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
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
- Assist in alphabetizing membership forms
- Clerical help: copying forms, helping with mailings
- Telephone members to complete documentation of enrollment forms
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
Academic Liaison
- Become a member of the committee that will reacquaint key UCI faculty and staff with OLLI, seeking potential presenters
Course Developer
- Serve on a Curriculum Committee (Arts & Humanities, Social Science, Science/Math/Technology, Special Events)
- Develop a new course for OLLI
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
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.