Academy fr Lifelng Learning 2015 2016 Bard f Directrs President Immediate Past President Secretary Treasurer Curriculum Chair Publicity Chair Dug Ck Carl Fields Dug Wilsn Amy Westra Jan Van Slyke Nancy Meinhardt University Representatives Vice Chancellr fr Academic Affairs Faculty Liaisn Asst. Vice Chancellr fr Academic Affairs Directr Office f External Prgrams Administrative Assistant Office f External Prgrams Dr. Jeff Priest Dr. Timthy Lintner T Be Named Amy Westra ATTENTION!! : Due t a new classrm scheduling system, sme classrm curses may be MOVED after yu have received yur receipt. It is EVERY participant s respnsibility t check their email inbx and/r the Academy fr Lifelng Learning website (www.aikenlearning.rg) fr messages regularly, and especially just prir t the first sessin f each curse, fr ntices f any rm changes.
Spring 2016 Semester January - May LIVE FROM THE MET OPERA Date: 4 Mndays, January 11, 25; February 1, 8 (n class n 1/18 due t Martin Luther King hliday) Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lcatin: Humanities & Scial Sciences Bldg., Rm 116 Enrllment Limit: N Limit Instructr: Dr. Maureen Simpsn has perfrmed ver tw dzen peras in the United States and Eurpe, as well as numerus appearances with symphnies and chral scieties. Maureen is Directr f Music at St. Mary Help f Christians Cathlic Church in Aiken and Artistic Directr f the Aiken Chral Sciety. Descriptin: Once again we pen the Academy s spring term with Aiken s wn resident diva spran, Dr. Maureen Simpsn, wh will discuss fur peras which will be shwn at the Regal Augusta Exchange Theater. The classes will intrduce histrical and musical backgrund, cmpser issues, perfrming prblems, and plts. Dr. Simpsn will prvide bth beginner and veteran peragers with a deeper insight int each wrk. The peras scheduled fr this seasn s telecasts and planned fr discussin in the curse are: The Pearl Fishers, Turandt, Mann Lescaut and Rbert Devereaux. Infrmatin abut the entire Live Frm the Met pera schedule t be shwn in high definitin at the mvie theater is available at http://www.metperafamily.rg/metpera/liveinhd.aspx ACRYLIC PAINTING Date: 4 Tuesdays, January 12, 19, 26; February 2 Time: 12:15-1:30 p.m. Lcatin: Etherredge Center, Rm 141 Enrllment Limit: 12 COST: $23 due at first class Instructr: Gretchen Hash-Heffner received her BS in Art Educatin frm Kutztwn University, Kutztwn, PA. A transplant frm PA she has made Aiken her hme fr 10 years. Gretchen taught fr 9 years at the Aiken Center fr the Arts and last year pened up her wn teaching studi Aiken Art Haus. Her primary subject matter are animals and landscapes and she wrks in a variety f mediums with acrylic being her preferred. Gretchen in her spare time shws her hrse Hwie n the quarter hrse circuit and is state champin this year. Descriptin: This 4 week curse will have students painting fur different scenes: castal, winter, rural and river. Techniques will be taught and an emphasis will be placed n helping yu find yur wn style. $23 supply fee due at first class. Class limited t 12 students. MOVEMENT THAT MATTERS: DEVELOPING FUNCTIONAL FORM FOR EXERCISE Date: 4 Tuesdays, January 19, 26; February 2, 9 Time: 9:25-10:40 a.m. Lcatin: Business and Educatin Bldg., Rm. 124 Instructr: Patrick O. Gélinas, M.S., CSCS, Senir Instructr, Department f Exercise and Sprts Science was brn in Mntréal, Canada. After receiving his undergraduate degree in Physical Educatin frm McGill University in Mntrѐal, he mved t Bstn and wrked as an Exercise Physilgist and Strength & Cnditining cach at Emersn Cllege. He then
mved t Bulder, CO t pursue his master s degree in Kinesilgy and Applied Physilgy at the University f Clrad and taught at Heritage Cllege in Denver, CO and Dutchess Cmmunity Cllege in Pughkeepsie, NY. He jined the USCA faculty in 2008. He has always been heavily invlved in sprts and utdr adventure pursuits and has trained fr and cmpeted in triathlns, eventually prgressing t full irnman-length triathlns all ver the cuntry. Descriptin: In this hands-n lecture series, the thery and fundatins f efficient, functinal mvement patterns will be discussed, demnstrated, and practiced by participants with the instructr. Sessins will begin with a basic explanatin f sme f the mechanical principles underlying sund exercise technique, and will culminate with a demnstratin/practical perid, where mvement refinement and scaling will be reinfrced. A majr gal f the curse will be t empwer participants with the cnfidence and self-assessment ability t carry-ut safe, time-efficient, and perfrmance-enhancing exercise prgramming fr themselves. Additinally, participants will be shwn several variatins and prgressins fr mdifying mvements t meet their individual mbility and intensity needs. Exercise attire which allws fr full range f mtin is required. AMERICAN LITERATURE: CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN Date: 2 Tuesdays, January 19, 26 Time: 3:00-3:50 p.m. Lcatin: Business & Educatin Bldg., Rm. 124 Instructr: Amanda Rachelle Warren is an Appalachian writer and schlar with strng reginal and cultural rts. She received her Master s degree in creative writing frm Ohi University, and her Dctrate frm Western Michigan University in Creative Writing and American Literature. She has been teaching at the University f Suth Carlina Aiken fr eight years, and at least nce a year has the chance t intrduce students t the strange, tragic life f Gilman and The Yellw Wallpaper. Descriptin: Charltte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) is, even years after her death, a cntrversial authr in American literature. This fiercely prgressive, feminist writer was heavily invlved in the wmen s rights mvement f the turn f the 19th-20th century. In this shrt tw-sessin curse we will lk at bth the text and cntext f Gilman s mst famus wrk The Yellw Wallpaper. This semi-autbigraphical shrt stry serves as a chilling metaphr fr wmen s rles in the late Victrian era and a trubling lk int ne authr s persnal struggles. INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WRITING Date: 4 Wednesdays, January 20, 27; February 3, 10 Time: 3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Lcatin: Penland Administratin Bldg., Rm. 110 Enrllment Limit: 45 Instructrs: A dedicated generalist with interests ranging frm suthern literature and stry-telling t philsphy and cntemprary literary thery, Dr. David Bruzina jined the USCA English department in 2009. He has presented papers abut the wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan, and his pems appear in Waccamaw and StrySuth. Currently, he s wrking n a philsphical essay abut squirrel hunting in Suth Carlina. When he's nt teaching r writing, Dr. Bruzina enjys fishing, hunting, cking, cnversatin and hanging ut with dgs. Pet Ry Seeger jined the USCA faculty in 2008 after teaching at Western Michigan University and Ohi University. He is the faculty advisr f The Guild f Petic Intent. His chapbk, The Garden f Imprbable Birds, wn the Gribble Press Chapbk Cntest, his cllectin, The By Whse Hands Were Birds, wn the 2008 Main Street Rag Petry Bk Cntest. He is als the winner f the MidAmerica Gwendlyn Brks Petry Prize. His latest chapbk, Prayer Bk fr the Midwestern Agnstic, was published in 2014. His pems have appeared in Painted Bride Quarterly, 32 Pems, Mississippi Review, Verse, Gulf Cast, The Laurel Review, Sutheast Review, Main Street Rag, and ther jurnals.
