Osher Lifelong
Learning Institute
Spring 2007 Calendar
What’s Next in Your Life?
TCalifornia State University, Fresno, is designed for
he Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at
adults age 50+ who wish to continue learning and
exploring for the sheer joy of it. Renew your enthusiasm for learning in a relaxed atmosphere, without
entrance requirements, grades or exams.
Funded in part by the Bernard Osher Foundation, the
OLLI is a vibrant learning community offering a rich
array of workshops, short courses, and field trips of
particular interest to retired or semi-retired adults.
OLLI members enjoy these benefits:
• free admission to OLLI events
• free parking on campus during events
• Madden Library privileges
• reduced admission fees at Fresno area museums
• specially-designed travel study opportunities
A design student describes her work on a costume
for the play “Intimate Apparel.”
Two Spring activities are open to the public for an
admission fee of $10 each, payable at the door. Guests
are invited to attend the March 7 presentation,
“CyberKnife: The New Frontier” and the April 11 session
“The End of California,” with author Steve Yarbrough,
MFA. These events will be held in the Satellite Student
Union and OLLI members may attend both these
sessions for free. Due to limited space, all other Spring
2007 events are open ONLY to OLLI members.
We have an exciting schedule of activities that will
challenge, inspire, and motivate you—why not join us
today?
©THE FRESNO BEE, 2006
Members enjoyed a backstage tour of Fresno State’s John
Wright theatre as part of the Page to Stage series.
Political columnist Dan Walters (left)
discussed The Politics of California.
Dr. Michael Caldwell and Fresno State’s Jazz Band A provided
an opportunity to learn more about this musical style.
Spring 2007 Activities
The Reagans Go to Washington
and America is Entertained
An Evening With Theodore Roosevelt, offered in
collaboration with KVPR
Monday, January 8, 5:30 - 7 pm.
This session will be repeated on
Wednesday, January 10, 3 - 4:30 pm
Tuesday, February 13, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Alice Peters Auditorium
Parking in Lot A and UBC Lot
When Ronald Reagan nearly stole the Republican presidential nomination away from President Gerald Ford
in 1976, Americans saw the aging actor and California
governor as a political force to be taken seriously. Four
years later, he became the oldest man ever elected as
President of the United States. With his wife Nancy at his
side as his biggest fan and closest advisor, Ronald Reagan came to Washington claiming his “outsider” status as
a great asset. Promising to reduce big government and
government spending, the Reagan Presidency produced
some surprising results and some very dramatic moments. Through it all, Ronald Reagan became known as
“the great communicator,” and even his greatest political
detractors found it difficult not to like the guy. Join Dr.
Allen Carden, professor of history at Fresno Pacific University who also teaches part-time for Fresno State, in
a revealing and refreshing look at a very human couple
whose triumphs and tragedies were followed and felt by
millions of Americans. (Also available: optional field trip
to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum;
see next column.)
An Inconvenient Truth (film)
Wednesday, January 24, 3 - 5 pm.
This session will be repeated on Wednesday,
February 7, 3 - 5 pm
Alice Peters Auditorium
Parking in Lot A and UBC Lot
The documentary An Inconvenient Truth records a multimedia presentation hosted by former vice president Al
Gore in which he discusses the scientific facts behind
global warming, explains how it has
already begun to affect our environment, talks about the disastrous
consequences if the world’s governments and citizens do not act, and
shares what each individual can do
to help protect the Earth for this and
future generations. Director Davis
Guggenheim eloquently weaves the
science of global warming with Mr.
Gore’s personal history and lifelong
commitment to reversing the effects of global climate
change. This film also serves as an introduction to the
presentation on Global Warming on February 14 with
Dr. Stephen Lewis (see description at right).
Mercedes Edwards Theatre, 902 Fifth Street, Clovis
Activity fee: $22.50
Nationally renowned for his portrayal of the third president Thomas Jefferson, humanities scholar Clay S.
Jenkinson has taken on the life
and character of the twenty-sixth
president Theodore Roosevelt. Jenkinson’s award-winning spontaneous impersonations address all the
issues of Roosevelt’s life, including leadership, conservation, the
strenuous life, the “square deal,”
life in the arena, America’s imperial
role, Capitalism and economic justice, the presidency in the twentieth century, America’s
literary achievement, and government and American
ideals. OLLI members may purchase discounted tickets
for $22.50. 75 discounted tickets available.
Global Warming and Climate Change:
The Scientific Perspective
Wednesday, February 14, 3 – 4:30 pm
Student Recreation Center
Parking in Lot A
The threat of rapid climate change and global warming is now widely recognized as one of the most difficult
challenges facing the world today. This talk will present
the scientific background and data that are the basis for
popular media reporting. Dr. Stephen D. Lewis, Associate
Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, teaches courses on Natural Disasters, Critical Thinking in the Natural Sciences, Geophysics, Global
Tectonics, and Remote Sensing. His research has focused
on the structural and tectonic development of continental margins, mostly in the circum-Pacific region. He has
led more than 25 oceanographic research expeditions to
the Philippines, the South China margin, Taiwan, Alaska,
southern Chile, Barbados, and to offshore California.
