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Initially funded by a grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UM (MOLLI) is a lifelong learning program for adult learners +50. MOLLI’s goal is to create an accessible and innovative learning environment so that active older adults from all backgrounds and levels of education may pursue learning. MOLLI builds on the rich resources of The University of Montana (UM) to offer its members an array of educational and social opportunities. As a MOLLI member, you have the opportunity to:

• TakeabroadarrayofcourseswithdistinguishedUMfaculty, emeritus faculty, and other Missoula area teachers in a “no grade, no test” learning environment;• Keepactiveandenrichyourlife;• Meetnewandinterestingpeople;• Continuetolearnandexpandyourhorizons;• Explorenewskillsanddevelopnewinterests;• Travelandlearninnewways;and• Staymentallyfit–andhavefun!

Membershipis$20perpersonandisrenewableannually.Coursesare$60each.Someactivitiesarefreetomemberswhileothershavea small fee. The benefits of membership include:

•AccesstotheMaureenandMikeMansfieldLibraryatUM•Specialmemberonlyevents

•Special“MOLLIonly”parkingpermitsduring the MOLLI term•10%discountattheBookstoreatUMfortextbooksandart

supplies for MOLLI courses

MOLLI Council Members

Cynthia AtenAnn BooneRafael ChacónGladys ConsidineGary HawkCharlotte HayMargaret JohnsonPatrick MahoneyDennis O’DonnellRay RishoBurke TownsendGlenn WoodMarta YorkJanie Spencer, DirectorRoger Maclean, Dean, School of Extended & Lifelong Learning

Our Valued Partners

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UM President’s Lecture Series

The Springs Retirement Community

Montana Museum of Art and Culture

International Wildlife Film Festival

Welcome to the Time of Your Life!

“Love this whole concept! Very relaxing and a great non-judgmental way to learn”

~MOLLI member

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Table of Contents

Support MOLLI – Ways to Give 2

Course Overview 3

Course Listings 4

Fine Arts ABackstagePasstoNeilSimon’sBiloxi Blues 4CuisineArtistry:TheGlobalKitchen 4StartingwithHuffman:PhotographersofMontana’sHighPlains 5TheCreativeProcess:FindingYourSpark 5

HumanitiesCulturalandGlobalSavvyThroughFilm 6MyLoveAffairwithMontana 6Masterpiecesof20thCenturyCentralEuropeanLiterature 6CultureandAgriculture 7ThePhilosophers’Government 7FoodandCulture:Anthropology 7Stalin’sRussia 8BrazilandthePromiseofOrderandProgress:1500s-Present 8

Current and Political Affairs TheGreatWar:1914-1919 8

Natural and Social SciencesMathematicsThenandNow 9TheNewNorth:TheChangingArctic 9MontanaBeforeHistory:11,000YearsofHunter-GatherersinthePlainsandRockies 10Activity,VitalityandLongevity 10LanguageMyths 10EverythingisInfectious:ThePast,PresentandFutureImpactoftheMicrobialWorldonHumanandGlobalHealth 11

MOLLI Special Member Event 12

General Information 13

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Support MOLLI - Ways to Give

Please consider making a gift to MOLLI today. All gifts, regardless of size, are significant and meaningful. Your generosity will ensure that MOLLI will remain sustainable, vibrant and accessible for generations to come. Thank you for your

consideration and support.

Why give?

Your gift will help MOLLI reach the following goals:

• Meet current expenses of approximately $100 per course, not covered by the

MOLLI annual membership fee of $20 and course fees of $60 per course

• Enhance MOLLI’s educational programs

• Provide assistance toward course fees for lower income participants

• Increase the MOLLI endowment fund to ensure MOLLI’s financial future

• Assure adequate staffing, space, equipment and publicity for programming

Give the Gift of Learning There are many ways you can support MOLLI!

• Make an Annual Gift

• Give a Memorial Gift to honor a family member or friend

• Create an Endowed Gift in your name (or a loved one’s name) that will last a

lifetime

• Consider an Estate Gift (a bequest, gift annuity, pension plan, IRA or

real estate)

• Purchase a Gift Membership or course tuition waiver for someone special

How Do I Donate?Contact Janie Spencer at 406.243.2905 or make a gift online at www.umt.edu/MOLLI. Prefer to give on a monthly or quarterly basis? It’s easy to arrange for a regular gift via credit card at www.umt.edu/MOLLI. Gifts are tax deductible; please make your gift by December 31 so we may count your support for the coming year.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Course Overview All Courses are in the Todd Building, UM unless otherwise noted.

