The Lifelong Learning Institute is held in cooperation with the ELDERHOSTEL Institute Network. The LLI offers individuals an opportunity to attend programs locally at the campus throughout the year. It offers local people of retirement age an opportunity to come together on a regular basis. The program's focus is its core of study groups, chosen, designed, and led by members, community people, and faculty. There are no prerequisites, exams, or grades - rather, an opportunity to explore new ideas, expand knowledge, exercise creativity and talent in a flexible, informal, and noncompetitive environment. There is a small fee to cover the cost of the brochure development and mailing. Programs are usually held in October and April of each year.
Autumn 2011
Public Service Building, Rooms 212 - 213
TUESDAYS - October 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011
10:00 am to 11:30 am
Moderator: David Adams, retired professor of sociology from ONU and OSU.
"TUESDAY MORNINGS AT THE MOVIES"
We'll watch two of Woody Allen's most entertaining films - "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985) and "Bullets Over Broadway" (1994) and discuss other films in Allen's filmography.
Noon - LUNCH (Cafeteria is open OR bring a sack lunch. On Tuesday, October 11, a complimentary box lunch will be served for a General Membership Meeting.)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
"VETS ON PETS SERIES"
Tuesday, October 4
Moderator: Chad Higgins DVM, Owner of Amanda Animal Hospital, Lima
"Getting Old Sucks, But It Is Better Than The Alternative"
Tuesday, October 11
Moderator: Adam Ferguson DVM, co-owner of Baker Animal Hospital Cridersville
"Yours, Mine, and Ours: Doggie Dental Care, Dodging Dentures, Feeding Fido, and Counting Calories for Kitty"
Tuesday, October 18
Moderator: Kathleen Babbitt DVM, Owner of Lima Animal Hospital
"Oh My Gosh...I Can Get That From My Pet!"
Tuesday, October 25
Moderator: April Shattuck, DVM, Delphos Animal Hospital
Pet Behaviors - The Common, the Complicated and the Crazy"
Tuesdays - 2:45pm to 4:15pm
"ITALY AND THE POEM"
Moderator: Will Wells, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Professor of Humanities at Rhodes State
This course will cover a range of Italian and English language poets writing about Italy and focusing on the role of Italy as a place of inspiration. Selections may range from Dante and Petrarch thru the poet of the Venetian Ghetto, Sara Copio Sullam, and will include Umberto Saha, Eugenio Montale, Margaritta Guidacci, and Salvatore Quasimodo. I will also touch upon English language poets writing about Italy, including Robert Browning, Anthony Hecht, Josef Bodsky, William Logan and myself.
THURSDAYS October 6, 13, 20, 27 2011
10:00 am to 11:30 am
"PHYTOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS"
Moderator: Michael J. Boehm, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Professor of Plant Pathology - OSU.
October 6, 2011 - In person - Overview of plant diseases, ranging from their social impact to the nuts and bolts of plant pathology
October 13, 2011 - Virtual - Integrated plant health management
October 20, 2011 - In Person - Hands-on: Plant disease diagnosis
October 27, 2011 - Virtual - Plant diseases and biosecurity/bioterrorism
LUNCH - 11:30 - Cafeteria is open or bring a sack lunch.
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
October 6, 13, 2011 - "RUSSIAN HISTORY"
Moderator: Maria Ignatieva, Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre-OSU-Lima
The life of Boris Godunov as portrayed in two productions will be discussed.
October 20 and 27, 2011
Moderator: Dr. Holly Norton, Professor of English and Writing, UNOH
October 20, 2011 - Russian women authors Anna Akhmatova and Maria Tsvetaeva will be presented.
October 27, 2011 - Dr. Norton shares her Fulbright Travels in Russia with the class.
2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
"CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY"
Moderator: Dr. Scott Fisher, Lecturer in Classics, OSU - Lima
October 6, 2011 - This class concentrates on history of Greco-Roman world and connections between Greco-Roman religious practices and early myths that accompanied them.
October 13, 2011 - We will focus on the Olympian divinities their history and characteristics.
October 20, 2011 - Session Three will explore the themes of Love and Death.
October 27, 2011 - We will learn about Greek and Roman heroes, their possible connection with "real history," and the differing views on heroism that the ancients had.
