Special events
Enjoy your membership ‘perks’
Please indulge yourself in the following activities, which are free to registered student members this semester.
Friday Film Festival
Time
Show starts at 1 p.m.
Description
Join us in viewing some quality films and enjoy some freshley popped corn!
The Fine Art of Jewelry Creation
Date
Monday, Sept. 21
Time
11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Description
You know him as a warm, sensitive and excellent tai chi master. Now experience a wonderfully different creative ability in a cherished member of our talented faculty.
Instructor
Ken Greene, instructor at William Woods University and proprietor of Monarch Jewelry in Columbia’s newly emergent North Village art studios complex.
Mark Twain and Human Nature
Date
Thursday, Sept. 24
Time
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.
Description
“Mark Twain once claimed that he could read human character as well as he could read the Mississippi River, and he studied his fellow humans with the same devoted attention. In both his fiction and his nonfiction, he was disposed to dramatize how the human creature acts in a given environment — and to understand why. … In seeking to account for how Twain might have reasonably believed the things he said he believed, Tom Quirk has interwoven the author’s inner life with his writings to produce a meditation on how Twain’s understanding of human nature evolved and deepened, and to show that this was one of the central preoccupations of his life.” (Quote from book jacket)
An impressive Mark Twain scholar returns to our classroom to chat about this recently published book, the title of which we used for his presentation. University of Missouri Press is the publisher, and we plan to invite representatives to be on hand with copies of the text. You may wish to depart the session with a signed copy in hand.
Instructor
Thomas V. Quirk, PhD, MU professor of English
The History and Design of Upholstered Furniture
Date
Friday, Sept. 25
Time
11:15 a.m.– 12:45 p.m.
Description
Join us to learn about the history of upholstered furniture in Europe and North America from the 1600s to the present. You are likely to acquire highly useful information about varieties of furniture-stuffing materials, knowledge of construction, then and now, the complexity of fabric covers and, most importantly, it is rumored that you will come away with the ability to spot the good stuff at stores and auctions.
Instructor
Ralph Terwelp, proprietor of Terwelp’s Upholstery
Virgil Thomson and The River: Nationalist Music as Propaganda
Date
Thursday, Oct. 1
Time
11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Description
Missouri’s own Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) played a key role in the development of an intentionally “American” concert music after World War I. Among his achievements were pioneering efforts in the 1930s with the film score, a new genre made possible by recent technological advances. Writing for government-sponsored documentary films, he created music that combined the rich practices rooted in the folk and popular realms with his own modernist ideas and considerable wit. In this session The River (1937) will be viewed as a point of departure for discussions of the film’s relationship to the New Deal, its poetry and Thomson’s film score.
Instructor
Michael Budds, PhD, MU professor of music
The Gaza Strip Dilemma
Date
Friday, Oct. 2
Time
11:15 a.m.. to 12:45 p.m.
Description
Wayne Anderson will explore The Gaza Strip Dilemma using a power-point presentation. Anderson has made four trips to work with Palestinian mental health professionals and teachers, but only once been allowed into the country. This program will feature his contacts in July with 50 mental health workers in the Gaza Strip via interactive television from Manchester, England.. One of their main concerns is their own mental health as result of compassion fatigue, a condition that results from constantly dealing with the pain and suffering of others. Post-traumatic-stress is widespread in Palestine and the issues behind the conflict continue to be unresolved.
Instructor
Wayne Anderson, PhD, MU professor emeritus of psychological sciences, writes articles on the International Center for Psychosocial Trauma for the Columbia Daily Tribune. He has worked with the International Center for Psychosocial Trauma since 1995. He has made 22 trips with the team into areas of conflict including Bosnia and areas of natural disaster such as the tsunami in Indonesia. He has also made six trips to New Orleans to work with teachers and social workers after Katrina.
GetAbout Columbia — Blueprint for the Future or Just a Royal Pain?
Date
Friday, Oct. 9
Time
11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Description
- Paved trails
- Green striping at intersections
- Jingles on the radio
- Bicycle symbols on streets
- Traffic jams at intersections
- Bicycle boulevards
- Back-in angled parking
It doesn’t seem to stop. Ted Curtis will explain what it’s all about and listen to comments. The federal government tossed out $25 million, and Columbia made the catch to see if some of us will — occasionally or even often — leave our cars behind and walk or ride a bike instead. We are one of four cities in this pilot program and must report back to Congress next year.
Instructor
Ted Curtis was hired in 2006 to implement and manage the city of Columbia’s bike/ped program. A mechanical and aerospace engineer by training, Curtis became involved in trail development and bike transportation as founder and leader of Trailnet, a St. Louis nonprofit. Under his leadership, Trailnet acquired and helped develop Grant’s Trail and other rail-trails in St. Louis and more recently the renovation of the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, a mile-long Route 66 bridge over the Mississippi — now one of the longest bike-ped bridges in the country.
The Pulse of Biotechnology: How Bioelectrics Research Could Affect Our Lives
Date
Thursday, Oct. 15
Time
11:45 a.m. -1:15 p.m.
