Osher News

Check out the latest program updates and news from Osher at UC San Diego Extension.

• President's Message Spring 2021

  

  From Osher President Carol Roberts

  As winter becomes a memory, we are all looking forward to changes from many places. The weather should be bringing spring flowers and fresh grass, we all should have had our Covid-19 vaccines by now, and hopefully we will have returned...
  

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• A Look Ahead to Spring 2021

  

  By Steve Clarey, Chair of the Curriculum Committee

  We hope you have enjoyed the winter quarter online lectures and seminars that now features speakers from across the nation. We missed the annual migration of snowbirds to Osher here in San Diego this year due to the...
  

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• Osher Classes to the Rescue

  

  Like most of you, we were members of Osher long before the pandemic changed our lives. In those days, we had our days planned well in advance, often having to select among several options. Now, all our days seem indistinguishable; Mondays are like Tuesdays; Tuesdays like Wednesdays; and...
  

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• Suffragists Teach Students Why Voting Is Important

  

  by Eileen Coblens 
  
  On June 3, the League of Women Voters premiered a video at Osher called “They Were Here Before Us,” which I had been working on as a scripted stage play for the past year. The play, offered as an Osher Theatre World class, tells the story of two...
  

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• A Look Ahead to Winter 2021

  

  By Steve Clarey, Chair of the Curriculum Committee
  
  It has been a pleasure to welcome so many new members to Osher this fall. We especially welcome those from other states, who have joined for our live, but remote online program. A very special thanks to our...
  

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• Looking Ahead to the Fall

  

  From Carol Roberts, Osher President:
  
  After a quiet, stay-at-home summer, at Osher we continued our wonderful schedule of classes presented on Zoom. It was evident that this different way of presenting was accepted by a huge number of Osher members who enjoy being...
  

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• Zooming with Osher!

  

  by Maria Penny, Osher Member and Facilitator of Inquiring Minds 
  
  I live in a retirement community, and management declared a lockdown on March 11, 2020, asking us to not leave our apartments for anything other than doctors’ appointments, pharmacy pickups...
  

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• Update from the Osher President

  

  For the past year we have chosen to learn as much as we can about Japan. One thing I discovered is that the Japanese ask themselves: What is your ikigai, your reason to get up in the morning. When we were younger you went to school, worked, raised a family. When your family grew and moved on...
  

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• Share Outside Events with Members

  

  Have you heard of exciting, stimulating, interesting events that are happening outside of Osher? Share information and links in the comments below so your fellow members can join and enjoy as well!
  

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• A Look Ahead to the Summer Quarter

  

  As we look ahead to Osher’s Summer Quarter we hope that you and your families are all safe and well.  In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we reconfigured our entire spring quarter program to an off-campus remote learning experience via Zoom.  We thank you for your active...
  

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