Reminder: There will be a meeting of the Science, Technology, and Health (ST&H) Program Planning Group on Thursday, June 9, at 10:00, via Zoom; all members are welcome. See the June 9 OLLI Daily Schedule email for Zoom link.
The next issue of OLLI E-News will be published Friday, June 17; regular deadline for submission of items is Tuesday, June 14, at 6:00.
From the Desk of the Executive Director OLLI Mason 2022 Scholarship Awards
By Jennifer Disano, Executive Director
I am pleased to share OLLI Mason’s 2022 Scholarship Awards Ceremony with you. This taped event includes remarks from OLLI Mason leadership, provost, select Mason deans, and this year’s scholarship winners. It also includes two beautiful short performances by Mason music‑student awardees.
I hope you will watch the ceremony in its entirety, as it offers an inspiring celebration of academic achievement and institutional partnership. Click here to enjoy the event.
OLLI Ink: Back Again and Ready for Your Summer Reading
By Caroline McNeil, OLLI Ink Editor,and Nancy Klein, Communications and Program Associate
Do you know what Callithump means? How about Kerflooey? Popinjay? Soup Sandwich? Never mind. You’ll find out and laugh as you leaf through the entertaining, original, and always interesting pages of OLLI-Mason’s annual literary magazine. OLLI Ink 2022 is now online as a flip-doc (something like a Kindle) and can be found at this link.
With memoirs, stories, poems, and musings on everyday life, OLLI’s authors have created an intriguing variety of good reads. Open a page at random and you may become immersed in the experience of a family seeking a life in America at the end of World War II; or that of a new Mormon missionary as he navigates the ups and downs of his assignment in Chile; or a violin player as she discovers the joys and challenges of a musical career; or a new mother; or a young soldier returning to his midwestern home town and what turned into a rollicking (to put it mildly) fall festival.
Do you enjoy movies and have favorite, meaningful ones that you love to share? You’ve got a kindred spirit in the final pages of OLLI Ink 2022. And you won’t forget the poems, weaving their way through the pages, as they explore and bring to life the memories and regrets, the natural beauty, the humor that is so often inherent in everyday life . . . and much more.
By Rita Way and Luci Martel, Special Events Program Planning Group Coordinators
The Special Events Program Planning Group will be meeting on June 9 at 12:15 via Zoom to plan special events for the upcoming terms. We welcome your ideas for these events; please join us. The Zoom link and other information will be available in the OLLI Daily Schedule email for June 9.
Humanities and Social Sciences/Current Events (HSS/CE) Program Planning Group Meeting
By Camille Hodges, HSS/CE Program Planning Group Co-Chair
The HSS/CE Program Planning Group will meet via Zoom on Monday, June 13 at 10:00. We welcome your ideas for courses and instructors for Humanities and Social Sciences/Current Events; please join us. The Zoom link and other information will be available in the OLLI Daily Schedule email for June 13.
Reminder: Help Plan OLLI’s Literature, Language, and Theater Programs
By Pat Bangs, Literature, Theater, and Languages Program Planning Group Co-Chair
Whether you are new to OLLI or a veteran, if you have enjoyed OLLI’s literature, language, writing, or theater programs in the past, please join the Literature, Language, and Theater Program Planning Group meeting via Zoom at 10:00 on Tuesday, June 7. We will be reviewing past terms and seeking ideas for courses, and, just as importantly, instructors to teach them, for our winter 2023 and future terms. For more information, contact Pat Bangs at pbangs68@gmail.com.
See you next week via this Zoom link: LLT Program Planning Group (Meeting ID: 850 8324 7889, Passcode: 975310). The Zoom link will also appear in the June 7 OLLI Daily Schedule email.
The Tallwood Book Club will hold its monthly Zoom meeting on Friday, June 10, at 2:30. The June selection to be discussed is News of the World by Paulette Giles.
The book for July is Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie by Lisa Napoli. Please direct questions to Betty Ellerbee at ellerbetty@aol.com.
By David Gundry, OLLI E-News Editorial Team and Staff Writer
Our own Ralph Greenwood traveled to Florida for a Senior Olympics event at the Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale. Ralph is a member of an ongoing team who participated in a 3-on-3 basketball tourney as part of the Senior Olympics. His team, a team of six, didn’t have the best performance thanks to two injured players not being able to travel, and a third injury in the first game, leaving no subs. But they still enjoyed the trip and play (photo shows his 3-pointer) and are preparing for further competition. Age may be affecting all; last year there were 13 teams in Ralph’s 80 to 84 age group. This year only 7 teams.
