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Welcome to the first Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Newsletter! In addition to celebrating the opening of summer registration for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, we are introducing the new Osher Institute electronic newsletter with news and views on expanding your horizons through learning! We’ll start by sending newsletters at the start of each semester, and as the Institute grows, we’ll publish more often. Watch your e-mail for the next issue. Click here to see a full schedule of our summer classes. | |||||||||||
 In December 2007, the KU Osher Institute, having satisfied the Osher Foundation’s requirement for 500 Institute members (we had more than 600), received a $1 million grant for permanent endowment. The endowment will generate a stable source of funds ($45,000/year). Click here to become a "Friend of Osher."  From left to right: Marvin Hunt, Barbara Nordling, Alan Wiechert, Beth Harris, Jan Maddox, Mary Beth Saylor, Gloria McShann Blue, Lester Blue, Robert Duver, LeeAnn Duver, Matt Veatch, Jill Cline, Dale Slusser, Dave Wilson, Ernie Cummings, Sandra Wiechert, Fred Pawlicki  This summer, we have an exciting day trip planned for July 11! After leaving KUCE our tour begins at the Visitor Information Center in the Santa Fe Railroad Depot at Atchison. A guide will provide a narrative about Victorian-era architecture and the thriving commercial and historical importance of Atchison in the 19th Century. At Parker House, we’ll eat a home-cooked meal at this unique home furnishings store and cafe. After lunch, we’ll take a guided tour of St. Benedict’s Abbey Church, noted for its architecture, frescoes and stained glass. Designed by architect Barry Byrne, student of Frank Lloyd Wright, the limestone church was finished in 1958 to replace the first abbey church. We will be treated to a short organ recital on the 44-rank Moeller organ before leaving the abbey. To register for the Atchinson tour or other special events, click here. 
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 Osher Institute members were treated to some of the best jazz, blues and barbecue on May 8. The trip was hosted by two Osher faculty jazz and blues experts, Todd Wilkinson and Marvin Hunt. They provided running commentary on music as we journeyed from location to location. Fifty-one people from Lawrence and Overland Park enjoyed blues and barbecue at BB’s Lawnside BarB-Q, visited the Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum at 18th and Vine, and listened to the Doug Talley and Joe Parisi Quintet and our tour guide, Todd Wilkinson. Here's a quick slide show of the trip: 
 You can register or request a summer course catalog by phone, mail or at our Web site. Many classes are filling up, so register today!
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