PLEASE NOTE; THE CLASS BY BARRY ADAMS . . . → Read More: Our Spring CVEC Newsletter]]> You can see the whole spring newsletter here. Click on the box at lower right to fill your whole screen and make it more legible. You’ll probably not be able to download and print these pages properly, but not to worry—-we’ll make special pages available next week.

PLEASE NOTE; THE CLASS BY BARRY ADAMS ON THE CIVIL WAR WILL HAVE AN UNUSUAL SCHEDULE: April 12, 19 & 26, and May 3, 8, 10, 15 and 17, all at the Senior Center.

Or you can quickly view the newsletter via the slideshow below. Just click on the expand button on the lower right of the display.

Click on this link to open a 4-minute video of Steve . . . → Read More: An Interesting Course on the History of American Jazz]]> Steve Kelly is recently retired from the Carleton music dept. and is now bringing the same animation and encyclopedic knowledge of jazz to senior citizens as he formerly offered to his undergrads.    Here is a sample of his class given on Oct. 19.

Click on this link to open a 4-minute video of Steve in action:

Kelly: History of American jazz from Edward Lufkin on Vimeo.

The first is that his course is being presented in the Weitz Center for Creativity,  the extensively remodeled former Northfield Middle School, now owned and managed by . . . → Read More: A Bold New Feature Begins at the Elder Collegium]]> Members of Hartley Clark’s course,  The Arab Revolt Against Misrule, were treated to a number of new ideas as the current academic year began for us.

The first is that his course is being presented in the Weitz Center for Creativity,  the extensively remodeled former Northfield Middle School, now owned and managed by Carleton College.    We feel very fortunate to be offered space here, since almost every square inch of the classroom space in this building is already being occupied,  in its first week of operation,  by undergraduate classes.    The director of the Weitz Center,  Steve Richardson, is making good on the college’s vision that activities of the center be shared by the community,   and for this we are most grateful.   Here, then,  is a photo of Hartley Clark meeting his new class in room 8,  the seminar room for the art museum.

Notice the comfortable, moveable chairs, the bright lighting, and the easily adjustable conference tables.

Another nice feature of this state-of-the-art facility is the easily operated projection system.   In this photo Hartley has shown us how simple it is to go online, connect to Amazon.com,  inspect the new technology of e.books using Kindle,  and to browse through their library as though you were in Border’s  (peace to their ashes!)

These electronic tools make it possible to bring current events into the classroom as effectively as though the student were in her comfortable TV room at home.    Here are two images taken from a video of the uprising in Tunisia last winter, after the humble fruit vendor,   Mohamed Bouazizi, carried out his self-immolation on Dec. 17.     This led to an unprecedented outbreak by primarily the youth of the country, fueled by Facebook,  and eventually the fall of the dictator,  Ben Ali.

The Arab world will never be the same again;     and as Prof. Clark has demonstrated,  our teaching tools at CVEC are in for some changes also.       Ed

And remember, registration begins Aug. 15 at the Senior Center, or . . . → Read More: CVEC Summer Newsletter]]> Click on this link ( Newsletter July 2011 for web)   to open the entire 10-page newsletter of July, 2011.    This gives full details of the fall classes, the course descriptions,  and a splendid feature article by Kathy Mellstrom on Elder Creativity.   

And remember, registration begins Aug. 15 at the Senior Center, or you can mail it in.      Enjoy—–Ed