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OLLI Learning Trips: The Blood Donation Process--Start to Finish
Date: January 7, 2010
Location: American Red Cross, Peoria, Illinois
Join us as local experts lead an informative journey through the blood donation process. We’ll learn about the importance of blood donors, tour the collection services area, view the laboratory, then head to the hospital services division to see how the donations are
distributed throughout the state. [More]

OLLI Special Event: Scottish Ethnic Dinner
Date: January 16, 2010
Location: Itoo Hall, Peoria, Illinois
Our newest ethnic dinner will celebrate Scottish culture at the 41st Annual Burns Supper.
OLLI members will join more than 150 other guests at this ever popular and traditional evening of Scottish music, dancing, toasts, food, and addresses by members of the Peoria Scottish American Society. [More]

OLLI Learning Trips: Printing, Publications, and More
Date: January 19, 2010
Location: Versa Press, Inc., Spring Bay, Illinois
We'll visit this family-owned and operated book manufacturing company founded in 1937
as a Photostat, blueprint, and offset printing company. Versa Press is now a leading manufacturer of trade, religious, educational, medical, and university publications. [More]

Piano Preparatory School for Youth
Date:  January 20- May 4, 2010
Location:  Bradley University Constance Hall
Piano Prep provides outstanding private piano instruction for Central Illinois children. Our faculty members combine great enthusiasm with traditional and Suzuki teaching methods. [More] 

OLLI Study Groups: Journey in Spanish
Date: January 21 – February 25, 2010
Location: Bradley University Michel Student Center Room 4
We will concentrate on learning phrases related to travel such as ordering food, traveling
by train, and other situations you might encounter as a tourist in Spanish-speaking countries, particularly Spain. Previous knowledge of Spanish and travel to a
Spanish-speaking country is not required for enrollment. [More]

OLLI Learning Trips: Partnerships in Progress
Date: January 21, 2010
Location: Five Points, Washington, Illinois
What originally started as an idea for a fitness center in has blossomed into a large
multi-purpose facility. Join us as we tour Five Points Washington, a nonprofit,
136,000 square-foot facility that houses a fitness center complete with indoor track, aquatics center, gymnasium, 1000+ seat performing arts center, numerous banquet and
meeting rooms, and the Washington District Library. [More]

Engineering Courses Off Campus
Date: January 27 - May 4, 2010
Location:  Your office or home
We offer undergraduate and graduate level electrical engineering classes delivered on VHS videotapes or DVDs. When supplemented with handouts, homework, tests, and instructor interaction, it's a convenient way to learn.  [More] 

OLLI Study Groups: Green Gardening
Date: February 3 - February 24, 2010
Location: Bradley University Michel Student Center Room 2
Care for the environment for you, your pets, and all nature’s creatures and plants, both indoors and outdoors. Enjoy nature without assaulting it. [More]

OLLI Learning Trips: Winter Wilderness Adventure
Date: February 4, 2010
Location: Starved Rock State Park, Utica, Illinois
Don’t get cabin fever—spend a winter day with OLLI being mesmerized by the beautiful bald eagles and ice falls at Starved Rock. We’ve invited avian experts from the
Peoria Audubon Society and the University of Illinois to join us. [More]

OLLI Learning Trips: Toraason,Toraason,Toraason!
Date: February 10, 2010
Location: Torasson Glass Studio, Peoria, Illinois
Back by popular demand, we’re once again offering an up-close, behind-the-
scenes look at local artist (and OLLI favorite) Hiram Toraason’s new glass blowing studio in downtown Peoria. [More]

OLLI Learning Trips: “Weekend Comedy”
Date: February 11, 2010
Location: Conklin’s Barn II Dinner Theater, Goodfield, Illinois
You’ll have the best seat in the house – literally – as we travel to Conklin’s Barn II Dinner Theater in Goodfield for a private visit with owner, Mary Simon, followed by dinner and a show! [More]

ACT - SAT Review
Date:  Tuesday evenings February 16 – March 16, 2010
Location:  Bradley University Baker Hall
Prepare for the ACT or SAT tests in this review course where you familiarize yourself with sample test questions, sharpen your test-taking skills, and improve your chances for a higher score.  [More]

OLLI Study Groups: Let’s Think About This
Date: February 16 - March 4, 2010
Location: Bradley University Michel Student Center Rooms 5 & 6
This study group will incorporate several activities to help us identify and discuss the contradictions that can exist between intuition (beliefs) and reality (the state of things
as they actually exist.). [More]

OLLI Special Event: Leading Across Generations
Date: February 19, 2010
Location: Bradley University Michel Student Center
Join us for this new, half-day intergenerational workshop and share your life and work experiences with Bradley students preparing to enter the workforce. [More]