Instructor
Naz Islam, PhD, MU LaPierre Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Glimpse the Life of a Microbrewer
Date
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Time
11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Description
“Hudsons E.S.B.,” “Oil Change Oatmeal Stout,” “Bare Knuckle Bock™,” “Kristal Weizen” and “Ed’s I.P.A.” — what are they? What’s their common denominator? The impressive gentleman whose creative skills underlie each one of the beverages cited invites you to learn, firsthand, about a profession in which he has demonstrated considerable success. Unlike creating a gourmet dish, for example, no book of recipes can be picked easily from a shelf to guide the process of microbrewing. Trial and error and that magnificent teacher, experience, are the central determinants of the delicious beverages that emerge from his “laboratory.” Meet the brewer and take pleasure in his story as he shares details of his art!
Instructor
Larry Goodwin, brewer, Flat Branch Pub and Brewing
Fall tours
The Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Clinical Simulation Center
Date
Monday, Sept. 21
Time
1–3 p.m.
Description
The Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Clinical Simulation Center opened in May 2008 in the new seven-story Clinical Support and Education Building connected to the west side of the MU School of Medicine. The facility serves as a resource to the school for the education, training and evaluation of medical students, residents and licensed physicians through the use of simulation and standardized patient encounters. Simulation experiences include:
- Full-body computerized patient simulators
An entire family of high-tech mannequins that are computer-controlled to mimic actual persons who present with unlimited health-care needs. For example, a pregnant mannequin can deliver by cesarean section.
- Standardized patients
Real human beings who have been carefully trained to feign illness skillfully and realistically. They are used to teach interview and physical exam skills and to evaluate and provide feedback to the health professional interacting with the “ruse patient.”
- Virtual reality/computer simulations
Used to teach and test skills in surgical procedures such as laparoscopic surgery.
These simple examples are but the tip of the iceberg of the extraordinarily innovative teaching experiences provided at this state-of-the-art facility. The staff is prepared to share with us a full experience of the animations and simulations that place MU ahead of the curve in medical education.
Requires advance registration: Tour is limited to 30 persons. Call 573-882-2585 or 882-7478.
Location
Meet at 12:45 p.m. at the round information desk in the University Hospital lobby. The tour will begin at 1 p.m. You may park in the visitors’ garage on the east side of the building if you tell the booth attendant you have an appointment at the Shelden Clinic.
Audrain Region Fall Craft and Flower Tour
Date
Friday, Sept. 25
Time
9a.m.–5 p.m.
Description
OAK Tours and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at MU continue to collaborate on field trips to supplement the Osher classes. Keep up on what is happening by participating in both programs.
MU Extension will sponsor a mid-Missouri horticultural tour featuring history and an up-close-and-personal look at an old-time agricultural style — the Amish in the Clark countryside. Join tour guides Dave Trinklein, Barry Steevens and Jim Lee in:
- The annual fall craft and pumpkin sale with Amish crafts, pumpkins, fresh produce and canned products at the Clark Produce Auction;
- A visit to a nearby Amish bakery to buy fresh bread;
- A visit to a milk producer, with an MU Extension dairy specialist leading discussion about milk production, the top agricultural commodity from the Clark Amish community;
- A final stop in Centralia for lunch, a tour of the Chance Gardens, the Chance mansion and the Historical Society Quilt Show.
- A luncheon prepared and served by the ladies of the Centralia Historical Society, who also will share their handiwork at their semiannual quilt show.
The original garden, designed with oriental influence, was planted under the direction the late Centralia industrialist A.B. Chance. The rose garden, planted later, is considered one of Missouri’s best. The mansion adjacent to the gardens, built in 1904 by a local citizen, changed ownership several times and eventually served as the guest house for the A.B. Chance Co. from 1964 to 1973. It is now a museum and home to the Centralia Historical Society.
Requires advance registration: Tour is limited to 45 persons. Call OAK Tours at 573-874-7475. Cost is $50 (lunch included).
Location
Depart from Osher Institute parking lot on LeMone Boulevard at 9 a.m. Return at 5 p.m.
The Missouri Contemporary Ballet: A Lecture and Demonstration
Date
Monday, Oct. 5
Time
2–3 p.m. (Arrive at 1:50 p.m.)
Description
A wonderful repeat invitation from our very own ballet troupe. The Missouri Contemporary Ballet creates dance entertainment through the art of contemporary ballet. This professional dance company delivers exciting, edgy, hip entertainment to make the experience of live dance an artful and joyful event for all ages.
Requires advance registration: Tour is limited to 25 persons. Call 573-882-2585 or 882-7478, or e-mail SalernoL@missouri.edu.
Location
OLLI students will meet just prior to the tour, at 110 Orr St., at 1:50 p.m.
A Retrospective: 50 Years of the Columbia Art League
Date
Monday, Nov. 2
Time
2-3.30 p.m.
Description
Founded in 1959 by six amateur artists intent on improving their ability and displaying locally created artwork, the Columbia Art League this year reaches its milestone 50th birthday. In honor of this anniversary, the art league is showcasing five decades of the creative impulse in a retrospective show featuring work from the 1960s onward. With some of the exhibited work coming from the league’s permanent collection (donated to the Daniel Boone Regional Library) and others from private collections, this is a show that will take any longtime Columbia resident down memory lane.
Instructor
The host for this magnificent event is the art league’s CEO, the charming dynamo Diana Moxon.
Updated 8/12/09