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Upcoming Event MOLLI Special Member Event:

Behind the Scenes at the Symphony: Mozart’s RequiemDarko Butorac

Tuesdays,February19&26,3:00pm-5:00pm,UniversityCenterTheater,UM,and

Thursday,February28,DressRehearsal,TimeTBA,DennisonUniversityTheatre,UM

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Thursdays January 24 - February 28, 2013

9:00 am – 10:30 am •MyLoveAffairwithMontana–HalStearns

11:00 am – 12:30 pm•Masterpiecesof20thCenturyCentralEuropeanLiterature–AnnaDulba-Barnett

•CuisineArtistry:TheGlobalKitchen–RayRisho

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm•CultureandAgriculture–JoshuaSlotnick•MathematicsThenandNow–DianeBurrell

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm•StartingwithHuffman:PhotographersofMontana’sHighPlains–KristiHager

•ThePhilosophers’Government–RichardE.Walton

Fridays January 25 - March 1, 2013

9:00 am–10:30 am•FoodandCulture:Anthropology–GarryKerr

[The Springs at Missoula]•TheNewNorth:TheChangingArctic–AnnaKlene•MontanaBeforeHistory:11,000YearsofHunter-GatherersinthePlainsandRockies–DouglasMacDonald

11:00 am–12:30 pm•Activity,VitalityandLongevity–BrianSharkey•LanguageMyths–LeoraBar-el

1:00 pm–2:30 pm•Stalin’sRussia–RobertH.Greene•TheCreativeProcess:FindingYourSpark–LeeHeuermann

•EverythingisInfectious:ThePast,PresentandFutureImpactoftheMicrobialWorldonHumanandGlobalHealth–GeorgeRisi

3:00 pm–4:30 pm•BrazilandthePromiseofOrderandProgress:1500s-Present–SilviaLazo

•TheGreatWar:1914-1919–HarryFritz

Courses with a special schedule:

Wednesdays2:30 pm - 4:00 pm(January2-January23),andThursday,7:30pm(January29)•ABackstagePasstoNeilSimon’sBiloxi Blues–TeresaWaldorf[PARTV Center, Room 190, UM]

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm (January23,February6&13)•CulturalandGlobalSavvyThroughFilm–UdoFluck

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Fine ArtsA Backstage Pass to Neil Simon’s Biloxi BluesTeresa Waldorf

Wednesdays, 2:30 pm-4:00 pm (January 2-January 23), and Thursday, 7:30 pm (January 29 - The Opening Night Performance), PARTV Center, Room 190, UM

[The tuition for this course is $70.00 and includes the price of the Opening Night Performance ticket on January 29, 2013.]

Maximum Number of Students:15

Textbook: The play script for Biloxi Blues (available at the Bookstore at UM)

GetapeekbehindthescenesoftheMontanaRepertoryTheatre’s(MRT)professionalnationaltouringproductionofNeilSimon’sBiloxi Blues.LedbyMRT’sEducationalOutreachCoordinator,TeresaWaldorf,courseparticipantshavetheopportunitytotalkwiththedirector,designers,andcastmembersaswellasattendblockingandtechnicalrehearsalstoseewhatittakestoproduceaworld-classcomedy.Anin-depthanalysisofthescriptandhistoryofthetimeswillbeonthediscussionlistaswell.Studentsalsoattendtheopeningnightperformanceasagroup.

About the instructor: TeresaWaldorfistheEducationalOutreachCoordinatorfortheMontanaRepertoryTheatreandadjunctinstructorforTheUniversityofMontana’sSchoolofTheatreandDance.Teresa’sdirectingcreditsatUMinclude Gypsy, Batboy, Rocky Horror Show, Still Life with Iris and Once Upon a Mattress. Teresa received her MFA fromUMin1991inActing/Directingandcontinuestoactasmuchaspossible.Shecanfrequentlybeseenonstageacting inMontanaRepMissoulaproductionsat theCrystalTheatreordoingstand-upcomedyat theDowntownDanceCollective.

Cuisine Artistry: The Global KitchenRay Risho

Thursdays, 11:00 am-12:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

TravelonaglobalculinaryadventurewithRayRishoandexploretheimportanceofcuisineasadefiningimprintofculture.Courseparticipantslearnhowtherawmaterialsoffoodtranslateintocuisineandartwhileopeningpantrydoorstoregionalcuisinesacrosstheglobe.Studentsalsogainanunderstandinghowmediumscarryflavorandexploretheworld’sspicecupboardsandpantrieswithcookingtechniquesthatfocusontheflavorsoftheMiddleEastandtheMediterraneanBasin.Particularattentionwillbegiventocuisineasthe“gatewaytoculture”,referredtoasgastro-diplomacy,andtheroleofcuisineinpeace-making,conflictresolution,negotiationandbetrayal.Thecourseconcludeswithacookingdemonstrationbasedonmaterialdiscussedinprecedinglectures.

