The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute At The University Of North Texas

MEMBER PARTICIPATIONParticipation in OLLI at UNT can mean much more than attending classes and enjoying other activities. It can alsomean volunteering to help plan, direct, advise and grow the program. Every member is encouraged to consider serving asan OLLI at UNT Ambassador, nominating someone for election to the Advisory Council, and joining a Standing Committee.AMBASSADORSSTANDING COMMITTEESCommunications & Marketing CommitteeCurriculum CommitteeMembership, Nominations, & Elections CommitteeOur Ambassadors are volunteers who spread theword about OLLI at UNT at events and groupmeetings in our community. We provideAmbassadors with special training and officialpromotional materials.To learn more about how to get involved, visit olli.unt.edu/volunteer.Introducing the OLLI at UNT PodcastRecently, OLLI at UNT member Susan Supak approached us with an intriguing idea. Based onher experience conducting interviews with visiting speakers at her local library back in New York,she offered to conduct a similar interview series here, featuring some of the faculty, members, andstaff of OLLI at UNT. Needless to say, we loved the idea and the OLLI at UNT podcast was born!Susan SupakWe're excited to share this series of interviews with you. The podcast will premiere during our Winter Break andwill give you a deeper look into the professional and personal lives of OLLI at UNT faculty. In about 20 minutes or less,Susan showcases her talent for bringing out interesting facts about your fellow members, as well as the men andwomen who volunteer to teach our courses. She also gets the latest news about the program from OLLI at UNT staff.If you've ever left a course and wished the conversation didn't have to end, this podcast is for you.LEARN MORE ATolli.unt.edu/podcast7

SHARE YOURKNOWLEDGELET'S GO EXPLORING!Deposit due: January 16, 2019featuring National Parks and Historic TrainsDeposit due: January 25, 2019featuring Boothbay Harbor, MaineDeposit due: April 1, 2019

FALL FLASHBACKIn the fall, we took a bus to Dallas for a private tour of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.After enjoying a delicious buffet served in the foyer, we split into two groups to get a behind-thescenes look at this world renowned venue. Our docents were extremely knowledgeable and weeven got to see some musicians working on their craft. It was an unforgettable experience!Check out our upcoming Spring events on page 15 of this catalog.9

ENROLLMENT INSTRUCTIONSNEW MEMBERSIf you haven't yet joined OLLI at UNT as a member, you can purchase your membership and enroll in courses and events at thesame time on our website: olli.unt.edu/register.If you prefer to register by mail, you should submit a Membership Registration Form (available at olli.unt.edu/register),payment for your membership fees, and an Enrollment Form (also available at olli.unt.edu/register) to the mailing addresslisted on the forms. Want to receive these forms in the mail? Contact olli@unt.edu or 940-369-7293 to submit your request.CURRENT MEMBERSIf you already have an active OLLI at UNT membership, you can enroll in courses and events online using the Member Portal,which is available at olli.unt.edu/members, along with our Member Portal Guide. The Guide is illustrated with photos andincludes step-by-step instructions on how to perform many specific tasks within the portal.Active members can also enroll in courses and events through the mail by submitting and an Enrollment Form (available atolli.unt.edu/register). Want to receive this form by mail? Contact olli@unt.edu or 940-369-7293 to submit your request.ENROLLMENT PERIODYou may purchase an OLLI at UNT membership at any time during the year. Your annual membership will begin on the day ofpurchase and include three consecutive semesters. Pre-enrollment is required for courses and events. Some events may havespecific enrollment deadlines, otherwise we simply ask that you enroll as early as possible, so that we may anticipate thenumber of members in attendance for courses and events.COURSE & EVENT FEESIf you join at the 55 Annual Membership level, a fee of 10 applies to each course in which you enroll. The fee is 10 no matterhow many sessions are included in the course. Fees should be paid when you enroll in the course, either by mail or online. Thestaff at our satellite locations cannot accept any OLLI at UNT payments. Our OLLI After 5:00 and Lunch & Learn lectureseries are complimentary for all members. The price of other events will vary. We offer complimentary events for memberswhenever possible.CANCELLATIONSIf you ever need to cancel your participation in a course or event, please do so by contacting our office at olli@unt.edu or 940369-7293. We may be able to move another member off of the waitlist!10

