Winter Break Hours
OLLI Offices:
Tuesday, December 20, 9am-1pm: Osher offices closed for department meeting
Thursday, December 22, noon: Osher officially closes for winter break. Staff will work remotely in the morning.
Tuesday, January 3: Osher offices reopen and resumes regular hours
Panther Central:
Osher has begun informing members about ID renewal. Please note that Panther Central will operate on a holiday schedule from Monday, December 19 through Friday, January 6. Normal 24/7 hours of operation will resume on Saturday, January 7 at 6:30 a.m.
December 19 - 22: Panther Central: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Doors to Litchfield Towers Lobby: Open only until 4:30 p.m.)
December 23 – January 2: Panther Central Closed
January 3 – 6: Panther Central: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Doors to Litchfield Towers Lobby: Open only until 4:30 p.m.)
Remember: Do not go and get a new ID card from Panther Central until you hear from Osher.
Updates to Spring Catalog
Postponed:
Brain and Behavior, Edward Stricker (Spring Session 1 Thursdays 1-2:30 p.m.) It will be rescheduled for later in the year.
Miss Your friends?
Come back to campus with these in-person classes this spring:
Ahab Beckons! “Moby-Dick, or The Whale” - Abby Mendelson
Arthur Miller: Iconic American Dramatist - Anne Faigen
Chips in Today’s World - William Stanchina
Cinderella--The Envied and the Envying - Elizabeth Rodenz
Civil War Soldier - David Albert
Constitutional Rights and the Current U.S. Supreme Court - Tom Allen
Dead Poets and Wonder Boys: Teachers in the Movies - Joseph Harris
Early Pittsburgh - Alan Irvine
Flannery O’Connor: Southern Gothic - Cliff Johnson
Great Low-Budget Small Independent Films - David Shifren
History of Early Photography - Christine Lorenz
History of Ireland - Alan Irvine
History of the Supreme Court - Louise Mayo
Humor and Human Life - Joseph Givvin
Impact of Epidemics on Civilization: From Black Death to COVID - Christine Milcarek
Introduction to Astronomy: The Solar System - David Nero
Irish Culture and Traditions - Marie Young
Music in the Classic Hollywood Western: Listening to Max Steiner - Mariana Whitmer
New Way to Look at Movies - Steven Cherry
Notorious American Crimes from the 18th to the 20th Century - John Burt
Overview of the Quran - Aliya Khan
Pandemerica TV - Megan Kappel
Paul and the First Christians - Rebecca Denova
Pittsburgh in the Gilded Age - Paul Tellers
Pittsburgh's East End: An Architectural History - Robert Jucha
Russia after the Soviet Union: Yeltsin and Putin - Chuck Hier
Spirited Fun Improv - Emily Harris
Why Is this Music Still Alive after Centuries? - Flavio Chamis
Wild Edibles of Early Spring - Melissa Sokulski
Women in the Progressive Era - Joan Gundersen
Work and Labor Organization in Pittsburgh - Charles McCollester
Happy Holidays - Have a Joyous New Year!
Thank you for a fantastic year! Your energy and enthusiasm for learning means everything to us at OLLI at Pitt. We have enjoyed serving all of our members and working with our many instructors.
We look forward to a bright new year full of interesting courses and engaging events. We are eager to see familiar faces back in the classroom and online for our spring courses, and we can't wait to welcome new friends to Osher in 2023.