OLLI Extra: A Taste of OLLI Programs from the Great Plains to the Mountain West
| Dates: | July 12-28, 2022 |
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| Meets: | Various |
| Location: | Online |
| Cost: | $0.00 |
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Join six OLLIs from Iowa, Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming to explore a summer session of thought-provoking historical topics and perspectives. Topics include: Native American boarding schools, women who served in WWII, our nation's energy resources, American baseball and pop culture, the history of Mariska Karasz's art, and mapping the Northern Plains. Enjoy your summer beverage of choice and new OLLI neighbors as we delve into these special Zoom offerings in July.
Creating the Plains, a Cartographic Exploration with Michael Mullin, July 12 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Cartographic decisions made by early French and English explorers in the 17th and 18th centuries continue to have ramifications today. By exploring maps from the 17th to late 19th centuries, one can better understand how the Northern Plains gradually emerged as a distinct region in the American patchwork. At the same time, the Northern Plains failed to register as an important part of either the Midwest's or West's Euromerican settlement story.
Sponsored by OLLI at the University of South Dakota
The Art of Mariska Karasz with India Hayford, July 13 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Hungarian-born clothing designer Mariska Karasz believed art belongs in everyday life, not solely in galleries and museums. When a studio fire at the end of World War II destroyed her life's work, she turned her passionate creativity to embroidery. Learn about this remarkable woman and her art. Perhaps you will come away inspired to create your own.
Sponsored by OLLI at Casper College, Wyoming
There's No Crying in Baseball: The American Pastime in Pop Culture with Tom Rooney, July 19 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Baseball has been a part of American culture since the mid-1800s, when the first game was played. Baseball is featured in popular music, movies, Broadway musicals, television shows, books, advertisements, and even some food we eat. This session will explore baseball movies, particularly a couple of fictional films that are based on "some facts."
Sponsored by OLLI at the University of Minnesota
The Changing Environment of Nuclear Energy with Gerald Geise July 21 (9:00-10:30 a.m.)
With today's gasoline prices over $5.00 per gallon and increasing political and environmental concerns over fossil fuel consumption, new nuclear energy plant designs are surfacing. Does nuclear energy have a new and vibrant future? This lecture will explore the past and possible future of nuclear energy.
Sponsored by OLLI at Montana State University
Women Who Serve - The Alphabet Women of WWII: WACs, WAVES, WMCR & SPARS with Mary Lou Nosco July 26 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
In 1942, Congress passed laws allowing women to join as reservists or auxiliaries in every military branch. The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard selected leaders, established training programs, procured uniforms, and recruited women to serve. This lecture will cover the organizations, history, and stories of the women who served in the military during WWII.
Sponsored by OLLI at Iowa State University
U.S. History of Native American Boarding Schools with Pat Pins July 28 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Boarding Schools were set up by the U.S. government and run by religious communities to "Americanize" Native American children. The U.S. government hoped the children would abandon their traditional Indian customs and beliefs and adopt the white man's way of life. We will cover the mistakes and abuses these children and their families endured.
Sponsored by OLLI at Bismarck State University in North Dakota
Creating the Plains, a Cartographic Exploration with Michael Mullin, July 12 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Cartographic decisions made by early French and English explorers in the 17th and 18th centuries continue to have ramifications today. By exploring maps from the 17th to late 19th centuries, one can better understand how the Northern Plains gradually emerged as a distinct region in the American patchwork. At the same time, the Northern Plains failed to register as an important part of either the Midwest's or West's Euromerican settlement story.
Sponsored by OLLI at the University of South Dakota
The Art of Mariska Karasz with India Hayford, July 13 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Hungarian-born clothing designer Mariska Karasz believed art belongs in everyday life, not solely in galleries and museums. When a studio fire at the end of World War II destroyed her life's work, she turned her passionate creativity to embroidery. Learn about this remarkable woman and her art. Perhaps you will come away inspired to create your own.
