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No homework.
No tests. No pressure.
It’s just learning for the joy of it!
Enrichment short courses and special events
specially developed for folks 50 and better.
Dear Lifelong Learners,
It’s summer! So we’ve decided to
adopt a nostalgic vacation theme.
You remember everyone and their
luggage squeezing into the car, Dad
hooking up the travel trailer, and off
you went to pre-planned destinations
guaranteed to educate and entertain.
And at every stop you found
colorful picture postcards designed
to generate envy among family
and friends back home. “Having
a wonderful time. Wish you were
here!”
Plan Your Vacation Now!
So, as you plan your summer
vacation, here’s the perfect
destination: Osher!—where there is
always plenty to see and even more to
do. Your itinerary could include:
• Hitting the road for an excursion
through historic, scenic and
amusing sites in Lucas, Kansas,
including its world-famous
Grassroots Art Center, S.P.
Dinsmoor’s unforgettable legacy,
The Garden of Eden, other arts sites
and, of course, a catered lunch.
• Enjoying a docent-guided tour
through the Wichita Art Museum’s
permanent collection complete
with the inside stories behind the
artworks, including John Steuart
Curry’s “Kansas Cornfield.”
A Summerful of Courses
Courses this summer include a
wide variety of topics, like Alfred
Hitchcock, ways to restore our
shrinking grasslands, a history of
the church, the historic struggle for
civil rights, modern human bodies
with an ancient past, and presidential
assassins! A little something for
everyone.
Thanks a Million!
Earlier this year, we received the
long-awaited word that our Osher
Institute had been awarded a $1
million grant from the Bernard Osher
Foundation. For more than a year,
dozens of folks helped our Institute
meet 12 benchmarks established by
the Foundation, and as a special
surprise, KU Chancellor Bernadette
Gray-Little personally announced the
award.
build a more solid financial footing
so we can sustain…and expand…our
programming. Our sincere thanks to
Mr. Osher and the Osher Foundation.
Friends of Osher
In addition to our grant from the
Osher Foundation, equally important
has been the support we’ve received
from the Friends of Osher, and I wish
to thank and recognize our Friends
who are listed below. I invite you to
please join them in their support of
the Osher Institute.
Salina, Osher Courses in
Your Future?
I met recently with a group of Salina
residents who are eager to bring
Osher Institute courses and events
to their proud city. We’ll continue
meetings with community arts,
education and cultural leaders
to see how we can complement
Salina’s wide variety of outstanding
programs. Stay tuned.
Make it an Osher Vacation!
Now’s the time to start planning
that summer trip to Osher! And
after a visit here, you, too, will soon
be writing your friends and family,
“Having a wonderful time. Wish you
were here!” See you soon!
The KU Endowment Association has
been entrusted to manage our grant,
and give us access to proceeds from
it. This grant helps us continue to
Jim Peters, Director
785-864-9142
jimpeters@ku.edu
Cover illustration by Gary A. Mohrman
A special thanks to our generous donors.*
PATRONS ($75–$99)
Robert Kruger, Lindsborg
Mary Al Titus, Hutchinson
L. Faye Mohrbacher, Newton
Shirley A. Wilson, Hutchinson
Berta Lea Newton, Hutchinson
SUPPORTERS ($50–$74)
John Owen, Newton
Caroline E. Salaty, Hesston
Richard A. Benjes & Beverly S. Benjes,
Myrna Scott, Newton
Hutchinson
Phyllis J. Snyder, Hutchinson
Francis E. Carr, Wellington
Darrell R. Trent, Hutchinson
Edie Fowler, Halstead
Sandy Wedman, Hutchinson
Judith A. Goering, Hesston
Lesley Zimmerman, Hutchinson
Marilyn K. Helburg, Newton
*This is a list of donors who contributed between July 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015.
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Tel. 785-864-5823, toll-free 877-404-5823
FRIENDS
Charleen Bauer, Hutchinson
John Bergey, Hesston
Florence M. Crago, McPherson
Dirk D. Durant, Lindsborg
Vera M. Ellwood, McPherson
Edith Martin, Salina
Maurine Regehr, Hesston
Roland Reimer & Lois J. Reimer, Hesston
Lois Smith, Hutchinson
Peg Stephens, Hutchinson
Betty L. Taylor, Hutchinson
Paul H. Unruh, Newton
Summer 2015
“Kansas Cornfield” by John Steuart Curry
Road Trip to Lucas: Grassroots Art and the
Wildly Eccentric
Stories Behind the Art at the Wichita
Art Museum
We’ll journey by coach to a Kansas town known for its art
and eccentricity. First stop is the world-class Grassroots
Art Center, housed in three late-19th-century buildings.
