Text Box: Information has been sent to us about a programming opportunity from the OASIS Institute. Please read the information below, which details the program being offered and contact Michelle Bennett at (812) 237-2336 or e-mail mbennet4@isugw.indstate.edu if you would like to participate in this program. If enough people are interested we will use the information from the OASIS Institute as a course in Fall 2008. We will also need people interested in leading this course. The OASIS Institute, a national nonprofit organization serving the educational needs of mature adults for 25 years strong, is looking for lifelong learning partners to offer “The Immigrant Experience: A Journey to Becoming American” a curriculum developed in Text Box: part by a major grant from The National Endowment for Humanities on the history of immigration in America. The curriculum includes five core courses developed by a team of working scholars and examines the role of immigrant groups in forming our nation’s multicultural society. The courses are: The Peopling of America: A History of Immigration in America An American Experience The Kaleidoscope Camera: Viewing the Diversity of the Immigrant Experience through Film Our Food: Immigrant, Ethnic and American The Marketing of Ethnicity. The program materials include: Text Box: An overview, which provides information about the project to the programming coordinator and includes how the program works and how much time should be planned for each session Five copies of the Leader’s Guide, which includes background information, syllabi for each of the five core courses, additional references for further research and two Power Points for use in the classroom One book set and one film set for use by course instructors A student evaluation form to be competed at the end of each course and returned to the OASIS Institute. Text Box: OLLI at ISU, the newsletter of the Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning at Indiana State University, is published four times a year: fall, winter, spring, and summer. We are looking for letters and articles for future issues of OLLI at ISU. Let us know about your experiences, tell us what you have learned on a trip, taking a course or perhaps at an event. Please send all letters and articles to: Michelle Bennett mbennett4@isugw.indstate.edu For more information about OLLI courses/programs or membership contact: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Continuing Education Indiana State University 220 North Seventh Street Terre Haute, IN 47809 Text Box: “The Saturday Spectator” lecture, will start at 2pm on March 5th Change of date for Culture across Cuisine. Greek is on April 28 not on April 23 Thailand is on April 14 not on April 28 Text Box: Ph: 812-237-8707 Email: olli@indstate.edu Visit our Web Site at: www.indstate.edu/olli Or contact Michelle Bennett Ph: 812-237-2336, email: mbennett4@isugw.lndstate.edu Text Box: The Immigrant Experience: A Journey to Becoming American Text Box: Special Notes: Text Box: “We need people interested in leading courses”

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