Community Events Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WVU

OLLI Fall Open Houses

Learn how you can stay engaged and connected this fall with OLLI classes. Hear from instructors and meet other OLLI members.

Virtual Open House: Tuesday, September 19, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Morgantown: Wednesday, September 20, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Mountaineer Mall
Kanawha Valley: Saturday, September 23, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Schoenbaum Center

Irving Goodman Aging Lecture 2023
Strengthening Families Through Our Differences

OLLI at WVU is pleased to announce that Dr. Christy Kunkle will deliver the 2023 Irving Goodman Aging Lecture, Strengthening Families Through Our Differences, exploring the dynamics of family communications. The lecture will be held on Wednesday, September 20, at 1:00 p.m. in person at the Mountaineer Mall in Morgantown and on Zoom. It is free and open to the public.

Wednesday, September 20, at 1:00 PM
Zoom & Mountaineer Mall in Morgantown

More information at https://olliatwvu.wpcomstaging.com/archives/9995

Fashioned Bodies: The Material Consequences of Getting Dressed

The WVU Committee of Retired Faculty and OLLI at WVU will present Fashioned Bodies: The Material Consequences of Getting Dressed with Katie Baker Jones.
This presentation is free and open to the public.

Wednesday, October 4 at 2:30 PM on Zoom only.

To register for the Zoom link, please visit https://olliatwvu.wufoo.com/forms/fashioned-bodies-the-material-consequences-of-get/

T’ai Chi Classes

Hosted by OLLI at WVU and The Shack Neighborhood House

Introduction: Saturdays, October 7 - December 16, 10:00-10:50 AM
Intermediate: Saturdays, October 7 - December 16, 11:00-11:50 AM

History Alive: Gabriel Arthur

OLLI will host a History Alive presentation featuring Doug Wood as Gabriel Arthur. Arthur is believed to be the first white man to see the Kanawha Valley while traveling with a band of Indians in 1674. He was sent with a partner and others from Fort Henry (present Petersburg, Virginia) to explore western lands and trade with the Indians. His partner was killed and Arthur traveled widely with the natives, apparently participating in raids in the Ohio Valley and elsewhere. During this time, he followed the Big Coal River to its mouth at the Kanawha River. Arthur and the southern Indians with whom he traveled were welcomed at the large Moneton Indian village at present St. Albans before returning to Fort Henry with a load of furs.

This presentation is free and open to the public.

Monday, October 9, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Schoenbaum Center, 1701 5th Ave, Charleston

History Alive is a program of the West Virginia Humanities Council.

Suicide Prevention Presentation

The WVU Committee of Retired Faculty and OLLI at WVU will host a presentation by Dr. Jon LaPlante about suicide prevention.

Dr. LaPlante is a recently retired radiologist with Radiological Physician Associates (RPA). He joined the group in 1994.
Dr. LaPlante was born and raised in Morgantown, WV, attending high school at Saint Francis. He attended West Virginia University from 1981-1985, enrolling and graduating in Mechanical Engineering. Jon worked briefly at Exxon USA as a Project Engineer in the Texas refinery before entering medical school. Upon completion, he trained at Allegheny General Hospital in Diagnostic Radiology before joining RPA, at which he served on the Executive Board from 2001-2018.

This presentation is free and open to the public.

Wednesday, November 8, at 2:30 PM on Zoom only.

To register for the Zoom link, please register at https://olliatwvu.wufoo.com/forms/suicide-prevention-dr-john-laplante/

History Alive: Charles Schulz

The WVU Committee of Retired Faculty and OLLI at WVU will host a History Alive presentation featuring James Froemel as cartoonist Charles Schulz.

A veteran of World War II, Charles Schulz was a cartoonist best known as the creator of the Peanuts comic strip that featured Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and all the rest of the gang. Schulz’s first Peanuts strip was published in 1950 in seven newspapers. At the time of his death in 2000, the strip was appearing in 2,600 papers around the world. Schulz recognized that comics were not just a medium for children. His ability to connect with people through a four-panel strip using dry humor, sarcasm, wit, and melancholy resulted in an ongoing daily narrative that lasted nearly 50 years. The popularity of his characters worldwide put them in demand for television specials, merchandise, movies, books, theatrical productions, and commercials, with NASA spacecraft named in their honor.

This virtual presentation is free and open to the public.

Wednesday, December 6, at 2:30 PM on Zoom only.

To register for the Zoom link, please register at https://olliatwvu.wufoo.com/forms/history-alive-charles-schulz/

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