About the instructor:Founderof thecelebratedPerugiaRestaurant inMissoula,Montana,chefand independentscholarRayRishohasspenta lifetimeof travelstudyingglobalcuisine. Inaddition toEuropeandAsia,RayhastraveledextensivelyintheMiddleEast.Hehaspresentednumerousteaching-dinnersfeaturingclassicmenusfromaroundtheworld,andfrequentlygivesworkshopsandcookingdemonstrationsonglobalcuisine.

“MOLLI is doing well providing such a variety of topics and instructors with a group of varied students in each class. Keep on keeping on!”

~MOLLI member

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Starting with Huffman: Photographers of Montana’s High PlainsKristi Hager

Thursdays, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

This coursewill explore three centuries ofMontana prairie landscapes by selected photographers across threecenturies:L.A.Huffman,E.J.Cameron,F.JayHaynes(1880s/early1900s);JohnVachon,JohnSmart,andothers(1940’s-1980s); Lee Friedlander, LoisConner, andothers (2000 to present).Analysis includes essays, letters andjournalsthatrevealtheuniquechallengesandprivatejubilationatsuccessunderhot,cold,windy,dusty,muddy,andlonelyconditions.Participantswilllearnto“read”photographstogainadeeperappreciationofeachphotographer’svision,bothinthebroadnotionofhowtobeintheworldandintheparticularbeautyofMontana’shighplains.

About the instructor: KristiHagerhasworked for twenty years as aprofessional photographerusing a cameramuch like L.A. Huffman’s. She taught photography at Santa Clara University and has presented programs onMontanaphotographyforHumanitiesMontana’sSpeakersBureau.Herbook,Evelyn Cameron: Montana’s Frontier Photographer,wasa2008MontanaBookAwardHonorwinner.

The Creative Process: Finding Your Spark Lee Heuermann

Fridays, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

Maximum Number of Students:15

Creativity is inherent inallofusand is known tobeakeycomponentofagingwell. In thiscourse,participantswillhavetheopportunitytoexploretheircreativityinasupportiveandnon-judgmentalsetting.Throughexercisesinvolvingself-reflection/journaling,improvisation/play,andreading/discussion,participantswillfocusondevelopingandhoningtheircreativeinstinctsthroughattendingtothemselvesandtheirsurroundingworld.Additionally,theinstructor–amusician,composerandperformer–willsharetheupsanddownsofherowncreativeprocess.

About the instructor: LeeHeuermann is on the faculty at TheUniversity ofMontana School ofMusic and theWildernessandCivilizationProgram,whereshehastaughtsuchclassesasSoundintheNaturalWorld,CompositionandWomeninMusic.Lee’smostrecentcompositionsinclude“RidgeofBlueLonging”forwhichshewasthe2011recipientoftheJudithLangZaimantPrizefromtheInternationalAllianceforWomeninMusic.Additionally,shehascollaboratedwithAmyRagsdale’sHeadwatersDanceCompany.Asasinger,shespecializesincontemporarymusicandexperimentaljazz.LeehasaPhDinCompositionfromStonyBrookUniversity,aMMdegreefromtheYaleSchoolofMusic,andaBMfromtheNewEnglandConservatory.

“I entered this course not knowing what to expect but being challenged to learn something new. I found this to be a most interesting course.”

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sHumanitiesCultural and Global Savvy Through FilmUdo Fluck

Wednesdays, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm (January 23, February 6 and 13), Todd Building, UM

ThisMOLLIcoursewilluseoneofthemostpowerfulformsofmedia-film-tohelptheparticipantsdevelopacross-cultural sensitivity and become cultural savvy. Film has the ability to mentally transport people to locations and remoteregions,providingauniqueinsightintothewaypeoplecommunicate,collaborate,etc.Wewillexaminebothsociotypesandstereotypesandcomparestyle,plotandcharacterstouncoverthehiddenwaysofcommunicatingcultural difference and dispelling common myths about other cultures.