The larger event, with a total of 12,000 participants, also included track and field, and tennis. Ages were in 5-year groups from 50 through 85, and those above. Ralph noted “It was great seeing men and women in their late 90’s still competing in track, basketball, and other sports.” One 99‑year old man ran the 400‑meter race and many other track events. One woman from Northern Virginia, nearing 100, won a silver medal in track and field competition. There was one man still high jumping at 100.
SMTWTFS
Seven identical chambers
all in a line, left to right.
Through windows, watch soldiers,
one shielded in an amber sphere,
another in a large shiny oval,
three smaller ones wear
white, yellow, orange.
All defensive specialists,
protectors for another week.
Current vaccination policy for the Center for the Arts and Hylton Performing Arts Center is summarized as follows:
Audience members are not currently required to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test result for most events except when required by the event organizer or artist. If proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test result is required for a specific event, it will be indicated on the webpage with event details. Face coverings continue to be required at all events.
Dr. Linda Apple Monson produces a periodic “Notes from the Director.” This email is full of interesting online performances by the students and faculty of the School of Music. If you would like to receive these bulletins, just send an email to Brianna Schoen atbschoen@gmu.edu. Also, the Center for the Arts has a website,Mason Arts at Home, which has a calendar of online events and access to many past performances. Information can also be found at CFA ticket purchase page, Center for the Arts YouTube Channel, or the Hylton ticket purchase page.
Former OLLI member James Keith of Fairfax passed away on March 22. He and his wife Danielle were members from fall 2016 through 2020.
Jim was a 1957 graduate of Lehigh University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He subsequently served in the Army in Rocky Flats, Colorado. His career with Dow Chemical Company included service as chair of the Chemical Manufacturing Association and its successor, the American Chemistry Council. A golfer and skier, he also enjoyed learning, especially about American history.
A private family service is planned. More information is available at this link.
Please note: Although some physical meetings for clubs and activities are canceled, some may be meeting in person or, in a hybrid mode, both in person and online. OLLI events and activities meeting online bear the identification "Z" in their course or event number. Refer to the university's coronavirus website for official university updates; also, check the OLLI calendar and daily schedule email for event information.
The following list covering the next two weeks is extracted for your convenience from the master online calendar maintained by the office. The list is accurate as of mid-week but for the most up-to-date information, please view the latest forecast of coming events on our website (News/OLLI Calendar). Note: All OLLI members are welcome at, and encouraged to attend, meetings of the Board of Directors, committees and resource groups, kick-off coffees, etc. (bolded below). The OLLI office has sent (or will send) emails with links and meeting passwords to club members; you may also log in at the member portal and click on ZOOM CLASS LINKS.
Sat Jun 4
10:30 am
Tai Chi Club
Mon Jun 6
9:30 am
10:00 am
10:00 am
11:00 am
What’s in the Daily News?
Bridge Club
Mah Jongg Club
Poetry Club
Tue Jun 7
9:30 am
10:00 am
10:15 am
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
Annex Art Literature, Language, Theater Program Planning Group Meeting
Tea Time at Rosemont Manor
Spanish Club
Tai Chi Club
Wed Jun 8
10:30 am
Tom Crooker Investment Forum
Thu Jun 9
10:00 am
11:15 am
12:15 pm
4:30 pm
Science, Technology, Health Program Planning Group Meeting
All the News Special Events Program Planning Group Meeting
Tai Chi Club
Fri Jun 10
9:15 am
9:30 am
9:30 am
11:00 am
2:30 pm
Recorder Consort
Photography Club
Craft and Conversation
Homer, etc.
Tallwood Book Club
Sat Jun 11
10:30 am
Tai Chi Club
Mon Jun 13
9:30 am
10:00 am
10:00 am
10:00 am
4:00 pm
What’s in the Daily News
Bridge Club
Spanish Club Humanities and Social Sciences/Current Events Program Planning Group Meeting
Mah Jongg Club
Tue Jun 14
9:30 am
4:30 pm
Annex Art
Tai Chi Club
Wed Jun 15
10:30 am
2:00 pm
Tom Crooker Investment Forum
Memoir and More Writing Group
Thu Jun 16
11:50 am
4:30 pm
All the News
Tai Chi Club
Fri Jun 17
9:15 am
9:30 am
11:00 am
11:30 am
Recorder Consort
Craft and Conversation
Homer, etc.
Cooking Club
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the trip and play (photo shows his 3-pointer) and are preparing for further competition. Age may be affecting all; last year there were 13 teams in Ralph’s 80 to 84 age group. This year only 7 teams.
Former OLLI member James Keith of Fairfax passed away on March 22. He and his wife Danielle were members from fall 2016 through 2020.