Optional Field Trip: Ronald Reagan Presidential
Library and Museum
Wednesday, February 28, 7 am – 9 pm
Activity fee: $80; call for guest information
Join Thomas Holyoke, Ph.D., on a
chartered bus ride to this 100-acre
site perched on a mountaintop with
sweeping views of mountains, valleys,
and the Pacific Ocean. Holyoke is
Assistant Professor of Political Science
and a specialist in interest group
politics, congressional politics, and
education policy. One of the largest
Presidential libraries, the Ronald Reagan Presidential
Library includes more than 55 million pages of personal
and administration documents, over 1.6 million photographs, 20,000 videotapes, 25,000 audio tapes, 670,000
feet of film, and Air Force One. This trip requires a
minimum of 43 participants.
CyberKnife: The New Frontier
Wednesday, March 7, 3 - 4:30 pm
Satellite Student Union
Parking in Lots P & J
Open to the public, $10 admission
at the door; free for OLLI members
Wong
Clague
Gagliardi
The CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery
System is the world’s first and only
radiosurgery system designed to treat
tumors anywhere in the body with submillimeter accuracy. Using image guidance technology and computer controlled robotics, the CyberKnife System
is designed to continuously track, detect and correct for tumor and patient
movement throughout the treatment,
and provides an additional option to
many patients diagnosed with previously inoperable or surgically complex
tumors. Dr. Wong is the lead radiation oncologist and was instrumental
in bringing the CyberKnife program to
Community Regional Medical Center
and California Cancer Center. Dr. Brian
Clague has specialized in Pediatrics for
20 years and Spine Disorders for 15
years and has served as Medical Director of CyberKnife since 2004. Kristine
H. Gagliardi is Vice President of Clinical
Development for Accuray, Inc., developer of the CyberKnife.
The End of California with author Steve Yarbrough
Wednesday, April 11, 5:30 - 7 pm
Satellite Student Union
Parking in Lots P & J
Open to the public, $10 admission at the door;
free for OLLI members
Steve Yarbrough, MFA, is the James
and Coke Hallowell Professor of
Creative Writing in the English
Department at California State
University, Fresno. His newest novel,
“The End of California,” tells the
story of a young man from Loring,
Miss., who goes to Fresno State to
play football and then becomes a
well-known physician before a scandal sends him back to Mississippi. Yarbrough won the
California Book Award from the Commonwealth Club of
California in 2000 and was the John and Renee Grisham
Visiting Southern Writer-in-Residence at the University
of Mississippi in 1999-2000. He was recently appointed
to the National Advisory Board for the B.B. King Museum
and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola.
Also Scheduled for Spring 2007:
University Lecture Series
Senior ticket prices: $6 advance; $8 day of event.
For details call (559) 278-2078. All events held in the
Satellite Student Union. Parking in Lots J, O & P.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 • 7:30 pm
Randy Cohen: “How to Be Good”
Tuesday, February 27 • 7:30 pm
Stephen J. Dubner: “Freakonomics”
Tuesday, March 27 • 7:30 pm
Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket):
“An Evening with Daniel Handler”
MarsQuest Presentation and Outdoor Telescope
Viewing (weather permitting)
College of Arts and Humanities Lecture Series
Admission free; for details call (559) 278-2431.
Wednesday, March 21, 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
This session will be repeated on Wednesday,
March 28, 5:30 - 7:30 pm. Limited seating.
Wednesday, January 31 • 6 – 7 pm
Distinguished Alumnus Speaker Dr. Diana Meehan,
author, documentary producer, co-founder of
Archer School for Girls: “Founding a School, Learning
My Lesson.” Alice Peters Auditorium (University
Business Center).
Downing Planetarium, Fresno State campus
Parking in Lots P & J
Activity fee: $5
Enjoy a narrated showing of MarsQuest with Dr. Steven
White, professor of Physics and Director of the Downing
Planetarium. Following the show, which traces the history
of the planet Mars, there will be an opportunity to star
gaze from an outdoor telescope (weather permitting).
Fresno State’s Downing Planetarium opened in May of
2000 and features a 74-seat star theatre with a 30-foot
dome.
Thursday, February 1 • 7 – 8 pm
Dr. Jennifer Borland, Lecturer in Art History
“Considering Women’s Spaces: Architecture and
the Bodies of Medieval Sheela-na-gigs.” Conley Art,
Lecture Hall.
Thursday, February 8 • 7 – 8 pm
Dr. Ted L. L. Bergman, Assistant Professor of Spanish:
“Singing Thieves and Dancing Pimps: Criminals as
Entertainment in Early Modern Spain.” Alice Peters
Auditorium (University Business Center).
College of Arts and Humanities Lecture Series continued
Thursday, March 8 • 7 – 8 pm
Dr. Melissa Gibson, Associate Professor of Theatre
History: “1979 and All That: The Historiography of
Post-War British Theatre.” Alice Peters Auditorium
(University Business Center)
Thursday, April 12 • 7 – 8 pm
Dr. Shane Moreman, Assistant Professor of
Communication: “The Blur of Mixed-Ethnic Identity:
Focusing on the Politics and Possibilities of
Multiple Selves.” Alice Peters Auditorium (University
Business Center).
