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The Bernard Osher Foundation
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June Mini Courses | June 9 - June 20
OLLI SF State's "Mini" courses are open to ALL — members and non-members.
Monday, June 9 or 16
IN-PERSON: San Francisco's Tumultuous Sixties (June 9 class)
with Robert Cherny, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM In-Person
ZOOM: iPhoneography- Take Your iPhone Photography to The Next Level (June 9 class)
with Laura (Yoni) Mayeri, 1:30 - 4:00 PM Zoom
IN-PERSON: Thinking About Democracy (June 16 class)
with Steve Harris, 1:30 - 4:00 PM In-Person
Tuesday, June 10-17 (2 Week Classes)
IN-PERSON: Getting Your Hands on and Your Head Around ChatGPT
with Bebo White, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM In-Person
ZOOM: Forgotten Women in Nineteenth Century California
with Robert Senkewicz & Rose Marie Beebe, 1:30 - 3:30 PM Zoom
Wednesdays, June 11 or 18
ZOOM: California: The Bear Flag Revolt to Statehood (1846-1850) (June 11 class)
with Terence McAteer, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Zoom
IN-PERSON: How Has Hollywood (Mis)Represented Homosexuality (June 18 class)
with Jim Van Buskirk, 3:00 - 5:00 PM In-Person
Thursday, June 12
IN-PERSON: Appreciating and Evaluating Wine
with Colin Johnson, 2:00 - 4:30 PM In-Person
Friday, June 13-27 (3 Week Classes)
ZOOM: Iranian Cinema: Gateway to an Isolated Nation
with Ava Homa, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Zoom
IN-PERSON: Art Across Time: Sacred Traditions and Revolutionary Ideas
with Hugh Leeman, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM In-Person
Notes for OLLI Courses:
IN-PERSON classes: will NOT be recorded; masks are optional in the classroom. Classes meet at 160 Spear Street, 5th Floor.
ZOOM classes: will be recorded unless noted; recordings are available upon request to those who are enrolled in the class. olli@sfsu.edu
HYBRID classes: are subject to both of the above depending on whether you register for the In-person or the Zoom section. If you plan to attend some in person and some on Zoom, please register for the In-Person class. All Hybrids will be recorded. The Zoom link will be provided to students of both in-person and Zoom sections.
Summer Courses | July 7 - August 20
Mondays
OSHER ONLINE ZOOM: The Rehnquist Court, 1986-2005: Moves Toward Small Federal Government
with Osher National Resource Center, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Osher Online*
IN-PERSON: An Introduction to Taoist Tai Chi™
with Jennifer Spencer, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM In-Person
IN-PERSON: Transformations in Six 20th-century Short Stories
with Sarita Cannon, 12:30 - 2:30 PM In-Person
IN-PERSON: Graphic Storytelling—Using Comics to Tell a Story
with Tyler Cohen, 3:00 - 5:00 PM In-Person
Tuesdays
OSHER ONLINE ZOOM: The Economics of Public Policy Issues
with Osher National Resource Center, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Osher Online*
IN-PERSON: Crafting Poems of Resilience and Resistance
with Kathleen McClung, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM In-Person
ZOOM: Women Psychoanalysts: Stories and Theories (Class skips July 22, ends August 19)
with Oliva Espin, 12:30 - 2:30 PM Zoom
IN-PERSON: Early Modern Europe
with Steve Harris, 3:00 - 5:00 PM In-Person
OSHER ONLINE ZOOM: History of Beer
with Osher National Resource Center, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Osher Online*
Wednesdays
IN-PERSON: Women Artists in Renaissance Italy
with Maureen O'Brien De Geller, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM In-Person
OSHER ONLINE ZOOM: Stories of Adventure: The Norse Sagas
with Osher National Resource Center, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Osher Online*
ZOOM: Last of the Romanovs and the Russian Revolution
with Asya Pereltsvaig, 3:00 - 5:00 PM Zoom
Thursdays
ZOOM: Your Write to Resilience
with Kathryn Goldman, 10:00 - 11:30 AM Zoom
IN-PERSON: Cultivating Joy
with Sara Orem, 12:30 - 2:30 PM In-Person
ZOOM: The Dead Sea Scrolls: Past Present and Future
with Jehon Grist, 3:00 - 5:00 PM Zoom
Fridays
HYBRID (IN-PERSON): Sound and Vision: The Visuals of Popular Music
with Richie Unterberger, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM In-Person (Hybrid)
HYBRID (ZOOM): Sound and Vision: The Visuals of Popular Music
with Richie Unterberger, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Zoom (Hybrid)
IN-PERSON: Musicology: Music and Culture
with Steven Savage, 12:30 - 2:30 PM In-Person
Notes for OLLI Courses:
IN-PERSON classes: will NOT be recorded; masks are optional in the classroom. Classes meet at 160 Spear Street, 5th Floor.
ZOOM classes: will be recorded unless noted; recordings are available upon request to those who are enrolled in the class. olli@sfsu.edu
HYBRID classes: are subject to both of the above depending on whether you register for the In-person or the Zoom section. If you plan to attend some in person and some on Zoom, please register for the In-Person class. All Hybrids will be recorded. The Zoom link will be provided to students of both in-person and Zoom sections.
*OSHER ONLINE classes: are produced by the Osher National Resource Center and are intermixed with the Fall session above. Note that you will not receive a Zoom link to log in for these classes but will log into a portal. (Instructions will be provided to those registered.) These courses will be presented on Zoom via a portal and will not be recorded. Space is limited. Osher Online can be contacted at osheronline@northwestern.edu. If you have a course package that you would like to use, please contact olli@sfsu.edu
Purchase multi-course packages and save!
Course packages are good for one year and can be used in the 4 sessions available during the year. When the package is purchased will determine which session comes first as a package can be purchased any time during the year.
Any left over classes cannot be carried forward after 12 months.
Find options in the Multi-Week Course Catalog. Available to current members of OLLI at San Francisco State University.
3 Course Package - $360
6 Course Package - $660
10 Course Package - $1000