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PAH876 Infinity: Space Rummy theCard GameHIS685 Interesting Charactersin HistoryWednesday, 10 a.m.-noon, HerringCenter, Small Arts/Crafts (HC113), IPWednesday, 10 a.m.-noon,Herring Center, Crabtree (HC110), IPIf you love to play cards, especiallyRummy, then this course is for you.It’s great for the mind and it’s veryunpredictable every time you play,because the action cards and wildcards can change the whole outcome.Warning: It can be very, very frustrating –especially when you’re about to win onyour next turn, but you don’t!A great mix of your favorite instructorswith a few new ones added – Bob Dwyer,David Gillespie, Lana Parke and MaryMcGee – will present a diverse selectionof interesting characters. The characterswill include: Josephine Baker, TrumanCapote, Emily Dickinson and Ida B.Wells. Each week a different instructorpresents an all-new interesting character.Betsy Lauber, retired first grade teacher,created this card game in 2009. SarahKnight will assist with this course.This class will have a different presentereach week.ACLM261a Experienced WritersHone Their CraftWednesday, 10 a.m.-noon,Herring Center, Huff (HC105), IPIf your goal for summer is to kick up yourwriting skills, this is the class for you!“Experienced Writers” will help you tocreate and communicate through conceptdevelopment, drafting, and revision asyou journey toward more effective writingskills. Structure and usage are tools forcompelling prose. Writing prompts willenhance your creativity, and you will receiveinstructor feedback on each submission.The class features live presentation ofstories and essays. Participants may alsooffer selections from their long-term writingprojects, both fiction and non-fiction. Thisis NOT a class for beginners. Completionof a writing course or demonstratedexperience is required.Dr. Judith Chandler is a retired Furmanprofessor, and she has taught at OLLIsince its inception. She is also an artistand community volunteer.4Register online at furman.edu/olliRPH992 Judaism 101Wednesday, 1-3 p.m., Herring Center,President’s Conference (HC103), IPThis class will examine Judaism in all itsaspects: What is a Jew – How is Jewishnessdefined?, What do Jews believe – Jewishtheology, How do Jews live – Jewish law,holidays, observances and traditions,Where have Jews been – turning pointsin Jewish history, Where are they going –modern trends in Judaism. Emphasis willbe on an interactive discussion-style class.Fred Leffert is a Greenville physicianwith a lifelong interest in Jewish Studies.He has taught several Hebrew classessince 2000.HIS697 Charles & Ann MorrowLindbergh: Heroism, Tragedy,Loathing, PerseveranceWednesday, 1-3 p.m., Herring Center,Crabtree (HC110), IPCome learn how Charles Lindberghgalvanized the world with his solo flightfrom Long Island to Paris in 1927. Soonmillions gathered to honor Charles andhis new copilot and wife, Anne, as theyflew across the world. The world wasgalvanized once again, reacting to themidnight kidnapping of two-year-old son,watching as Charles became immersedin the trail of ransom notes and ransompaid, the location of the slain child, thetwo-year hunt for the culprit, the arrest ofBruno Hauptmann and another two-yearmadness of his trial and execution. Werelate that in 1938, Lindbergh was askedto inspect German air power as Hitlerrearmed Germany. He saw Germany asoverwhelming as compared to Frenchindifference and British obsession with thepast. He wanted the United States to haveno part in European conflicts. He was still“Lindy,” the hero, but we will listen to hisoutspoken and unpopular isolationism,coupled with an underlying antisemitismthat led President Roosevelt to labelLindbergh as a “defeatist and appeaser.”Anne Morrow Lindbergh once held similarviews but over time, as Lindbergh, adistant but dominant father to his wife andfive children, spent months on the road,she came to flourish and her best seller“Gift from the Sea” spoke to the need forwomen to seek roles outside the stricturesof tradition. She died in 2001 unaware ofnew truths that would surface in 2003.Matt and Judy Hermes are New Yorkers,transplanted to S.C. for more thana decade. Matt is a scientist, Judya marketer. Today, both engage inscholarship that makes history live forOLLI audiences.ACLM154 Discovering How to MakeMusic HappenWednesday, 1-3 p.m., Herring Center,Huff (HC105), IPCome join the class to learn how to feelcomfortable with reading music notation.The class will then practice what theylearned by making music with chimes.Shelden Timmerman is a retired Ministerof Music having led choral groups,instrumental groups, and handbellchoirs since 1976. A graduate of FurmanUniversity and Southern Seminary, he hascontinued study at St. Olaf, Concordia,and Westminster Choir colleges.

