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- NEW! NEW! Old and Noteworthy
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Dates: 6/2/2025 - 6/23/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Days: M
Sessions: 4
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
Instructor(s): Will Molineux
Fee: $0.00
We'll set aside the colonial period and recall some exciting times such as when Jimmy Doolittle flew over Williamsburg, a band of yeggs blew up the bank vault, Winston Churchill made the mayor wait while he was playing cards. And we'll remember the Eastern State Hospital patient who lived in her own house (it's still standing)and the Richmond widow who put a Confederate plaque in Bruton Parish Church.
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- NEW! NEW! Improve Your Drawing Skills
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Dates: 6/2/2025 - 6/16/2025
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 3
Building: Campus Center
Room: Room 31
"This coursed is designed to help mid-level artists how to improve fundamentals of good perspective drawing, composition, and some basic anatomy. Assignments are an essential part of this course. Some assignments may be used for critique and example.
At course end it is supposed that students will improve with their assignments and have confidence in their finished works. "
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- NEW! NEW! L'etat C'est Moi: The Glorious and Influential Reign of Louis XIV of France
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Dates: 6/2/2025 - 6/16/2025
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 3
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
Instructor(s): Michael Knapp
Fee: $0.00
We will discuss the grandest royal court that ever existed, one that was the envy of Europe at the time. The political, military, economic and artistic aspects of King Louis’s government will be covered, as well as his foreign policy, that were initially successful but their later decline made the once celebrated sovereign increasingly unpopular. Louis’ extraordinarily long reign also had significant effects on his society until the French Revolution.
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- NEW! NEW! Snap, Crackle, Pop, Poke! Chiropractic & Acupuncture & YOU
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Dates: 6/3/2025 - 6/3/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: Boswel Hall
Room: Room 20
Instructor(s): Daniel Shaye
Fee: $0.00
20-30 million Americans see a chiropractor or acupuncturist each year. What gaps in "traditional" medicine are doctors of chiropractic (D.C.) and acupuncturists meeting? Where is Western medicine thriving, and where is it failing to meet its promise? How might chiropractic medicine and acupuncture help you age gracefully, remaining active and independent with potentially fewer medications, surgeries, and hospital stays? This course explores how these growing healing arts can integrate with Western medical care to provide better quality of life for seniors and seniors-to-be.
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- NEW! NEW! The Huguenots and Their Craft
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Dates: 6/3/2025 - 6/3/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
Instructor(s): Caroline Nicholson
Fee: $0.00
In their quest to escape the religious persecution of the Catholic Church, the Huguenots fled France and settled around the world. In doing so, they set the stage for the spread of their Protestant beliefs and the creation of countless works of art rendered in silver and gold.
Beginning in the sixteenth century, the Huguenots were intensely persecuted by the French monarchy and the Catholic Church. Driven from their homes and their livelihoods in France, these religious refugees sought safety in many different nations, including England, the Netherlands, and the United States. Many Huguenots were highly skilled goldsmiths and silversmiths, who brought their trade with them to their new homes. This course will celebrate the accomplishments of some of the most successful Huguenot craftsmen, who created masterful works of art in gold and silver.
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- NEW! NEW! How Bestselling Novels Help us Understand American Culture and Politics
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Dates: 6/3/2025 - 6/24/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 4
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 2030
Instructor(s): Donald Matthewson
Fee: $0.00
This course offers a new examination of some of the most notable and best selling books in American History. The novels that the course considers are those that not only have had an impact on our culture and politics, but also reveal to us certain truths about our society. I expect that most people who take this course will have read, or at least familiar with each of the books that we will discuss. I hope that the lectures on each book will encourage the student to read or re-read the novels we discuss.
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- NEW! NEW! Rossini: the Man the Myth and the Music
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Dates: 6/3/2025 - 6/3/2025
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
Instructor(s): Louis Andrews
Fee: $0.00
Almost everyone has heard Rossini’s music – especially the William Tell Overture and the opera “The Barber of Seville”. Though mostly known for his comedies, he was also a very successful composer of serious operas and altogether wrote 39 operas before retiring from operatic composition at the age of 37 – after which, living on to the age of 76, he only composed pieces for his Saturday musical salons in Paris.
This course should encourage your enjoyment of this bon vivant and his music. We will follow his life, explaining the progression of his compositional process and some background information about the videos we will watch/listen to together, including some anecdotes which, even though being untrue (and will be identified as such) are too enjoyable to omit.
