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1 | OLLI Fall 2026 Semester Courses Still Available | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Course ID | Course Title / Link | Instructor Name | Number of Sessions | Date(s) | Time | Location | Fee | ||||||||||||||||
3 | EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | MONDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | MCE-LLI-4-121 | Clay Ornaments Intergenerational Workshop at Pullen Arts Center | Facilitator: Emily Rubin Malpass | One Session | Oct. 12 | 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Pullen Arts Center, 105 Pullen Road Raleigh | $60 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | THURSDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | MCE-LLI-4-139 | Screen Printing at the Pullen Arts Center: Halloween T-shirts ** price is dependant on shirt purchase choice ** | Facilitator: Jocelyn Steslicke | Two Sessions | Oct. 22, 29 | 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. | Pullen Arts Center, 105 Pullen Road Raleigh | $65 or $50 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | ZOOM COURSES | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 | Zoom MCE-LLI-1Z-386 | Reading Nature Poetry | Jules Miller | Four Sessions | Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 | 12:30-2 p.m. | Zoom | $40 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | TUESDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Zoom MCE-LLI-1Z-418 | Climate Change Solutions | Warren Darrell | Five Sessions | Oct. 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10 | 2-3:30 p.m. | Zoom | $55 | ||||||||||||||||
13 | Zoom MCE-LLI-1Z-378 | Contagion 101: An Introduction to Infectious Disease | Abagael Sykes | Six Sessions | Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17, Dec. 1, 8 | 6-7:30 p.m. | Zoom | $55 | ||||||||||||||||
14 | WEDNESDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Thursday Zoom MCE-LLI-1Z-380 | (Date Change from the printed catalog - moved to Thursday) Read and Discuss Nadine Gordimer’s "July’s People" | Marjorie Lancaster | Four Sessions | Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Zoom | $40 | ||||||||||||||||
16 | Zoom MCE-LLI-2Z-214 | Cancelled - Foundations of Classical Cinema | Alexis Dew | Two Sessions | Oct. 14, 21 | 7:15-8:45 p.m. | Zoom | $30 | ||||||||||||||||
17 | THURSDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Zoom MCE-LLI-1Z-380 | Read and Discuss Nadine Gordimer’s "July’s People" | Marjorie Lancaster | Four Sessions | Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Zoom | $40 | ||||||||||||||||
19 | Zoom MCE-LLI-2Z-212 | Black Loyalists of the American Revolution | Sharon Ware | Three Sessions | Nov. 5, 12, 19 | 11 am-12:30 p.m. | Zoom | $40 | ||||||||||||||||
20 | SOCIALS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | THURSDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | MCE-LLI-5-007 | Conversations with History | Facilitator: Chris McKittrick | One Session | Nov. 12 | 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | McKimmon Center TBD | $10 | ||||||||||||||||
23 | FIRST TERM MULTI-WEEK COURSES | |||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | MONDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Zoom MCE-LLI-1Z-386 | Reading Nature Poetry | Jules Miller | Four Sessions | Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 | 12:30-2 p.m. | Zoom | $40 | ||||||||||||||||
26 | TUESDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Zoom MCE-LLI-1Z-418 | Climate Change Solutions | Warren Darrell | Five Sessions | Oct. 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10 | 2-3:30 p.m. | Zoom | $55 | ||||||||||||||||
28 | WEDNESDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | MCE-LLI-2-220 | Supporting Pollinators Through Native Gardening | Angela Hawkins | Three Sessions | Oct. 7, 14, 21 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon 13 | $40 | ||||||||||||||||
30 | MCE-LLI-2-219 | Orbital Mechanics for the Rest of Us | Marc Fusco | Two Sessions | Oct. 7, 14 | 3-4:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $30 | ||||||||||||||||
31 | FIRST TERM LECTURES | |||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | MONDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | WEDNESDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | MCE-LLI-3-363 | Scams--Identify and Protect Yourself | Kristin Bakerman, John Maron | One Session | Oct. 21 | 3-4:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
35 | THURSDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | MCE-LLI-3-460 | Advancing Crop Productivity Using CRISPR Genome Editing | Tim Kelliher | One Session | Oct. 22 | 9-10:30 a.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
37 | MCE-LLI-3-461 | Tastemakers: French Gastronomes and Celebrity Chefs | Michael Garval | One Session | Oct. 8 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
38 | FRIDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | MCE-LLI-3-446 | NASCAR's History and Heritage in the Carolinas | Michael Smith | One Session | Oct. 9 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
40 | SECOND TERM MULTI-WEEK COURSES | |||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | MONDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | MCE-LLI-1-411 | Evolution of Warfare Tactics and Weapons Part I | Dave Milidonis | Six Sessions | Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec. 7 | 9-10:30 a.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $55 | ||||||||||||||||
43 | MCE-LLI-1-040 | Climate Change and Global Warming: Facts and Fiction | Dave DeMaster, Lonnie Leithold, Walter Robinson, Kenneth Kunkel | Six Sessions | Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec. 7 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $55 | ||||||||||||||||
44 | MCE-LLI-2-173 | Ragtime--America's Musical Past | Marilyn Lynch | Two Sessions | Nov. 2, 9 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon Center TBD | $30 | ||||||||||||||||
45 | TUESDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | MCE-LLI-1-059 | Immortal Beloved: Beethoven’s Life, Loves, and Music | David Lynch | Six Sessions | Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17, Dec. 1, 8 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $55 | ||||||||||||||||
