The Lifelong Learning Institute is held in cooperation with the ELDERHOSTEL Institute Network.  The LLI offers individuals an opportunity to attend programs locally at the campus throughout the year.  It offers local people of retirement age an opportunity to come together on a regular basis.  The program's focus is its core of study groups, chosen, designed, and led by members, community people, and faculty.   There are no prerequisites, exams, or grades - rather, an opportunity to explore new ideas, expand knowledge, exercise creativity and talent in a flexible, informal, and noncompetitive environment.  There is a small fee to cover the cost of the brochure development and mailing.  Programs are usually held in October and April of each year.

Public Service Building, Rooms 212 - 213

OSU Lima Lifelong Learning Institute Curriculum April, 2012

TUESDAYS April 3, 10, 17, 24

10:00 am to 11:30 am
Moderator: Rena B. Hunter, Reference & Instruction Librarian, OSU Lima

THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

April 3: Google and Other Gateways
April 10: From (information) Dumpster-Dive to Information You Can Use – narrowing search to obtain more useful information
April 17: More Calcium, Please!? – showing one search as a way to establish/continue lines of communication*
April 24: I Want it All! – using Google and other search engines to find images, government agencies, Lima News stories, New York Times bestsellers, recipes and much, much more.
*A public library card strongly encouraged so learners can log in.

1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Moderator: Stanley E. Blake, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History, OSU Lima

NATIONS AND NATIONAL IDENTITY IN LATIN AMERICA
This course will explore the processes of nation building, state building and the development of national identities in Latin America while paying particular attention to the way in which race is integral to the construction of Latin American national identities. While Latin American nations are quite different in terms of their ethnic and racial compositions, political history, and social development, historically the idea of nation in all Latin American republics is dependent on specific understandings of race and national character. The course will cover both independence movements and the formation of governments as well as the continuous process of “imagining the nation.” The course will focus on specific cases from both 19th- and 20th century Latin America, especially Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.

2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Moderator Rita Thelen, Retired Senior Park Naturalist & Master Gardener

THE WILD GARDENER

April 3: A Look at your Garden/ Gardening by the Signs of Nature - Learn to identify and inventory your current garden, view your garden from the perspective of a bird or a butterfly.
April 10: Butterfly & Hummingbird Gardening - Learn how to enhance and design your yard to attract these flying wonders.
April 17: Traditional and Modern Uses of “Wild” Plants – An 1840’s healer will share plants, cures and stories of life in the Great Black Swamp of Northwest Ohio. This will be followed by a modern look at common household herbs: how to grow them, find them and use them.
April 24: Is it a Wildflower or is it a Weed??? - *Note: Dress to be outside. An outdoor session following the trails of Tecumseh Wildlife Area adjacent to The OSU-Lima campus. Join us as we search for spring wildflowers. Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring your camera and hiking stick. If an outdoor hike is not possible, we will cover the same material during an indoor session
*Note: Topics for Weeks 3 & 4 may be switched.

THURSDAYS April 5, 12, 19, 26

10:00 am to 11:30 am
Moderator: James Bode, Ph.D., Emeritus Associate Professor of Philosophy, OSU. Dr. Bode has taught Philosophy and, in particular, Logic for 40 years, 35 of them at the OSU Lima Campus

SUBJECT: GOOD ARGUMENT OR BAD?
A look at actual arguments from newspapers and magazines and techniques for detecting bad arguments

1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN THEN AND NOW presented by various members and guests of the Lima Woman’s Club.

April 5: Audrey Hepburn presented by Marleen Wehri  
April 12: Cleopatra VII of Egypt presented by Judy Gilbert
April 19: Elizabeth Sondheimer presented by Connie Hornung and Louise Daniels
April 26: - Mrs. Potter Palmer presented by Jane Moheyer

2:45 pm to 4:15 pm

Moderators:
Deborah A. Mayes is a graduate of Ohio State University and a former teacher in area schools. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Genealogical Speakers Guild and lives in Delphos.

William E. Huber is a graduate of Ohio Northern University with a B.S. in Education and a J.D. degree. He is a practicing attorney in St. Marys, Ohio and the author of two books about his family history.

GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY

April 5: Moderator: Deborah Mayes
So You Want to do Your Family History? Tips, tools, guidelines on how to begin your family history.  
The Census Taker Wrote Down What? Finding your ancestors and getting all the information you can about them from the censuses.
April 12: Moderator William E. Huber
Where to start finding sources and searching for your ancestors
Internet and non-internet searching, where to look and where to go 
April 19: Moderator: Deborah A. Mayes
Talking to the Dead - Finding and using a variety of records pertaining to an ancestor’s death, where and how to find the records, what can be found in the records about the ancestor, finding other ancestors in these records, and how one record leads to another.  
April 26: Moderator: William E. Huber

Now that I’ve found the information, what do I do with it? Suggestions on collecting, sorting and storing your genealogical information.