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  • NEW! An Eastern Woodland Wisdom: One Year in the Life of an American Indian
  • Dates: 9/17/2025 - 12/10/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 4
    Building:
    Room:
    Instructor(s): Michael Lorence, Russell Reed
    Fee: $0.00

    IMPORTANT: DAY & DATE CHANGES! The day and dates for this 4-session course have changed. Class now meets on:

    Wednesday, Sep 17, 9:30-11:30am at Campus Center, Room 31
    Wednesdays, Oct 1, Nov 5, Dec 10, 9 am-12 pm; class location will vary according to the lecture; location will be announced one week prior to class via email.

    October 1We will meet at the Visitor Center at the Yorktown Battlefield National Park by 9:00 am, when the Center opens. We'll park and meet in the free parking lot, then everyone will freshen up as necessary before carpooling in a few cars the three minutes down the road to the trailhead. From there Russell will be our guide for the next two hours. Then we'll return and drive back to the Visitor Center.


  • REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.

 

 

  • NEW! The Erie Canal
  • Dates: 10/29/2025 - 11/19/2025
    Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Online – Zoom
    Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
    Instructor(s): Buck Beasom
    Fee: $0.00


  • REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.

 

 

 

  • NEW! Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Victory?
  • Dates: 11/12/2025 - 12/3/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Room 159
    Instructor(s): Philip Burstein
    Fee: $0.00


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  • American Women and World War II
  • Dates: 11/13/2025 - 12/4/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2030
    Instructor(s): Elizabeth Fones-Wolf
    Fee: $0.00


  • REGISTRATION FOR THIS COURSE IS CLOSED. The class is full and has a lengthy wait list. 

 

  • NEW! Lessons from The Great Depression
  • Dates: 11/13/2025 - 11/20/2025
    Times: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 2
    Building: Online – Zoom
    Room: Zoom Link - Emailed Day Prior
    Instructor(s): Ed Linz
    Fee: $0.00


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  • NEW! Finding My Revolutionary War Patriots
  • Dates: 11/14/2025 - 11/21/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 2
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 1056
    Instructor(s): Deborah Misiag
    Fee: $0.00


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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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  • Turbulent Times and Powerful Voices: FDR vs Lindberg Competing for the Soul of America
  • Dates: 11/21/2025 - 12/12/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Sandy Menaquale
    Fee: $0.00

    Catalog correction! This 3-session course meets on Friday as follows: November 21December 5, 12. 

    NOTE! There is no class on Nov 28 (Thanksgiving week)


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  • Virginia's Road to Revolution: Episode III: A State of Rebellion
  • Dates: 12/4/2025 - 12/4/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Mark Howell
    Fee: $0.00

    NOTE:

    • Though not required, participants will benefit from having attended Episodes I and II
    • Prior Episodes I and II participants who register early for Fall will be automatically seated in
      this episode (III) IF they rank this course as their No. 1 or No. 2 lottery preference


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  • NEW! Virginia's Road to Revolution: Episode IV: Independence Deferred
  • Dates: 12/11/2025 - 12/11/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Mark Howell
    Fee: $0.00

    NOTE:

    • Though not required, participants will benefit from having attended Episodes I, II, and III
    • Prior Episodes I, II, and III participants who register early for Fall will be automatically seated in this episode (IV) IF they rank this course as their No. 1 or No. 2 lottery preference
       


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