SNM1089 Direct-to-ConsumerGenetic Testing for Health Conditions:Personal, Social and Legal IssuesWednesday, 1-3 p.m., Herring Center,Piper (HC111), HThis course will address the issuesassociated with direct-to-consumer(DTC) testing for health conditions,specifically focusing on how to interpret23andme genetic testing results. Issuesassociated with DTC genetic testing willbe addressed (current state and federalgenetic discrimination policies, what isgenetic information, how to construct apersonal family genetic pedigree, andworkplace wellness programs).Mary Beth Steck, Ph.D., FNP-BC is a familynurse practitioner and an adjunct assistantprofessor, having taught healthcaregenetics at both the undergraduate andgraduate levels at Lander University andClemson University.ThursdayHFE511 Bike the Swamp Rabbit TrailThursday, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Meets offsite, IPThis course is for beginning andintermediate riders (no road racers please)of differing experiences. We will ridevarious distances, beginning at differententry points between Greenville Tech andTravelers Rest. Both distance and speedwill be determined by participants’ abilitiesand experience. And, of course, we’llstop mid-ride for a snack! Requirements:recent riding experience, bike, helmet,appropriate shoes, mirror, bell and water.Janet Aguilar rides her bike regularly onthe SRT and has ridden on various trailsbetween Greenville and Cleveland, Ohio.PHO1623 Lightroom PracticalWorkshopsThursday, 10 a.m.-noon, Herring Center,Computer Lab (HC104), IPThis class will entail a two-hour practicalworkshop each week featuring theAdobe Lightroom photographic postprocessing platform. The instructor willprovide guidance on work-process andtechnique in editing images, wherethe entire class will work on the sameimage at a measured and consistentrate. Students will be expected to havepractical knowledge in the featuredsoftware; the class will concentrate inthe mastery of the “Develop” module,and the instructor will provide allimages for class work. Proficiency levels2 and 3 recommended.Jeff Sarvis is a retired architect whowas originally educated in Puerto Rico.He has worked, traveled and pursuedhis photography hobby all over theworld. Jeff has used Lightroom andPhotoshop since their inception as Betaofferings by Adobe.mastery of the more difficult puzzles.He will share his systematic analysiswhich is guaranteed to accelerate yourcompletion time of all Sudoku puzzles.The instructor will use his Sudoku board,projected onto a screen for all to follow,to solve several real puzzles at each class –with the help of all attendees. Highlyrecommended is your prior acquisitionof your own Sudoku board with bothtwo-sided “number” tiles (black and rednumbers) and smaller “helper” tiles.Michael Kilgore, a recovering corporateattorney, has taught Latin, Gilbert &Sullivan, Shakespeare and other classesat OLLI.ACLM261b Experienced WritersHone Their CraftACLM137 Music and Labor inAmericaThursday, 10 a.m.-noon, Herring Center,Huff (HC105), IPThursday, 10 a.m.-noon, Herring Center,Crabtree (HC110), IPIf your goal for summer is to kick upyour writing skills, this is the class foryou! “Experienced Writers” will helpyou to create and communicate throughconcept development, drafting, andrevision as you journey toward moreeffective writing skills. Structure andusage are tools for compelling prose.Writing prompts will enhance yourcreativity, and you will receive instructorfeedback on each submission. The classfeatures live presentation of storiesand essays. Participants may also offerselections from their long-term writingprojects, both fiction and non-fiction.This is NOT a class for beginners.Completion of a writing course ordemonstrated experience is required.The industrial revolution of the 19th and20th centuries created unprecedentedand often horrific working conditionsin the mines and factories of initiallyGreat Britain and later the United States.Traditional musicians responded tothese conditions with powerful songs(folk, country, gospel and blues) thathighlighted the plight of workingmen and women and chronicled theconflicts, failures, and successes of theearly labor movement. This course willexplore a selection of powerful andevocative songs, some well-known andothers obscure, focused on mining,textiles, and heavy industry. We will alsoexamine the process (and genius) bywhich a work of social protest becomesa universal work of art. Artists willinclude Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, HazelDickens, Bob Dylan many other lesserknown singers and songwriters.Dr. Judith Chandler is a retired Furmanprofessor, and she has taught at OLLIsince its inception. She is also an artist andcommunity volunteer.PAH802 Upgrade Your Sudoku SkillsThursday, 10 a.m.-noon, Herring Center,Small Arts/Crafts (HC113), IPTony Owens is a semi-retired businessconsultant and instructional developer.He has previously taught OLLI courses onBob Dylan, Characters of the Renaissanceand Traditional Music.Everybody starts off flailing at Sudoku.Most of us can now do the local one- andtwo-star puzzles in ink, and the threestar puzzles in pencil. But how aboutthe rest of the week? The instructor willdemonstrate a dozen rules of logicaldeduction which will enhance yourPlease note class formats: Z Zoom, IP In-person or H Hybrid5