About the instructor:UdoFluckwasborn,raisedandreceivedhisprimaryeducationinGermany.Duringthepastdecade,heworkedasacurriculumdeveloper,facultymember,andcross-culturalresearcherinGermanyandtheUnitedStates.In2004,UdocreatedMulticulturalLearningSolutionsatTheUniversityofMontanaandhasdevelopedandtaughtcoursesincross-culturalandglobalcompetencebuildingacrosscampus.

My Love Affair with MontanaHal Stearns

Thursdays, 9:00 am-10:30 am, Todd Building, UM

Montanahasahistoryasrichasourbelovedbigsky:earlyexplorersandtrappers,cowsandcowboys,Indiantribesinhabitingtheplainsandmountains,folksfamousandinfamous,politicsgoodandbad,railroadersandtownbuilders.Eachandeveryonehascontributedtomakingthisveryspecialplaceourhome.

About the instructor:HalStearnsisanativeofHarlowtonwithgenerationsofranchers,homesteaders,newsmen,andeducatorsinhisfamily.HeholdsaBAfromtheUniversityofNotreDame,aswellasaMAanddoctoraldegreesfromTheUniversityofMontana.Hetaughtfor34yearsatSentinelHighSchool,aswellasinWiesbadenGermanyandatUM.HonoredasMontana’sTeacheroftheYearandOutstandingU.S.HistoryTeacher,HalwastherecipientoftwograntsfromtheNationalEndowmentfortheHumanities.Additionally,HalwasaKeiziaKohoFellowtoJapanandrecognizedasoneofthe40HumanitiesMontana“Heroes”in2012.HealsoservedintheMontanaArmyNationalGuardfor35years,attainingtherankofBrigadierGeneral.

Masterpieces of 20th Century Central European LiteratureAnna Dulba-Barnett

Thursdays, 11:00 am-12:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

Optional Textbooks: Process byFranzKafka,Index Card byTadeuszRozewicz*andThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgahov

*Instructor can provide participants with the electronic version of this text as it may be difficult to obtain.

Whatmakesanoveloraplayamasterpiece?Isititsformorcontent?Maybeit’stheauthorhimselfwhosecuresthegreatnessofthework?Wewilllookfortheanswerstothesequestionsaswereadthreeworksrepresentingthreedifferentcountries:Poland,RussiaandtheCzechRepublic.Theselandshavewitnessedthetraumaoftwoworldwars,Naziconcentrationcamps,andpoliticaloppressions.Outofthistroubledhistory,greatmindshaveproducedliteraturethatranksamongthebestofworldliterature.

About the instructor:AnnaDulba-BarnettgotherBAfromJagiellonianUniversityinCracow,Poland.SheacquiredherMAintheaterstudiesfromTheUniversityofMontana.AnnagivesguestlecturesatUMandsheservestheSchoolof Theatre and Dance as an Assistant Director and Dramaturg in various productions.

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sCulture and AgricultureJosh Slotnick

Thursdays, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

Courseparticipantswillhavetheopportunitytoconsiderfarmingthroughahumanitieslens.WewilllookatnotablepointsinthehistoryofAmericanagriculture,withspecialattentionpaidtowriters,artists,poetsandsocialhistorians.Wewillalsotracetheproductiontechniquesofspecificcropsanddiscussthesocialandhistoricalramificationsofthese choices.

About the instructor: JoshSlotnick is a facultymember inEnvironmentalStudiesProgramatTheUniversityofMontana.Heisaco-founderofthePEASfarmandthenon-profitGardenCityHarvest.JoshmanagesthePEASfarmand has been farming in Missoula for 20 years.

The Philosophers’ GovernmentRichard E. Walton

Thursdays, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

Optional Textbook: The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the U.S.(Pocketedition)bytheCatoInstitute

Course Website URL: http://www.rewalt.me/TPG/index.html

TheUnitedStates’governmentisthefirstandlongestlastingofmoderngovernments-governmentsexplicitlybasedonasetofideas.Inparticular,the“wordsweliveby”aretoanotableextenttheproductofEuropeanphilosophyinthe150yearsbeforetheywereenshrined.ControversiesandshortcomingsinthosephilosophicaltheoriespersistinAmericanpoliticaldiscoursetothisday.Thus,wewillundertakeasystematicexaminationoftheseminaldocumentsof American government, especially The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the U.S., supported by selectedreadingsfromthephilosophicalbackgroundofthesemonumentalworks.