Cineculture Film Series
Fridays, 5:15 pm; admission free
Industrial Technology Building, Room 101 and Tower
Theatre (second Friday each month). Includes several
films from the Human Rights Watch Travelling Film
Festival with guest discussants relevant to the topic of
each film. For details contact (559) 278-0248.
If you need special accommodations for parking,
please contact us at (559) 278-0008 or email
osher@info.csufresno.edu.
Keep this calendar for your records!
Date & Time
Location
Event/Activity
Featuring
Monday, January 8
5:30 – 7 pm
University Business Center
(Alice Peters Auditorium)
• 125 seats available for
each session
The Reagans Go to Washington and
America is Entertained
Allen Carden, Ph.D.
University Business Center
(Alice Peters Auditorium)
• 125 seats available for
each session
Film: An Inconvenient Truth
Mercedes Edwards
Theatre, 902 Fifth Street,
Clovis
• 75 discounted tickets
available
An Evening with Mr. Theodore Roosevelt (in collaboration with KVPR).
Wednesday, February 14
3 – 4:30 pm
Student Recreation Center
• 250 seats available
Global Warming and Climate
Change: The Scientific Perspective
Stephen D. Lewis, Ph.D.
Wednesday, March 7,
3 – 4:30 pm
Satellite Student Union
• Open to the public for a
$10 admission fee
CyberKnife: The New Frontier
Brian Clague, M.D.;
Douglas Wong, M.D.;
Kristine Gagliardi
Wednesday, March 21
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Downing Planetarium
• 74 seats available at
each session
MarsQuest presentation and outdoor
telescope viewing (weather permitting).
Steven White, Ph.D.
This session is repeated on
Wednesday, January 10
3 – 4:30 pm
Wednesday, January 24
3 – 5 pm
This session is repeated on
Wednesday, February 7
3 – 5 pm
Tuesday, February 13
6:30 – 8:30 pm
This session is repeated on
Wednesday, March 28
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Clay S. Jenkinson
Activity fee of $22.50 includes discounted admission.
Activity fee of $5 includes
admission to the Planetarium.
Wednesday, April 11
5:30 – 7 pm
Satellite Student Union
• Open to the public for a
$10 admission fee
The End of California
Steve Yarbrough, MFA
OPTIONAL BUS TRIP
Field trip - Simi Valley
• Minimum of 43
participants required; call
for guest information
Ronald Reagan Presidential
Library and Museum
Thomas Holyoke. Ph.D.
Wednesday, February 28
7 am - 9 pm
Activity fee of $80 includes bus
transportation, tour and admission
Coming this Summer! Bonfante Gardens Field Trip • Tour of Pelco manufacturing plant • New Wrinkles dress rehearsal
Stay tuned for details!
Special member-led discussion groups are forming for those interested in Great Books, Music, Current Events, and more.
Let us know which topics you’re interested in and whether you are willing to lead a discussion group. Call the OLLI office
at (559) 278-0008 and leave a message, or email osher@info.csufresno.edu.
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Registration – Spring 2007
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THESE EVENTS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR MEMBERSHIP FEE:
The Reagans Go to Washington • CHOOSE ONE:
An Inconvenient Truth (film) • CHOOSE ONE:
 Mon., 1/8 • 5:30 – 7 pm
 Wed., 1/24 • 3 – 5 pm
OR
OR
 Wed., 1/10 • 3 – 4:30 pm....._______
 Wed., 2/7 • 3 – 5 pm.................. _______
Global Warming and Climate Change • Wed., 2/14 • 3 – 4:30 pm..............................................................................._______
CyberKnife: The New Frontier • Wed., 3/7 • 3 – 4:30 pm ........................................................................................._______
(Free for OLLI members; open to the public for $10 admission fee, payable at the door.)
The End of California with author Steve Yarbrough • Wed., 4/11 • 5:30 – 7 pm ..........................................................._______
(Free for OLLI members; open to the public for $10 admission fee, payable at the door.)
Membership fees per semester: $55/individual or $90/husband and wife* . .................................................. $________ *
_ Since this is a membership fee and not tuition, it cannot be prorated, refunded, or transferred.
THESE EVENTS HAVE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY FEES
If paying by check, please submit a separate check for activity fees.
An Evening With Theodore Roosevelt • Tues., 2/13 • 6:30 – 8:30 pm ______ x $22.50/person................................... $_______
Field Trip to Ronald Reagan Presidential Library • Weds., 2/28 • 7 am – 9 pm ______ x $80/person............................. $_______
MarsQuest Presentation and Outdoor Telescope Viewing (weather permitting)
CHOOSE ONE:
 Wed., 3/21 • 5:30 – 7:30 pm
OR
 Wed., 3/28 • 5:30 – 7:30 pm
______ x $5/person......... $_______
Activity fees (add here and enter total below)................................................................................................. $________
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