Descriptin: Jin USCA faculty members Ry Seeger and David Bruzina fr fur sessins f reading, writing, and talking abut pems. We ll develp ur wn pems thrugh exercises and activities. We ll appreciate and critique each ther s pems. And we ll study pems by a wide range f authrs in rder t better appreciate hw pems d what they d. THE OLD TESTAMENT Date: 4 Fridays, January 22, 29; February 5, 12 Time: 11:00 11:50 a.m. Lcatin: Penland Administratin Building, Rm 106 Instructr: Judith Evans was brn in Germany. She survived the Hlcaust and mved t Israel in 1946. After graduating frm the University f Tel Aviv she served in the capacity f principal in junir and senir high schls. She has lived in the U.S. since 1986 and has taught several previus Academy classes n religin. Descriptin: Week 1 - The bk f Esther - the nly bk in the Bible in which the name f Gd is nt mentined. We will talk abut the histrical backgrund f the bk and treat it as pardy. Week 2 - The Creatin - we will cmpare the tw descriptins f the creatin f us -human beings. Week 3 - The different pints f view [philsphies] expressed in the Bible. Week 4 - Applicatin f the laws. DECORATING USING FABRIC AND COLOR Date: 4 Tuesdays, February 2, 9, 16, 23 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Lcatin: Penland Administratin Bldg., Rm 110 Enrllment Limit: 45 Instructr: Sharn Prestn is certified in interir decrating and has been decrating residential and cmmercial spaces fr 14 years. Her fcus is primarily residential interirs with an emphasis n clr. Descriptin: The curse will ffer guidance n cmbining fabric patterns fr hme decr. Participants will learn which fabric patterns wrk well tgether. The first three classes will discuss pattern, texture, shape, and clr as it relates t fabrics. The furth class will be a discussin/wrkshp t allw participants the pprtunity t use their knwledge t create a wrking design fr their hme décr. MUSEUM COLLECTIONS: CARE AND PRESERVATION Date: 4 Thursdays, January 28; February 4, 11, 18 Time: 2:00 3:00 p.m. Lcatin: Aiken Cunty Histrical Museum Enrllment Limit: 60 Instructr: Ashley Oswald, Cllectins Manager at the Museum, is a graduate f Setn Hall University's Museum Studies graduate prgram. Ashley began her career at the Eastern Shre f Virginia Histrical Sciety befre cming t the Aiken Cunty Histrical Museum. She is passinate abut preserving material culture and is lking frward t teaching abut the inner wrkings f the museum as well as cllectin preservatin.