About the instructor: RichardE.WaltonisanativeofMontana.HehasearneddegreesinmathematicsandphilosophyfromTheUniversityofMontana,anddidhisgraduateworkattheUniversityofOregonandtheClaremontGraduateSchool.RichardjoinedtheUMfacultyin1969,retiringin2008.HewashonoredwiththeUM’sDistinguishedTeachingAwardin1989.Richardco-foundedtheUM-St.PatrickHospitalInstituteofMedicineandHumanities,andservedonitsBoardforseveralyears.HealsoservedasamemberoftheSt.PatrickHospitalEthicsCommittee.Richardhaspublishedpapersinancientphilosophyandmedicalethics,aswellasnumerouspapersonissuesinhighereducationandseveralbookreviews.Healsoservedasajournalchiefeditorforseveralyears.

Food and Culture: Anthropology Garry Kerr

Fridays, 9:00 am-10:30 am, The Springs at Missoula

FoodandCultureexaminesthewaysthatcultureshapesthesatisfactionofabiologicalneed–eating.Foodproduction,preparation,choices,customs,taste,taboos,spicesanddietswillbecovered.Cannibalstovegetarians,AmericatoAsia,wewillagainseethestronghandofculture.

About the instructor:GarryKerrhasbeenteachingintheDepartmentofAnthropologysince1988.Hisstudentsrangeinagefrom9to90andtheyeachbringsomethinguniquetotheclassroom.Garrywasvoted“TheBestProfessoratTheUniversity”twelvetimes.“IlovewhatIdoandamknownforcontagiousenthusiasm.”-Kerr.

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Fridays, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

Textbook: Sofia Petrovna byLydiaChukovskaya

Thiscoursewillexaminethepolitical,socialandculturalhistoryoftheUSSRattheheightoftheStalinyears(1929-1941).HowdidarelativelyobscureGeorgianseminarydropoutrisetopowerandmaintaintightcontrolovertheSovietstateandpartyfornearly30years?Howdidarevolutionthatpromisedequalityforthetoilingmassesandanendtopoliticalandeconomicexploitationresultinaone-partydictatorshipwhoseleadersmadeuseofterrorandstate-sponsoredviolenceagainsttheirowncitizens?WasStalinism,asitsopponentscharged,anaberrationfromtheprinciplesof1917,oranaturaloutgrowthofthesystemLeninandtheBolsheviksestablishedaftertheOctoberRevolution?AndwhatsimilaritiesanddifferencescanweseebetweenthetotalitarianregimesofStalinistRussiaandHitler’sGermany?Throughacombinationoflectureanddiscussion,wewilladdressthesequestionsandmore.

About the instructor: RobertH.GreenecompletedhisPhDattheUniversityofMichiganandisanAssociateProfessorofHistoryatTheUniversityofMontana,whereheteachescoursesinRussian,SovietandEastEuropeanhistory.Heis the author of Bodies Like Bright Stars: Saints and Relics in Orthodox Russia and The Story of a Life: The Memoirs of a Young Jewish Woman in the Russian Empire.

Brazil and the Promise of Order and Progress: 1500s-PresentSilvia Lazo

Fridays, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

This classwill provide a panoramic viewof Brazilian civilization as it surveys a bodyof cultural and intellectualmaterials, includingscholarly and literarypublications (newsandbookchapters) andart (architecture,paintings,music, film). A goal of this course is to develop a critical understanding of the history, economic development, culture, religions and contemporary challenges of this dynamic country.

About the instructor: SilviaLazoholdsBAdegrees inTheaterandMusicfromWhitworthUniversityandanMMdegreefromTheUniversityofMontanawheresheisalsocompletingherPhDinMusicology.SilviawasraisedinSãoPaulo,Brazil.ShehasworkedasAssistantExecutiveDirectorforSpokaneOpera,performedLatinAmericanclassicalandpopularmusic,andservedtheWashingtonStateArtsCommission.

Current and Political AffairsThe Great War: 1914-1919Harry W. Fritz

Fridays, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm

TheGreatWar(1914-1919)wasthepivotaleventofthe20thcentury.“FromitcameU.S.intervention,theBolshevikRevolutionandthecreationoftheSovietUnion, ItalianFascism,theGreatDepression,Nazism,WorldWar II, theHolocaust,theruinofEurope[AldousHuxley,1946],”nottomentiontheColdWar,thecreationandultimatedestructionofYugoslavia,andtheformationofthemodernMiddleEast.ThisMOLLIcourseplacesthewarinitsglobalcontext,whilestressingthestalemateontheWesternFrontandtheeffortstoovercomeit.