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The United States is the most severe weatherprone country in the world. Each year, people in thiscountry cope with an average of 10,000 thunderstorms,5,000 floods, 1,200 tornadoes, and two landfallinghurricanes.SKYWARN is a National Weather Service (NWS) program developed in the 1960sthat consists of trained weather spotters who provide reports of severe andhazardous weather to help meteorologists make life-saving warning decisions. In thistraining, you’ll learn about the basics of thunderstorm development, the fundamentalsof storm structure, how to identify potential severe weather features, whatinformation to report, how to report information, and basic severe weather safety.Join us for a special showing of the short film Are WeAlone? at UNT's Sky Theater. This event is free for all OLLIat UNT members. The theater is located in theEnvironmental Science Building on UNT's Denton Campus.The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has been the subject of campfirestories, ancient myths and awe for as long as there have been people. A desire tocomprehend the Universe may well be humanity's oldest shared intellectual experience.Yet only recently have we truly begun to grasp our place in the vast cosmos. To learnabout whether we are alone in this expansive universe, join us for this screening.Join OLLI at UNT for a tour of the International ExoticAnimal Sanctuary in Boyd, TX. The sanctuary inhabitantsinclude bobcats, cougars, lions, tigers and bears among otherspecies. The tours usually last at least an hour and a half to twohours. The overall route measures about 6/10ths of a milewhich is on gravel paths that wind around the habitats.Wear comfortable walking shoes! There are a couple of gradual hills and a severalsets of steps. We will be taking a bus down to Boyd in the morning and will returnhome in the afternoon. The bus will make stops at our Flower Mound Senior Center,Good Samaritan Society - Lake Forest Village, and Robson Ranch Clubhouse locations.Lunch is included.DID YOU KNOW?OLLI at UNT is hosting Great Decisions discussions this semester (see pg. 23 for details).The first "Great Decisions" group was launched in Portland, Oregon in 1954 by RogerMastrude. Based on the so-called "Avon" model of face-to-face, active and informalconversation, participants would read a fact sheet on eight topics before meetings, wherethey aired their respective views and opinions. Foreign Policy Association would tally upopinion ballots and report the results to the Department of State. The program gainedmedia attention, was picked up by local schools, and soon gained national attention.

In recent survey responses, OLLI at UNT members have expressed an interest in discussing current issues andevents in a respectful, open environment. This spring, we will be continuing Hot Topics sessions to provide ourmembers with the opportunity to share their thoughts and ideas on timely subjects, with a staff member serving asa moderator. These events are free to all members. We will host these discussions in multiple locations. Please feelfree to attend the session that is most convenient for you.Friday, March 81:00pm - 2:30pmUNT New College at Frisco:Room 107Thursday, February 212:45pm - 4:15pmRobson Ranch Clubhouse:BallroomMonday, March 1811:45am - 1:15pmUNT Denton Campus:OLLI at UNT ClassroomWednesday, March 2711:45am - 1:15pmUNT Denton Campus:OLLI at UNT ClassroomWednesday,February 27The UNT Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) isadministered by a committee of faculty, staff, andstudents. The series brings noted speakers to campuseach year, providing the UNT community withdifferent perspectives and topics of thought.The DLS makes discounted tickets available to OLLI atUNT members. We will notify members once ticketsbecome available for the following lectures.Thursday, March 211:00pm - 2:30pmRobson Ranch Clubhouse:BallroomTamika D. Mallory is an activist,the founder of Mallory Consulting,and the national co-chair for theWomen’s March. She is an advocatefor stronger gun restrictions, equalrights for women, health care, andethical police conduct.Don Lemon anchors CNN Tonightwith Don Lemon during weekdayprime-time and serves as acorrespondent across CNN/U.S.programming.Thursday,March 21

