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- Age-Friendly Health Literacy for Older Adults – In-Person
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Item Number: W26SOC339A
Dates: 2/20/2026 - 3/6/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 3
Maximum Enrollment: 25
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room A
Instructor: Jennine Greenwell
This is a three-session class that promotes the 4M’s framework of age-friendly health care. The 4 M's are an essential set of evidence-based practices of concern to the older adult: What Matters, Mobility, Medication and Mind/Mentation. Using this framework improves care, prevents avoidable harms, eliminates waste and includes the social determinants of health. It gives you the opportunity to be an effective partner with your health care team. Resource materials and worksheets will be included from the National Institute on Aging.
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- Connectivism: A 21st Century Learning Theory – In-Person
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Item Number: W26SOC340A
Dates: 1/8/2026 - 2/5/2026
Times: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Maximum Enrollment: 25
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room C
Instructor: Bruce Evans
Once, learning was by word of mouth and from watching others. Then came the printing press, which not only changed the way people learned, it changed how people thought. Then along came audio in the form of radio and recordings, followed by visual modes, then computers. These all have changed the way we learn, and to a certain degree, the way we think. Several learning theories have complemented the role these technologies have played in our lives. Now we are in a digital age in which the internet and AI have a large impact. This five-week course will examine the various learning theories that have influenced teaching and learning, and will introduce connectivism, a theory for the digital age. There will be hands-on activities to illustrate these theories, and discussion will be encouraged.
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- Fiat Currency – In-Person
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Item Number: W26SOC317M
Dates: 1/5/2026 - 2/16/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: M
Sessions: 6
Maximum Enrollment: 42
Building: Rogue Valley Manor
Room: Skyline Plaza
Instructor: Tom Woosnam
We’re often told, “We can’t afford that program” or “The deficit will bankrupt our grandchildren.” But is this true? Unlike households, the U.S. government issues its own money through the Federal Reserve — it doesn’t need to “find” dollars before it spends them. That’s what makes the dollar a fiat currency: It isn’t backed by gold or any commodity, but instead by law and trust. This class cuts through myths about budgeting, deficits and debt to show how government spending really works. We’ll separate fear from fact and explore how money creation shapes policy, inflation and our everyday lives.
NOTE: There is no class on Monday, Jan. 19.
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- Fiat Currency – Online
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Item Number: W26SOC317
Dates: 1/8/2026 - 2/12/2026
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 6
Maximum Enrollment: 299
Building: Online
Room: (Zoom)
Instructor: Tom Woosnam
We’re often told, “We can’t afford that program” or “The deficit will bankrupt our grandchildren.” But is this true? Unlike households, the U.S. government issues its own money through the Federal Reserve — it doesn’t need to “find” dollars before it spends them. That’s what makes the dollar a fiat currency: It isn’t backed by gold or any commodity, but instead by law and trust. This class cuts through myths about budgeting, deficits and debt to show how government spending really works. We’ll separate fear from fact and explore how money creation shapes policy, inflation and our everyday lives.
NOTE: There is no class on Monday, Jan. 19.
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- Hot News & Cool Views – Online (Hybrid)
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Item Number: W26SOC140
Dates: 1/6/2026 - 3/10/2026
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 299
Building: Online
Room: (Zoom)
Instructor: Rick Vann
Hot News & Cool Views is an open-discussion forum to explore and discuss breaking news from Oregon and around the globe each week. All views and opinions are not only welcome but essential for lively discussion in the group. We cover a wide range of topics, including politics, climate change, technology and medicine. An agenda with articles will be sent to you prior to each class. Students are encouraged to send in topics and news articles to add to each week’s agenda. Please join us for a sizzling hot journey around the world with our fast, fun and sometimes controversial class whose success is largely a product of the wisdom, knowledge and experience of our great group. Many take our class again because it’s better than a strong cup of coffee to get your week going!
