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  • Introduction to ChatGPT & Other Generative AI Tools
  • Dates: 9/10/2025 - 9/10/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2010
    Instructor(s): Candice Benjes-Small
    Fee: $0.00

    Curious about ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) tools that create new text and images?

    In this workshop, we’ll see demonstrations of the tools, explore the capabilities and limitations of the technologies, and discuss the ethical considerations surrounding their use. Leave with a clear grasp of how generative AI is impacting our world and the questions we need to ask as it continues to develop.

    Catalog correction! This 1-session course meets on Wednesday, September 10.


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  • Mastering Your iPhone/iPad Camera & Photo Apps
  • Dates: 9/10/2025 - 9/24/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Online – Zoom
    Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
    Instructor(s): Rick Chase
    Fee: $0.00


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  • Online Account Security: Have Password Managers Become A Necessity?
  • Dates: 9/19/2025 - 9/19/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 1
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 1056
    Instructor(s): Keith Parkansky
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! The Art and Science of Geospatial and Geophysical Technologies
  • Dates: 9/22/2025 - 9/22/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Room 159
    Instructor(s): Stephen Beck, Aaron Lovejoy
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! Introduction to Excel
  • Dates: 9/23/2025 - 9/23/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2031
    Instructor(s): Karen McPherson
    Fee: $0.00

    Important! No computer is required. This classroom is equipped with a Windows-based computer for each participant.

     


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  • Introduction to Self-Driving Cars
  • Dates: 9/23/2025 - 9/23/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Room 31
    Instructor(s): Mark Huff
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! Climates of the Distant Past
  • Dates: 9/29/2025 - 10/13/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Online – Zoom
    Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
    Instructor(s): Gerald Mulvey
    Fee: $0.00

    Catalog correction! This 3-session course meets on Monday, September 29, October 6, and October 13. 


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  • Science and the Shroud of Turin
  • Dates: 10/3/2025 - 10/17/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Room 159
    Instructor(s): Michael Finlan
    Fee: $0.00

    The Shroud of Turin is a religious artifact believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus. There have been several scientific studies of the Shroud. Several of these studies convinced some that this is indeed the cloth that swathed Jesus' corpse, while contradictory studies abound claiming that the Shroud is a hoax, even though some of these studies have been disproven. This class will examine several methods used to determine the cloth's authenticity. One central method examined will be radiocarbon dating – a key point of contention. The class will cover how radiocarbon dating was performed, whether the results "prove" the Shroud is a hoax, and if the radiocarbon testing was so flawed that results are either ambiguous or wrong.


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  • The Joy of Photography
  • Dates: 10/20/2025 - 12/1/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 6
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Colonial Echo
    Instructor(s): Michael Richardson, Wilson Hurst
    Fee: $0.00

    IMPORTANT! This class requires:

    • A working knowledge of your camera of choice, from Smartphone to professional medium format
    • Internet access to review training videos and to post images for review
    • Bring your camera to class!
       

    Also, there is NO CLASS on Nov 24 (Thanksgiving week)


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  • Introduction to Astronomy
  • Dates: 10/20/2025 - 11/3/2025
    Times: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Colonial Echo
    Instructor(s): Carmen Fragapane, Brad Perry
    Fee: $0.00


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  • Algorithms
  • Dates: 10/21/2025 - 10/21/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Colonial Echo
    Instructor(s): Peter Henderson
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! Origin of the Moon from Analysis of Lunar Samples
  • Dates: 10/22/2025 - 10/22/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): John Delano
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! The Environment of our Virginia Peninsula: History, Present and Future
  • Dates: 10/23/2025 - 11/13/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 4
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2010
    Instructor(s): Jim Griffin
    Fee: $0.00


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  • Mastering Your Apple Watch
  • Dates: 10/24/2025 - 10/31/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 2
    Building: Online – Zoom
    Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
    Instructor(s): Rick Chase
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! The American Civil War: The First Modern War
  • Dates: 10/28/2025 - 10/28/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 1056
    Instructor(s): Paul Severance
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! Cutting The Cord In Williamsburg
  • Dates: 10/28/2025 - 10/28/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Room 159
    Instructor(s): Keith Parkansky
    Fee: $0.00


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  • Your Digital Life
  • Dates: 11/10/2025 - 11/17/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 2
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Room 159
    Instructor(s): Peter Henderson
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! Personal Computers for Beginners - Windows 11
  • Dates: 11/12/2025 - 12/5/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: W F
    Sessions: 6
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2010
    Instructor(s): Rick Chase
    Fee: $0.00

    Important! There is no class on Nov 26 or Nov 28 (Thanksgiving week)

    Additional information: 

    • This course is designed for those with little or no experience with PCs
    • You must bring your PC (preferably laptops) to class
    • Your PC must have Windows 11 already installed.
    • The course content and hands-on practices are not designed for earlier versions of Windows
    • Course is specifically for Microsoft Windows-based PCs (laptops and desktops).
    • Course is not applicable to tablets, smartphones, Chromebooks, or Mac/Apple

     


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  • NEW! The Birth of the Atomic Age
  • Dates: 11/20/2025 - 11/20/2025
    Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Online – Zoom
    Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
    Instructor(s): Galina Vromen
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! Isaac Newton: Scientific Revolutionary
  • Dates: 12/1/2025 - 12/1/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Williamsburg Regional Library
    Room: Theatre
    Instructor(s): Dan Sherman
    Fee: $0.00


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  • Enhance Your Online Security: Options for Two Factor Authentication (2FA)
  • Dates: 12/5/2025 - 12/5/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 1
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 1056
    Instructor(s): Keith Parkansky
    Fee: $0.00


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