Curse Descriptin: Learn abut the missin f the Aiken Cunty Histrical Museum, what we cllect, why we cllect, and hw we take care f ur cllectins (the life span f an exhibit etc.). There will be a tur f ur cld strage unit t understand hw even in a facility as large as Banksia, we are running ut f space. THE EMPERORS OF ROME: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY Date: 4 Wednesdays, February 3, 10, 17, 24 Time: 11:00-11:50 a.m. Lcatin: Humanities & Scial Sciences Bldg, Rm 116 Instructr: Alexia Jnes Helsley, a native f Kentucky, grew up in Beaufrt, SC. Retired frm the S.C. Department f Archives and Histry, Helsley is an instructr in histry at USCA. Currently, she teaches Wrld Histry Survey classes, the Histry f the Vikings, the Frmatin f Eurpe, as well as the histry f Suth Carlina and an intrductin t Public Histry. A Furman University graduate, she has a master s degree in Ancient and Medieval Histry frm the University f Suth Carlina. The recipient f the S.C. Gvernr s Archives Award, Helsley is a prlific writer. Amng her mre recent titles are: A Histry f N.C. Wine, Wicked Clumbia: Vice and Villainy in the Capital, and A Guide t Histric Beaufrt, SC. In additin, she serves as chair f the Suth Carlina Old Exchange Cmmissin. Descriptin: These lectures will prvide an intrductin t the emperrs f the Western Empire frm 27 BC t 476 AD. Lecture tpics will include the Juli-Claudians frm the Great Augustus t the thwarted actr Ner; Hadrian and his wall; Marcus Aurelius the philspher; Caligula wh lved his hrse, Cnstantine and his new capital Cnstantinple, and many thers. Helsley als plans t include a lk at sme f the frmidable wmen wh graced the palaces f Imperial Rme. A HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD AND CHILD WELFARE IN THE UNITED STATES Date: 3 Thursdays, February 4, 11, 18 Time: 9:25-10:40 a.m. Lcatin: Alan B. Miller Nursing Bldg., Rm 120 Instructr: Dr. Elizabeth Gergian has been an assistant prfessr f histry at the University f Suth Carlina Aiken since 2012. She has a Ph.D. in histry frm the University f Delaware. She is a specialist in American religius histry, with teaching interests in religin, the histry f illness and medicine, wmen s histry, and cnstitutinal histry. Her mst recent wrk, Medicine and Plitics: The Primitive Physic and Early American Methdism, will appear in the January 2016 editin f the Wesleyan and Methdist Studies. She is currently wrking n a bk, Undemcratic Christianity: Image, Reality, and Plitics in Early American Methdism, 1777-1835. She als serves as a vlunteer Guardian Ad Litem fr Abused and Neglected Children in Suth Carlina. Descriptin: This curse will fcus n childhd in America, largely in terms f hw adults ver the past three hundred years have understd children and childhd and shaped their individual lives and scial and legal status. Week 1: hw the cncept f childhd evlved including the develpment f adlescence, and mre recently extended adlescence and hw family and scietal attitudes and treatment f children have changed ver time. Week 2: rights children and teenagers had and lacked, and hw thse have changed ver time and changed thrugh the cnstitutinal prcess. Week 3: a variety f issues facing children tday and hw sciety and the gvernment appraches child abuse, children s rights, unemplyment issues amng yung adults, and mre.
CREATING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE Date: 4 Wednesdays, February 10, 17, 24; March 2 Time: 10:00 10:50 a.m. Lcatin: Business & Educatin Bldg., Rm 124 Instructr: Dr. Brian Parr currently teaches exercise physilgy, health and behavir change, and several research curses. He als supervises internships fr students wh are ging int fitness careers. Aside frm teaching and advising, Dr. Parr writes a weekly clumn abut health and fitness fr the Aiken Standard. Descriptin: Week 1: Eat smart - what is healthy eating and advice fr making healthy chices Week 2: Mve mre - benefits and advice fr spending less time sitting, mre time mving, and getting regular exercise Week 3: Chill ut - benefits f and advice fr reducing stress and getting enugh sleep Week 4: Make it wrk fr yu - fcus n behavir change t make these changes a reality NEWSPAPERS: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW Date: 1 Thursday, February 11 Time: 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Lcatin: Alan B. Miller Nursing Bldg., Rm 120 Instructr: Jeff Wallace is a retired newspaper editr. He has a B.A. in jurnalism frm the University f Suth Carlina and 40 hurs f additinal curse wrk t certify him in elementary educatin. He spent 35 years as a jurnalist with the Augusta Chrnicle and the Aiken Standard and als taught fr nine years at Schfield Middle Schl. He has been an adjunct prfessr in the Cmmunicatins Department at the University f Suth Carlina at Aiken fr twelve years. Descriptin: A lk at the changing technlgy in prducing the newspaper. Frm ht lead t cld type t paperless newspapers (what an xymrn!) the prductin f a newspaper has changed dramatically ver the past 250 years. We will take a lk at thse technlgies and hw the changes have affected the way yu get the news each mrning and what might be the future f news delivery. BALLOON CREATIONS Date: 3 Fridays, February 12, 19, 26, March 4, 14 Time: 1:00 2:00 p.m. Lcatin: Penland Administratin Bldg., Rm 110 Enrllment Limit: 45 Instructr: Tm and Sandi Brandner have been twisting ballns int varius creatins fr ver 30 years. Fr 15 years in the spring, they have taught a balln twisting class at Kennedy Middle Schl. They d large crprate events as well as birthday parties and festivals. They were invlved in creating a 70 ft tall bean stalk with a castle n tp wned by the giant in Jack and the Bean Stalk. It nly tk 52,000 ballns t d this creatin. They perfrm in stage shws fr churches, schls, and libraries. Descriptin: Yu need t be able t tie a balln t take this class. This class will teach yu hw t twist a balln int a dg, giraffe, elephant, ant eater, heart, flwer, magic wand, rabbit, bee, alligatr, swrd, butterfly, alien, ctpus, crwn and many ther pssibilities.
