OLLI Summer 2025 FINAL - Flipbook - Page 12
Study Groups
Study Groups In-Person
Study Groups offer an opportunity to investigate
topics in depth. Most study groups typically meet
once a week for four to eight weeks.
Please note the abbreviations at the end of the
description:
RF= returning facilitator RG = repeat group
NF= new facilitator NG = new group
IMPORTANT! To participate in most study groups,
an active email account and internet access is
necessary.
Study Group Facilitator Workshop
Tuesday, June 24
9:00 a ⸀m ⸀ – 12:00 p ⸀m ⸀
Peoria Next Innovation Center
Do you love study groups? Are there topics
you would like to explore or explore again?
Study groups need FACILITATORS. More
importantly, study groups need NEW
FACILITATORS. You are invited to join a
few of our frequent OLLI facilitators for an
interactive and engaging exploration of group
facilitation and its dynamics. We’ll go over
the nuts and bolts of planning a group, how
to ask well-crafted questions, and how to deal
with disagreements. You’ll also learn how to
engage members in the group and address
any other questions or concerns you may
have. For this session, be prepared to relax,
re昀氀ect, and have fun. While designed for OLLI
study group facilitators, the content for this
study group is also applicable to anyone who
leads groups (or wants to lead groups in the
not-so-distant future).
Free! Facilitated by frequent facilitators Jane
Hense, Denise Hocker, Roberta Koscielski,
Gary Nelson, Rob Parks, Steve Richards and
Bob Yonker. (R&NFs/RG) Seats available: 20
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STUDY GROUPS
The Seven Sins of Memory
Fridays, May 30 – June 27
10:00 a ⸀m ⸀ – 12:00 p ⸀m ⸀
Methodist College
Harvard psychology professor Daniel Schacter’s
The Seven Sins of Memory is now available in
a 20th-anniversary edition. In this group, we’ll
explore how our minds both remember and
forget. Dr. Schacter presents a clear, engaging,
and thought-provoking examination of memory
research, offering insight into how and why
memory functions—and why it sometimes
fails us. Through this exploration, we will gain a
deeper understanding of memory’s complexities
and discover strategies to enhance our ability to
remember.
$45 – Facilitated by Marjorie Getz, a Professor at
Methodist College and frequent OLLI facilitator.
(RG/RF) Seats available: 16
Art of the Documentary
Includes
Mondays, June 2 – 23
Admission to
Join or Die
9:30 – 11:45 a ⸀m ⸀
Peoria Next Innovation Center
Do you love documentaries? Then this study
group is perfect for you! We’ll explore four different
documentaries, each led by a different discussion
leader. All 昀椀lms will be available on Net昀氀ix or
Amazon Prime Video, and participants will watch
them independently before each discussion. The
documentaries include: Join or Die with Rob Parks
(6/2), It Ain’t Over with John McCabe (6/9), Man on
Wire with Kathleen Kowal (6/16), and Buy Now–The
Shopping Conspiracy with Al Audo (6/29).
$45 – Facilitators listed above. (NG/R&NFs)
Seats available: 20
A Sand County Almanac
Mondays, June 2 – 23
1:00 – 3:15 p ⸀m ⸀
Peoria Next Innovation Center
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, is
a timeless exploration of essays on nature,
conservation, and our ethical relationship with
the land. Delving into his powerful “land ethic”
philosophy, we’ll re昀氀ect on our responsibility to
not just live off the land but live with the land.
For our last session we’ll take a 昀椀eld trip to learn
