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Course Canceled
Posted: 12:58 PM 1/26/2023
The course Introdution to Chromebooks, scheduled to be held Tuesday, January 31, has been canceled due to insufficient enrollment.
Date & Time Change for Class
Posted: 5:15 PM 1/24/2023
Genealogy 101: An Ancestral Quest will now be held on four consecutive Tuedays, February 14 - March 7, 1:30 - 2:30 PM, in B&E 144.
Location & Time Change for Class
Posted: 4:25 PM 1/10/2023
Learning to Use Your iPhone will now be held in Room 144 of the Business & Education Building. The time has been changed to 2:15 to 4:15 PM. The dates remain the same (2/2 through 3/2).
Date & Time Change for Class
Posted: 3:37 PM 1/9/2023
Falun Dafa Cultivation and Meditation has been moved from four Tuesdays to four Wednesdays. The first class meeting has been changed from February 14 to February 15. The time also changed to 12:45 PM to 1:45 PM. Location in B&E 144 remains the same.
Kauffman Remembrance
Day and Award
Every Spring, the Center for Lifelong Learning holds a Remembrance Day to
honor the memory of Dr. Earl F. Kauffman. Dr. Kauffman was one of the
individuals most responsible for the creation of the Academy for Lifelong
Learning, one of the Center's predecessor organizations, back in 1989.
(To learn more about Dr. Kauffman and the founding of the Academy for Lifelong
Learning, please see our History page.)
Each year on Kauffman Remembrance Day an award is given in Dr. Kauffman's memory to recognize a group or individual that has made significant contributions to the Center. This recognition has been given annually since 1992, just three years after the Academy's founding. (2021 was an exception when no luncheon was held due to COVID-19.)
The Kauffman Luncheon is held in April and is funded from an endowment created by USC Aiken Professor James Kauffman and his family in memory of his father Earl. All Center members are sent invitations and are encouraged to attend. An RSVP is required for event planning purposes.
| Kauffman Awardees | |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Jim Brown |
| 2021 | None (due to covid) |
| 2020 | Vicki Collins* |
| 2019 | Doug Cook |
| 2018 | Doris Hammond |
| 2017 | Jim Farmer |
| 2016 | Nancy Meinhardt |
| 2015 | Laura Anderson & Mary Anne Cavanaugh |
| 2014 | Dick Baxter |
| 2013 | Dr. Deidre Martin |
| 2012 | Vince Coughlin |
| 2011 | Kathy Schultz |
| 2010 | Doug Wilson |
| 2009 | Mike Lythgoe |
| 2008 | Chuck Braun |
| 2007 | LouAnn Ainsworth |
| 2006 | Ray Wright |
| 2005 | Adele O'Connell |
| 2004 | William Scott |
| 2003 | Joan Lacombe |
| 2002 | Arlene Lane |
| 2001 | Elizabeth Hutchins |
| 2000 | Beecher Morton |
| 1999 | Bob Alexander |
| 1998 | Jean Haynes |
| 1997 | Barbara Randall |
| 1996 | (data lost) |
| 1995 | George Gaudaen |
| 1994 | Connie Dunbar |
| 1992 | Kim Wood Woeber |
*Vicki Collins was selected in 2020, but COVID-19 precluded a Luncheon. Unfortnately, Vicki died before the award could be presented to her. It was accepted by her husband at the 2022 Luncheon.
The McGrath Computer Learning Center, the other predecessor organization of the Center, selected a Volunteer of the Year during its years of operation 1999–2021. Each year's awardee was nominated by and voted on by the Steering Commitee. You can see the list of awardees here (use Chrome, Firefox, or Edge browser).