SNM1097 How Airplanes FlyThursday, 10 a.m.-noon, Herring Center,Piper (HC111), IPThe major objective of the course isto present students with a generalfamiliarization of how large aircraft fly.The course is intended for an audiencethat is “well-traveled” on domestic/international commercial flights who havea curiosity for how the amazing machinesget you safely where you want to go. Thecourse will begin with the basics, how amassive aircraft gets off of the ground,how they keep you comfortable andsafe in the hostile outside environmentat 40,000 feet, how they navigate toyour destination. Included will be ananatomy of a typical airliner, the basics ofaerodynamics and jet engine propulsion.We will cover major systems, such asnavigation and environmental control.The course will familiarize students withthe FAA certification process and keyfeatures in an aircraft design that keeppassengers safe in the event of sometype of failure during flight (enginefailure, emergency landing, etc.) Thesubject matter will be presented in easyto-understand, non-technical format.David Kostyal had a 40-year career in theaircraft industry, starting as a licensedmechanic/instructor, then progressingto operations management for a majorairline. The majority of his career was spentmanaging one-of-a-kind design/buildprojects involving special mission aircraft.HFE554 Chair YogaThursday, 1-3 p.m., Herring Center,Crabtree (HC110), IPThis course is a gentle yoga practice,either seated in a chair or standingusing the chair for support. You will learnbreathing techniques and meditationprinciples that you can use in everydaylife. Benefits of chair yoga: improvestrength, improve flexibility, reducestress/improve mental clarity, andmay help with pain management. Thisclass is appropriate for all ages andall experience levels from beginner toadvanced. You will also learn stretchesand postures that can be used in ahome practice.6Debra Honore completed her yogatraining May 2018 and began teachingat It’s Yoga studio. She also teaches atGreenville Yoga and BK Hot Yoga Studio.PAH819 Explorations of the Theme –How to See GardensThursday, 1-3 p.m., Herring Center,Piper (HC111), IPWhen exploring gardens most peoplefocus on the flowers but there is somuch more to see if we look for it.This series of four lessons will suggestwidening your view by examiningstructure, organization, texture,hardscape, light and shadow, seasonalchange and other aspects of a garden.By identifying these features of a gardenit may also suggest additions to yourgarden. For example if you set outto photograph garden plants in thecontext of the garden hardscape, youwill develop ideas for additions to yourgarden. Hardscape like water features,walls, pathways, and sculpture add newdimensions to a garden. Most lessoncontent will be drawn from previousFriday Bonus Events presented by theinstructor. Sessions number one andfour will include an optional tour ofthe instructor’s garden built on ParisMountain, 10 minutes from Furman.Bill Bradshaw, retired science museumdirector, has a lifelong interest inspace exploration. He is a frequentOLLI instructor on the topics of spaceand gardens.CEB1726 Do We Really KnowHow to Listen?Thursday, 1-3 p.m., Herring Center,Huff (HC105), IPMy Neighbor’s Voice is a local nonprofitcommitted to encouraging respectfulconversations about the things thatmatter most. Join the founders as wefocus on building community throughlistening. Using My Neighbor’s VoiceListening Cards, we will focus on onetopic each week: Our Society, CivilRights and Responsibilities, Health andEnvironment, and Political Thought.During class, we will have a moderatedPlease note class formats: Z Zoom, IP In-person or H Hybridlistening practice with our cards. Eachparticipant takes turns answeringquestions and listening to theirneighbor answer a related questionwithin the same category. At the endof several listening rounds, we open theforum up for free discussion of the topicof the day. At the end of the class, youwill receive a complimentary box of MNVListening Cards so you can share the artof listening with your friends and family.Mary Anne Inglis co-founded MyNeighbor’s Voice with Victoria Chance in2017. As former manager of her husband’sU.S. Congressional campaigns, she hasa unique perspective on what listeningbrings to the table. Victoria Chance willassist with this course.ACLM156 Frida KahloThursday, 1-3 p.m., ZThe objective of this course is to gain afuller understanding of the Mexican artistFrida Kahlo. In addition to exploring herartwork, we will read excerpts from theartist’s letters, discuss how her physicalchallenges influenced her work, anddelve into all aspects of the captivatingwoman behind the portraits.Elisa Golden is a visual artist who hasstudied art history and holds a B.A. inFine Arts and an M.A. in Education. Sheexhibits her artwork in various galleriesthroughout the Upstate.