Docents will guide us through the museum to view
the works of talented local folk artists. We’ll also visit
the Flying Pig Studio to see works in progress. A befitting “Grassroots Postrock Arts lunch” will be served,
after which we’ll visit a new place in town, the Bluestem
Quarry, to see how limestone is cut and sculpted for
building and decorative use. Along with the demonstration, we will learn how important “postrock” was to the
settlement of north central Kansas. We can’t leave Lucas
without visiting S. P. Dinsmoor’s unforgettable wacky
legacy, the Garden of Eden, an early-1900s home created
with limestone “logs” virtually surrounded and encased
in exotic concrete trees filled with statues of life-sized
Biblical characters and sundry creatures. This creation
was Dinsmoor’s social commentary and an expression of
his world view. Not for the faint-hearted: you can view
his preserved body in his backyard mausoleum.
Take a coach to the Wichita Art Museum for a leisurely
day of enjoying great art. Every work of art has a story
to tell. For instance, what is the story behind the museum’s painting, “Kansas Cornfield,” by famous artist John
Steuart Curry, who grew up on a farm in Kansas? In
celebration of the Wichita Art Museum’s upcoming 80th
anniversary this year, Storytelling, a reinstallation of the
permanent collection, celebrates the histories, mysteries
and anecdotes that make the Wichita Art Museum collection unlike any other. We’ll enjoy a guided tour and hear
the stories. Lunch will be at the museum’s delightful café,
The Muse. We’ll also leave time to browse on your own,
visit the museum shop and wander in the museum’s new
art garden.
Friday, June 19
7:30 a.m. – Coach departs from Hutchinson Community
College, Shears Technology Center.
8:10 a.m. – Coach stops at Hutchinson Community
College McPherson Center.
More detailed pick-up locations and trip information to be
announced.
Fee: $55 includes transportation, admissions and lunch.
Maximum: 52 persons, first-come, first-served basis.
Request for refund will be honored minus $15 on or before
June 10.
Summer 2015 Friday, July 17
8:30 a.m. – Coach departs Hutchinson Community
College, Shears Technology Center.
9:15 p.m. – Coach stops at Newton Walmart parking lot
corner across from Subway.
Detailed pick-up locations and trip details to be announced
later.
4:30 p.m. – Approximate return to Hutchinson.
Fee: $45 includes coach transportation, admission and
lunch.
Fee: $35 without transportation.
Wichita Art Museum
1400 Museum Blvd., Wichita
Maximum: 52 persons, first-come, first-served basis.
Request for refund will be honored minus $15 on or before
July 10.
Tel. 785-864-5823, toll-free 877-404-5823
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photo by Billy Hathorn
Why Hitchcock Matters
This course explores little-known
but significant aspects of the work
of Alfred Hitchcock, one of the most
revered yet controversial film directors. The course looks at what made
Hitchcock both ahead of his time
and still relevant today—artistically,
historically and politically. The films
scheduled for the course are Sabotage
(1936), a story of modern-day terrorism in pre-war London; Dial M
for Murder (1954), his entertaining
3-D suspense thriller, which will
be shown in 3-D; the short films he
made during WWII as a contribution
to the war effort, including a suppressed film about the Holocaust;
and never-before-seen footage from
Hitchcock’s fascinating unrealized
projects.
Eric Monder is a lecturer, writer,
teacher and documentary filmmaker.
On staff at Bethany College, he
received his degree from New York
University in 1986.
Tuesdays
June 9, 16 & 23 • 2–4:30 p.m.
Hutchinson Community College
Shears Technology Center
Justice Theater
1300 N. Plum St.
Hutchinson
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Healing the Land with
Livestock: Our Best Hope for
Restoring Grasslands
Marches, Boycotts, and
Jim Crow: The Struggle for
Freedom and Equality
This course will discuss why livestock are our best hope for restoring
grassland ecology and stopping
desertification—the process by
which arid land becomes increasingly desert-like. Desertification
and degradation of arid grassland
environments have been blamed on
overgrazing by livestock, but historically these ecosystems supported
large populations of diverse herbivore species. For example, American
bison are estimated to have numbered in the tens of millions. Using
the relationship between native herbivore populations and plant species
as a model, we will investigate how
livestock grazing can be managed to
mimic this relationship and thereby
restore soil, nutrients, water and biodiversity in grassland ecosystems.
Using story, song, photos and video
clips, Anthony Brown and John
Sharp will take you on a journey
through the civil rights movement
of the turbulent fifties and sixties.
In this discussion-based course we
will relive the toils and triumph of
dedicated foot soldiers who worked
tirelessly for the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. This course
will illustrate how the power of nonviolent action challenged Jim Crow
laws of segregation and inequality and changed the course of U.S.
history. Yet the struggle goes on.
Rob Holmes earned his doctorate in
plant biology from North Carolina
State University. He teaches courses
in Hutchinson Community College’s
Department of Natural Science and
Mathematics.