About the instructor:HarryW.FritzisProfessorEmeritusofHistoryatTheUniversityofMontanainMissoula.HegraduatedfromMissoulaCountyHighSchoolin1956,andattendedDartmouthCollege(AB1960),TheUniversityofMontana(MA1962),andWashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis(PhD1971).HarrystillteachescoursesinearlyAmericanhistory,Americanmilitaryhistory,andMontanahistory.HehasbeenUM’sTeacheroftheYear(1972and1999)andtheCarnegieFoundation’sMontanaProfessorof theYear (2004). In1985,HarrywonUM’sDistinguishedServiceAward,theGovernor’sHumanitiesAwardin2003,andin2007theRobertT.Pantzeraward.HehasalsowrittenandlecturedwidelyontheLewisandClarkExpedition.HarryistheauthorofThe Lewis and Clark Expedition(Greenwood2004), Montana: Land of Contrast(1984;rev.ed.,2001),andco-editorofMontana and the West(1984),The Montana Heritage(1992),andThe Montana Legacy(2002).HarryservedintheMontanaHouseofRepresentativesin1985and1987,aswellasintheMontanaSenatein1991and1993.

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Natural and Social SciencesMathematics Then and Now Diane Burrell

Thursdays, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

Thiscoursewilltracetheevolutionofmathematicsfromitsearliestdevelopmenttohowitaffectsdecision-makingtoday. Learnhowancient systems for countingand recordingnumbers influencedhowdifferent societiesusedmathematics. From mystical investigations of prime numbers to attempts to gain an advantage at medieval gaming tables to the logical structureofgeometry,mathematicshasgrown to influencenearlyeveryaspectofmoderndecision-making.Thisclassassumesnopriorknowledgeofmathematicsbeyondacuriosityabouthowmathematicalconceptspermeateourworldinunexpectedandinnovativeways.

About the instructor:DianeBurrellhaspublishednumerousarticlesduringher30-yearcareerasamathematicsteacherinMissoula.ShewasarecipientoftheMontanaPresidentialAwardforExcellenceinTeachingMathematicsandwastwicenamedaTandyOutstandingTeacher.Sinceretiringfromactiveteaching,shehaswrittencurriculummaterials and has served as a math consultant and trainer.

The New North: The Changing Arctic Anna Klene

Fridays, 9:00 am-10:30 am, Todd Building, UM

Textbook: New North: The World in 2050 byLarrySmith

ThecurrentandfutureimpactsofclimatechangeontheArcticarewidelydiscussedbythemedia.LarrySmith’srecentbookbroadensthatdiscussionandlooksatthecombinedimpactsofclimatechange,populationgrowth,globalization,andindustrialization(oil,gas,andmineralresourcedevelopment)ontheregiontodayandoverthenextseveraldecades.Inthiscourse,wewillusehispopular-pressbookasaframeworktoreviewthecurrentsituation,look at slides and photos from around the Arctic, and discuss numerous issues arising from these geopolitical and environmental changes.

About the instructor: Anna Klene, Associate Professor in The Department of Geography at The University ofMontana,hasdoneresearchinnorthernAlaskafor15yearsonpermafrost(perenniallyfrozenground)andclimateinteractionsinnaturalandurbansettings.SheservesontheBoardoftheinterdisciplinaryMinorinClimateChangeStudiesandhastraveledinArcticregionsoftheU.S.,Canada,NorwayandwesternSiberia.

“Time flies when I am here. I have learned things I never knew before, that is really cool. Thanks so much for having this class.”

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Montana Before History: 11,000 Years of Hunter-Gatherers in the Plains and RockiesDouglas MacDonald

Fridays, 9:00 am-10:30 am, Todd Building, UM

Textbook: Montana Before HistorybyDouglasH.MacDonald

*Thefirst20peopleregisteredforthiscoursewillreceivethetextbookfreeofcharge,courtesyoftheinstructor.

MontanaBeforeHistorywillteachMOLLIstudentstheprehistoryofMontana,from11,000to300yearsago.Courseparticipants will learn about the best Native American archaeological sites in the state and learn about NativeAmericanculturesthatwerepresentinMontanalongbeforeEuropean-Americans.Studentswillfollowalongusingthe companion book of the same title, as authored by the instructor, an archaeologist at The University of Montana.

About the instructor:DouglasMacDonaldisanAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofAnthropologyatUM.HeholdsMAandPhDdegreesinAnthropologyfromWashingtonStateUniversity.DoughasconductedarchaeologicalfieldworkacrossmuchoftheUnitedStates.HiscurrentresearchisinYellowstoneNationalPark.

