| NEW AFFILIATES
EIN welcomes the following new programs:
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Lifelong Learning Institute at SUNY Ulster, Ulster Community College,
NY
RUALL/OLLI at Western Monmouth Higher Education, Rutgers University,
NJ
RUALL/OLLI at the Executive Learning Center, Rutgers University,
NJ
A MILESTONE!
We have passed the 350 mark for the first time ever in EIN history
with 353 affiliated lifelong learning institutes. There is no doubt
that EIN is North America’s largest and most respected educational
network for older adults and still growing!
SATELLITE PROGRAMS
If your program has more than one location be sure to let EIN know
about it! Check the web site to see if we already have the program
listed. (www.elderhostel.org/ein/intro.asp).
If not, send us all the contact information, including name, address,
phone, fax, email and web site. The goal here is to let people know
where your programs are located. Having them listed on the EIN/Elderhostel
web site is the best way to do that since we get more than 80,000
visitors a month.
EIN MAKES THE NEWS
In December we spoke with Terry O. Roen, staff writer for the Orlando
Sentinel. She was doing a piece on the development of lifelong
learning programs in retirement communities. The article, Seniors
Become Students Again, featuring information on EIN as well
as mention of several Orlando-area LLIs, appeared on December 27,
2005 on the front page of the paper.
U3A NEWS
The latest issue of U3A News says that thirty different U3A teams
from all across Great Britain took part in the annual U3A Swiss
Teams Bridge Tournament. A day long event, two local U3As provide
lunch and ensured that all the players were provided with hot and
cold drinks throughout the day. U3As from all across Great Britain
love to get together on a regular basis for special joint courses,
workshops, tournaments, conferences, etc.
20th ANNIVERSARY CONGRATULATIONS
This month the Modesto Institute for Continued Learning (MICL) at
Modesto Junior College will celebrate its 20th anniversary with
a gala mid-afternoon event at the new Mary Stuart Rogers Student
Center on the college's west campus. MICL is one of the first community
college-chartered two-year institutes on the west coast. A history
of MICL's early years has been written by MICL pioneer Marian Pettygrove,
and will be distributed to members and guests. MICL is looking forward
in the next couple of years to moving from its quarters in a converted
campus warehouse to space in the campus' new classroom buildings.
Congratulations MICL.
GREAT CONVERSATIONS
The Great Books Foundation has recently published a new anthology
entitled Great Conversations 1. A wonderful LLI curriculum
resource, this compilation includes fifteen selections and over
500 pages. It includes interdisciplinary readings ideal for semester-long
college humanities and seminar classes, a thematic guide for reading
selections across genres and disciplines, plus discussion guides
for two full-length Penguin titles already available in their online
bookstore, Saul Bellow’s Seize the Day and Frederick Douglass’s
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
Great Conversations I is available through the Great Books Foundation
at www.greatbooks.org or
by calling 1-800-222-5870.
THE ELDERHOSTEL DIFFERENCE
At Elderhostel, we invite you to ask questions as you explore the
educational travel opportunities available to you. We believe that
the more you search, the more clearly you’ll see that Elderhostel
offers remarkable learning adventures at exceptional value. But,
does this “value” imply that Elderhostel skimps on accommodations
and meals? Absolutely not. Not only is Elderhostel renowned for
the educational excellence of our trips, we also offer you accommodations
and meals that express the unique flavor of each corner of the world
we explore. On an Elderhostel international program, for instance,
you’ll stay in centrally located hotels, inns or conference
centers and enjoy meals infused with local flavor. In our early
days, Elderhostel often offered campus-based housing with cafeteria
meals. Today, even as we maintain close ties with leading universities
and cultural institutions around the world, we’ve upgraded
our accommodations to offer comfortable rooms, private baths and
optional single rooms.
BABY BOOMERS
Want to learn more about the Boomers? Try these resources courtesy
of the Mid Atlantic workshop last September given by Rita Weimer
(Duke ILR) and Beth Lazer (NC Center for Creative Retirement).
The Lives and Times of the Baby Boomers (2004) by M.E.
Hughes, A.M. O’Rand
Bowling Alone: the Collapse and Revival of American Community
(2000) by Robert Putnam.
Life After Work: What will those golden years bring? Harvard
Magazine (2002) www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/1102190.html
AARP research on the Boomers. www.aarp.org/research/reference/boomers
CREATIVE THINKING
The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) has agreed to design,
at not cost to the Berkshire Institute for Lifetime Learning (B.I.L.L.),
a new informational brochure and to redesign their other publications
to achieve an attractive, market-oriented format. Once the new material
is produced, B.I.L.L. will use the information derived from their
membership survey and the assistance of a marketing consultant,
to initiate a targeted mail-marketing program. They will also work
with the staff at MCLA to explore joint efforts to broaden membership
in the area.
OLLI STUDIES PAGANS
Pagans: Ancient Times to Today, is the title of a course
being held at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason
University in Virginia. This course explores the meaning, rituals
and beliefs of paganism at various periods of ancient history through
today. The course is secular, historical and non-theological in
approach.
SOUNDING BOARD
The OMNILORE program at California State University, Dominguez Hills
has a Sounding Board on its web site. This section gives members
a chance to explore, challenge, question, respond, react and discuss.
The topics are limitless, depending on the thread that the discussion
takes. It’s a perfect place for members to discuss curriculum
and all the other important components of a successful program.