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- NEW! NEW! The Reign of Harry Byrd: Virginia Politics, 1925-1965
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Dates: 6/4/2025 - 6/18/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: W
Sessions: 3
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 2000
Instructor(s): Steven Berke
Fee: $0.00
For forty years, from 1925 until 1965, one man controlled politics in the Commonwealth of Virginia. During this time, after serving as governor himself for one term, he handpicked every governor but one, and maintained control of the legislature, while serving in the US Senate for more than thirty years. This man was Harry Flood Byrd. What kind of person was he, and how did he and his organization maintain iron control of Virginia politics for that long a period? What is the legacy of the rule of Harry Byrd, and does that rule still affect Virginia politics today?
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- NEW! NEW! Finding Your Fitness Personality
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Dates: 6/5/2025 - 6/5/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 1
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 1056
Instructor(s): Wendy LeBolt
Fee: $0.00
What is the best way to stay physically fit? Experts say, ""the best exercise is the one you keep doing."" If you’re having trouble sticking with your fitness plan, you may not be the problem. Maybe the fitness activity you’ve chosen doesn’t match your fitness personality.
In this class, we’ll consult Suzanne Brue’s book, The 8 Colors of Fitness, to consider “fitness personality types.” Then, using her assessment tool, we'll find the “color"" of our fitness, and use this new information to find ways to match our fitness activities with our fitness personalities.
The goal of this class: Each participant will emerge with fitness activities they’ll enjoy and keep on doing!
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- NEW! NEW! Of Spirits, Of Magicks, and an Interior Life
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Dates: 6/5/2025 - 6/26/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 3
Building: Online – Zoom
Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
Instructor(s): Edward Ingebretsen
Fee: $0.00
Of Spirits, Of Magicks, and an Interior Life is a five-part exploration of magical consciousness and the unseen currents that shape daily life. This series considers how ancient powers linger beneath modern habits and beliefs, how suppressed knowings persist as gestures, rituals, and quiet intuitions. We begin with Magic Jesus: Miracles, Faith, and the Untamed Divine, recovering the raw, miracle-working power of Jesus before doctrine reined it in, and move through Ancient Rites, Modern Chains, tracing how institutions have policed, silenced, and controlled magick across time. From there, we uncover The Powers in Daily Life, the protective acts and subtle wards we perform without thinking, and expand into Magical Consciousness: Beyond the Veil of the Rational, exploring how awareness itself becomes an active, enspirited practice. Finally, we conclude with Living Magick: Reclaiming the Unseen, offering ways to integrate these powers into daily rhythms, restoring a sense of connection, protection, and meaning that has never fully disappeared.
Sessions:
Magic Jesus: Miracles, Faith, and the Untamed Divine
Ancient Rites, Modern Chains: The Hidden History of Magick
The Powers in Daily Life: Warding, Invoking, and the Unseen
Magical Consciousness: Beyond the Veil of the Rational
Living Magick: Reclaiming the Unseen
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- NEW! NEW! Cryptocurrency: Fad or The Future?
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Dates: 6/5/2025 - 6/5/2025
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 1
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 1056
Instructor(s): Keith Reagan
Fee: $0.00
Are cryptocurrencies a fad or the future? What about meme coins? Is it gambling? Can Bitcoin really go to $1 million? This course will help educate the student on cryptocurrencies and help them to decide if they are appropriate for their investment goals.
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- NEW! NEW! Simply Sondheim
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Dates: 6/5/2025 - 6/26/2025
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 3
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
Stephen Sondheim is known as one of the most brilliant composers to conquer Broadway. From his start with musicals like West Side Story and Gypsy to his numerous Tony award winning shows through the 70s, 80s and 90s. This course will look at the many shows Sondheim brought to the stage and his process in creating a catalog of shows on a range of topics. Course will utilize footage and recordings of Sondheim’s shows and music as well as interviews featuring the composer.