Don't feel like bringing your lunch from home? Consider headingover to the Robson Ranch Wildhorse Grill before these lectures tograb a meal to go! OLLI at UNT members receive a 10% discount.LECTURE SERIESBring your own lunch into the Robson Ranch Clubhouse andenjoy a lecture from 11:45 am - 12:45 pm.Featuring faculty from:This lecture will be interactive. I intend to be the guide on theside, not the sage on the stage. We will listen to a radio story aboutan incident that occurred at a movie theatre in Oakland, Californiaon MLK day. The story is a detailed look at how children's behaviorgets mischaracterized because the children are Black, andtherefore, already racialized. I will define racialization very brieflybefore the radio show. After we listen I will coordinate a discussionof what the show revealed and maybe what it can teach us.DR. BEVERLY (“BEV”) DAVENPORT is PrincipalLecturer and Director of UndergraduatePrograms for the Anthropology Department. Herresearch focuses in the anthropology and socialepidemiology of chronic disease in the US, witha special interest in race and class asdeterminants of health disparities.There has been an increase in the national awareness anddiscussion of food insecurity and hunger on U.S. college campusesin the past few years. Evidence that universities are payingattention to the issue of food insecurity among students comesfrom the increasing number of campus food pantries. The Collegeand University Food Bank Alliance reports a growth from onecampus food pantry in 2007 to 641 in mid-2018. This talk highlightsthe meaning and experience of food insecurity, stigma and shame,physical and mental health, academic success and motivation,coping strategies, and potential solutions to decrease foodinsecurity among students.DR. LISA HENRY is Professor of Anthropologyat UNT. As an applied medical anthropologist,her research interests include food insecurity,globalization and health, indigenous healingsystems, biomedicine and healthcare delivery,and anthropology in public health.The last 20 years have seen a dramatic rise in clinical,scholarly, and popular interest in the relationships between sleepand health. The Anthropology of Sleep can offer insights into thesocial and cultural aspects of sleep and health, particularly intothe manifestations and treatment of sleep disorders likeinsomnia, sleep apnea, and sleep paralysis, and the myriad ofsleep concerns that evolve across the life-cycle, from infancy andchildhood to adolescence and older age.DR. DOUG HENRY is a Medical Anthropologistand Associate Professor at UNT. He isparticularly interested in clinical behavior andpublic health, in both Africa and the U.S.After three years researching suburban residents’ beliefs andbehaviors concerning the urban water cycle, Dr. Johnson and herstudent research teams discovered that the “cost” of conservingwater can differ greatly from one household to the next. Herpresentation will put these different perspectives into conversationin order to highlight challenges of securing water for the nextgeneration of North Texans.DR. JAMIE K. JOHNSON is an urbananthropologist and a full-time lecturer at UNT.Her recent projects in urban ecology examineresidential perceptions of the water-energynexus, and are informed by a four-field approachto the human experience.

