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How Can I Support OLLI?

Member participation in OLLI at UCI sustains our ability to offer exciting courses and events at a reasonable cost. What can YOU do to assure our success? Here is a listing of the type of opportunities that OLLI offers its members. If you have a skill or idea that isn't listed, let us know. We need your help!

Curriculum

  • Serve on one of the Curriculum Committees
  • Become a Developer of a course
  • Offer ideas for courses and/or travel
  • Edit course descriptions
  • Edit final catalog copy
  • Become a Facilitator for a course

Class Facilitator

  • Serve with one other OLLI member to welcome the presenter, greet the students, maintain class roster, hand out and collect forms, and attend a facilitator training class
  • Become the technician who assists the Presenter to use OLLI equipment
  • Access Facilitator Login and Facilitator Resources

Finance

  • Serve on the Finance Committee
  • Assist in the management of budget issues

Fundraising

  • Serve on the committee
  • Explore ideas to increase OLLI's revenue
  • Assist in the planning of fundraising events

Membership

  • Serve on the Membership Committee
  • Assist in planning of New Member events
  • Offer ideas for Open Houses

Administrative

  • Offer technical assistance for Facilitators
  • Train Facilitators in use of technical equipment for class presentations
  • Clerical help: copying forms, helping with mailings

Newsletter

  • Serve on the Newsletter Committee
  • Be a reporter or photographer
  • Contribute copy for the monthly newsletter

Outreach

  • Work with the Director of Outreach to seek areas of collaboration with various community agencies and groups with similar purposes
  • Coordinate OLLI publicity to increase recognition of our organization

Course Developer

  • Serve on a Curriculum Committee (Arts & Humanities, Social Science, Science/Math/Technology, Special Events)
  • Develop a new course for OLLI

Events

  • Assist in planning for Annual Meeting in May; New Member Coffee (Sept/Feb); Open House (Aug/Jan).

I Want to Participate!

Send an email to olli@uci.edu or call 949-451-1403.