eNAUTILUS march.2006

NEWS from the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement

A print version of this newsletter is available in the Reuter Center.

In this issue of eNAUTILUS, learn more about:

EVENTS

Leonardo’s Swans Book Reading and Signing

Hear writer Karen Essex read from her latest novel, Leonardo’s Swans, a vivid tale about Leonardo da Vinci’s years in Milan, when he conceived The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa. Essex is the author of Kleopatra and Pharaoh, which she adapted into a screenplay for Warner Bros. She will sign purchased copies of Leonardo’s Swans after the reading. The Thursday, March 16, 7 p.m. Reuter Center event, free and open to the public, is presented by UNCA’s Department of Literature & Language and co-sponsored by the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement.

UNCA Concerts and Events Mailing List

Did you know that you can sign up for a free UNC Asheville Cultural & Special Events Mailing List? This email list will provide you with regular notifications about upcoming concerts and events on the UNCA campus. For more information, go to www.unca.edu/culturalarts and look for the sign-up link near the bottom of the page.

PROGRAMS

Thank Goodness It's Friday Lunches

You are invited to celebrate Fridays by joining us at the Reuter Center for TGIF lunches in the Chestnut Ridge Room. On March 24, Linda Blue, a cooperative extension agent and urban horticulturalist, discusses getting your garden ready for spring. On March 31, UNCA Chancellor Anne Ponder shares her vision for the future of the university. TGIF lunches are a chance to socialize and learn. You may purchase your lunch in the Reuter Cafe or bring your own. These free events are open to the public, so bring a friend! - more

Health Education Series Returns for Spring

The Center’s Health Education Series offers you a chance to learn from the experts and bring your questions to them. On Tuesday, March 28, we host Mastering the Healthcare Maze: Patient Advocacy. The chair of Mission Hospitals Patient and Family Centered Care Task Force, Nancy Smith-Hunnicutt, will discuss topics of interest to individuals facing medical challenges. On Tuesday, April 4, Dr. George Ibrahim will discuss the latest techniques for diagnosis and treatment of prostate problems; both men and women are invited to attend. Each discussion session is held from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Chestnut Ridge Room of the Reuter Center. The events are free and open to the general public. - more

Lunch Arounds

Center members are invited to meet new members over a Dutch-treat lunch at one of several local restaurants by enjoying a spring “Lunch Around.” Several sites have been selected for lunches in March. Sign-up sheets and specific details pertaining to each lunch date will be at the information table in the upper level of the Reuter Center during the week of March 20.

Great Minds/Great Ideas

The Great Minds/Great Ideas meeting, previously scheduled for February, will now be held on Monday, March 13, at 4 p.m. New or future College for Seniors faculty are invited to attend the meeting. Reservations are required. Please RSVP to Anne Mock at 251-6044 or amock@unca.edu.

Blue Ridge Naturalist Adds Spring Tree Walk and Offers Critters Class

Because of the overwhelmingly positive response, naturalist Dan Lazar has added another Spring Tree Walk for the Blue Ridge Naturalist program on Tuesday, May 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join Dan for a walk focusing on trees native to the Blue Ridge. The walk fee is $15. There are also limited spaces in the Blue Ridge Naturalist’s Saturday morning Spring Wildflowers class. Additionally, the Blue Ridge Naturalist offers day and evening “Critter” classes, which are fun ways to learn about the "other-than-human" species with which we share these mountains. For course fees and more information go to www.unca.edu/ncccr/brnp. To register for these classes, please contact Jeanie Martin at 251-6198 or jmartin@unca.edu.

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Paths to Creative Retirement in Uncertain Times

From March 10 to 12, the Center will host Paths to Creative Retirement in Uncertain Times. This retreat-like seminar helps participants test assumptions, explore options, plan intelligently, and make optimal decisions about their next phase in life. The seminar fee is $500. For more information or to register call the Center at 251-6140 or visit our Web page.

ORIENTATION EVENTS

New Member Orientation

If you are a new Center for Creative Retirement member, we encourage you to attend the New Member Orientation on Sunday, March 12, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Chestnut Ridge Room at the Reuter Center. This is a great introduction to the range of programs, activities, teaching, and volunteer opportunities offered at the Center. You’ll also receive some helpful, practical information relevant to Center members. Refreshments will be served; the event is free. For more information, contact Sheila Murphy at 645-3921.

New College for Seniors Faculty Orientation

All spring College for Seniors instructors who are teaching for the first time in the program are invited to an orientation on Thursday, March 9, 10:30-11:30 a.m., at the Reuter Center. The orientation will be immediately followed by a luncheon meeting for participants. Reservations are required. Please RSVP to Anne Mock at 251-6044 or amock@unca.edu.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Assist with Computer Literacy Program

Are you comfortable using a computer and able to donate a few hours of your time to assist low-income and minority seniors as they learn beginning computer skills? The Smith Barney Intergenerational Computer Mentoring Program needs volunteers from March 20 to April 24 to help at any of the following times: Mondays and Thursdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and/or 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. All classes are held at the Reuter Center. Volunteer Gail Sobel notes, “The role of the volunteer is to act as helper to class participants.” UNCA students teach the classes and “the volunteer keeps the participants on track, but lets them learn by doing,” adds Sobel. Volunteers should have a good understanding of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Word. This computer mentoring program is a community outreach project of the Center for Creative Retirement; it is supported by a grant from Smith Barney/Citigroup Foundation. To volunteer or for further information, please contact Joan Galvin at 251-6198 or jgalvin@unca.edu.