Activity, Vitality and LongevityBrian Sharkey

Fridays, 11:00 am-12:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

TheAmericanMedicalAssociation(AMA)asserts,“Exerciseismedicine”.Everwonderwhyregularmoderatephysicalactivityconfershealthbenefitsandhowfitnesstrainingenhancesthosebenefits?Wewillexplorethewaysaerobicandmuscular trainingpromptspecificphysiological adaptations, andconsider the influenceofgenetics.Wewilldiscuss“meaningful”activity,andtheintrinsicmotivationneededtokeepactivethroughoutlife.Courseparticipantswilllearnhowattainablelifespanisenhanced,whatresearchsaysaboutexerciseandfitness,howtofueltheactivelife,andtherisksofexertion.Studentswillalsodiscoverthatitisnevertoolatetoadoptanactivelifestyle.

About the instructor: Professor Emeritus from The University of Montana, Brian Sharkey directed the HumanPerformanceLaboratory,conductedresearch,workedwithathletes,anddevoted45yearstothehealth,safetyandperformanceofwildlandfirefighters.Heauthoredtwelvebooks,publishednumerousresearchpapers,workedwiththeU.S.SkiTeam,theNCAA,andtheForestService.Inaddition,BrianservedaspresidentoftheAmericanCollegeofSportsMedicine.

Language MythsLeora Bar-el

Fridays, 11:00 am-12:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

Textbook: Language Myths by Laurie Bauer and Peter Trudgill (eds.)

Aresomelanguagesmorebeautifulthanothers?DoesTVmakepeoplesoundthesame?Dosomelanguageshavenogrammar?Thegoalofthiscourseistodiscuss,questionandchallengecommonly-heldideasaboutlanguage.Byexploringseverallanguagemyths,wewillrevealthewaysinwhichlinguists’beliefsaboutlanguagedifferfrombeliefsaboutlanguagethatareprevalentinthewidercommunity.

About the instructor:LeoraBar-elisanAssistantProfessorofLinguisticsatTheUniversityofMontana.Herresearchinterests include the grammar of tense and aspect, linguistic field methodology, North American Indigenous languages, MontanadialectsofEnglish,andissuesinlanguageendangermentandrevitalization.InApril2012,shereceivedtheUMCollegeofArtsandSciencesHelenandWinstonCoxEducationExcellenceAward.

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“This course was particularly meaningful to me, helping me to transcend a difficult time in my life. Course work such as this is not only to educate but sometimes helps people in very meaningful ways in their life.”

~MOLLI member

Everything is Infectious: The Past, Present and Future Impact of the Microbial World on Human and Global HealthGeorge Risi

Fridays, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Todd Building, UM

As the relationshipbetweenmicrobes and theirmammalianhosts continues tobe explored, surprising findingsandimplicationsforhumanandglobalhealtharediscovered.Thisserieswilldiscussimportantdiseasesthathaveaffected humans, animals and altered the course of history. The future for control of infections is bright but the very definitionof“control”mustberestructured.Astheimportanceoflivingwithourbiologicalfloraisrealized,discoveryand management of emerging diseases gain increasing importance.

About the instructor:GeorgeRisiisaphysicianinprivatepracticeinMissoula.HeisboardcertifiedinInfectiousDiseasesandholdsaMaster’sdegreeintheImmunologyof InfectiousDiseases.Betweenhis22yearsinclinicalpracticeand8yearsastheClinicalAdvisortotheRockyMountainLabsinHamilton,Georgehasdevelopedastrongappreciationofhowinfectiousdiseasesareatonce localandglobal.Henotesthateveryonehasastake inbothunderstandinghowdiseasesemerge,andhowthecontrolofdiseaserequiresawell-educatedpublic.

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Behind the Scenes at the Symphony: Mozart’s Requiem

Darko Butorac

Tuesdays, February 19 & 26, 3:00 pm-5:00 pm, University Center Theater, UM, and Thursday, February 28, Dress Rehearsal, Time TBA, Dennison University Theatre, UM

GobehindthesceneswiththeMissoulaSymphonyOrchestraandjoinmusicdirectorDarko Butorac on a journey exploring one of the greatest works ever composed -Mozart’sRequiem.Inadditiontotwolecturesonthebackgroundandstructureofthepiece,memberswillhaveaspecialopportunitytoattendtheMissoulaSymphonyDressRehearsal at theDennisonUniversity Theatre andwitness the process that brings amasterworktolife.

