But this Week Is Spring Break!

Campus will be quiet this week with Pitt students on break. This is also OLLI's session break. Except for a few courses that need to meet an additional week, most of our members will have a break from classes.

Here are some important dates and times to remember for this week:

Monday, March 6 - Friday, March 10 - University of Pittsburgh spring break. There will be no audit classes this week.

Wednesday, March 8 - The OLLI Office will be closed for an hour 9-10 a.m. We will not be available in person, by phone, or by email.

Wednesday, March 8, 7-8:30 p.m. - Dr. Barbara Burstin lecture (on Zoom) See below for more information or go to the registration page to learn more about this event.

Friday, March 10 - OLLI Office closed. Staff will not be available in person, by email, or by phone. Normal OLLI office hours resume Monday, March 13.

Session 2 Updates 

Here is a recap of all the changes made to the Spring Session 2 courses.
 

Added

Contemporary Economic Policy Issues, Jon Haveman (Moved to Spring Session 2, Wednesdays 1-2:30 p.m.)

Writing as Resilience, Laurie McMillan (Another section added for Spring Session 2, Thursdays 3-4:30 p.m.)

Date or Time Change

Ahab Beckons!:"Moby-Dick, or The Whale," Abbey Mendelson. (Spring Session 2, Tuesdays 1:15-2:50 p.m.) This course will start a week later on March 21 and will end on April 18.

Zumba Gold, Lisa Sobek, (Spring Session 2, Saturdays 9-10 a.m. instead of 10-11 a.m.)

Canceled

Recently Canceled: Middle Eastern Arabic Music Traditions, Akram Haddad (Spring Session 2, Tuesdays)

Cinderella--The Envied and the Envying, Elizabeth Rodenz (Spring Session 2, Mondays)

Northern Ireland: 1966 to 1994, Tony Novosel (Spring Session 2, Mondays)

Singers/Songwriters of Rock, Part III, Robert Joyce (Spring Session 2, Tuesdays)

Ethiopian History and Folk Wisdom, Meshesha Make Jobo (Spring Session 2, Wednesdays)
 

Zoom Invitations and Classrooms 

Zoom invitations and classroom assignments for each course will be emailed this week. We will also send them out the morning of each first class meeting.