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Director's letter
Dear colleagues,
The heat of mid-July is upon us as I begin this traditional chat with you. I have just spent about an hour reading through content for this 2009 fall catalog—perhaps seeing it in perspective for the first time. It would be difficult to imagine your not being able to find at least one course that commands your interest. I hope that you will not be shy about dialing the magic number—573-882-4349—that connects you with the MU Conference Office to register for a few of our fall offerings.
As I read through the courses, I felt a great sense of gratitude and humility thinking about the impressive knowledge and talents of our faculty—fine every semester but a knockout this time around. All of their efforts are unselfishly motivated. “It’s time for me to give back,” one superb new instructor told me. Theirs are gifts to keep us informed, vital, involved in our time even after our major roles in life have quieted to, in a sense, a “keep on keeping on” pace—nurturing what we have sown and harvesting a bit of fulfillment. Somewhat wistful, perhaps, but not at all passive. Together—the faculty, you and the OLLI staff—we have created a wonderful microcosm; I love to call it “the academy of the willing.”
You will note that our embrace is a bit wider. We also are conducting courses at Stephens Lake Activity Center and Lenoir Woods Community Center as we continue to use our own well-equipped classrooms on LeMone Boulevard. Technology has made our reach greater still as, electronically, we “beam” our courses live, via interactive television, to a network of libraries in out-state, rural localities. We will reach many who haven’t had the opportunity to keep informed and to resolve long-standing curiosity about the nature of things that young to middle age adulthood hadn’t allowed them the leisure to do.
Please review the 25 courses described herein, 15 of which are completely new. Engaging brown-bag seminars are distributed throughout the semester as a free thank-you for joining our academy. Free, too, are three of the four tours—another perk for you to take our courses.
An exciting new addition, the Robert G. Silvers Seminar Series—Celebrating the Best of the Human Mind, honors the life of a magnificent human being who cherished the ability to know and to understand until the last breath. He was called to his reward much too young. Sally Silvers has ensured that he will be remembered in perpetuity in this academy he so loved. Join Sally and all of us on Oct. 8 as we launch the series in her beloved’s name.
The semester details now are in your hands. I don’t want to cast a shadow on choice. Know that truly magnificent opportunities to enrich your life, hone your skills and update your perspectives on myriad subjects—all—await you at our OLLI.
See you at our open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10. Enjoy a continental breakfast, a lunchtime sandwich or the traditional “welcome back” sheet cake—and bring a friend or two. The folks with whom you shared classes await. Or meet others for the first time. Faculty members who are in town will be on hand to chat with you about their courses. Staff will welcome you with hugs and lots of smiles.
Sincerely,
Lucille Salerno, Director
salernol@missouri.edu
573-884-5927
Laura Ward, Program Coordinator
wardla@missouri.edu
573-882-7478
Adam Ross Newman, Office Assistant
arncde@missouri.edu
573-882-2585
and our fine new colleague
Win Grace
gracew@missouri.edu
Updated 7/28/09