The 2014 Fall Osher Lifelong Learning catalog is now available at the Hospitality Desk and online at www.osher.ku.edu.

This program offers enrichment short courses and special events specially developed for folks 50 or older.  It is going to be a great fall with five new courses and four new instructors.

The 6^th Annual Speedy PD Race for Parkinson’s Disease is drawing near and is shaping up to be the best year ever. Each year the race has grown from its original 100 runners to nearly 500 in 2013 and are easily on track to surpass that number of participants in 2014! There are many things that make Speedy PD a unique race such as cash prizes for overall winners, USA Track & Field Certified courses, fresh fruit, bbq, beer, massages, and a photo booth.

Q: I hear we provide services to other organizations such as laundry and meals. Will you tell us more about this?

We do provide several services and maintain contracts with other organizations within the community. The primary services we provide are our food and beverage services and our laundry services. These services are important to the organization as they not only bring in extra resources but they also expose the community to our organization and the many wonderful things that we do.

The K-State Anthropology student who lived at Meadowlark Hills last semester, Jordan Thomas, has embarked on a new journey. Jordan and his companions set out from Atchison, Kanas to South America on bicycle earlier this summer. The following are portions of his online blog:

by Jordan Thomas
June 19, 2014