4 ARTS: PAINT, WORDS, SOUNDS, COLLAGE Date: 3 Mndays, February 29; March 7, 14, 21 Time: 11:00-11:50 a.m. Lcatin: Humanities & Scial Sciences Bldg., Rm 116 Enrllment Limit: N Limit Instructr: Mike Lythge is a past president f the academy. He hlds an MFA frm Benningtn Cllege. Mike reviews art as a cntributing editr t Windhver, a literary Jurnal. He als edits Quill; he is a cntributr t the Petigru Review, and has been nminated 3 times fr a Pushcart Prize. Descriptin: Week 1: A new film n Philip Mrsberger, wh thrives n wrking with clrs, and is a past Painter-in-Residence at GRU Week 2: Studi Visit The new Mrris Eminent Schlar f Art at GRU: Cheryl Gldsleger, wh has artwrk installed at Hartsfield Airprt, Atlanta. Week 3: Musical guest - TBA Week 4: Mike Lythge & Friends a reading with Mike s writers grup LINE DANCING Date: 5 Wednesdays, March 2, 9, 16, 23 30 Time: 11:00 12:15 p.m. Lcatin: Business & Educatin Bldg., 2 nd flr Gym Enrllment Limit: N limit Instructr: Brenda Taylr is an active Lifetime member and Past President f CSRA (Central Savannah River Area) Carlina Shag Club as well as a Line Dance and Carlina Shag Instructr and member f SOS Nrth Myrtle Beach, SC since the 1990s. She attends club events three times a week t keep up with the latest dances! Brenda als teaches at Htel Aiken (Pl Tavern) n Tuesday evenings and has taught n the Carnival SOS 7-day Cruise in Octber f 2013 and the Palmett Shag Club Memrial Day Weekend Event in Clumbia, SC in 2014. A resident f Aiken, SC and a 1970 Graduate f Aiken High Schl, Brenda has been a business wner and registered csmetlgist in this area fr 44 years and is nw semiretired. Descriptin: Lessns will start with sme basic steps which will be brken dwn and taught slwly fr beginners. Each week we will learn new dances and review what yu learned in the previus week. This class is back by ppular demand fr a third semester and all new dances will be taught in additin t reviewing thse taught previusly. If yu weren t able t attend the fall classes, jin us fr sme fun in the spring! Line dancing is a chregraphed dance with a repeated sequence f steps in which a grup f peple dance in ne r mre lines r rws withut regard fr the gender f the individuals, all executing the steps at the same time. Unlike ther types f dancing, n partner is required. Line dancing is gd exercise and great fd fr the brain as well as a wnderful way t meet new friends. Cme ut and jin the fun! EUROPEAN UNION IN CRISIS Date: 4 Wednesdays, March 2, 16, 23, 30 (n meeting during USCA Spring Break) Time: 3:00 3:50 p.m. Lcatin: Business & Educatin Bldg., Rm 122 Instructr: Tm Wd is currently an Assciate Prfessr f Plitical Science at USCA. He teaches internatinal relatins and cmparative plitics, including elective curses n areas such as the Eurpean Unin, the frmer Sviet Unin, the Middle East, internatinal law, and plitical crruptin. Previusly, Dr. Wd was Prgram Officer fr Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan at the Internatinal Fundatin fr Electin Systems (IFES) in Washingtn DC. He received his Ph.D. frm the Fletcher Schl, Tufts University, with a dissertatin n Kyrgyzstan s freign plicy. His research interests include the
freign plicy and internatinal relatins f frmer Sviet small states, demcratizatin and authritarian regimes, electins and US freign plicy twards frmer Sviet Republics. Wd riginally hails frm Perth, Sctland but has pretty much lived in the US since he came ver fr graduate schl. When nt teaching r researching, he indulges in fly-fishing, numismatics and reading mystery nvels. Descriptin: Ten years ag in 2005, the Eurpean Unin (EU) seemed unassailable and cnfident in the assumptin that it might turn int a United States f Eurpe that might ne day rival ther great pwers n the wrld stage. A newly intrduced currency, the eur, flurished. In 2006, Eurpean unity was blstered by the admissin f Rmania and Bulgaria, healing the schism f Eurpe frm the Cld War days. The Lisbn Treaty signed in 2007 even created an EU president and an EU freign service. Nevertheless, in the past decade, the Eurpean Unin (EU) has been faced with a series f mnumental challenges that it has struggled t cpe with. The cmmn currency was plunged int a prtracted disaster invlving indebted Suthern Eurpean cuntries, particularly Greece. New East Eurpean members have prved nt always demcratic and parchial in their interests. The Schengen Zne, designed t create a cmmn external frntier, is nw in near-cllapse as hundreds f thusands f migrants pur ver undefended brders. The United Kingdm, a key EU member, is penly threatening t leave fllwing a referendum n membership. Russia has challenged the EU ver Ukraine and its brderlands, and nw menaces the Baltic States, EU members. A transatlantic trade deal between the EU and the USA languishes in squabbles. This curse will examine what went wrng in the EU, and what will happen next t the prject f Eurpean Unificatin. Will it get back n track, r is it dmed? HUNTING IN THE CAROLINAS: ESSAYS AND STORIES Date: 4 Thursdays, March 3, 17, 24, 31 (n meeting during USCA Spring Break) Time: 2:00 2:50 p.m. Lcatin: Business & Educatin Bldg., Rm 124 Instructr: Dr. Duglas Higbee is Assciate Prfessr f English at USC Aiken, where he teaches curses n mdern and cntemprary literature. He is currently editing a cllectin f essays n academics wh hunt. Descriptin: Hunting fulfills us as individuals because it ffers a strng sense f cnnectin t the wrld utside urselves. With an emphasis n the Carlinas, ur curse will explre the spiritual, scial, and envirnmental aspects f hunting thrugh reading selectins frm pre-eminent writers f fictin and nnfictin. Shrt readings will be distributed in the class. GREAT DECISIONS Date: 8 Fridays, March 4, 11, 18, 25; April 1, 15, 22, 29 (n meeting during Masters Week) Time: 2:00 3:30 p.m. Lcatin: Penland Administratin Bldg., Rm 110 Enrllment Limit: 45 Cst: $20 t pre-purchase manual Descriptin: Tpics are selected frm the Freign Plicy Assciatin 2-16 Manual in this regular spring semester ffering. The eight tpics fr Great Decisin 2016 are: Middle East, The Rise f ISIS, The Future f Kurdistan, Migratin, The Kreas, The United Natins, Climate Change, Cuba and the U.S. Briefing bks fr the Great Decisins tpics shuld be available fr individual purchase frm the Freign Plicy Assciatin (FPA) in early January 2016 (http://www.fpa.rg/great_decisins). The Academy plans t place a grup rder fr members wh have prepaid ($20) by January 31, 2016 (see Amy Westra, Business & Educatin Building, Rm 113). The grup rder will save shipping charges that are added t individual bk purchases via the FPA website.