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- NEW! NEW! Finland's War, 1939-1945
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Dates: 6/6/2025 - 6/6/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: F
Sessions: 1
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 2000
Instructor(s): Michael Butler
Fee: $0.00
Following the First World War,Finland abandoned decades of neutrality in 2023 to join the United States in the NATO Alliance. Following the First World War, it was a newly independent nation adrift in a perilous European international system. From 1939 to 1944, Finland fought two wars with the Soviet Union. What does Finland’s history of that period tell us about the dilemmas of a small, democratic state seeking to maintain its independence under pressure from much larger and aggressive neighbors governed by totalitarian dictatorships? What role did Finland play in the European diplomacy of that moment? Did Finland win or lose those wars with the Soviets? Why did it join NATO, and what does it bring to that alliance. newly independent Finland was a
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- NEW! NEW! Can You Change the Weather: An Introduction to Weather Modification
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Dates: 6/6/2025 - 6/20/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: F
Sessions: 3
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 1056
Instructor(s): Gerald Mulvey
Fee: $0.00
This course is a basic introduction to the science behind weather modification. It will present the fundamentals of cloud formation, the history of weather modification efforts, the science behind cloud seeding and the current technology being employed in cloud seeding efforts across the world.
The class will include three active learning segments
Adiabatic Cooling: Goal allow the participants to experience the temperature drop when air (gas) expands. Materials: 10 cans of compressed air. Discussion: how this temperature drop causes cloud formation.
Dry ice seeding of supercooled clouds: Goal allow the participants to observe the changes in clouds when seeded with dry ice. Materials: one pound dry ice, tongs, ice chest capable of being cooled to -15 C, black velvet cloth. Discussion: Implications of being able to initiate glaciation in supercooled clouds/fog.
Cloud Seeding: Discussion after viewing “How Cloud Seeding Works”, Comet/MetEd on-line learning module (no cost module)
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/index.php
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- NEW! NEW! D&H Canal and Gravity Railroad: A Bustling Thoroughfare of Trade and Traffic
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Dates: 6/10/2025 - 6/10/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 2000
Instructor(s): Peg Becker
Fee: $0.00
During the 70 years that the D&H transportation system was in operation between Carbondale, Pa. and the Hudson River, many villages, towns, and cities were founded and/or developed along the line of the D&H canal and railroad. These communities were shaped not only by their position on the canal, but also by the diverse populations that settled and grew these towns. Although this transportation system was built to transport anthracite coal, a wide range of other products were also shipped to market.
This course will focus on the story of the D&H Canal and Gravity Railroad, the entrepreneurs and engineers responsible for its development, as well as the technological advances that occurred during the life of the canal and railroad.
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- NEW! NEW! The Soul of the Indian: A Philosophical Visit to the Indian Encampment
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Dates: 6/10/2025 - 6/10/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: Colonial Williamsburg
Room: Bassett Trace Nature Trail
Instructor(s): Michael Lorence
Fee: $0.00
Charles Eastman, born in 1858 and later named Ohíye S'a, was of Santee Dakota, English, and French ancestry. He is considered the first Native American author to write American history from the Indigenous point of view. In his classic memoir, The Soul of the Indian (1911), Eastman brings to life the rich spirituality and morality of Native Americans as they existed before extended contact with Europeans. It is a rare firsthand expression of the foundations of American wisdom, which we will explore with Mr. Russell Reed (Atakapa of Louisiana), experimental archaeologist and past manager of American Indian sites at Colonial Williamsburg and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
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- NEW! NEW! Ask the Doctor: Health & Wellness After 50
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Dates: 6/11/2025 - 6/11/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: W
Sessions: 1
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 1056
Instructor(s): Stephen Woodall
Fee: $0.00
Join us for an informative and engaging one-time lecture with a board-certified primary care physician who will answer your general questions about health and wellness for age 50+ adults. This session will cover common concerns related to aging, preventive care, healthy lifestyle choices, managing chronic conditions, and more. Whether you're looking to stay active, eat better, improve sleep, or understand what screenings you need, this is a great opportunity to get expert insights in a relaxed, judgment-free setting. Bring your questions and leave with practical tips to help you stay well and thrive.
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- NEW! NEW! A Walk in Woods: the Wisdom of Silence
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Dates: 6/12/2025 - 6/12/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 1
Building: Colonial Williamsburg
Room: Bassett Trace Nature Trail
Instructor(s): Diana Lorence
Fee: $0.00
During her seven years in the woods, Diana Lorence of Innermost House found herself practicing a feelingful form of what she later learned is called "forest bathing." Walking in silence amidst the surrounding beauty of the woods, bathed in that sweet air, the delicate passingness of nature altered her sense of time and place, until the boundaries between herself and the world softly relaxed, and gave way to a sense of oneness Diana calls "timeless time." Every morning in the woods is then the first morning, again and again forever. Please join Diana for a gentle guided walk in the beauty of our own Bassett Woods.