About the instructor: RecentlypraisedbytheTanjugNewsAgencyforhis“exceptionalenergy and musicianship”, Missoula Symphony Music Director Darko Butorac isquicklyestablishinghimselfasoneoftheworld’smostsought-afteryoungconductors.Following his debut with the Belgrade Philharmonic in January of 2011, he wasinvited toboth close the2011andopen the2012 concert season. In addition tohisactivitiesinBelgrade,upcomingconcertsthisseasonincludedebutswiththeDeutscheKammerphilharmonieNeuss,theRubinsteinPhilharmonicofLodz,theTallinSinfonietta,aswellastheSpringfieldandTallahasseeSymphoniesintheU.S.asamusicdirectorcandidate.HewillmakehisViennaKonzerthausdebutinJune,2014.

Free with MOLLI membership. Use a guest pass and bring a friend. Please RSVP by Friday, February 8, 2013.

Please note: TheconcertperformancesareNOTpartof the freeBehind theScenesMOLLI event. Free guest passes are not accepted as admission to the concerts. To purchaseaconcertticket,pleasevisitwww.missoulasymphony.org.

photocredit:TomBauer/Missoulian

Membership Dues $20 per person annually, membershipperiodisJuly1,2012-June30,2013.

Course Fees$60percourse,plusfeeswhenapplicable.How To Register Onlineatwww.umt.edu/molliuntilFriday, January18,2013.

Call usat406.243.2905

E-mail us at molli@umontana.edu

Hand deliver your form to The University of Montana (UM) campus,Todd Building, adjacenttotheUniversityCenter.

Mail the registration form to: The University of Montana SchoolofExtended&LifelongLearning,MOLLI 32CampusDrive,Missoula,MT59812

Faxyourregistrationformto406.243.2047

Refund and Cancellation Policy Coursetuitioncostsmayberefundedonacase-by-casebasisonorbeforethethirdweekoftheWinterterm.RefundsmaybeappliedasacredittowardsafutureMOLLIcourse.Refundsare not granted after the third week of the Winter term.Membershipcostisnon-refundable.Ifpayingbycheck,SocialSecurity numbersmust be provided to theMOLLI office toreceivearefund.SocialSecuritynumbersarenotrequiredforrefunds processed from credit card payments.

Course Location With a few exceptions, most courses are held in the ToddBuildingontheUMcampus,adjacenttotheUniversityCenter.

AccessibilityTheUniversityofMontanaisanequalopportunityeducationprovider.Forquestions,concerns,orrequestsforreasonableaccommodations, contact Roger Maclean, Dean, Schoolof Extended and Lifelong Learning: 406.243.2983; roger.maclean@umontana.edu.

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Parking and Transportation Options $25 MOLLI Term Parking PassforJan.24-March1ONLY.Thispassisgoodforuseinpay-by-houranddecalparkinglotsatUM.

$12 MOLLI Six Day Parking Pass is good for six individualdaysofparkingoncampus.Thispassisgoodforuseinpay-by-houranddecalparkinglotsatUM.

To purchase a parking pass, call 406.243.2905 or add it toyourregistrationform.Tolearnmoreaboutwheretoparkoncampus,goonline tohttp://www.umt.edu/publicsafety/docs/parking.pdf or contact the MOLLI staff for a copy of the map.

Please DO NOT park in RESERvED SPaCES or your vehicle will be towed!

Financial Assistance MOLLI tries very hard to keep costs at a minimum so everyone can participate. However, we know that some people mayneed some help. Therefore, MOLLI is pleased to offer a tuition waiverprogramtoensureeveryone+50hastheopportunityto engage in lifelong learning. This fund has been supported by donations from MOLLI instructors and generous members.

To learn more about financial assistance through the MOLLI tuition waiver program, or if you would like to consider agift to this fund so that others can enjoy learning, please call 406.243.2905.

Textbooks Textbooks for MOLLI courses are available in the generalbooks section of the Bookstore at UM and may be purchased ata10%discount.

Donations Yourtax-deductibledonationtoMOLLIwillgoalongwayinsupport of tuitionwaivers, special events, and courses. Tolearnmore,call406.243.2905.

Bernard Osher Foundation The Bernard Osher Foundation seeks to improve quality oflife through the support of lifelong learning institutes such asMOLLI.TheFoundationwas founded in1977byBernardOsher, a respected businessman and community leader. The Foundation has now fundedmore than 120 Osher LifelongLearning Institutes on campuses of colleges and universities fromMainetoHawaii.FundingforMOLLIiscontingentuponmembershipgrowthgoals,somembershipmatters.TolearnmoreaboutTheBernardOsherFoundationvisitonlinehttp://www.osherfoundation.org/

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