1. Enhancing Host Institution Relations Jeanette Toohey Director, OLLI at University of North Florida (UNF)

2. UNF OLLI Relationship with Host Institution  OLLI at UNF is 1 of 9 program’s in Division of Continuing Education (DCE)  DCE  Reports to Academic Affairs  1 of 3 centers that serve as gateways to community engagement  UNF  One of 11 in Florida’s state university system

3. Why partner with Host Institution? Who?  Leverage UNF OLLI’s greatest asset – people – to add dimension to the traditional student’s educational experience  Contribute to UNF DCE’s profile on campus  Strengthen OLLI members’ awareness of their connection to UNF and its DCE  Provide value added lifelong learning experiences to OLLI members

4. Partnership: What?  For the benefit of traditional UNF students  UNF volunteers (VOLLIs)  Provide learning experiences that compliment or extend classroom experiences  Share life & work experiences to inspire & support aspirations

5. Partnership: How?  Partnership programs with UNF’s Honors College  Career Connections  Judging Student Research in Poster Sessions  International Visitor Seminars

6. Career Connections (Part I)  2009 – 2012  Director of Honors identified professions of interest to honors students  President of OLLI extended invitations to VOLLIs and OLLI students  Honors hosted monthly “lunch & learns”  1 OLLI member met with 15 to 20 students interested learning more about that month’s featured profession

7. Career Connections (Part II)  2012 - ? (Inaugural program tonight!)  Purpose  Provide all 200 Honors students with life/career perspective from the retirement end  Demonstrate how real life twists & turns affect a career plan  Demonstrate the impact that contingency, chance, flexibility and new information have on life/career  Expose students to careers they didn’t know existed  Format: Table Talk  8 OLLI members from a variety of backgrounds  1 OLLI per room  Students select where to participate

8. Judging: STARS [Scholars Transforming Academic Research Symposium]  Purpose  Provide traditional students with valuable out of classroom learning experiences in a safe supportive environment  Prepare students to make professional presentations  16 VOLLIs  Provided with rubric for judging  Poster: focus, organization, construction, graphics, content  Oral Presentation: content, elocution, delivery

9. International Visitors Seminars  OLLI Instructor involved with GlobalJax (local chapter of U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program)  Committee member for hosting delegations of emerging leaders from around the globe  Teaches a 6 week OLLI course (e.g. Understanding Our World: Africa)  Designs seminars for exchange with visiting delegations  OLLI & UNF Honors students invited to participate

10. Partnership: Benefits to UNF OLLI  Add dimension to VOLLI member experience  Validates VOLLI member  Embraces their altruism  Adds value to their life and career in retirement  Adds dimension to their lifelong learning journey through work with traditional students  “Repays” UNF and DCE for their significant investment in and ongoing support of OLLI  Properly contextualizes VOLLI members in the university