Wednesdays
June 24, July 1 & 8 • 2–4 p.m.
Hutchinson Community College
Shears Technology Center
Justice Theater
1300 N. Plum St.
Hutchinson
Tel. 785-864-5823, toll-free 877-404-5823
John E. Sharp teaches history at
Hesston College. Anthony Brown,
artist-in-residence at Hesston
College, is an internationally-acclaimed baritone who has performed
concerts around the world. They
attended the 50th anniversary
commemorative event in Selma,
Alabama, at the Edmund Pettus
Bridge, followed by a tour of civil
rights centers and conversations
with “foot soldiers” of the Selma to
Montgomery march.
Thursdays and Friday
June 18, 25 & 26 • 2–4 p.m.
Hutchinson Community College
Newton Center
Room 220
203 E. Broadway St.
Newton
Summer 2015
History of the Church:
A Whirlwind Tour
As an institution, the church has
made a significant historical impact
on civilization. If you attend a local
church you may be familiar with
your own church tradition, but do
you know what happened in the
2,000 years between the time the
church started and today? This class
will take you on a whirlwind history
tour of the church—from its beginning to its influence today. Meet
influential figures like Augustine,
Luther, Calvin, Wesley and Graham.
We’ll consider the church’s role
in the United States during the
Revolutionary War, the Civil War
and the Civil Rights era. Plus, we’ll
discuss the church’s unique influence in shaping Kansas.
Ted Weis is an adjunct lecturer in
Biblical Studies at Sterling College
and pastor of the Congregational
Church in Little River, Kansas. He
holds a master’s degree from Dallas
Theological Seminary and is a communications graduate from Ohio
University.
Tuesdays
Ancient Bodies in a Modern
World: Paleolithic Nutrition
and Lifestyle
Presidential Assassins:
Men and Women
Driven to Kill
The human body evolved during the
Paleolithic era (the Stone Age) and
is thus adapted to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle rather than a modern,
sedentary lifestyle with convenient
access to processed foods, which
require no hunting and are gathered
rather easily. Many chronic health
problems—cardiovascular disease,
certain cancers, autoimmune disorders, hypertension and obesity—are
related directly to human maladaptation to the agricultural revolution
(circa 10,000 years ago) and modern
industrial foods, which were absent
in our evolutionary past. Learn more
about the oldest diet on the planet
and how our ancient ancestors’
nutrition and lifestyle can provide
valuable clues to improving human
health and wellness.
John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey
Oswald are notorious for their assassinations, but who were Charles
Guiteau and Leon Czolgosz, and
why did they murder Presidents
Garfield and McKinley? There have
been 28 documented assassination
attempts on 22 sitting or former
presidents or presidents-elect.
In Milwaukee, Teddy Roosevelt
was shot in the chest, but finished
his campaign speech. In Miami,
Guiseppe Zangara fired five shots
at FDR, but killed Chicago Mayor
Anton Cermak. And there have been
four known plots to kill President
Obama. We’ll uncover them all
and closely examine the men…and
women…who killed (or tried to kill)
the president of the United States.
Rob Holmes earned his doctorate in
plant biology from North Carolina
State University and teaches courses
in Hutchinson Community College’s
Department of Natural Science and
Mathematics.
June 30, July 7 & 14 • 2–4 p.m.
Hutchinson Community College
Newton Center
Room 220
203 E. Broadway St.
Newton
Mondays
Summer 2015 Tel. 785-864-5823, toll-free 877-404-5823
June 8, 15 & 22 • 2–4 p.m.
The Cedars Conference Center
1221 Cedars Dr.
McPherson
Jim Peters, J.D., is Director of the
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at
KU, and author of Arlington National
Cemetery: Shrine to America’s Heroes.
Wednesdays
June 10, 17 & 24 • 10 a.m.–noon
Bethany Home
321 N. Chestnut St.
Lindsborg
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Fees, Policies and Procedures
Hutchinson Community College
1300 N. Plum, Hutchinson, KS 67501
620-665-3500, www.hutchcc.edu
FEES
Hutchinson Community College McPherson Center
2208 E. Kansas Ave., McPherson, KS 67460
Hutchinson Community College Newton Center
203 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114
Mennonite Friendship Communities
600 W. Blanchard, South Hutchinson, KS 67505
620-663-7175, www.MennoFriend.com
Hesston College
325 S. College Dr., Box 3000, Hesston, KS 67062
620-327-8300, www.hesston.edu
REFUND POLICY
If there is no stated deadline, a written
or emailed request (kuce@ku.edu) for a
refund will be honored up to one week
before a course or special event begins.
There will be a $5 administrative fee for a
course and $15 for a special event. A $30
fee will be charged for returned checks.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the
University of Kansas does not share,
sell, or rent its mailing lists. You have
our assurance that any information you
provide will be held in confidence by the
Institute.
