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Presented By:
Janice Dewire, Learning in Retirement, George Mason University
Sandra Taylor, NCCR, University of North Carolina-Asheville
Bob Kelly, Lifelong Learning Society, Christopher Newport University
Evelyn Kernan, Lifelong Learning Society, Christopher Newport University
(Moderator)
This workshop looked at LLI activities that are welcome to the campus
community. Participants learned how to support campus activities, to interface
with undergraduates and to offer assistance to the general community.
Please contact presenters for more detailed information.
Bob Kelly, Lifelong Learning Society, Christopher Newport University
LLS Support of Campus Activities
Visceral Support
• Football
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Soccer
• Dixie Conference
Music & Theater Departments
On our feet applauding. They are wonderful. We love them. They sing and
play for us Mondays and at our diners.
• Concert Band
• Jazz Band
• Chamber Choir
• Vocal Jazz Ensemble
• Symphony Band
• Orchestra
• Puccini’s LeVilles – Ancient Japanese Tea House National
Gallery of Art
• Theater always gets top awards among other area theaters. This
is important!
• Now building $45 million Cultural Arts Center – I.M. Pei
– East Building National Gallery of Art – Pyramids
Louvre in Paris – Glass enclosed 1700 seat concert hall –
500, 300 & 100 seat theaters colonade. There is a lot
of growing to do.
Assistance to the general community:
LLS currently sponsors three community events –
1. Garden Symposium
• Horticulturists on Faculty
• Workshops Lunch
• Gardens & tree tours – Golden Raintree, bright yellow
cascading blossoms that turn into decorative papery pods resembling Chinese
lanterns
2. Forum on Aging
• 300-400 participants
• Exposition area
• Keynote speaker
• Luncheon workshops
3. Writers’ Conference
• David Baldachi – Absolute Power
• Clint Eastwood
• Rita Mae Brown
• Nikki Giovanni
• Workshops
• Lunch contest – silver bowls
• Writers’ readings Einstein’s Coffee Shop
Interface with Undergraduates
• LLS funds two endowed scholarships for top scholars
• LLS now raising $100,000 for new classroom
• Novel Sophie’s Choice by our William Styron
• Undergraduate and LLS classes
• Final class together
• Newspaper reporter and photographer
• Invited Virginia’s Poet Laureate, George Garret, to do a
Master Class for undergraduates and LLIS poets with lunch and lecture
• Friends of Music largely supported by LLS members
• Scholarships
• Their best audience
• Theater Guild
• Group of LLS members got together three years ago
• Returning & entering student pizza party
• Entering freshman $3,000 scholarship
• Donate old jackets, typewriters, etc.
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September 7, 2008
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