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- NEW! NEW! Hearing Loss with Age: the Whys, Wherefores & Management Options
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Dates: 6/12/2025 - 6/12/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 1
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
Instructor(s): Edilberto Pelausa
Fee: $0.00
Hearing loss is a universal fact of life. It will eventually affect all of us, especially as we age. As a recently retired Ear/Nose/Throat specialist, I wish to share with you in this 2-hour presentation:
1. what do we presently know about the mechanisms involved in normal hearing?
2. what are the causes hearing loss?
3. what can & should be done to prevent this loss?
4. what options are currently available to help, control & improve this condition?
5. what possible future options may lie ahead for all of us?
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- NEW! NEW! Understanding Different Political Cultures
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Dates: 6/13/2025 - 6/20/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: F
Sessions: 2
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 2000
Instructor(s): Michael Collier
Fee: $0.00
Want to understand how differing multifaceted political cultures can explain not only what is happening in individual countries, but also in professional settings or social organizations in which you may participate? The theoretical material underlying political cultures will be presented and then a survey of how this material effects not only countries but individual organizations. Aspects of political cultures, among others, includes differing governing ideology, governing systems, dominate religions, economic systems, and civic and social engagement.
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- NEW! NEW! How To Take Advantage Of Open Source Software
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Dates: 6/17/2025 - 6/17/2025
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 2030
Instructor(s): Keith Parkansky
Fee: $0.00
Open source software allows individuals and small businesses to implement sophisticated technologies previosly accessible only to corporations with substantial IT budgets. Not only is open source software free to install and use, it better secures both technical systems and private data.
From operating systems and applications for servers, desktop PCs and smartphones to firewall, home automation and other specialty ""appliances,"" the breadth of open source software continues to grow. Many of these offerings have modest hardware requirements allowing you to breath new life into your old desktop and notebook PCs you thought were destined for the trash heap.
As government officials and security experts raise concerns about back doors in devices and software produced in China and domestic tech companies load their offerings with spyware and data collection algorithms which threaten personal privacy, the code transparency that is the foundation of the open source
concept has never been more important. Learn how you can use that concept to your advantage for minimal to no cost.
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- NEW! NEW! So You Want to be a Writer?
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Dates: 6/23/2025 - 6/23/2025
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Building: Online – Zoom
Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
Instructor(s): Ed Linz
Fee: $0.00
Have you ever, like many of us, found yourself wanting to be an author? Join our discussion as we begin with your initial idea and follow various routes to publication. We will consider many different genres and formats (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, textbook, technical, essays….). By the end of our interactive session, you will have the tools to research your idea and transform it into words. Hopefully, you will then be prepared for the HARD part: getting your work published. We will discuss various avenues to do so, and the challenges associated with each. We will also consider different avenues to market your work. Bring your ideas, your problems, and your enthusiasm to write!!
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- NEW! NEW! Consuming the Wisdom Tradition: The Gentle Art of Consumer Wisdom
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Dates: 6/24/2025 - 6/24/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: Boswel Hall
Room: Room 20
Instructor(s): Michael Lorence
Fee: $0.00
In this timely invitation to the American Wisdom Tradition, Michael Lorence is joined by special guest Dr. Michael Luchs, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Marketing at the W&M Mason School of Business, a leading expert in the research field of Consumer Wisdom. “I think of wisdom as the art and science of thriving," says Professor Luchs. "More than ever, I believe that wisdom is something we all can learn, and that how wisely we choose to use our resources can have a profound effect on our well-being – and on others as well.” Please join us for this philosophical and practical exploration of a subject of interest to us all today: What does it mean to be wise in a consumer stage of the American Wisdom Tradition?
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- NEW! NEW! How to Manage Your Money Like a Professional
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Dates: 6/24/2025 - 6/24/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: Online – Zoom
Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
Instructor(s): Rusty Vernon
Fee: $0.00
This course delves into the intricacies of investment portfolio management. Learn how to build a diversified portfolio, analyze equities, and manage risk. Discover the pitfalls of the market and potential strategies to avoid them. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned investor, this course will equip you with the knowledge and tools to make informed investment decisions.