We occasionally use mailing lists that
we have leased. If you receive unwanted
communication from the Institute, it is
because your name appears on a list we
have acquired from another source. In this
case, please accept our apologies.
Kidron Bethel Village
3001 Ivy Dr., North Newton, KS 67117
316-284-2900, www.kidronbethel.org
The Cedars
1021 Cedars Dr., McPherson, KS 67460
620-241-0919, www.thecedars.org
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY
Bethany Home
321 N. Chestnut St., Lindsborg, KS 67456
785-227-2721, www.bethanyhome.com
Bethany College
335 E. Swensson St., Lindsborg, KS 67456
785-227-3380, www.bethanylb.edu
KU Continuing Education
1515 St. Andrews Dr., Lawrence, KS 66047
785-864-5823, www.osher.ku.edu
www.osher.ku.edu
CLASS CANCELLATION
Although highly unlikely, a class may be
cancelled due to under-enrollment or
other circumstance beyond the Institute’s
control. Members will be notified of
any cancellation and have the option
to transfer their registration to another
course or request a refund.
PRIVACY POLICY
Schowalter Villa
200 W. Cedar, Hesston, KS 67062
620-327-0400, www.svilla.org
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One course is $40; two courses $70; three
courses $90; four or more courses are an
additional $10 per course. The first $15
of the first course is credited as an Osher
Institute membership fee.
Tel. 785-864-5823, toll-free 877-404-5823
The University of Kansas prohibits
discrimination on the basis of race, color,
ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin,
age, ancestry, disability, status as a
veteran, sexual orientation, marital status,
parental status, gender identity, gender
expression and genetic information in the
University’s programs and activities. The
following person has been designated
to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies: Director of the
Office of Institutional Opportunity and
Access, IOA@ku.edu, 1246 W. Campus
Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045,
785-864-6414, 711 TTY.
PROGRAM ACCESSIBILITY
We accommodate persons with
disabilities. Please call 785-864-5823
or mark the space on the registration
form, and a KU Continuing Education
representative will contact you to discuss
your needs. To ensure accommodation,
please register at least two weeks
before the start of the class. See the
nondiscrimination policy above.
Summer 2015
OSHER SUMMER 2015 REGISTRATION
Special Accommodation
If you will need special accommodation, please mark the box, and a member of the Continuing Education staff will contact you.
AO150320
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TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF (please print)
Full name (first, MI, last, suffix) ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������
Email_______________________________________________________ Daytime phone (________)_______________________
Address__________________________________________________________________________________________________
City, State, ZIP_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Date of Birth______________________________ Highest level of education completed: KU Alum? K-State? HCC Alum? Male High school Female Priority code (from the mailing label) _______________
Some college Hesston College Alum? Bachelor’s degree Graduate degree
Bethany College? Retired?
SELECT COURSES (Register for special events in the “Additional fees” section below.)
Why Hitchcock Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 9. . . . . . Hutchinson
Healing the Land with Livestock: Our Best Hope for Restoring Grasslands. . . . . . June 24. . . . . Hutchinson
Marches, Boycotts, and Jim Crow: The Struggle for Freedom and Equality. . . . . . June 18. . . . . Newton
History of the Church: A Whirlwind Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 30. . . . . Newton
Ancient Bodies in a Modern World: Paleolithic Nutrition and Lifestyle. . . . . . . . . . June 8. . . . . . McPherson
Presidential Assassins: Men and Women Driven to Kill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 10. . . . . Lindsborg
MEMBERSHIP FEES
A. Sponsored Membership
1.
2.
Bethany Home—Your fees have been prepaid. Return this completed form to your front desk.
The Cedars—Your fees have been prepaid. Return this completed form to your front desk.
B. Individual Osher Membership* (Select one. Special events are not considered courses.)
1 course: $40 2 courses: $70 3 courses: $90 4 or more courses: add $10 per course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $__________
Alumni Association Discount (Member #___________________) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –$10
Choose: KU KSU HCC* Washburn Hesston** Bethany***
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( HCCAA members use member number 9999, HCAA use 8888, ***BCAA use 7777)
SUBTOTAL $__________
ADDITIONAL FEES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS
Road Trip to Lucas: Grassroots Art and the Wildly Eccentric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55
Stories Behind the Art at the Wichita Art Museum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 17
Includes coach transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45
Without coach transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35
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The University of Kansas
Continuing Education
1515 Saint Andrews Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047-1619
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Lucas
- Hutchinson
- Lindsborg
- Lucas
- McPherson
- Newton
- Wichita
99 miles
Lindsborg X
56
XCedars Dr
McPherson
E Kansas Ave
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56
15
61
135
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50
N Plum St
Hutchinson
14
14
E Broadway St
50
Newton
Wichita
27 miles
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81