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OLLI Travel Study Programs

 

Treasures of Angkor Wat and Vietnam, a Smithsonian Journey

November 6 - 21, 2009

Print version (PDF) here

London's Theatre Scene

June 5 - 13, 2010

Print version (PDF) here

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For details, email travelstudy@csufresno.edu

or call 559-278-0423

 

 

 

 

 

Support for OLLI

Victor Davis Hanson

Dr. Victor Davis Hanson lectures at an event

Activities - Fall 2009

The Fall Calendar is now available. Contact us to receive a printed version via U.S. Mail.

Click here to download a Print Version (pdf).

General Sessions
Date & Time Location Event/Activity Featuring
Thursday, August 13, 3:30-5:00 pm Satellite Student Union Bringing Mother Goose to California Doug Hansen, M.A.
Wednesday, September 23, 3:30-5:00 pm Satellite Student Union A Story of Ansel Adams Michael Adams, M.D.
Tuesday, October 6, 3:30-5:00 pm Satellite Student Union The Seduction of a Past That Never Was...and Always Will Be Lisa Weston, Ph.D.
Thursday, October 22, 3:30-5:00 pm Satellite Student Union Night Moves Burleigh Lockwood
Wednesday, November 18, 3:00-5:00 pm Satellite Student Union Trying Memoir: Dilemmas and Digressions in Contemporary Creative Nonfiction Steven Church, M.F.A.
Monday, December 7, 3:30-5:00 pm Satellite Student Union The Historical Rise and Decline of the Volga-Germans Larry Metzler

Short Courses
Date & Time Location Event/Activity Featuring
Tuesdays & Thursdays, August 18, 20, 25 & 27, 3:30-5:00 pm Alice Peters Auditorium Evolution and Creationism Scott Hatfield
Thursday, September 3, 3:30-5:00 pm Alice Peters Auditorium Pop Culture, Social Inequities and HAIRSPRAY Bradley Hufft
Tuesday, September 8, 3:30-5:00 pm (sold out) Alice Peters Auditorium Aging and Memory: It Isn't as Bad as You Think Matthew Sharps, Ph.D.
Thursdays, September 10, 17 & October 1, 3:30-5:00 pm to be announced The Grand Tour: A Musical Tour of Renaissance Italy John Karr, Ph.D.
Tuesdays, September 15 & 22, 3:00-5:30 pm (please note date & time change) Alice Peters Auditorium Technology, or You've Come a Long Way... Tamyra Pierce, Ph.D.
Thursday, September 24, 3:30-5:00 pm Alice Peters Auditorium Making It On Broadway: A Performer's Perspective Kim Morin, M.F.A.
Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21 & 28, 10:30 am-12:00 noon Peters Building, Room 194 My Name is Aram (book discussion group) DeWayne Rail
Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21 & 28, 3:30-5:00 pm (cancelled) Peters Building, Room 194 My Name is Aram (book discussion group) DeWayne Rail
Thursday, October 8, 3:30-5:00 pm Alice Peters Auditorium Acting the Song: Female Impersonation J. Daniel Herring, M.F.A.
Tuesdays, October 20, 27, November 3 & 10, 11:00 am-12:30 pm Alice Peters Auditorium Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths Allen Carden, Ph.D.
Tuesdays, October 20 & 27, 1:00-2:30 pm (sold out) Peters Building, Room 194 The Taste That Launched 1,000 Ships Suzanne Aldrich
Tuesdays, October 20 & 27, 3:30-5:00 pm (sold out) Peters Building, Room 194 The Taste That Launched 1,000 Ships Suzanne Aldrich
Tuesdays, November 3, 10, 17 & 24, 3:30-5:00 pm
(sold out)
Peters Building, Room 194 Museums of the World James Ruston
Thursdays, November 5 & 12, 10:00-11:30 am (sold out) Peters Building, Room 194 Near Death Experiences Lynn Storey
Thursdays, November 9 & 16, 3:30-5:00 pm Alice Peters Auditorium Come Rain or Come Shine Sean Boyd
Thursday, November 12, 3:30-5:00 pm Alice Peters Auditorium Historic Bay Area Gardens of Thomas Church Robert Boro
Thursdays, November 19, December 3 & 10, 3:30-5:00 pm Alice Peters Auditorium What is Happening to Our Ecosystems? Burleigh Lockwood
Tuesday, December 1, 3:30-5:00 pm Alice Peters Auditorium An Examination of the Current Economic Conditions Antonio Avalos, Ph.D.

Field Trips
Date & Time Location Event/Activity Featuring
Friday, September 11, 3:00-5:00 pm (sold out) Fresno State Campus Farm Tour and Wine Tasting Agricultural Operations Staff
Friday,
October 2, 3:00-5:00 pm (sold out)
Fresno State Campus Farm Tour and Wine Tasting Agricultural Operations Staff
Friday, September 25, 9:00 am-2:00 pm (cancelled) Fresno area Energy, Warmth and Imprint of Clay and Metal Stan Bitters
Sunday, October 11, 2:00 pm Roger Rocka's Dinner Theatre HAIRSPRAY matinee performance  
Wednesday, November 11, 8:00 am-6:00 pm Paso Robles Paso Robles Winery Tour Larry Howey
Wednesday, December 2, 10:30 am-12:00 noon (sold out) Kliszewski Glass Studio A Close-Up View of Glass Blowing Bob Kliss
June 5-13, 2010 London's Theatre Scene travel study program C. Tim Quinn

 

To see past activities:

Our Summer, 2009 calendar (PDF) is linked here.

Our Spring, 2009 calendar (PDF) is linked here.

Our Fall, 2008 calendar (PDF) is linked here.

 

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