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administrators to facilitate discussion on a variety of topics related to the creation and management of OLLI institutes nationwide.
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Posted on November 13th, 2009 by Anne Cardale, OLLI National Resource Center
Sarah Benton, OLLI at Penn State Asks OLLI:
If you partner with your Alumni Association, can you tell me all the ways in which you partner? Do you offer an OLLI/Alumni co-membership? If some of your OLLIs didn’t graduate from your host university, will your Alumni Association recognize them as alums and allow them to join the Alumni Association because they are OLLI students?
Posted in Uncategorized, Management, Community, Partnerships | No Comments »
Posted on November 12th, 2009 by Anne Cardale, OLLI National Resource Center
Sarah Schutt, OLLI at UW-Madison Asks OLLI:
If your institution has a retired fac/staff group, does any OLLI out there have a formal relationship with their institution’s retired fac/staff group? What is the nature of that relationship?
Does your OLLI provide any special services or adminstrative functions on behalf of the campus to support that retired fac/staff group, such as Web site, marketing? If yes, what administrative, political, etc. concerns have you faced in doing so?
Does your OLLI cooperate with a retired fac/staff body in a formal, programmatic (rather than individual basis) way to solicit volunteers, teachers, discussion leaders, etc.?
Posted in Membership, Community, Marketing | No Comments »
Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Anne Cardale, OLLI National Resource Center
Patricia Berlowe, OLLI at Yavapai College Asks OLLI:
Yavapai College’s Prescott Campus OLLI is looking into the possibility of setting up a ride-sharing program to assist non-mobile OLLI members to attend classes. Please let us know if you have set up such a system, are considering one, have tried one and closed it down, and if you would be willing to share your learnings. Also, please advise if you have identified any software that could support a matching process.
Posted in Travel, Management, Membership, Community | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Anne Cardale, OLLI National Resource Center
Jacqueline Gratz, OLLI at Towson University Asks OLLI:
Do your OLLI students receive official student ID cards from your university that can be used for reduced entrance fees at various events, both within and outside the university. If so, what is the procedure whereby they procure the cards?
Do you offer evening courses? If so, how many, which evenings, and what time? Are they well attended? Have they been as successful as your daytime courses?
Posted in Membership, Community | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Julia Ridge, OLLI National Resource Center
Kathy Sangster, OLLI at University of Texas Austin, asks OLLI:
We are interested in Olli programs experience with developing community engagement/service opportunities for members.
Posted in Management, Community | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Julia Ridge, OLLI National Resource Center
Terry Aaronson, OLLI at Florida State University, asks OLLI:
For OLLI’s offering classes at retirement communities whose participants only takes classes and
do not take part in any other activities, how do you set membership fees?
Posted in Management, Curriculum, Community | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 17th, 2009 by Julia Ridge, OLLI National Resource Center
Maya Sutton, OLLI at University of Mexico, asks OLLI:
Which social networks do other OLLIs use and with what results? Which one would you recommend?
Posted in Management, Community | No Comments »
Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by Julia Ridge, OLLI National Resource Center
Michael Smith, OLLI at University of Kentucky Lexington, asks OLLI:
What have other OLLIs done to get appropriate public relations or to celebrate special announcements regarding their OLLI?
Posted in Management, Community | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 20th, 2009 by Julia Ridge, OLLI National Resource Center
Barbara Hochberg, OLLI at Berkshire Community College, asks OLLI:
OLLI at BCC is exploring the development of a program to provide mentoring services and career advice for interested students who might benefit from a well organized program that would provide information about various careers, ongoing educational directions to pursue and general information OLLI members have accumulated in their work careers. Do other OLLIs have such programs and how succesful have they been?
Posted in Management, Community | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 20th, 2009 by Julia Ridge, OLLI National Resource Center
Brian Chapman, OLLI at UConn, asks OLLI:
We are planning to partner with the AARP by Hosting their AARP Driver Safety Program. Can other OLLI’s comment on how they partner with AARP for this program, i.e. arrangements etc. Also, any other ways that OLLIs partner with AARP in their region?
Posted in Management, Community | 3 Comments »