FALL PROGRAMMING
December 3, 2008

OLLI General Meeting Dr. Debbie Shaw, vice president for Alumni Affairs, will be the keynote speaker for the Winter Term 2009 General Meeting scheduled for Monday, Jan. 12, at the Best Western. Dr. Shaw’s topic is “What Might Surprise You About Auburn Alumni.” Coffee time is 9:30 a.m. and the program begins at 10 a.m.

OLLI Winter Fair Everyone is invited to join us for the OLLI Fair on Tuesday, January 13, at the East Alabama Health Resource Center, 2027 Pepperell Parkway, Opelika, from 1 to 3 p.m. Sample two classes: Roaring Twenties by John Tidwell and Writing Our Lives by Cathy Buckhalt.

Art and the Academy: Creating, Teaching, Collecting OLLI members are invited to participate in this special series scheduled for Tuesday, February 3 – March 10 (six weeks) from 4 to 5 p.m. at Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Our rich visual arts culture is the focus of this series of illustrated programs. Each week, guest scholars will examine a different topic, from the history of photography to the building of collections. Several sessions will look at art made in and for institutions of higher learning—with a particular focus on the historically black academy—as well as artists who were trained at those institutions and artists who taught in and shaped the development of those institutions’ art departments. Much of the work to be considered was created during a period when access and resources for African American artists and institutions were severely limited by laws and culture, yet the resulting art plays a defining role in the evolution of American visual culture. A seventh lecture is offered, 2:30-3:30, Feb. 10, "Shot in Alabama: A Brief Photograph History, by Frances Osburn Robb, featuring photographs taken from 1839 to modern times. Art and the Academy is a collaborative effort of Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts, and OLLI at Auburn.

OLLI Holiday Social Thanks to Alice and Ray Chambliss, Social Committee chairs, and their committee for coordinating the 2008 Holiday Social. Happy Holidays to everyone!

OLLI Valentine Social Mark your calendars for the Valentine Social on Thursday, February 12, at Auburn Alumni Center, from 4 to 6 p.m. Details concerning food and drink will be announced in January.

JCSM Excursion to Atlanta’s High Museum of Art
Interested in spending a day at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta? The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art will be hosting an excursion on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 to this world-renowned art museum located in the heart of midtown Atlanta. To reserve a spot on this excursion or with further questions, visit www.jcsm.auburn.edu/high or call Colleen Bourdeau at 334-844-7075 by January 22, 2009. Reserve by December 9 to receive a $5 discount. Visa, MasterCard or check will be accepted. Your all-inclusive ticket will include transportation costs, admission to the High Museum, a guided tour of its collections, lunch at the museum restaurant Table 1280, and snacks. The highlight of the trip will be viewing the High’s current exhibition The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army. This internationally-celebrated collection showcases over 100 works discovered in the underground burial complex of China’s first emperor Qin Shihuangdi. Included in the exhibition is the largest grouping of life-size terracotta warriors who guarded the burial complex the United States has ever seen. This collection is one of the greatest archeological discoveries of the 20th century and is considered the eighth wonder of the world. It is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity not to be missed! The excursion will begin at JCSM, where a charter bus will depart for Atlanta at 8 a.m. Central Time. An hour-long, docent-guided tour of the High Museum’s permanent collections will begin at 11 a.m. Eastern Time and lunch at Table 1280 will be served at noon. After lunch, the group will view The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army exhibition, along with any other exhibition not seen in the morning. The bus will depart Atlanta at 4 p.m. and will arrive in Auburn at 5 p.m. CT.

Vote Counting Study Dr. Juan Gilbert, Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Software Engineering Department and a Center for Governmental Services Fellow at Auburn University where he directs the Human Centered Computing Lab, will be present at the OLLI General Membership meeting to launch a new study on vote counting. OLLI members may sign up for the study at the General Meeting.

Care and Concern Call Helen Brown, 887-6911, Chair of Care & Concern committee, if you know of someone who needs remembering.

Winter Term 2009 Course Schedule Packets, including the course schedule, registration form and course grid, will be mailed to members in mid-December. The course schedule will appear in the Opelika-Auburn News on Sunday, Dec. 28.

On Campus/Around Town: (please feel free to submit notices of events giving us two weeks lead time)