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- NEW! NEW! Virginia's Road to Revolution: Episode III: A State of Rebellion
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Dates: 6/24/2025 - 6/24/2025
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: Campus Center
Room: Little Theatre
Instructor(s): Mark Howell
Fee: $0.00
This course is the third of a projected five-session arc exploring how Virginia’s leadership used a series of extra-legal meetings to negotiate the increasingly volatile last couple of years of being a British colony.
In the summer of 1775, relations between Great Britain and her American colonies had been exacerbated by the battles at Lexington and Concord and the convening of the Second Continental Congress. Virginia had held two extra-legal meetings, styled “conventions,” and were now obliged to call a third to help put the colony on a war footing, should the need arise. This course will use primary documents not commonly known to the general public to explore the options and decisions that faced Virginia’s colonial leaders.
Subsequent classes will be timed to coincide with the 250th anniversaries of the two remaining conventions, culminating—in May, 2026—with an examination of the pivotal Fifth Convention.
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- NEW! NEW! Message for the Sick
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Dates: 6/24/2025 - 6/24/2025
Times: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: Campus Center
Room: Room 159
Instructor(s): Islam Bedir
Fee: $0.00
This course examines illness and suffering from an Islamic perspective, drawing on the teachings of the Qur'an and the guidance of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). It focuses on Said Nursi's *Message for the Sick*, rooted in the Qur'an, to explore the spiritual and emotional dimensions of hardship, offering insights into healing, wisdom, resilience, and the deeper meaning behind trials. Participants will learn how illnesses provide an opportunity to establish a deeper connection with God, transforming challenges into moments of spiritual growth and closeness to the Divine.
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- NEW! NEW! Apollo 11 and 12 Missions to the Moon: Little-known Stories
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Dates: 6/25/2025 - 6/25/2025
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 1
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 2030
Instructor(s): John Delano
Fee: $0.00
While the Apollo 11 and 12 missions were both successful in landing on the Moon in 1969, the crews and their challenges were very different. This class describes the fascinating, little-known stories associated with those historic missions. Videos will be shown that were made by the astronauts during those missions that capture the excitement and dread at key moments. Informative and entertaining without scientific, engineering jargon.
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- NEW! NEW! Turner's Brush: Capturing Nature's Fury and Industry's Rise
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Dates: 6/26/2025 - 6/26/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 1
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 1056
"In celebration of the 250th year of his birth, this class will examine the works of J. M. W, Turner, England's foremost painter of landscapes and seascapes. We will focus on his development from a late 18th-century student of Sir Joshua Reynolds to his growing freedom from tradition as he created works, increasingly abstract, that were both acclaimed and criticized in his own time. Turner's paintings are extraordinarily modern in style and subject matter. We will look at his career, his legacy, and his remarkably eccentric personal life. Known as the ""Painter of Light,"" Turner's painting, “the Fighting Temeraire” has been acclaimed Britain’s favorite work of art.
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- NEW! NEW! Bring Your Own Book: The U.S. History, pre1878, Non-Fiction Book Club
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Dates: 6/27/2025 - 6/27/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: F
Sessions: 1
Building: School of Education
Room: Room 2000
Instructor(s): Stephanie Goodrich
Fee: $0.00
"Have you read a good book recently? Do you want to tell others? Is the book nonfiction? Is it about a time in United States history prior to 1878? Do you want to learn about similar books from Osher students?
If you are answering yes to all questions, you belong in this class. Each student brings an open mind and ears, plus a readiness to discuss their required reading book choice that is / non-fiction / about U.S. history / covers a time prior to 1878 /
Classroom experience: Students discuss the book they read, listen to others talk about their book, reference in-class handouts, and make notes. The instructor facilitates the discussion. Students may disagree about books. However, they do so with respectful disagreement, rather than disagreeableness."
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- NEW! NEW! Celebrating John Williams
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Dates: 6/30/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Building: Virginia Greens Retirement Community
Room: Theatre
Born in 1932, John Williams has written some of best-known film scores of all time, including Jaws, Star Wars, E.T., and Schindler’s List. This talk will place Williams in the history of film music, review his long career, and show many clips from movies he has scored, along with interviews. Join us to celebrate the contributions of this great composer and enjoy some of his greatest scores.
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