HUMMINGBIRDS NATURE S JEWELS Date: 1 Tuesday, March 8 Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Lcatin: Birds and Butterflies, 117 Laurens St., Dwntwn Aiken Enrllment Limit: 50 Instructr: Rn Brenneman received a B.S. in Bilgy in 1973 and a M.S. in Wildlife Eclgy in 1975 frm the Pennsylvania State University. He is a certified Wildlife Bilgist and has authred r c-authred mre than 60 technical publicatins and ppular articles. In 1997 he and his wife Dri pened Birds and Butterflies f Aiken, a retail stre specializing in unique nature and garden accents and gifts. Descriptin: Learn incredible facts abut the smallest bird in the wrld and see slides f nests, yung, and many species f hummingbirds that ccur acrss the U.S. We will discuss hummingbird feeders, fd, feeder maintenance and plants that attract hummingbirds and dispel sme cmmn myths abut hummingbirds. CLASS, GENDER AND RACE IN LITERARY WORKS Date: 4 Tuesdays, March 8, 15, 22, 29 Time: 1:40-2:55 p.m. Lcatin: Business & Educatin Bldg., Rm 124 Instructr: Prfessr Vicki Cllins has been teaching at USCA fr 25 years. English as a Secnd r Other Language (ESOL) is her area f expertise fr the Department f English. Her favrite subjects are Appalachian literature and the cannical wrks f Tennessee Williams. She is a member f bth The Authrs Club f Augusta and The Augusta Petry Grup. Descriptin: This curse will include reading a shrt stry set in the 1840s and viewing a film set in the 1940s. Then the instructr and participants will cmpare and cntrast the class, gender, and race issues in each wrk t determine if changes r imprvements ccurred during that 100-year time span. THE BUCK STOPS HERE AND I LIKE IKE Date: 4 Thursdays, March 10, 17, 24, 31 Time: 3:00-3:50 p.m. Lcatin: Business & Educatin Bldg., Rm 140 Instructr: Ken Brace is a retired American Histry teacher frm Mntgmery Cunty, MD, and a regular Academy instructr. Descriptin: Ken Brace, a frequent instructr fr The Lifelng Learning Academy, will review the impact that highly rated Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhwer had n life in the United States fllwing WWII and the decade f the 1950's. Althugh Truman and Eisenhwer came frm different plitical parties and had very different life experiences leading t their Presidency, bth were able t effectively deal with difficult and critical prblems during their time in ffice. Culd we and shuld we fllw their leadership style fr the betterment f The United States f America tday. Can we indeed learn frm experience and histry?
SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE FOUNDING OF AIKEN S WINTER COLONY Date: 1 Tuesday, March 15 Time: 3:05 4:20 p.m. Lcatin: Humanities & Scial Sciences Bldg., Rm 116 Enrllment Limit: 90 Instructr: David M. Tavernier is the authr f tw bks n Aiken s Winter Clny. His first bk, Stries f the Rich and Famus: Aiken s Winter Clny in the Gilded Age was recgnized in Octber and Nvember 2012 as Tp Ten in Sales fr Outskirts Press. In July 2013 it was selected as the Featured Bk fr In Authr s Wrds. His secnd bk, Mre Stries f the Rich and Famus: Aiken s Winter Clny in the Gilded Age, was nminated fr the 2015 EVVY Award in the categry f histrical fictin by the Clrad Independent Publishers Assciatin. He has been a guest speaker n the tpic f Aiken s winter clny at the Aiken Cunty Histrical Sciety, the Aiken Cunty Histrical Museum s Winter Lecture Series, and numerus clubs and rganizatins in the Aiken area. Mr. Tavernier is a graduate f Flrida Atlantic University, where he received the B.A. degree. He resides in Aiken and is married t third generatin Aikenite, Patrice Durban Tavernier. Descriptin: The essence and character f Aiken as we knw it tday, is heavily influenced by the activities and traditins intrduced by nineteenth and early twentieth century millinaires, wh perennially wintered here. Their discvery f Aiken was nt accidental. The lecture fcuses n the early factrs that gave rise t Aiken s reputatin as a health refuge, and later, its evlutin int a winter playgrund fr the wealthy. LITHUANIA IN HISTORY Date: 2 Fridays, March 18, 25 Time: 9:00 10:15 a.m. Lcatin: Business & Educatin Bldg., Rm 140 Enrllment Limit: 90 Instructr: Walt Kubilius, PhD, is f Lithuanian ancestry, and he visited Lithuania in 1982 when it was part f Brezhnev's Sviet Unin. He is currently a gelgist/envirnmental scientist at the Savannah River Site. Descriptin: Since the end f Wrld War One, Eastern Eurpe has been n the frnt line f cnflict: the struggle between fascism and cmmunism up t 1945, the cnfrntatin between NATO and the USSR up t 1991, and tday between the West and Putin's Russia. This slide-illustrated tw-lecture class is an histrical utline f ne eastern Eurpean natin - Lithuania - with an emphasis n the rle that it and Eastern Eurpe has played in the internatinal cnflicts f the past hundred years. AIKEN S FRENCH CONNECTION Date: 1 Tuesday, March 22 Time: 3:05 4:20 p.m. Lcatin: Business & Educatin Bldg., Rm 140 Enrllment Limit: 90 Instructr: David M. Tavernier is the authr f tw bks n Aiken s Winter Clny. His first bk, Stries f the Rich and Famus: Aiken s Winter Clny in the Gilded Age was recgnized in Octber and Nvember 2012 as Tp Ten in Sales fr Outskirts Press. In July 2013 it was selected as the Featured Bk fr In Authr s Wrds. His secnd bk, Mre Stries f the Rich and Famus: Aiken s Winter Clny in the Gilded Age, was nminated fr the 2015 EVVY Award in the categry f histrical fictin by the Clrad Independent Publishers Assciatin. He has been a guest speaker n the tpic f Aiken s winter clny at the Aiken Cunty Histrical Sciety, the Aiken Cunty Histrical Museum s Winter Lecture Series, and numerus clubs and rganizatins in the Aiken area. Mr. Tavernier is a graduate f Flrida Atlantic University, where he received the B.A. degree. He resides in Aiken and is married t third generatin Aikenite, Patrice Durban Tavernier.