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- Hot News & Cool Views – In-Person (Hybrid)
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Item Number: W26SOC140A
Dates: 1/6/2026 - 3/10/2026
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 34
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room A
Instructor: Rick Vann
Hot News & Cool Views is an open-discussion forum to explore and discuss breaking news from Oregon and around the globe each week. All views and opinions are not only welcome but essential for lively discussion in the group. We cover a wide range of topics, including politics, climate change, technology and medicine. An agenda with articles will be sent to you prior to each class. Students are encouraged to send in topics and news articles to add to each week’s agenda. Please join us for a sizzling hot journey around the world with our fast, fun and sometimes controversial class whose success is largely a product of the wisdom, knowledge and experience of our great group. Many take our class again because it’s better than a strong cup of coffee to get your week going!
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- Lesbian Culture and Community: 1950s to the Present – Online (Hybrid)
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Item Number: W26SOC309
Dates: 1/7/2026 - 2/25/2026
Times: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 8
Maximum Enrollment: 20
Building: Online
Room: (Zoom)
Instructor: LauRose Felicity
This is a survey course that looks at lesbian culture, community and relationships from the 1950s to the present. It will cover butch/femme community, lesbian feminism of the 1970s to the present, including music festivals, the women in print movement, lesbian feminist art, philosophy, films, spirituality, poetry fiction and nonfiction. There will be videos of some of these community events. The course will also look at the struggle for legal equality in jobs, housing, public accommodations and familial relations. There will be optional presentations by students. Some evaluation of the current backlash against equality measures will be discussed.
NOTE: The main required text for this class is “Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers” by Lillian Faderman, available in public libraries and online.
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- Lesbian Culture and Community: 1950s to the Present – In-Person (Hybrid)
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Item Number: W26SOC309A
Dates: 1/7/2026 - 2/25/2026
Times: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 8
Maximum Enrollment: 20
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room B
Instructor: LauRose Felicity
This is a survey course that looks at lesbian culture, community and relationships from the 1950s to the present. It will cover butch/femme community, lesbian feminism of the 1970s to the present, including music festivals, the women in print movement, lesbian feminist art, philosophy, films, spirituality, poetry fiction and nonfiction. There will be videos of some of these community events. The course will also look at the struggle for legal equality in jobs, housing, public accommodations and familial relations. There will be optional presentations by students. Some evaluation of the current backlash against equality measures will be discussed.
NOTE: The main required text for this class is “Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers” by Lillian Faderman, available in public libraries and online.
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- Online Treasures: Unique Web Portals – Online
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Item Number: W26SOC324
Dates: 2/5/2026 - 2/19/2026
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 3
Maximum Enrollment: 100
Building: Online
Room: (Zoom)
Instructor: Alice Yucht
Thanks to modern technology and the web, we can now explore unique resources from the comfort of our own homes. Whether it’s the history of baseball cards, Sondheim musicals or how holograms are made, there is an explanation and demonstration available somewhere online. Learn how to navigate free resources that may be new to you and understand how to search strategically to satisfy your curiosity. Each of the three sessions will focus on a different theme: Americana, artistic endeavors and mind expanders. No previous knowledge is needed — just a good internet connection. Digital handouts will include links to all the websites demonstrated.
NOTE: This course is part of an online share with OLLI at the University of Nevada, Reno.
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- Origins of Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Marx – Online
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Item Number: W26SOC341
Dates: 1/8/2026 - 3/12/2026
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 74
Building: Online
Room: (Zoom)
Instructor: Ean Roby
Although philosophy began in classical Greece, it was not until almost two millennia later in Europe that it began to take on some of its most distinctive modern features. This course will investigate how that modern phase of philosophical thinking began in the mid-17th century with the groundbreaking ideas of the French thinker René Descartes. We will then trace the evolution of modern ideas about knowledge, ethics and the nature of reality through a sequence of 18th and 19th century European thinkers, including Locke, Hume, Kant and Hegel. This class will be taught on Zoom, and no background in the subject is needed. Detailed notes will be provided for each lecture and questions are always welcome.
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