In partnership with the Rio Verde Community Association (RVCA), Osher Life-Long Learning Institute (OLLI) at ASU is offering classes available for Rio Verde residents.

Rio Verde members may contact the RVCA office for a link to the website to register for the classes.

For access to the OLLI Spring Catalog to view other classes, locations and more available to all members of OLLI at ASU see the website: lifelonglearning.asu.edu/.

Classes being scheduled for the remainder of the spring semester include the following:

Economics of Biodiversity: What will it take – one session Wednesday, March 6, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Cost is $14. At the Rio Verde Community Center Multi-Purpose Room with instructor Dr. David Pearson.

Discover the realm of biodiversity conservation in this class. Traditional pleas for conservation often fall on deaf ears. Can framing biodiversity in economic terms sway skeptics and decision-makers?

Pearson, retired ASU research professor, leads the discussion through research findings and potential solutions. Assigning a monetary value to biodiversity may transform perceptions and drive action toward preserving the planet.

Angels Amid the Enemy: The Untold Story of Medical Care of Vietnam’s Forgotten Civilian Victims – one session on Wednesday, April 3, 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Rio Verde Community Center Multi-Purpose Room. Cost is $14. Instructor is Dr. Richard Carlson.

There were more than one million civilian casualties during the Vietnam war. Many were women and children. These are the war’s forgotten victims. Teams of doctors from the U.S. and other countries have worked in primitive hospitals to provide solace, reinforced by American volunteer physicians helping strangers in the distant land with no reward except humanity for their efforts.

“These ‘angels’ selflessly gave their skills – and often their blood to victims of war and disease,” Carlson said.