Descriptin: Aiken s winter clny was funded by Celestine Eustis and her niece, Luise Eustis. The lecture fcuses n the Eustis family, its French rts, its rle as the Cnfederacy s representative t France during the Civil War and later, and the family s pst bellum return t the U.S. with Celestine s arrival in Aiken with her niece in 1877. YOUR HIT PARADE Date: 4 Mndays, April 11, 18, 25; May 2 Time: 1:00 1:50 p.m. Lcatin: Alan B. Miller Nursing Bldg., Rm 120 Instructr: Music has always been an avcatin fr Dris Hammnd even thugh her PhD frm UGA, her Masters frm Marshall University and her Bachelrs frm the University f Cincinnati d nt reflect that. Over a lifetime she sang in chruses, church chirs and played in bands. Singing cntinued in ne way r anther ver her lifetime. Specific t her time in Aiken, she was a member f the Harmny River Sweet Adeline Chrus and the Aiken Hearts quartet. Currently she sings with the WOW SngBirds, entertaining in nursing hmes every week. Her band experience f playing the clarinet, was definitely nt ver a lifetime and had a 64 year (yes, 64!) hiatus until she jined the New Harmny Band at USCA, remembering the fingering fr each nte. Talk abut imprinting f the brain when it is yung! Descriptin: Stepping ut f her usual psychlgy themed classes and reflecting her lve f music, Dr Dris Hammnd ffers "Yur Hit Parade". Participants will have fun remembering the Hit Parade sngs that began n radi in the 30's and mved t televisin in the 50's. This will be bth a visual and audi presentatin with lts f te tapping, lts f memries and lts f humming alng. Mst f us can remember the names f the perfrmers wh entertained us weekly. This is a true walk dwn memry lane. And, nt t ignre psychlgy, music really des sthe the sul. WHAT IF?... Date: 3 Tuesdays, April 12, 19, 26 Time: 2:00 2:50 p.m. Lcatin: Penland Administratin Bldg., Rm 106 Instructrs: Jim Farmer, retired June Rainsfrd Hendersn Prfessr f Suthern and Lcal Histry at USCA. Descriptin: What if Clumbus' crew had mutinied and returned t Spain, r if Naplen had nt been s shrt cash in 1803? Histry is full f cntingencies, sme mre plausible than thers, and their ramificatins can be mindbggling. Remember "fr want f a nail...?" This class will speculate n such rads nt taken in American histry and their pssible cnsequences. APPRECIATING FOUR POETS Date: 4 Wednesdays, April 13, 20, 27; May 4 Time: 1:00 1:50 p.m. Lcatin: Alan B. Miller Nursing Bldg., Rm 120 Instructrs: Mike Lythge is a past president f the Academy. He hlds an MFA frm Benningtn Cllege. Mike reviews art as a cntributing editr t Windhver, a literary Jurnal. He als edits Quill; he is a cntributr t the Petigru Review, and has been nminated 3 times fr a Pushcart Prize. Dn Blunt is retired faculty frm USCA and the authr f a bk f Wallace Stevens Letters t his Wife. He is currently ding an essay f Stevens fr a bk t be published in the UK.
Descriptin: Week 1: Understand the vcabulary and pems f Wallace Stevens Week 2: Dn Blunt will share sme f his riginal pems inspired by the wrks f Wallace Stevens Week 3: Rbert Frst Anther lk at the Rad Nt Taken Week 4: Rbinsn Jeffers pet the Califrnia Cast Building a twer f stnes ALCHEMY IN THE AMERICAS Date: 1 Thursday, April 21 Time: 9:25-10:40 a.m. Lcatin: Nursing Bldg., Rm 120 Enrllment Limit: 45 Instructr: Cathy Cbb is a chemist wh frmerly taught at Califrnia State University, Ls Angles, befre mving t Suth Carlina. She has prduced tw histries f chemistry--creatin f Fire; and Magic, Mayhem and Mavericks. Her tw ther chemistry-related bks are Jy f Chemistry, and Crime Scene Chemistry. Descriptin: This curse will explre the histry f alchemy in Clnial America, a little-knw, prly understd, page in American histry. In the Americas, alchemy was linked t ecnmic experiments, gvernment plicy, educatins initiatives, and (f curse) the practice f magic and witchcraft. We will then trace the influences f alchemy in America and its ramificatins in the United States f tday.