LECTURE SERIESComplimentary wine and cheese is provided for these lecturesin the Robson Ranch Clubhouse from 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm.While the esports industry has been going for years, thecompetitive gaming industry is starting to make its way into moremainstream popularity. College and high school campuses arestarting to legitimize student talent and support them while theyachieve their academic goals. This causing a chain reaction ofcolleges to pick up and research programs, and forcing the NCAAto assess their policy and support for college students whocompete for their university through esports.DYLAN WRAY received his BA in MediaCommunications at Colorado State University,and then his MS in Audio Engineering for VideoGames at the University of Colorado Denver.He's now developing UNT's collegiate esportsprogram, which supports several competitiveteams and provides students practicalknowledge about the esports industry.After surviving a close brush with death, about one in five peoplereport having had a near-death experience. (NDE): a typically veryreal experience of their consciousness functioning apart from theirphysical body, perceiving the material world and/or transmaterialentities and domains such as deceased loved ones. Theseexperiences provoke questions about the nature of consciousnessand its survival of physical death. In this presentation, Dr. Holdenwill summarize over 40 years of research on this phenomenon andits implications for an understanding of consciousness.DR. JANICE MINER HOLDEN completed herEdD in 1988 and is currently a professor ofCounseling at UNT. Jan’s primary research focushas been counseling implications of NDEs, afterdeath communication, and other transpersonalexperiences—those that transcend the usualpersonal limits of space, time, and/or identity.Members will learn what a proper estate plan looks like topromote the legacy that they want to leave. There will be a smallpanel format that will talk about estate planning to take care ofyourself, spouse, loved ones and charities. Instruction will includedifferent tools that can be used to protect and grow assets, and howto get the biggest impact for money left to charity.MR. ROY GRISHAM is a graduate of the UNTCollege of Business and is currently ExecutiveDirector of Estate and Planned Giving for UNT'sDivision of Advancement. Mr. Grisham also had asuccessful career in insurance, risk management,finance and international businessMR. RAY CROFF is CEO and President of MobiusFinancial Advisors. Ray is a Certified Exit PlanningAdvisor and specializes working with businessowners is assisting them to prepare for the mostsignificant event in their working years, theeventual sale of their business.MRS. LEIGH HILTON has helped over 6,000families protect the assets that they leave to lovedones from divorce, creditors, lawsuits andpredators. She has also helped over 350 implementthe plans that she has prepared after the death of aloved one and helped over 1,200 families implementthe plans prepared by other attorneys.In 1951, I began work as a recording engineer in a Bostonrecording studio. In my three years there, I had many memorableexperiences. There are three, however, which are the mostmemorable. In 1952, I recorded the radio commercials for John F.Kennedy as he competed for the Senate seat in Massachusetts againstthe incumbent, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. I have none of thoserecordings, but I do have lots of recollections! We also recordedrehearsals of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for NBC Radio Networkbroadcasts. The recordings I have feature the BSO’s Music Director,Charles Munch as he prepares the orchestra for its weekend concerts.And then there’s the recording I made of a young Harvard Universityteaching fellow in mathematics, Tom Lehrer. It was this recordingwhich helped propel him into a national career as an entertainer.ED GLICK, PhD is an Emeritus Faculty member inthe UNT Department of Media Arts. He hasproduced radio and television programs broadcaston commercial and non-commercial stationsthroughout the United States. He is a formerDirector of the Broadcast Education Associationand was named “Educator of the Year” in 2010 bythe Texas Association of Broadcasters.

(CONTINUED)In November 2018, the Day Trippers Special InterestGroup carpooled to the Blue Ostrich winery in St. Jofor a tour, wine tasting, and stargazing!Hear from President Smatresk about the progress anddirection of the University of North Texas in 2019 and beyond.PRESIDENT NEAL J. SMATRESK(pronounced SMAH tresk) joined UNT in 2014with a vision for leading the University ofNorth Texas to national prominence as thelargest, most comprehensive universitydedicated to meeting the needs of thedynamic North Texas region.Since his arrival, UNT has been named a Tier One researchuniversity by the Carnegie Classification, grown in enrollmentto serve more than 38,000 students including 76 National MeritScholars — up from a class of four — and seen 72 of its 227academic programs ranked among the nation's Top 100.After a look at theories of criminal degeneration anddepictions of cold-blooded murder in literature and popularculture last fall, here is a sequel for those who cannot getenough of such gruesome tales. The exploits of notorious killershave been fictionalized in films like Silence of the Lambs, CopyCat, Seven, and Scream and TV series like Millennium andDexter, but the cinematic and real life-predecessors of thistrend can be traced all the way back to Germany in the late1920s. You will be able to enjoy this lecture even if you did notattend Dr. Waltje's course in the Fall.DR. JÖRG WALTJE was born and raised inGermany. Currently, he is the ExecutiveDirector of the Center for Faculty Excellenceat Texas Woman’s University. He holds aPh.D. in comparative literature from theUniversity of

day earning the designation of an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Thanks to the generosity of the Bernard Osher Foundation, which seeks to improve quality of life through support for higher education and the arts, our program joined a network of 122 Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes across the United States in 2016.