Friday Bonus One-Day Trips & EventsBTE1188 A Photographer’s Paradiseon Roan MountainJune 10, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., IPVisit 6,000 foot Roan Mountain withSeth Harrison, South Carolina MasterNaturalist. The Appalachian Trail runsalong the border of Tennessee andNorth Carolina over high mountainbalds which are rich in natural andcultural history. We will be walkingfrom Carvers Gap along the trail torock outcroppings and spectacularviews. Natural history, photography andenjoying the summertime cool mountainbreezes are on the itinerary. Distancefrom Furman: 3 hours. Limit 15BTE1539 How Does the U.S. RankGlobally? 2022 Top 10 SummaryJune 10, 10 a.m.-noon, HC110, HJoin Doug Stowell, career publicopinion pollster, to review the globalrankings in eight major categories and25 sub-topics for 2022: the economy(GDP, wages, taxes, etc.), environment(global warming, pollution, etc.), energy(sources, consumption and uses),education (achievement levels, trends,etc.), healthcare (costs, outcomes, andfuture trends, etc.), crime/safety (crimerates, firearm usage, suicides, etc.),happiest countries and the future! Too,we’ll take a look at a national prosperityindex AND a change readiness index.All charts and links to data sourcesprovided to participants in advance. Thisis year four for these rankings with theclass goal of 75% presentation / 25%discussion! Limit 300BTE1134 Self Defense AgainstFalls 101June 10, 1-3 p.m., HC110, IPThink of this as a self-defense classagainst falls where the perpetratoris gravity. The three focuses of thiscourse will be balance systems, balancereactions, and fall recovery. During thelecture, you will learn about the sciencebehind these topics. In the lab, you willfeel and practice different strategies torespond to balance disturbances andfall recovery. Tori Stramara is a Doctorof Physical Therapy and trained yogateacher. Throughout her clinical practice,she has specialized in neurologicalconditions including Parkinson’s disease,brain injury, and stroke. Limit 20BTE1550 Understanding Low Back PainJune 24, 9:30-10:30 a.m., HC110, IPThis event is designed to educate nonmedical participants in basic anatomyof the low back and pelvis. Join Dr.Alex Volfson, physical therapist, as healso helps you understand commontreatment methods and preventionstrategies. Limit 90BTE1506 Giverny and AmericanImpressionism: Columbia Museumof ArtBTE1137 My Weaving Life So FarJune 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., IPJune 24, 1-2 p.m., HC111, HJoin Martha Severens, guest curator forthis exhibition and Greenville CountyMuseum of Art retiree, for a gallerytalk at the exhibition “In the Shadowof Monet: Giverny and AmericanImpressionism.” The exhibition, at theColumbia Museum of Art in Columbia,features artists who visited the smallFrench town of Giverny between 1886and 1920. Over fifty paintings, includingone by Claude Monet, illustrate thelandscape and seasons, as well as thehaystacks for which Giverny is famous.Following the tour, a visit to thepermanent collection, which includesold master paintings and a survey ofAmerican art, is strongly recommended.Distance from Furman: 109 miles. Fees: 8 admission, 15 to driver of carpooland lunch on your own. Limit 22This event will be a presentation of alighthearted story of Alice Schlein’sdevelopment as a self-taught weaverand author. She will show many slides ofher work and stories

Composition for Beginners Tuesday, 10 a.m.-noon, Herring Center, Computer Lab (HC104), IP This course is designed for beginners who want to learn the art of photography. One session will be devoted to composition. One session will be devoted to learning all the settings of the camera. One session will be a field excursion to practice.