TRIPS & EVENTS FIELD DAY AT THE DAIRY GOAT FARM Date: Mnday, March 7 Time: 9:00 10:30 a.m. Lcatin: Samaria Farm, 714 Wrightsmill Rad, Aiken, SC 29801 Descriptin: Spend up t 1.5 hurs visiting Samaria Farm, an rganic, multi-prduct farm. Visit the new kids & nannies, pigs, cw, chicks & chickens. See the milking parlr, and listen t Sam Stevens, farmer and wner f Palmett Nursery and Flral, as he describes life n the farm. Organic meats, eggs, sap etc. Meet at the farm 9:00am -10:30pm. Address: 714 Wrightsmill Rd, 29801 Aiken, SC, Business phne: 803-648-1322 Bi: Sam Stevens graduated frm Aiken High Schl, and the schl f hard kncks, and wns Palmett Nursery and Flrist n E. Pine Lg Rd. EARL F. KAUFFMAN RECOGNITION DAY LUNCHEON Date: Thursday, April 14 Time: 12:00 1:30 p.m. Lcatin: Business & Educatin Building, Rm 116 Descriptin: Dr. Earl Kauffman arrived in Aiken at the age f 82 and initiated a planning cmmittee t develp and implement a prgram fr the cmmunity s mature residents. In 1990, this cmmittee created a missin statement fr what was t becme the Academy fr Lifelng Learning at the University f Suth Carlina Aiken. The annual Earl F. Kauffman Recgnitin Day and Award is a lunchen hsted annually t celebrate the significant cntributin made by Mr. Kauffman. It is made pssible by an endwment fund established in 1990 by Dr. James Kauffman upn the death f his father, Earl. MURDER & MAYHEM IN EDGEFIELD & WILLOWBROOK CEMETERY Date: Friday, April 22 UPDATE: Secnd tur added Friday April 29 fr thse n wait list Time: 9:15 a.m. at the Edgefield Discvery Center Return: At yur wn pace Lcatin: Edgefield Discvery Center lcated at 405 Main Street in Edgefield (plenty f parking in rear f building) Enrllment Limit: 30 Cst: $5 due at registratin Descriptin: At 9:30 a.m. we will meet Bushwackin Bea fr a ne hur walking tur f curthuse square (chairs may be available upn request if needed). It is claimed that every square inch f Edgefield s Curthuse Square has had bld shed upn it. Our Murder and Mayhem Tur explres this darker and mre clrful side f Edgefield s histry. Attendees will learn why Edgefield is knwn as Bldy Edgefield and will hear stries abut sme f the mre interesting characters wh cntributed t this vilent histry. There will be a shrt break (15-30 minutes) after this prtin f the tur t allw fr change f venue. Then attendees will be treated t a ne-hur sit-dwn indr PwerPint presentatin n Willwbrk Cemetery. Willwbrk Cemetery is the secnd mst histric cemetery in Suth Carlina, and is verflwing with residents wh carved their place in lcal, state, and natinal histry. There are sldiers buried here frm every majr war fught by the United States, Fur f Edgefield s Ten Gvernrs, numerus SC and US Senatrs and members f the Huse f Representatives, 150 Cnfederate sldiers (including fur Generals f the Cnfederacy), and many editrs f The Edgefield Advertiser rest in this cemetery. Sme f the ntables interred here include Lucy Hlcmb Pickens (Queen f the Cnfederacy), Reverend Jhn Lake (missinary t China, wh started a leper clny in the Suth China Sea), Chancellr Francis Hugh Wardlaw (authr f the Ordinance f Secessin adpted by Suth Carlina), and Prestn Smith Brks (Captain f Cmpany D, Palmett Regiment during the Mexican War and later famus fr caning Charles Sumner n the flr f the Natinal Huse f Representatives).
Fllwing these tw presentatins, participants will have leisure time n their wn t lunch at ne f several gd restaurants in twn r brwse sme f the unique shps. It is als pssible t walk t the cemetery t explre n yur wn r check ut sme f the ther pints f interest in Edgefield. Edgefield is apprximately a 40 minute drive frm the USC Aiken campus. WALKING TOUR OF AUDUBON SITE Date: Tuesday, May 3 UPDATE: Secnd tur added Tuesday May 10 fr thse n wait list Time: 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Lcatin: Silver Bluff Audubn; 4542 Silver Bluff Rd., Jacksn, SC 29831; 803-471-0291 Enrllment Limit: 25 Cst: $5 paid directly t Audubn n day f trip Descriptin: Shrt walking tur f the sanctuary grunds near the visitr center, featuring varius habitats and ptential wildlife sightings. The butterfly garden attracts many butterfly species and hummingbirds. Land management, cnservatin effrts, and histry f the prperty will be discussed. Walking is n flat, hard-packed sand rads. Clsed-te shes suggested. Restrms available in the visitr center, and picnic tables available fr thse that want t bring a lunch with them. Bring cameras and/r binculars if desired. Speaker/Tur Guide: Paul Kehler is the Directr f the Silver Bluff Audubn Center and Sanctuary in Aiken Cunty, Suth Carlina, and has been with Audubn fr 29 years. He earned a B.S. degree in Wildlife & Fisheries Science frm the University f Tennessee. Mr. Kehler is engaged in lng-term avian research and is the crdinatr f Natinal Audubn's Imprtant Bird Area Prgram in Suth Carlina. He als currently serves n the Bard f Directrs f Augusta-Aiken (GA/SC) Audubn Sciety. Having been raised in Suthern Califrnia and living at times in Texas, Flrida, Tennessee, and Suth Carlina, Mr. Kehler is well-traveled and has led a number f Audubn Nature Odysseys, including trips t Csta Rica, Mexic, Alaska, and crss-cuntry by train acrss the suthern United States. He especially enjys sharing his passin fr birds.
