We are proud to offer you a fall semester filled with interesting online lectures, courses and tours! The catalog is posted online now (click HERE) and you'll find many of your favorite instructors and welcome some new instructors, too. We're so grateful to all our instructors for their willingness to teach online. A printed version of the catalog should arrive in your mailbox soon! Please use our new online registration system. Members who used it in summer found that it was quick and easy to use! This system is paperless, and you can create a profile, select courses and pay with a card. When you return to the system again, all you have to do is log-in and select your courses! You may register by mail; however, expect significant delays. Due to campus operations impacted by COVID-19, we only receive mail once a week. You CANNOT visit campus to drop-off registration forms – our offices are CLOSED. We cannot accept any registrations by phone. If you've already registered online, THANK YOU! Even if you are not interested in online learning or in our summer offerings, please share our catalog with friends. With online learning, folks can live anywhere and participate! Copy this link to share our catalog: http://www.fresnostate.edu/cge/olli/document s/OLLI%20Fall%202020%20Catalog%20Web%20 2.pdf Send folks to our webpage at: www.fresnostate.edu/olli Promote us on Facebook. Our page is: https://www.facebook.com/FresnoStateOLLI Many members have told us they prefer in- person courses and won't return until we offer those. OLLI is self-supporting and if we lose lots of members, we may not be able to offer as many courses. Helping promote your OLLI helps lots!
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Fall OLLI Online
We are proud to offeryou a fall semesterfilled with interestingonline lectures,courses and tours!
The catalog is posted online now (click HERE)and you'll find many of your favoriteinstructors and welcome some new instructors,too. We're so grateful to all our instructors fortheir willingness to teach online.
A printed version of the catalog should arrive inyour mailbox soon! Please use our new onlineregistration system. Members who used it insummer found that it was quick and easy to use!This system is paperless, and you can create aprofile, select courses and pay with a card.When you return to the system again, all youhave to do is log-in and select your courses!
About Paper Registration
You may register by mail; however, expectsignificant delays. Due to campus operationsimpacted by COVID-19, we only receive mailonce a week. You CANNOT visit campus todrop-off registration forms – our offices areCLOSED. We cannot accept any registrationsby phone.
We Need Your Help
If you've already registered online, THANKYOU!
Even if you are not interested in online learningor in our summer offerings, please share ourcatalog with friends. With online learning,folks can live anywhere and participate!
Copy this link to share our catalog:http://www.fresnostate.edu/cge/olli/documents/OLLI%20Fall%202020%20Catalog%20Web%202.pdf
Send folks to our webpage at:www.fresnostate.edu/olli
Promote us on Facebook. Our page is:https://www.facebook.com/FresnoStateOLLI
Many members have told us they prefer in-person courses and won't return until we offerthose. OLLI is self-supporting and if we lose lotsof members, we may not be able to offer as manycourses. Helping promote your OLLI helps lots!
Zoom is a great platform to video conference,video chat and video learn and it's what we willuse for our OLLI offerings.
It takes just a minute to get a FREE Zoomaccount. Please do not be intimidated: You canlearn anything!
From your desktop or laptop computer:Go to www.zoom.us and click the blue box thatsays "sign up".
NOTE: You do not need to upgrade or pay foryour account to participate in the OLLI Zoom.Our license is through the university and allowsyou to participate fully. If you decide to hostyour own Zoom meetings with family, friendsor interest groups, you may wish to upgradesomeday - but there is no need to for OLLI.
From your phone or tablet:Apple device (iPhone, iPad) download Zoomfrom the Apple App storeAndroid device (phone or tablet that's not anApple product) download Zoom from the GooglePlay Store
To get started, here is a great video youcan watch on YouTube. Click HERE toview.
To participate in live video, Zoom will use thecamera on your device (phone, laptop, tablet) ifit has one. If you do not have a camera on yourdevice, you can listen in by phone but otherswon't be able to see you.
Interesting Fresno State
Activities!
A Day in the Life of Victor E. Bulldog III On August 27, take a peek into the life ofFresno State’s live mascot. Hear from VictorE. Bulldog’s caretaker for an inside look intowhat it really means to have Bulldog Spirit!Click HERE for Zoom registration link to thisfree event.
Know the Score: Revealing the Gems of theMadden Library Music CollectionMadden Library Music & Media specialistTerry Lewis will display and discuss thevarious rarities, oddities, and specialties of thelibrary's renowned music collection.This is aFREE event on Sept. 1 with limited spots. Toguarantee a spot for yourself, please registerHERE.
On Sept. 2, Fresno State will present threerenowned civil rights scholars as panelists for“Gandhi, the Civil Rights Movement and theContinuing Struggle for Justice and Peace,” awebinar hosted by the Office of the President— the Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., Vinay Laland Dianne Dillon-Ridgley. This event willfocus on the history of connections betweenMohandas Gandhi and leaders of civil rightsmovements, and the continuing struggleagainst racial inequality and injustice. ClickHERE for link.
Student-produced hand sanitizer is for saleat the Gibson Farm Market. Dr. StephanSommer, director of the Viticulture andEnology Research Center, has a backgroundsteeped in microbiology and wine science andhelped students craft it using a recipe from theWorld Health Organization.
