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Here are some external
Web links that OLLI-Mason members may find useful. As with its
own
member's links, OLLI-Mason
is not responsible for information, including photographic images,
published on or accessible through personal Web pages, nor does
OLLI-Mason
monitor the content of Websites to which it links. OLLI-Mason
strives to
follow the disclaimer, copyright information, and other Website
policies of its sponsor, George Mason University. See Mason's Web site
development pages for further
information about these policies.
- What
is
happening today
at Mason
- What
is happening this week at Mason
- If
you are
interested in learning while traveling, visit Elderhostel, "a
not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing extraordinary
learning adventures for people 55 and over."
- If
you are
interested in other local lifetime-learning opportunities, you
might want
to check out the Arlington
Learning
in Retirement Institute in Arlington, Virginia (also
affiliated with Mason), the Lifetime
Learning Institute of Northern Virginia in Annandale, Virginia
(affiliated with Northern Virginia Community College), and the OLLI at
American University in Washington, DC.
- To
explore
opportunities at non-local institutes for lifelong learning,
you can find other OLLIs in the
U.S. or you can find non-Osher institutes
in the U.S. and Canada affiliated with Elderhostel Institute Network.
Another organization publishes separate lists of institutes
in the U.S. and Canada or institutes
overseas.
- For a
wealth of
information about lifelong learning institutes, including what's new,
starting an institute and managing your institute, visit the home page
of the Elderhostel Institute Network ("a voluntary
association of lifelong learning institutes, funded by Elderhostel,
Inc.").
- Check
out SeniorNavigator.com,
Virginia's "award-winning Web site for seniors and
those who care about them."
- The Northern
Virginia Senior Olympics, held during two weeks in September each
year, is for seniors like OLLI-Mason members.
Track
and field events are held at a local school with appropriate
facilities,
and other events (including swimming, tennis, pickle ball, racketball,
table
tennis, golf, bowling, archery, horseshoes, chess, duplicate bridge and
many
others) are scheduled at
various locations. For
more
information and a registration form,
visit the Northern Virginia
Senior Olympics' Web site.
Internet tips
- Fairfax
County
Public Library: There's no need to buy books! Just visit the
Library's online
catalog and click on the red line: "Login to the catalog and your
account...." Search for a book, place it on hold and specify which
Library branch it should be sent to, all from the convenience of your
home. When your books are ready the Library will send you an
e-mail or phone you. You have three days to pick up your choices and
three weeks to read them. The Library will e-mail you shortly before a
book is due back. If you haven't finished you may renew it online if no
one else has it on hold. Browse bookstores for interesting books
available now; read reviews and ads for books coming soon. Chances are
high that you
can place those books on hold right now at our wonderful Library!
Updated:
September 13, 2008
Copyright
© 2008 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at
George Mason University. Materials in this publication subject to
OLLI-Mason copyright may be reproduced for noncommercial educational
purposes as long as credit is given to OLLI-Mason.
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4210 Roberts Rd., Fairfax, VA 22032-1028
Phone: (703) 503-3384; E-mail: olli@gmu.edu;
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