ACADEMY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING REGISTRATION FORM SUBMIT ONE REGISTRATION FORM PER PERSON ONLINE Last Name: Phne: First Name: Email: Address City: State: Zip: Register me fr these SHORT COURSES: Live Frm the Met Opera Line Dancing Acrylic Painting *additinal fee f $23 Eurpean Unin in Crisis Mvement that Matters: Develping Functinal Frm fr Exercise American Literature: Charltte Perkins Gilman Great Decisins Hunting in the Carlinas: Essays and Stries Intrductin t Petry Writing Hummingbirds Nature s Jewels The Old Testament Class, Gender, and Race in Literary Wrks Decrating Using Fabric and Clr The Buck Stps Here and I Like Ike Museum Cllectins: Care and Preservatin The Emperrs f Rme: The Gd, The Bad, The Ugly A Histry f Childhd and Child Welfare in the United States Setting the Stage fr the Funding f Aiken s Winter Clny Lithuania in Histry Aiken s French Cnnectin Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Yur Hit Parade Newspapers: Yesterday, Tday and Tmrrw What If?... Balln Creatins Fur Pets 4 Arts: Paint, Wrds, Sunds, Cllage Alchemy in the Americas Field Day at the Dairy Gat Farm Earl F. Kauffman Lunchen TRIPS & SPECIAL EVENTS Murder & Mayhem in Edgefield additinal $5 due at time f registratin Walking Tur f Audubn Site additinal $5 paid t Audubn Sciety n day f trip MEMBERSHIP FEE: $70 per semester TOTAL ENCLOSED $ PAYMENT METHOD: Check enclsed, payable t "USCA" Check # Credit Card Type Card # Exp. Date Submit by mail: Mail frm with payment t USCA, Cntinuing Educatin Dept., 471 University Parkway Bx 20, Aiken, SC 29801. Submit in persn: Amy Westra USCA, Business & Educatin Bldg., Rm. 113 (803-641-3741) (amyw@usca.edu)
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ACADEMY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING REGISTRATION FORM SUBMIT ONE REGISTRATION FORM PER PERSON ONLINE Last Name: Phne: First Name: Email: Address City: State: Zip: Register me fr these SHORT COURSES: Live Frm the Met Opera Line Dancing Acrylic Painting *additinal fee f $23 Eurpean Unin in Crisis Mvement that Matters: Develping Functinal Frm fr Exercise American Literature: Charltte Perkins Gilman Great Decisins Hunting in the Carlinas: Essays and Stries Intrductin t Petry Writing Hummingbirds Nature s Jewels The Old Testament Class, Gender, and Race in Literary Wrks Decrating Using Fabric and Clr The Buck Stps Here and I Like Ike Museum Cllectins: Care and Preservatin Setting the Stage fr the Funding f Aiken s Winter Clny The Emperrs f Rme: The Gd, The Bad, The Ugly Lithuania in Histry A Histry f Childhd and Child Welfare in the United States Aiken s French Cnnectin Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Yur Hit Parade Newspapers: Yesterday, Tday and Tmrrw What If?... Balln Creatins Fur Pets 4 Arts: Paint, Wrds, Sunds, Cllage Alchemy in the Americas TRIPS & SPECIAL EVENTS Field Day at the Dairy Gat Farm Murder & Mayhem in Edgefield additinal $5 due at time f registratin Earl F. Kauffman Lunchen Walking Tur f Audubn Site additinal $5 paid t Audubn Sciety n day f trip MEMBERSHIP FEE: $70 per semester TOTAL ENCLOSED $ PAYMENT METHOD: Check enclsed, payable t "USCA" Check # Credit Card Type Card # Exp. Date Submit by mail: Mail frm with payment t USCA, Cntinuing Educatin Dept., 471 University Parkway Bx 20, Aiken, SC 29801. Submit in persn: Amy Westra USCA, Business & Educatin Bldg., Rm. 113 (803-641-3741) (amyw@usca.edu)
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The Academy fr Lifelng Learning WHO WE ARE We are an rganizatin f peple frm a variety f backgrunds. We share a cmmn interest in cntinuing learning experiences and intellectual stimulatin. There are n tests r grades. Members participate purely fr the jy f sharing. We are spnsred by the University f Suth Carlina Aiken and are self-supprting. Our curses and activities are planned and implemented by ur members. We design ur wn curriculum and arrange fr instructrs frm USC Aiken faculty (current and retired), frm ur wn membership, and frm the cmmunity at large. MISSION STATEMENT The missin f the Academy fr Lifelng Learning is t prvide bth structured and infrmal cntinuing educatin pprtunities fr mature individuals in the CSRA in cnjunctin with the University f Suth Carlina Aiken. These pprtunities shall include classrm instructin as well as discussins with the faculty, field trips, and scial events. MEMBERSHIP FEES Membership fr a semester is $70 per persn. The Membership fee entitles ne t take as many f the classes ffered, n a space-available basis. The fee des nt include bks r materials (if required) fr the classes r the cst f Special Events. It des include use f the Campus Library, including bk brrwing privileges and Internet access, student rates fr selected University prductins, sprts events, lectures (excluding Cultural Series), free parking n campus and a discunt fr grandchildren attending yuth summer activities spnsred by the Office f External Prgrams and Cntinuing Educatin. Parking passes will n lnger be issued. Be sure t park in spaces with white lines these are designated fr students and visitrs. Please be cnsiderate f ther Academy members and nly sign up fr the classes yu intend t attend. MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION REGISTRATION OPENS ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 TH AT 9:00 am. N early registratins will be received. Please jin Academy vlunteers in Business & Educatin, Rm 124 t sign up fr yur classes n Mnday, December 7 frm 9:00am til 3:00pm. Vlunteers will als be available t receive registratins n Tuesday and Wednesday, December 8 and 9 th, frm 9:00am -3:00pm. ATTENDING CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES Yu must be pre-registered t attend each class and activity. During a semester, members wh wish t attend a class r activity fr which they are nt registered must first cntact the Office f Cntinuing Educatin t see if space is available. IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER If USCA cancels undergraduate classes due t inclement weather, any Academy classes scheduled t meet during that time will als be cancelled. Schl clsings are listed n the lcal televisin statins. REFUND POLICY Special events fill quickly and cannt be refunded. If yu are unable t attend yu are asked t find a replacement. Yu may call the Office f Cntinuing Educatin and ask if the event has a wait list. WHERE CLASSES ARE HELD REMINDER: Due t a new classrm scheduling system, sme curses may be MOVED after yur registratin frm is cmpleted. It is YOUR respnsibility t check yur email inbx regularly, especially just prir t the first sessin f each curse, fr ntices f any rm changes. Rm changes will als be psted n the website: www.aikenlearning.rg. If a class has been filled yu will be placed n a wait list. This will be indicated n the bttm f yur cnfirmatin. Yu will be emailed if rm becmes available -- please d nt attend therwise.
University f Suth Carlina Aiken Nn-Prfit Org. Cntinuing Educatin, Bx 20 US Pstage Paid 471 University Parkway Permit #473 Aiken, SC 29801 Augusta, GA