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FALL 2018 [catalog]

L119 – Richard Wagner’s Medievalism: The Stories Behind the Music
Instructor: Amelia Rutledge
1703-413-exile_uisliu-deirdre[PDF]
1801-401-deems_taylor_the_monster[PDF]
1801-401-fafnir-sigrdrifa[PDF]
1801-401-mkirschen-ring_genealogy[PDF]
1801-401-nibelungenlied-siegfrieds-fate[PDF]
1801-401-synopses-nibelung-volsung[PDF]
1801-401-voluspa-ragnarok[PDF]
1801-401-wagner-tristan-love_duet[PDF]

F303 – The Lincoln Assassination: Facts, Ficion, and Frankly Craziness
Instructor: Jim Dunphy
Class 1: Assassination [PPTX][PDF]
Class 2: Dramatis personae [PPTX][PDF]
Class 3: Lincoln Assassination Conspiracies [PPTX][PDF]
Class 4: The Lincoln Assassination in Culture [PPTX][PDF]
Annotated Bibliography of the Lincoln Assassination [PDF]

R314 – The Internment of Japanese-Americans During World War II (4391) [PDF]
Instructor:  Robert Finkelstein

R315 Issues and Politics in the Civil War
Instructor:  Robert Finkelstein
Lesson 1 – The Civil War [PDF]

L322 History of Unions
Class 1: Origins  [PPTX][PDF]
Class 2: 1900-1945  [PPTX][PDF
Class 3: Public Sector Unions  [PPTX][PDF]
Class 4: World War II to the Present  [PPTX][PDF]
Union Bibliography   [PDF]

F804 Cardiac Issue: Atrial fibrillation, Pacemakers, Stents, and Rehab
Instructor:  Stuart E. Sheifer, MD Virginia Heart  [PPT]

L813 – Federal Law of Electronic Surveillance for Criminal Investigations
Instructor: Wes Clark
Osher ELSUR slides – 2018 – 3 B&W to a pg [PDF]

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Archived documents by curriculum area

Links to archived video recordings

Fall 2013 – 980/981 – Emotions in History – Instructor: Peter N. Stearns  [VIDEO]
Summer 2013 – F801/L811 – “Nana” Technology – Instructor: Andrew Carle [VIDEO]
F802, L812, F813 – Successful Aging Versus Realistic Aging – Instructor: Thomas Prohaska [VIDEO]

Clubs and activities

• Bridge Club – Web page
• Cooks – Recipes: Breakfast Special – Jan 10, 2012  Web page
• Financial Roundtable (Reston – Loudoun) – Web page
• Genealogy Club
  • 2008 Ontario Genealogical Society Conference – Wired Genealogy Presentationby Don Ferrett, Sep 17, 2008
  • What’s in the Paper – Don Ferrett, April 2009 [PPT] 11MB [PDF] 3MB 
• History Club – Web page
  Newsletter – May 2016 [DOC] [PDF]
  Book reviews – 2016-2015   2014 2013  2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
  Nouvelle France II – Don Ferrett – Oct 2, 2008 – [PPT]
  The Ghost Map – Bob Bohall – Nov 4, 2009 [PPT] [PDF]  Maritime Pirates – Ben Gold – October 3, 2012 [PPTX]
• Investment Forum (Tallwood) – Web site
  
• PC User Group (OPCUG) – Web site
• Poet’s Corner – Web page
• Photography Club – Web site Videography – Presentation by Rod Zumbro, Dec 17, 2009 
• Walking Group – Web page

Forms and other documents

• • Class Liaisons
    • Liaison Guidelines for OLLI Member Instructors [DOCX]
    • Liaison Guidelines for Non Instructors [DOCX]
    • Seven Secrets of Great Liaisons plus OLLI Etiquette [DOCX]
  • Forms
• • Club Guidelines and Form [DOCX] 
  • Outreach Letter for Members’ HOAs [DOC]
  • Committee Report Form 2016 [Link]
  • Add Drop Form 2015 [PDF]
  • Volunteer Party Request Form [DOCX]
  • Program Information Form [PDF]
  • Monthly Installment Plan Application
    & Agreement [PDF] 
    
  • Financial Assistance Application [DOC] [PDF] 
    (See Board Handbook for details.)
    
  • University Privileges [PDF]   
    • Instructions – How to obtain a G
      number and photo ID [PDF] 
    • Application for G number and photo ID [PDF] 
• Check Request form [Excel] [PDF] 
• Course Feedback Form [DOCX] [PDF] March 17, 2014)
• Reimbursement Request form [Excel] [PDF]
• Special Event Information Sheet (online form) [Link]
• Member Handbook 2017 [PDF]
• Auditing a Course At George Mason [PPTX] [PDF]
• Ad-Hoc Wait List Work Group Report-2013 [PDF]
• President Emeritus Alan Merten’s presentation to OLLI on May 8, 2013. Click here.
• A Teacher’s Manual, by Debbie Halverson [PDF] 
  (Updated and revised by OLLI member Doris Bloch, with assistance from Alice Slayton Clark, Susan Todenhofer, and Kathryn Russell)
  Instructor Information Brochure – Fall 2018 [PDF] 
• Guidelines for Catalog Course Descriptions [DOCX]
• Microphone Use Policy [Word]
• Catalog and Registration Dates [PDF]
• The Quest for Faculty: Many Roads to Success [PPTX] [PDF]
  • Presentation to OLLI National Conference, April 14, 2011
• OLLI 2010 – Emmett Fenlon [PPT] [PDF]   
• The Tallwood Story [PDF]
  
• The History of Music at OLLI/LRI by Palmer McGrew, OLLI Historian [Word] [PDF]
• OLLI Phone Directory [Calling Tallwood]
• A/V Support Committee (Tom Swift Squad
  • AV System References
  • Loudoun video teleconferencing proposal
    (2012) [PDF]
• Communications Committee SOP [Word] [PDF] (revised 2013 )
  
  • Proofing the Catalog, by Mary Jane Steele [Word] [PDF]
• Friends of OLLI
  
  • Alternative Methods of Contributing to FOLLI [PDF] 
• Helping Mason Veterans Bridge the Gaps [PDF]
• How to Stop Annoying Robocalls [PDF] 
• 2016 Annual Meeting and Election Instructions for classrooms [DOCX] [PDF] 
• 2016 Town Meeting – Nov 4 –  Ray Beery [PDF]  Jennifer Disano [PDF]
• Loudoun News –2017 Nov [DOCX]  2018 Winter [DOCX]    2018 Feb [DOCX] 
  

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