OLLI members will take a behind-the-scenes tour of nationally acclaimed trauma center, NICU, and regional hospital, Piedmont Athens Regional (PAR). Most patients and visitors rarely see many of the amazing things that happen here. Participants will get a look in our award-winning Trauma and Center Emergency Department. Additionally, we'll meet our tiniest patients, some real heroes, in the Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). As the second largest employer and the largest hospital in our region, we want you to meet some of our stellar staff.

The class explains the use of drone-mounted sensors to characterize the Rock Eagle and Rock Hawk prehistoric effigy mounds in Putnam County, Georgia. Aerial photogrammetry, ground penetrating radar (GPR), and data analysis, together with the archaeological and geological context for these important sites will be discussed in detail. Learn what may have prompted early Georgia inhabitants to construct these large sites that are estimated to have been constructed between 1,000 to 3,000 years ago.

Funerals today have come a long way since our grandparents’ time, when the only option was direct burial into the church cemetery or family graveyard. While many of us have some experience of a loved one being buried or cremated, we now have more choices for body disposition than just burial—options that are more environmentally friendly. And nothing is more environmentally friendly than a green burial. Michele Skeele will help participants discover the options for body disposition currently in practice, and some that are still up and coming, to help with the very important task of planning ahead for our deaths. Planning for the inevitable is a tremendous gift to our families and communities.