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OLLI and Your Community,

Partnering for Growth

October 13, 2009Barbara Hochberg, Executive Director

Howard Arkans, President

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In addition to Berkshire Community College, OLLI at BCC maintains Educational Partnerships with three other colleges within Berkshire County, Massachusetts: Williams College, Bard College at Simon’s Rock and the MA College of Liberal Arts

OLLI at BCC also has Cultural Partnerships with twenty eight (28) Berkshire area organizations which include museums, theaters, historical societies, musical societies and several world renown institutions for art, music and dance.

Partnership Programs

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Bard College at Simon’s Rock

Williams College

Mass College of Liberal Arts

Berkshire Community

College

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BCC South County Center

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Williams College

Science QuadOLLI Class: Chemistry of Drugs

Performing Arts CenterWilliams Art Museum

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Basics of the Educational Partners Program

OLLI does not pay instructors; their participation is voluntary and a contribution of time and talent

Partner institutions provide free use of the college classrooms, lecture halls and laboratories

Since 1995 (OLLI at BCC was formerly the Berkshire Institute for Lifetime Learning) 172 members of the Williams faculty have taught for us individually or in teams

Bard College at Simon’s Rock is an “early” college accepting students after their second year in high school; faculty from Bard enjoy our mature, questioning and experienced students

MA College of Liberal Arts, our newest partner, is taking the first steps to integrate OLLI into the faculty perspective 5

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Bard College at Simon’s Rock

Lecture Center

OLLI Class in progress at the Lecture Center

Professor Bergman’s Quantum Mechanics Class

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Developing OLLI Classes and Recruiting Instructors

OLLI at BCC Director has a college liaison on each campus

Curriculum Committee Chairs develop relationships with corresponding academic departments on each campus

Director and Board President make courtesy call to college Presidents

College officials write memos to faculty stating college’s support of OLLI and urging cooperation when faculty are approached by OLLI

Emeriti faculty are also a great source of instructors

New faculty members are often eager to contribute

Curriculum committee members sometimes take perspective instructors out to lunch to discuss possible classes

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Video Conferenced Classes

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Extending Partnerships through Video Conferencing

We link geographic locations and Partner institutions through our video conferencing programClasses can originate in northern Berkshire County, for instance at MCLA, and be attended in real time in south county at BCC’s South County CenterWe are pioneering this effort in our area; and as more institutions acquire compatible equipment we will expandIn our Fall 2009 Semester we have 37 registered for our course A Look at America’s Birth, 1775 to 1788 in central county and 20 registered for the course in south county

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OLLI Contributions to Educational Partners89% of OLLI at BCC’s 955 members have email connection with the OLLI Office

If they choose to be on the distribution list, OLLI members receive email notification of events on partner campuses

OLLI members attend these events in large numbers providing a full audience for distinguished speakers and other events hosted by the colleges

We host an annual Faculty Appreciation Dinner for faculty who teach for us

We give faculty a free Flex Pass that entitles them to attend six OLLI class sessions of their choosing

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OLLI at BCC members receive email flyers for open lectures and concerts at our Educational Partners.

Flyer from Simon’s Rock

Flyer from BCC

Flyer from MCLA

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Annual Faculty Appreciation Dinners

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Museums:• Bennington Museum• Berkshire Museum• Hancock Shaker Village• MASS MoCA• Norman Rockwell Museum• Sterling & Francine Clark Art Museum• Williams College Museum of Art• Chesterwood• Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio

Theaters:• Barrington Stage Company• Berkshire Theatre Festival• Chester Theatre Company• Oldcastle Theatre Company• Shakespeare & Company• The Colonial Theatre

Musical Societies:• Aston Magna Festival• Close Encounters with Music• Pre-concert Lectures for the

Tanglewood Season• Tanglewood• The Berkshire Bach Society

Arts Organizations:• Bennington Center for the Arts• Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival• Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center• Spencertown Academy Arts Center

Community Organizations:• Berkshire South Regional Com. Center• Canyon Ranch• Images Cinema• Triplex Cinema

Cultural Partners

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Cultural Partners Contributions to OLLI

Volunteer faculty for Arts, Music, Theatre, Literature courses

Donated venues and facilities for classes

Discounts to performances for OLLI members (see Discount Card)

Projection of OLLI advertising slides before showings of films at member movie theaters

Distribution of our semester catalogs at their venues

Provision of Lunch and Meet facilities for members between classes

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The Clark Art Institute – Venues (auditorium, galleries) Staff as Faculty and Lunch and Meet

OLLI members at lunch

Main Galleries, Library, Auditorium and Cafe

Before class – Clark auditorium

Original gallery

OLLI members at The Clark Cafe

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Tanglewood -- Boston Symphony Orchestra Home in the Berkshires – Venues and Free Concert Tickets for Members

Ozawa Hall

James Levine

Sunday Afternoon at the Shed

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Hancock Shaker Village - Venues, Staff as Faculty and

Lunch and Meet

Photo of OLLI class

Shaker Round Barn

OLLI Class – ShakespeareShaker Water-Powered Factory

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Norman Rockwell Museum – Venues, Staff as Faculty

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Berkshire Museum

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

Colonial Theater – Pittsfield, MA

OLLI at BCC Cultural Partners

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Example of CP Theater Slide

OLLI Contributions to Cultural Partners

Email notification of Partner’s performances and events

Publication of Cultural Partners list on all OLLI at BCC Catalogs

Publication of Cultural Partners in the OLLI at BCC Newsletter

Postal mailings of special program brochures or season events brochures to members

Classes held at Cultural Partner locations bring members into the buildings where they often stay and pay admission to galleries

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Examples of Cultural Partner’s Email Notifications

Flyer from Berkshire Museum

Cultural Partner Program AddedBenefits to OLLI at Berkshire Community College

Identity apart from the college, OLLI is recognized as a community with its own structure and leadership

Opportunities for our Cultural Partners to reach our members directly

Opportunities to provide classes in unique settings including the seldom seen Print Room at The Clark, and backstage and onstage at various theaters

Invitations to participate in cultural programming discussions throughout the area

Relationships that also benefit our Special Events and Distinguished Speaker Series

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Opportunities for Less Formal PartnershipsLocal non-profit organizations often receive educational grants to inform the community of their mission

Partnering with them can produce unusual and exciting class possibilities

OLLI at BCC Curriculum Council and Arts, Literature, Science and Social Science Curriculum Committee members are often also involved with these groups and seek such opportunities

These classes help both OLLI and the non-profit fulfill their missions

A major partnership for OLLI at BCC is with 3 local community cable access TV stations - we have received valuable volunteer training and the opportunity to air our classes to our members and the general public 24

Examples of Non-profit Organization Classrooms

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