SVV OLLI Course List #1-109   

Introduction to Home Automation. In this presentation, you can learn how simple it is to use home automation for your safety and security with a minimal investment of under $200. If time allows, we may also look a step or two further.

Dive into six great films featuring Tom Hanks. This six-week course spotlights Hanks’ diverse characters, from leaders, heroes and advocates for justice to flawed but redemptive human beings. This course offers an intimate look at Hanks’ unique contributions to cinema while fostering spirited discussions among participants. Movies are Sully (2016), Greyhound (2020), News of the World (2020), Bridge of Spies (2015), The Green Mile (1999), Philadelphia (1993). Movies are watched on your own.

TED is devoted to spreading ideas via short powerful talks on a variety of topics. You’ll receive an email with links to the 3-5 TED talks you need to watch before our scheduled discussion, background information, and questions to keep in mind while viewing the talks on your own. Then we’ll meet over Zoom to discuss the thought provoking, innovative, and inspiring talks.

A laymen’s exploration of A.I. and why we might (or might not) care. What does AI mean, how will it affect jobs, products, services and – most concerningly – our personal data privacy. Five years ago, the course facilitator teamed with the former head of the Machine Learning Lab at Stanford to start a company using AI to help predict job success. Using this experience as a “case study” this course will explain – in terms we can all understand – what AI means and what it might mean for us.

Our bodies are designed to maintain health and function. Every cell contains an innate intelligence to maintain balance even when faced with episodic stressors by possessing the resilience and vital reserves to combat challenges. If stress becomes chronic and unresolved it will cause imbalances, loss of function, and ultimately disease. We will look at how our bodies are designed to maintain wellness, the effect of imbalances, and how to restore and maintain vitality as nature intended.

Please join us on a journey into the world of new ideas. We will explore a different subject each week from science, technology, space, the arts and culture.

Over the years OLLI has purchased many titles from Great Courses. We have access to over 250 titles that can be streamed from your home. If you sign up for this class, you will be given access to the Prescott OLLI account, and can stream at will for the session. Learn about music, history, mindfulness, science and travel.

Join us to travel the world without passports, expense, long lines at airports, cathedrals or fatigue. We will explore cultures, history and do lots of sightseeing.

Whether you are an armchair traveler or someone who never unpacks, come and join Deb & Bill to travel to destinations around the world. We will spend the 5 weeks exploring everything from exotic locations to points of interest in the USA. Expect to experience: nature, adventure, exotic locations, and history. Deb & Bill will try to provide information as well as fun stories about their experiences traveling the world. Maybe you will find some new destinations to add to your bucket list.

Scientist Dr. Alan Hugenot had a near death experience in his 20s, sparking a lifelong investigation into consciousness survival. In his book he clearly explains how Quantum Theory provides the scientific basis for this, and how it refutes the First Principles of Newtonian Physics. His conclusions are based on scientific research into past lives, evidential mediumship and remote viewing. Following his book and related videos, we'll explore how this impacts our understanding the material world.

Memoir writing begins with writing down your life's stories. Each week participants write a short thematic story. We read them aloud and then receive constructive comments. We create a safe and confidential environment where we hear and appreciate our stories.