Here are some of the Saturday offerings at LLIs around the
country. Watch for more in coming months.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of Pittsburgh
Using the Internet and E-mail – This course
is structured around the uses of the Internet and those personal computer
hardware and software usages that people have always wanted to learn.
It covers email, electronic instant messaging (IM), buying and selling
online, search engines and how to find information online for learning
and improving personal computer software and hardware.
Lifetime Learning Institute, Northern Virginia Community College
in Annandale
Wildflower Walk in Spring – This popular course
welcomes back the flowers of Spring in Northern Virginia.
Institute for Continuing Learning, Young Harris College, Virginia
Ancient Cultures: Saturday Seminar Series –
As mankind looks forward to the exploration of Mars, this seminar
series attempts to identify the legacy that has come to us from several
ancient cultures – Egyptians, Hebrews, Greeks, Romans and Celts.
The seminars looked at these ancient peoples in terms of history,
customs, language and rituals.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of N. Florida, Jacksonville
Round Table Lecture and Discussion – Come and
hear how and why local authors write what they write, ask them questions
and purchase one of their books to be autographed at the event. For
$5.00 you will enjoy refreshments and the entertaining and witty remarks
by our local celebrities.
Lifelong Learning of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Saturday Lecture Series – Nuclear Power,
Technology & America’s Future was the title of
a six-week lecture series offered this past fall at LLHHI. Nuclear
scientists and medical technologists brought members up-to- date on
the nuclear age and how America’s best interests are being served.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Coastal Carolina University,
South Carolina
Saturday classes include: Beginning Computer Skills - Workshop
on eBay Buying and Selling - Travel on Chesapeake
Bay & ICW - Basic Handwriting Analysis
Frances Pew Hayes Center for Lifelong Learning at Hodges University,
Naples, FL
On Saturdays this spring members of the Frances Pew Hayes Center for
Lifelong Learning at Hodges University, Naples, FL can take part in
a course entitled Retirement Planning Today. The
course explains time-tested strategies for help them make informed
financial decisions. Non-members are welcome but must register in
advance and pay a $25 registration fee.
McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement, McGill University,
Montreal, QB
On Saturdays, MILR offers members the Joan Walker Music & Movies
series. This past fall the offering included: Beethoven: The
Deaf Composer – Till The Clouds Rolls By
– Tosca – The Eye Hears, the
Ear Sees: The Genius of Norman McLaren – The
Sea in English - Fidelio