FALLSEMESTER,2017
STUDYGROUPPROPOSALFORMINSTRUCTIONS
FALLPROPOSALSAREDUEFRIDAY,MAY5,2017
PLEASEREADASSOMEINFORMATIONISNEW
CoordinatorsaretheheartoftheOLLIprogram.TheEvanstonandChicagoStudyGroup
CommitteeshopeyouwillchoosetobeacoordinatorduringOLLI’slivelyand
invigoratingFallSemester.
IfyouarenewtoOLLIthisyearitisrecommendedthatyouco-leadagroupwithan
experiencedcoordinatorandattendaNewCoordinatorOrientationWorkshop.A
CoordinatorOrientationWorkshopwillbeofferedbeforethestartoftheFallsemester
forallNEWCoordinators.Thinkingofbecomingacoordinatorforthefirsttime?Have
questions?Forencouragementandanswerstoyourquestionscontactyourcampus
ChairorViceChair.Contactinformationislistedbelow.
1. TheFallSemesterbeginsonMonday,September11andendsonFriday,
December15.Studygroupsare13or14weeksinduration.Alimitednumber
ofshort-durationstudygroupswillbeconsidered,including7-weekintensive
studygroups.Pleasenote:Studygroupsthatmeeton
Wednesday/Thursday/FridaywillbeimpactedbytheThanksgivingholiday,
November22-24,whenNorthwesternUniversityisclosedforbusiness,from
3pmonNovember22nd.Pleasebearthisinmindwhenplanningyour
syllabus.
2. YouarewelcometocontactStudyGroupCommitteememberspriortothe
deadlinetodiscussyourproposalinadvanceofthisdeadline.Ifyouare
interestedinlearningmoreaboutthenewCivicEngagementStudyGroup
optionpleasecontactKirstyMontgomeryat847-492-8068or
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Name
MichaelSinger
DovBoros
DavidAnderson
Michael
Goodkind
Campus
StudyGroup
CommitteeChair,
Evanston
ViceChair,Evanston
Phone
847-441-8968
E-mail
[email protected]
847-779-3083
[email protected]
StudyGroup
CommitteeChair,
Chicago
Vice-Chair,Chicago
312-587-3260
[email protected]
312-337-8705
[email protected]
3. PLEASEREADTHEENTIREPROPOSALFORMPRIORTOFILLINGITOUT.
4. SubmittingProposals
Tostreamlinetheproposalprocess,itismuchpreferredthatyoucompletetheform
andemailittoyourOLLIofficeasanattachment(ratherthanhandwritten).
Pleasesavetheproposalformtoyourcomputerandcompletetheinformation
aboutyourstudygroupdirectlyontheform.Thecompletedproposalformshould
bee-mailedasanattachmenttoyourcampusoffice:
Evanston:[email protected]
Chicago:[email protected]
Ifyouneedassistancesubmittingyourproposal,contactLisaD’Angelo
(847.492.8204)orMauritaGholston(312.503.7881).
Youmayalsodownloadanelectroniccopyofthecurrentproposalformfromthe
websitewww.sps.northwestern.edu/olli
Ifyouareunabletoelectronicallysubmityourproposal,pleasedeliver/mailityour
completedproposaltoyourOLLIoffice.
5. Pleasecompleteallquestions.UseN/Awhereappropriate.TheStudyGroup
Committeemayrequestclarificationsorrevisions.
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6. Remember,yourdescriptionshouldhaveamarketingedge,itshould
challenge,butitshouldnotdeceive.Itshouldincludethegoalorvalueofthe
studygroup;anypre-requisitesofspecializedknowledgeneeded,andinclude
allsourcematerialtitles,authors,publishers,etc.Trytointriguethereaderby
describingthepurposeofyourstudygroupfirst,beforeprovidingthespecifics
ofyoursourcematerials.Pleasenotetheformatusedforbookandfilmtitles
intheseexamples.Thisisthestandardformatfortitlesofbooksandfilmsfor
catalogdescriptions.
EXAMPLESOFPASTSEMESTERSTUDYGROUPDESCRIPTIONSTHATMEETTHEABOVE
GUIDELINES:
#LiteraryMasters
Monday,10:00am–12:00pm
Thisstudygrouptargetsreaderswhoenjoyexploringliteraturefrommanycultures
andstyles—classictomodern,fromAeschylustoAtwood,RothtoRushdie,
ShakespearetoShaw—andcombinesthe
joyofreadingwiththepleasureofdiscussion.Weusuallydevotetwoweeksto
eachbooktoassureacomprehensiveandmeaningfuldiscussion.Forthe
spring,wearedoingathemedsemester—howwaraffectsliterature—and
wewilldiscussbooksandplaysfromclassictimestothepresentthattakewar
astheirtheme.Wewillstartwithaone-weekdiscussionofAgamemnonby
Aeschylus,thenHenryVbyShakespeare,TheRedBadgeofCouragebySteven
Crane,ColdMountainbyCharlesFrazier,AllQuietontheWesternFrontbyEric
Romarque,TheEnglishPatientbyMichaelOndaate,TheThingsTheyCarriedby
TimO’Brien,and,finally,TheQuietAmericanbyGrahamGreene.Inthislongrunningstudygroupwehavereadover200authorsand400worksoffiction.
Newmembersarealwayswelcomeandwehopeyouwilljoinus.
#AmericanRoadTripIII:Art,Literature,andMusicCoasttoCoast
Tuesday,10:00am–12:00pm
Joinusaswecontinueour“roadtrip”aroundtheUnitedStates,exploringregional
characteristicsofAmericanart,literature,andmusic.Thissemesterwe’retravelingto
America’sheartland,theMidwest.Amongothertopics,we’lllookattheenduring
imagesofagrarianandsmalltownlifecreatedbyregionalistpainterslikeGrantWood
andThomasHartBentonandliterarymasterslikeSinclairLewisandSherwood
Anderson.We’llfocus,too,ontheindustrializationoftheMidwestincitieslikeDetroit,
wheretheJewisharchitectAlbertKahn,MexicancommunistmuralistDiegoRivera,and
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eastcoastmodernistCharlesSheelercreatedimagesofindustryfortheanti-Semitic
capitalistHenryFord.Thisstudygroupmakesuseofacombinationofclass
presentations,readings,discussions,andvideo.Thereisnotext:resourceswillbe
publishedonourCanvassiteandhandedoutinclass.Participantsshouldbewillingto
researchandpresentindividualartists,authors,andtopicstothegroup.Joinusaswe
hopfromcoasttocoastonthiscross-disciplinarytour,exploringtherichdiversityof
culturalactivityinAmerica.Weguaranteemanysurprisesalongtheway.
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