Notes from the December 19 Update - This Week's Office Hours and More!

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.