Assist at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research

Center members are invited to volunteer at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research to be held April 6-8 at UNCA. Volunteers are needed to be moderators, registration workers and campus guides. For more information or to volunteer for any of these roles, please contact Howard Jaslow at innovalg@aol.com.

CENTER NEWS

Join or Start a Special Interest Group

Did you know that small groups of Center members are meeting regularly to talk about the stock market, dine out at local restaurants, play Mah Jongg, or quilt together in several special interest groups? We encourage you to join one or more of the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) at the Center. Lou Millin extends a special welcome to members who would like to join The Forum, a SIG devoted to fostering dialogue on ideas and events of interest. The group meets the second and fourth Fridays of each month in the Reuter Center. For more information about The Forum, contact Lou Millin at 298-3863 or lmillin@bellsouth.net. To find out more about all the Special Interest Groups, go to www.unca.edu/ncccr/SIGs or look at the Special Interest Groups binder on the information table in the upper level of the Reuter Center. Additionally, if you would like to start a new special interest group, you will find the proposal form to do so both in the binder and online.

New Staff Members

Perien Gray and Anne Mock are new, part-time Center staff members providing program support to the College for Seniors. Perien joins us after volunteering as a learning circle facilitator, co-chair of the Small Group Learning Committee, curriculum committee member, and volunteer coordinator. Prior to joining the Center community, Perien was a secretary, potter, musician, small business owner and organic gardener. Anne holds a master’s degree in education and previously spent 26 years as a teacher and administrator at private elementary and secondary schools. Three years ago, Anne and her husband moved to Asheville from San Antonio to be near their children and grandchildren. Anne has been a volunteer at the Center for two years.

Lunch at the Reuter Cafe

When spring term begins on March 20, the Reuter Cafe will also be back in session from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. This is your place for a hot or cold drink, a snack or a simple meal. We encourage you to meet your friends, both members and non-members, at the cafe for lunch.

Parking Plan for Spring Semester

Your access to convenient parking at the Reuter Center is important to us. One strategy we will employ to avoid tight parking for this spring semester is careful scheduling to avoid peak College for Seniors enrollment periods coinciding with peak undergraduate parking utilization. Also, we are exploring with the campus planner the installation of a stairway between the lower Reuter Center parking lot and the next parking level down. This would shorten the walk when Center members must use the lower lot. Other efforts to relieve the parking squeeze are under consideration with campus officials.

UPCOMING EVENTS

MARCH

9 College for Seniors New Faculty Orientation - 10:30 a.m. – RSVP required
10-12 Paths to Creative Retirement in Uncertain Times (fee)
12 New Member Orientation - 3 p.m.
13 College for Seniors Faculty Great Minds Workshop – 4 p.m. – RSVP required
16 Leonardo’s Swans Book Signing and Reading - 7 p.m.
17 Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer - 3 p.m.
20 Spring Semester Classes begins
22 The Elderquest in Today’s Movies & Novels begins – registration required
24 TGIF: Garden Ready for Spring? - 11:45 a.m.
28 Health Education Series: Mastering the Healthcare Maze - 11:45 a.m.
31 TGIF: Chancellor Anne Ponder: What’s Ahead for UNCA? - 11:45 a.m.
31 NC Stage Company: Romeo & Juliet Reinvented - 1:30 p.m.

APRIL

4 Health Education Series: Prostate Problems - 11:45 a.m.
11 Health Education Series: The Senior Brain - 11:45 a.m.
21 Symphony Talk with Daniel Meyer - 3 p.m.
23 Shakespeare’s R&J at the North Carolina Stage Company - 2 p.m. (fee)
25 Health Edu. Series: Alternative Approach to Musculoskeletal Pain - 11:45 a.m.
25 Leadership Asheville Seniors: Forum on Illegal Immigrants - 7 p.m.
28 TGIF: What’s in the News? - 11:45 a.m.

MAY

2   Health Education Series: Sleep Disorders - 11:45 a.m.
5   TGIF: Thomas Rain Crowe–My Life in the Appalachian Woods - 11:45 a.m.
7   Reuter Center Singers Concert - 3 p.m.
19 College for Seniors Faculty Appreciation Party
26-28 Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend (fee)

- Summer Semester Catalogs in Mail: May 15 to 19, 2006
- Summer Semester Registration Begins June 2, 2006
- Summer Semester Classes Begin June 26, 2006

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