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 LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUE 2019 SPRING COURSES Additional Information: The Lifelong Learning Institute at Virginia Tech is a member-driven, volunteer organization that draws on the wealth of academic and community resources in the New River Valley to provide intellectual, cultural, and social experi- ences for curious adults 50 and over.

Please review specific class dates included in each course description before you register. Registration Begins January 8 at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/lifelonglearing

Start Date Class Name

Day

Time

Weeks Location

Feb. 4

Calling All Weather Geeks

Mondays 10-11:30 a.m.

6

Warm Hearth Village Center Blacksburg Com Ctr, Community Rm Hillel at Virginia Tech

Feb. 4

Paint Your Own Barn Quilt

Mondays 10-Noon

6

Feb. 4 Feb. 4 Jan. 28

Cartooning for Peace

Mondays 11 a.m.-12:30p.m. Mondays 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

6 4 8

Financial Strategies for Retirement

VT Public Safety Bldg, 153 Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall

Beginning Quilting

Mondays 1-3 p.m.

Jan.28

Mindfulness Practices for Caring Mondays 3-4:30 p.m.

5

Corporate Research

for Ourselves, Others, and the World

Center

Feb. 4 Feb. 5

Appreciating French Wines

Mondays 3-5 p.m.

6 6

Vintage Cellar

Sampler

Tuesdays

9-10:15 a.m.

Warm Hearth Village Center

Feb. 5 Feb. 5

TED Talks

Tuesdays Tuesdays

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 6 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 6

VT Public Safety Bldg, 153

Introduction to Smartphone

Hillel at Virginia Tech

Photography: How to Capture and Keep Meaningful Memories Using Your Phone Fit After 50: Why and How? Blacks in the Making of America Introducing Edwidge Dantica Gravitational Interactions: The

Feb. 5 Mar. 5 Feb. 5 Feb. 6

Tuesdays Tuesdays Tuesdays

1-2:30 p.m. 1-2:30 p.m. 3-4:30 p.m.

4 3 6 4

VT Public Safety Bldg, 153 VT Public Safety Bldg, 153 VT Public Safety Bldg, 155 VT Public Safety Bldg, 153

Wednesdays 9-10:30 a.m.

Sun, Moon, and Tides

Jan 30 Feb. 6

Great Decisions

Wednesdays 11 a.m. - 12:30p.m.

8 4

The German Club Manor

Mah Jongg, A Great Way to

Wednesdays 1-3 p.m.

Blacksburg Com Ctr,

Exercise Your Brain

Community Rm

Feb. 6

Cuba in the American Imagination Wednesdays 3-4:30 p.m.

5 3 6

VT Public Safety Bldg, 153

Feb. 20

Basics of Digital Photography The Staircase: Another Look at

Wednesdays 3-4:30 p.m. Thursdays 9-10:30 a.m.

Hillel at Virginia Tech

Feb. 7

VT Public Safety Bldg, 153

Justice and the Media Exploring Oil Painting

Jan. 31

Thursdays 9:30-11:30 a.m.

6

Warm Hearth Village Center, Woodland Studio VT Public Safety Bldg, 153 Center, 1880 Pratt Drive, Suite 2018 VT Public Safety Bldg, 155 Hillel at Virginia Tech Blacksburg Presbyterian Church Blacksburg Com Ctr, Corporate Research

Feb. 14 Jan. 31

Memoir and Essay Writing

Thursdays 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursdays 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

5 6

South Africa: Historical Context,

the Present and Future

Feb. 7

Frankenstein at 200

Thursdays 1-2:30 p.m.

3 3 4

Feb. 21

Learn How to Challenge Racism Thursdays 3-5 p.m.

Feb. 7

Feasting on Plants

Thursdays 3-4:30 p.m.

Feb. 8

Watercolor Landscapes

Fridays

9 a.m.- Noon

6

Community Rm

Feb. 8

How the Biological Ethics Debates Fridays

10-11:30 a.m.

5

VT Public Safety Bldg, 155

Affect Your Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness

32