Registration opens for Fall 2024 Lifelong Learning courses, offered by the College’s Center for Creative Retirement
No one disputes the advantages of being a lifelong learner. Luckily for Lowcountry seniors, the Charleston area offers plethora of possibilities for exercising their brains. For example, most South Carolina seniors know that if they are more than 60 years old, they can take a College of Charleston class tuition-free. What older adults, even alumni, may not know, is that the College also sponsors a peer-to-peer program through the Center for Creative Retirement.
John Preston taught “Physics for the Humanities,” among other courses
That program, the Charleston Academy for Lifelong Learning (C.A.L.L.), not only allows seniors to explore interesting topics with each other but invites those with a lifetime of expertise to share their knowledge with others.
This fall, C.A.L.L. will be offering a variety of courses during the six weeks between October 8 and November 15. Interested in “The Electoral College”? American POWs in Vietnam? Detective stories? Courses on these topics, and more, are being offered as part of its Fall Term.
The Lowcountry has so many intelligent, educated and experienced seniors and, even if retired, it seemed a shame to waste their knowledge. So, C.A.L.L. has taken advantage of that expertise and put them to work.
Cale Shipman, who will be showing clips and sharing behind the scenes stories from “Classic Movies”
For example, Russ Hutchins, has taught lifelong learning classes in American and world history for the Universities of Kansas and West Virginia, Clemson University, as well as in Charleston. He is offering a class on the Electoral College and the Supreme Court, looking at instances when elections were decided by either the Court or Congress.
For sheer fun, Cale Shipman is offering a class called “Behind the Scenes of Classic Movies” and Bob Irving, a Minecraft expert, will be introducing people to what he dubs “the best-selling game of all time.”
If economic policy interests you, you might want to take the course on the US Banking System and the Federal Reserve. Nancy Barry, who will present that course, has a Ph.D in economics, and taught as a college professor for about 20 years before working for the Government Accounting Office.
Civil Discourse will be the topic of a course called “When Agree to Disagree.”
John Barth, who will be teaching “Aerial Warfare: From Box Kites to Star Wars”
Fred Himmelein, who holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia and a law degree from Notre Dame, will explore “The Progressive Era: America’s Time of Reform.”
Courses on Irish Poetry, memoir writing, and “The Evolution of Aerial Warfare: From Box Kites to Star Wars” will round out this fall’s program.
Classes typically run 90 minutes and are held once a week, Tuesdays through Fridays, for from three to six weeks. The cost is only $25 per course, payable to the College of Charleston.
Lifelong Learning has been operating out of the Joseph P. Riley Center for Livable Communities (the College of Charleston at WestEdge). However, since the Riley Center will be closed for extensive maintenance during our scheduled term, we will be meeting at a variety of locations in Charleston, North Charleston, and Summerville.
Links to the full catalog and to registration via Marketplace are online at http://go.charleston.edu/CALL. Questions or requests for assistance can be directed to [email protected].
John Barth