47 | MCE-LLI-1-143 | Discussing "Sense and Sensibility" | Sue Scott | Four Sessions | Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | McKimmon 13 | $40 | ||||||||||||||||
48 | MCE-LLI-2-216 | Sports Card History and Collecting | Greg Dragos | Two Sessions | Dec. 1, 8 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | McKimmon 13 | $30 | ||||||||||||||||
49 | MCE-LLI-1-294 | The World of Stonehenge and the Neolithic Revolution | Buzz Thunen | Six Sessions | Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17, Dec. 1, 8 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $55 | ||||||||||||||||
50 | MCE-LLI-1-376 | Peter Watkins: Marginalized Major Filmmaker | Joe Gomez | Six Sessions | Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17, Dec. 1, 8 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon 13 | $55 | ||||||||||||||||
51 | Zoom MCE-LLI-1Z-378 | Contagion 101: An Introduction to Infectious Disease | Abagael Sykes | Six Sessions | Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17, Dec. 1, 8 | 6-7:30 p.m. | Zoom | $55 | ||||||||||||||||
52 | WEDNESDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | MCE-LLI-2-211 | Liberty Ships of World War II | Steve Sakofsky | Two Sessions | Oct. 28, Nov. 4 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $30 | ||||||||||||||||
54 | MCE-LLI-2-225 | Pop Song Forms Used in Musicals | Timothy Kloth | Two Sessions | Oct. 28, Nov. 4 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | McKimmon 13 | $30 | ||||||||||||||||
55 | Zoom MCE-LLI-1Z-380 | Read and Discuss Nadine Gordimer’s "July’s People" | Marjorie Lancaster | Four Sessions | Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Zoom | $40 | ||||||||||||||||
56 | MCE-LLI-2-215 | Fasten Your Seatbelt: Surviving Market Turbulence | Janet Fox | Three Sessions | Nov. 18, Dec. 2, 9 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | McKimmon 13 | $40 | ||||||||||||||||
57 | MCE-LLI-1-377 | Exploding Stars and Their Aftermath | Don Ellison | Five Sessions | Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 18, Dec. 2, 9 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $55 | ||||||||||||||||
58 | THURSDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Zoom MCE-LLI-2Z-212 | Black Loyalists of the American Revolution | Sharon Ware | Three Sessions | Nov. 5, 12, 19 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Zoom | $40 | ||||||||||||||||
60 | MCE-LLI-1-384 | Strange Records: D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities (1965–1980) | Gilbert Neal | Six Sessions | Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, Dec. 3, 10 | 3-4:30 p.m. | McKimmon 13 | $55 | ||||||||||||||||
61 | SECOND TERM LECTURES | |||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | MONDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | MCE-LLI-3-448 | Inside the State Department: U.S. Diplomacy in Action | David Balton | One Session | Oct. 26 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon Center TBD | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
64 | MCE-LLI-3-449 | Matter, Forces, and the Secret Connections of Nature | Larry Silverberg | One Session | Nov. 16 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon Center TBD | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
65 | MCE-LLI-3-477 | Symbols and Landscapes of the Pre-Columbian Mississippian World | Buzz Thunen | One Session | Nov. 30 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon Center TBD | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
66 | MCE-LLI-3-453 | The Spirits of Playwright Conor McPherson | Jerome Davis | One Session | Dec. 7 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
67 | MCE-LLI-3-452 | Fewer Births, More Elders: Implications for North Carolina | Mike Cline | One Session | Oct. 26 | 3-4:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
68 | MCE-LLI-3-450 | The Poet and the Priestess: Langston Hughes's Friendship with Nina Simone | W. Jason Miller | One Session | Nov. 2 | 3-4:30 p.m. | McKimmon Center TBD | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
69 | MCE-LLI-3-359 | Understanding Dementia with Lewy Bodies | Erin Campbell | One Session | Nov. 9 | 3-4:30 p.m. | McKimmon Center TBD | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
70 | MCE-LLI-3-206 | The History and Evolution of the Outhouse | Gary Moore | One Session | Nov. 16 | 3-4:30 p.m. | McKimmon Center TBD | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
71 | TUESDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | MCE-LLI-3-480 | The Dynamics Affecting the 2026 Midterm Elections | David McLennan | One Session | Oct. 27 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon Center TBD | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
73 | WEDNESDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | MCE-LLI-3-250 | Management of Blood Glucose: Spotlight on GLP-1 | Olga Kosmos | One Session | Nov. 18 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
75 | MCE-LLI-3-432 | NC Internet Crimes Against Children | Kevin Roughton | One Session | Nov. 18 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon 13 | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
76 | THURSDAY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | MCE-LLI-3-478 | Becoming a Citizen Architect: Auburn University's Rural Studio | Jake Buell | One Session | Oct. 29 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon 11/12 | $15 | ||||||||||||||||
78 | NON-MEMBER AVAILABLE LECTURES | |||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | MCE-LLI-3-480 | The Dynamics Affecting the 2026 Midterm Elections (To Register: call the OLLI office at 919-515-5782) | David McLennan | One Session | Oct. 27 | 1-2:30 p.m. | McKimmon Center TBD | $20 | ||||||||||||||||
80 | MCE-LLI-3-450 | The Poet and the Priestess: Langston Hughes's Friendship with Nina Simone (To Register: call the OLLI office at 919-515-5782) | W. Jason Miller | One Session | Nov. 2 | 3-4:30 p.m. | McKimmon Center TBD | $20 | ||||||||||||||||
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