Ernestine Meyer

ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012, twenty OLLI members took a working "cruise" on the Chesapeake Bay out of Annapolis, Maryland, aboard the skipjack Stanley Norman, a vintage, oyster-dredging sailboat owned and operated by The Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Crewmembers gave talks on skipjack history, oyster-fishery history, oyster biology, Bay ecology and threats to it. While under sail, the boat dredged for oysters, and OLLI participants assisted in unfurling and hoisting sails, hauling in an oyster dredge, and culling the oyster catch. OLLI member Dick Young created this video of the event and graciously shared it with us.

Forty-six OLLI-Mason members, relatives and friends met in Billings, Montana in June 2012 for this unique trip. They visited historical sites in Montana and Wyoming related to events studied in the spring course about the Plains Indian Wars, including visits to the Little Bighorn Battlefield (Custer's Last Stand) in Montana, and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. A Rod Zumbro movie.

Related visits to national parks. A number of OLLI members visited national parks in the region before or after the bus trip. One such visit was to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons; to watch a video of this visit, click here.

This video shows the highlights of Rod and Susanne Zumbro's June 2012 visit to Yellowstone National Park and nearby Grand Teton National Park, including many wildlife sightings and well-known sights such as Old Faithful, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Mammoth Hot Springs. This visit was taken immediately after the three-day OLLI Bus Trip Out West to historical sites associated with the Plains Indian wars; to watch a video of the bus trip, click here.

AS PART OF OLLI-MASON'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY celebrations in 2011, OLLI hosted a breakfast reception for the University leadership and presented its $20,000 gift to the University. Brief remarks were given by Mrs. George Johnson (wife of former Mason President Dr. George Johnson), Provost Dr. Peter Stearns, Jennifer Connors, Mason President Dr. Alan Merten and Del. Ken Plum, with closing remarks by OLLI President Manny Pablo. Here is the video by Rod Zumbro of this reception.

 

As part of OLLI-Mason's 20th anniversary celebrations in 2011, Rod Zumbro prepared this video of the reflections of former presidents – about one minute from each. The video includes comments of our first three presidents from previously recorded videos plus new reflections from all but one of the living OLLI former presidents as of 2011.

OLLI-MASON SUPPORTS OUR VETS. This video tells the story of Jim Miller, a Marine Corps veteran now attending George Mason University who works at Mason's Office of Military Services. OLLI-Mason's 20th anniversary gift was a donation to the Office of Military Services, which assists active-duty, veteran and family-member students attending the University. Movie created by OLLI member David Mason.