Sponsored by OLLI at Casper College, Wyoming
There's No Crying in Baseball: The American Pastime in Pop Culture with Tom Rooney, July 19 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Baseball has been a part of American culture since the mid-1800s, when the first game was played. Baseball is featured in popular music, movies, Broadway musicals, television shows, books, advertisements, and even some food we eat. This session will explore baseball movies, particularly a couple of fictional films that are based on "some facts."
Sponsored by OLLI at the University of Minnesota
The Changing Environment of Nuclear Energy with Gerald Geise July 21 (9:00-10:30 a.m.)
With today's gasoline prices over $5.00 per gallon and increasing political and environmental concerns over fossil fuel consumption, new nuclear energy plant designs are surfacing. Does nuclear energy have a new and vibrant future? This lecture will explore the past and possible future of nuclear energy.
Sponsored by OLLI at Montana State University
Women Who Serve - The Alphabet Women of WWII: WACs, WAVES, WMCR & SPARS with Mary Lou Nosco July 26 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
In 1942, Congress passed laws allowing women to join as reservists or auxiliaries in every military branch. The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard selected leaders, established training programs, procured uniforms, and recruited women to serve. This lecture will cover the organizations, history, and stories of the women who served in the military during WWII.
Sponsored by OLLI at Iowa State University
U.S. History of Native American Boarding Schools with Pat Pins July 28 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Boarding Schools were set up by the U.S. government and run by religious communities to "Americanize" Native American children. The U.S. government hoped the children would abandon their traditional Indian customs and beliefs and adopt the white man's way of life. We will cover the mistakes and abuses these children and their families endured.
Sponsored by OLLI at Bismarck State University in North Dakota
| Fee: | $0.00 |
Online
This is a real-time (live) online class that meets at the specified day(s)/time(s) listed.We will send you a reminder email with login instructions one business day before the program start date. If there are additional sessions, we will send reminders the morning of those sessions.
Gerald Geise
Gerald Geise is a chemical engineering graduate from Montana State University. He spent 25 years in the nuclear industry with General Electric and United Nuclear in increasingly responsible engineering and management positions. Those include being the operations manager for the Hanford, Washington nuclear reactors producing plutonium for nuclear weapons and president of a United Nuclear division that manufactured nuclear reactors for the U.S. Navy. He has an extensive public speaking background on the risks and benefits of nuclear power - and a 30-year hobby of making candles.India Hayford
Hayford is a museum assistant at the Werner Wildlife Museum at Casper College in Casper, Wyoming, where she coordinates the wildlife study lecture series. In addition, she is a long-time OLLI instructor teaching popular science and historical reenactment classes. Her interests include prairie dogs' social life and language, clothing construction, American history, and perennial gardens. She is also a certified embroidery teacher.Michael Mullin
Ph.D. in American colonial history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His publications cover American Indian, American colonial, and Midwestern history topics. He is currently a professor of history at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, SD.Mary Lou Nosco
B.A. in history and an Ed.D. in educational leadership. She is a retired Army officer who received a direct commission into the Women's Army Corps in 1977. Her interest in women's service began with her dissertation, The Last WACs.Pat Pins
Born and raised in South Dakota. He received his bachelor's degree in Social Science and English from Northern State University in 1970. He taught in the social studies department of Mandan High School for 34 years and coached competitive speech. He is still an assistant speech coach at Washburn High School. Pat is active in the Bismarck-Mandan retired teachers association and was elected to the North Dakota Speech & Theatre Association's Hall of Fame in 2000. He is an Instructor for OLLI at Bismarck State College and is an active member of its advisory council.Tom Rooney
Senior stadium docent at Target Field, a member of OLLI UMN's Curriculum Committee and leader of OLLI UMN Peer Mentor team.| Date | Day | Time | Location |
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| 07/12/2022 | Tuesday | 1 PM to 2:30 PM | Online |
| 07/13/2022 | Wednesday | 1 PM to 2:30 PM | Online |
| 07/19/2022 | Tuesday | 1 PM to 2:30 PM | Online |
| 07/21/2022 | Thursday | 9 AM to 10:30 AM | Online |
| 07/26/2022 | Tuesday | 1 PM to 2:30 PM | Online |
| 07/28/2022 | Thursday | 1 PM to 2:30 PM | Online |