Create Your *NEW* OLLI Account
Because we have switched to a new online registration system, everyone -- including previous OLLI members -- needs a new account.
Click here for our new registration site. (If you had the old site bookmarked, please delete that old bookmark!)
How to create an account (instructions with screen shots)
After you create your account, you can purchase a membership by returning to the home page and clicking "Purchase or renew membership." We recommend you look around the site and get familiar with it.
You can browse courses on the site now, but you won't be able to add courses to your cart until August 15. In the meantime, you can review the instructions on how to request & prioritize courses to get a sense of how the new process will work.
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Registration for Fall 2022:
How it will work
UAF-OLLI switched to a new online registration vendor with the goal of ending the extreme computer slow-downs and other problems we had with our previous system.
The new system allows us to return to a lottery to assign high-demand courses. The lottery takes into account the priority you assign to your requests. If demand exceeds the number of seats for a course, the computer will assign those seats by lottery based on your priority rankings. For example: Suppose enrollment in the course is limited to 12. If 15 people list that course as their first choice, only those 15 people will be put into the lottery for the 12 available seats. If only 10 people list it as their first choice, all 10 would automatically get in and a lottery for the two remaining seats would be run from those who listed that course as their 2nd choice.
As usual, OLLI staff and/or volunteers will enter registration requests for members who cannot or prefer not to use the computer to register themselves. Just get your course requests to the office by August 22 at 2:00 pm.
REGISTRATION TIMELINE:
Aug. 15 - 22: Submit registration requests (either online or to OLLI staff)
Aug. 23 & 24: Lotteries run (registration paused)
Aug. 25: Email notification of enrollment and waitlists sent
Aug. 25 onward: Immediate enrollment available for all unfilled seats
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Annual Meeting & Picnic Lunch
Thursday August 11
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Pioneer Park, Wilderness Pavilion
We'll have a brief business meeting to vote on Advisory Board members, plus enjoy a picnic lunch together. Food is provided by OLLI.
**Food was ordered based on RSVPs received by Aug. 4, but you are still welcome to come. You may want to pack your own sandwich in case we don't have enough extra food.
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OLLI is Hiring!
OLLI Program Director Sarah Garland is retiring as of Nov. 1, and current Admin Assistant Cheyenne Martinez will take over as director. We need to hire a new admin assistant. This person will work 40-hour weeks while OLLI classes are in session (two 10-week terms per year) and 20-hour weeks while classes are not in session. The person needs to have strong computer skills, work well with OLLI-age adults, and be able to handle busy times.
We had hoped to have the link to the job description and application to send in this newsletter, but it is still in process. If you know of anyone who would be a good fit for our OLLI, please have them contact the office and we'll share the application link as soon as we have it.
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Name Tags
Sept. 7 & 8
Staff print a list of all members registered for classes that meet in UPark. Volunteers remove unneeded tags from the racks, mark new tags that are needed, and they assemble and put those new tags in the racks.
Parking Permit Station
Week of Sept. 12 - 16
Volunteers will staff a table in the hallway between classes during busy times in the first week of classes to hand out pre-paid parking permits and sell permits (cash and check only).
Class Assistants
for a course in which you are enrolled (so wait to volunteer until you know what you got into!)
In-person courses: Bring attendance sheet from office to classroom and back; remind people to sign in. Help instructor if needed (e.g., go to office to request a fresh whiteboard marker, etc.)
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Guys/Gals Read Presentation
Oct. 10, 12:15 - 1:30
FREE; membership not required
Guys Read Gals Read needs your help! Interest in reading wanes at the 4th grade so GRGR brings adult readers into the 4th grade lunch time to read a graphic novel excerpt to provide a role model and encouragement. It’s a ~20min lunch time commitment. Reading via a zoom recording is also an option. All it takes is a willingness to read and a few minutes at lunch. The presentation on Oct. 10 will discuss more but interested folks could get lined up for school’s start now! Contact Bud Kuenzli at 907-590-1472 for more information. https://guysgalsread.org/
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Lifelong Learning Book Club
The Lifelong Learning Book Club is jointly sponsored by OLLI and the FNSB Public Library. They have recently finalized their 2022-23 Book list for their meetings, and you can find the list HERE.
Starting in September 2022, meetings will change to the fourth Wednesday of each month, still 1:30 - 3:00 pm, in person at Noel Wien Library. ____________________________
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Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday events take place at the BP Design Theater, located in the newly renamed Joseph E. Usibelli building on UAF Campus, located at 1764 Tanana Loop
All lectures will be recorded and posted to the web following the live presentation.
Mondays: "Fairbanks Tall Timbers"
Interviews with Robert Hannon, honoring those who have served the Fairbanks community well.
The last interview was Aug. 8.
Tuesdays: Healthy Living
Aug 16: "Aging in Place in Fairbanks"
Beth Grey, Project Manager
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Wednesdays: Discover Alaska
Aug 10: "From Nanook to Atanarjuat: The Evolution of Recording Culture in the North"
Lenny Kamerling, Professor and Curator of Film Emeritus at the UA Museum of the North
Aug 17: "Portraits"
JR Ancheta, Geophysical Institute, Chief Storyteller
Thursdays: Music In The Garden
Outdoors at the Georgeson Botanical Garden (may be rescheduled to an indoor venue if smoke is heavy; call Summer Sessions at 474-7021 for info.)
Enjoy the "welcome band" 5:30 - 6:30 as you get settled in. The main attraction begins at 7:00 pm.
Accessibility: For more information, or to make an accommodation request at least five days in advance of the event, please contact the UA HR Accessibility Team at ua-ada-accessibility@alaska. edu or by phone at (907) 450-8200.
Aug. 11: The ET Barnette String Band
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