidden from the rest of the world with the result that few are aware of its charms. This lecture will astound you with the varied delights of this charming nation and make you wonder about things you've never heard before...
Alex Yarmolyuk was born and lived in Soviet Ukraine for 25 years. He finished his Bachelor of Arts at Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine, with a major in General Business, and served his mandatory two years in the Soviet military in Saint Petersburg. In 1996 he emigrated, with his wife, to the United States.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Roseville Gateway Center
# Club406 6/23 (1 week only)
Sat
10 AM-12 PM
Room 214
Twelve Bridges Library, Lincoln
# Club203 6/23 (1 week only)
Sat
1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Redwood Room
Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East
Our focus is the early civilizations of the Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age in a region that covers an area that is descriptively referred to as the Middle East. From Sumer to Persia, these civilizations are remote and forbidding in contrast to Classical Greece and Rome. Yet more and more, archeology and historical research have revealed how important they are to the development of Western Civilization. We will move down the river valleys of the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, and Indus. And in the late Bronze period we see the development of great bureaucratic states among them the Egyptian and Hittite Empires as well as the kingdoms of Assyria and Babylonia. Much of our knowledge in this region has been tied to Biblical references. But a new wave of study has sparked a resurgence of historical investigation.We will participate in these new insights and the debate that they have fostered.
Emil Augustine, BA Northcentral University; MA University of Minnesota; M.Div. Luther Theological Seminary; Doctoral Studies, Drew University; Adjunct Faculty, Princeton Theological Seminary; Guest Lecturer, Centenary College.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Roseville Gateway Campus
# Club401 6/19-7/17 (No class July 3)
Tues
2 PM-4 PM
Room 607
Twelve Bridges Library, Lincoln
# Club201 6/20-7/18 (No class July 4)
Wed
2 PM-4 PM
Willow Room
Science, Health, and Technology
Mental Fitness: Mahjongg Club
Exercise your strategy and develop your skill when you practice with fellow Club OLLI members. Members will have a place to meet and practice on a regular basis. Bring your mahjongg set if you have one.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Roseville Gateway Campus
# Club425 6/22-8/3 (No class July 4)
Wed
2 PM-5 PM
Room 300 F
Beginning Tai Chi
Tai Chi is a gentle and graceful movement class designed to build better balance, coordination, and focus in older adults. Students are encouraged to wear loose comfortable clothing. Our program features the Yang Long Form.
Team taught by Laina Dicker and Lori Fee. Both have been taking Tai Chi for years and have certificates for Tai Chi Levels 1 and 2.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Roseville Gateway Campus
# Club410 6/18-8/15 (No class July 2 & 4)
M & W
10 AM-10:50 AM
Room 525
Intermediate Tai Chi
This class is designed for continuing students who are working on or who have completed Section One of the Yang Long Form.
Team taught by Laina Dicker and Lori Fee. Both have been taking Tai Chi for years and have certificates for Tai Chi Levels 1 and 2.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Roseville Gateway Campus
# Club415 6/18-8/15 (No class July 2 & 4)
M & W
11 AM-11:50 PM
Room 525
Advanced Tai Chi
Advanced Tai Chi provides students the opportunity to practice Tai Chi Yang long form in a group setting. New participants are encouraged to continue learning Chi form to enhance strength, balance and memory.
Sifu Renee Neal has been teaching martial arts for 19 years, and also teaches other mind/body fitness classes.
Club OLLI Activity – Membership Required
Roseville Gateway Campus
# Club420 6/19-8/16 (No class July 3 & 5)
T & Th
10 AM-10:50 AM
Room 525