OLLI ALASKA FIELD TRIPS
Members of the OLLI program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
like to travel around their state. During the summer of 2006 they
will be visiting the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, Glacier Bay
National Park, Prudhoe Bay, Lake Clark National Park and Nome. These
field trips are sure to produce some interesting presentations.
OUR IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS
During Winterterm 2006, the Adult Learning Program in Hartford,
CT is offering members a chance to study their heritage in six different
sessions.. Members will explore the varying countries and cultures
from which they came. They will also examine related topics, such
as the food they remember from their immigrant families; holiday
observances, problems with learning English; their families’
music, and the experience of arriving at Ellis Island. On a more
general note, they will discuss early settlements in this country
and what inspired the early settler to make the difficult journey
to a new world. Finally, they will compare these people with later
waves of immigrants and with today’s immigrants, including
illegal immigrants.
MEET THE FACULTY
The Furman University Learning in Retirement program in SC offers
its members a chance to meet the faculty and learn about their passions.
Over eight weeks members will take part in discussions along with
questions and answers on a variety of topics including brain function;
feminism beyond the DaVinci Code; confronting the world
through reading learning and teaching; changing maps for changing
times; India; ancient baptismal practices; and Oedipus in Athens
and America.
CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS
The Lifelong Learning Society at Christopher Newport University
in VA is proud to once again be co-sponsoring three popular CNU
conferences in 2006. Forum on Aging in March, consists
of numerous education workshops on topics of vital interest to older
adults, their family members and caregivers. The second, the
25th Annual Writers’ Conference & Writing Contest
will be held in April. Talented writers will conduct workshops in
the areas of music, nonfiction, fiction, juvenile fiction, poetry
and the business or writing. The third conference, the 9th Annual
Gardening Symposium will take place in April too. Topics of
the workshops address the many phases of successful gardening.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR NEW LEARNING CENTER
The Academy for Lifelong Learning on Cape Cod in MA is grateful
to several businesses in the area who helped make their new Lifelong
Learning Center a reality. The project was made possible thanks
to financial support, not only from individual membership contributions,
but by the generous support of a wide array of local businesses,
family trusts and foundations including Cape Cod Cooperative Bank;
Citizens Bank Foundation; Cape Cod Five Charitable Foundation; Rogers
& Gray Insurance; the Wilkens Family Foundation; and the Edwards
Bank Kelly and Eliza Kelly Foundation, Inc. The Cape Cod Community
College Foundation also aided immeasurably in the funding efforts.
NEW BOOKS FOR LLI COURSES
Selected Letters of John Keats, edited by Grant F. Scott
Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-Three of the Worlds
Best Poems, by Camille Paglia
Democracy and Populism: Fear and Hatred, by John Lukacs
Revisiting “The Waste Land,” by Lawrence Rainey
NEW WEB SITES FOR LLI COURSES
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE, 1893-1933 - http://www.wpl.lib.oh.us/AntiSaloon/
"The Anti-Saloon League from 1893 to 1933 was a major force
in American politics. Influencing the United States through the
printed word and lobbying, they turned a moral crusade into a Constitutional
amendment." This digital archive offers a background of the
temperance movement, information about the leaders, and images of
printed material such as cartoons, song lyrics, short stories, and
encyclopedia entries. Also includes ideas for classroom activities.
From the Westerville, Ohio, Public Library.
THIS SHALL BE THE LAND FOR WOMEN: THE STRUGGLE FOR WESTERN
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE, 1860-1922
http://www.autry-museum.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/
This exhibit from the Women of the West Museum offers a chronology
and introduction to the principal women involved in the women's
suffrage movement in 10 Western states. Browse the exhibit through
an interactive map or the list of biographies of the women. A Bibliography,
timeline, and activities supplement the exhibit information.
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE)
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Vice_President.htm
Constitutional origins of and structural changes in the office,
its duties, and biographies of all vice presidents. A note in Gerald
Ford's entry explains "the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution in 1967, allowing for the appointment and confirmation
of a new vice president" if a vacancy should occur.
JULY 1942: UNITED WE STAND - http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/1942/
Explores the "patriotic conspiracy" of July 1942, when
nearly five hundred "magazines nationwide featured the American
flag on their covers." Includes background information on the
campaign and the slogan "united we stand"; searchable
and browsable images of covers; a timeline; related information
on the Treasury Department, war bonds, and war savings stamps; an
annotated gallery of other objects that featured the flag; and suggested
reading. From the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution.
NARA: PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES - http://www.archives.gov/presidential_libraries/
The Presidential Library system is made up of ten Presidential Libraries
administered by the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). The site includes a history of the system, a description
of holdings, and provides links to the sites for the libraries of
George Herbert Walker Bush, Jimmy Carter, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald
Ford, Herbert Hoover, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry Truman, and for Richard Nixon and
Bill Clinton materials.
IN PURSUIT OF LIFELONG LEARNING
Here are three more ways in which you can pursue lifelong learning
on a daily basis.
1. Set aside a half hour every day to examine some of your fundamental
beliefs about the world. Contrast them with opposing views. For
example, why do you belong to one political party instead or another.
And are your reasons for believing as you do your own or did you
borrow them from friends and family in the process of growing up?
2. Outline the major events in your life as if it were a play. How
many acts would there be and how would they be named? What would
be the name of the play?
3. Write an essay (or make a list) describing what you think were
the greatest errors and accomplishments of the 20th century. How
can these lessons make life better in the 21st century?
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