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Spring Schedule Posted
Posted: 12:45 AM 12/1/2023
The class schedule for the spring 2024 semester has been posted on this website. Click anywhere in this block to go to the list of courses. The printed catalog will be mailed to you soon if you are on our catalog mailing list. We believe you will find many interesting and informative courses being offered this semester. Open House and Registration will be January 3. Classes will start January 16.
We're Now on Facebook!
Posted: 5:34 PM 8/16/2023
The Center for Lifelong Learning went 'live' on social media with the launch of our Facebook group, 'CSRA Friends of Lifelong Learning' on Sunday, August 13. To join the group, go to our Facebook page by clicking here. If you already have a Facebook account, you may also open Facebook, find it under Groups, and ask to join. You will be approved within 24 hours and will have immediate access to the latest news about the Center. Of course, you can always access our website (www.aikenlearning.org) for complete information, but this group gives us a way to reach an audience through the most popular social media service.
Volunteers Needed
Posted: 7:25 AM 7/7/2023
The Center is run by its volunteers. Running it is work that is meaningful and rewarding. We need volunteers in all areas of the organization: administration, publicity, fund raising, and many others. If you've been thinking about helping your community by volunteering your time and skills and want to explore volunteering with us, please send us an email at vol@aikenlearning.org. Trust me, we'll get back to you quickly. Click to learn more.
Parking Passes
Posted: 9:07 AM 7/2/2023
A parking pass is required to park on campus to attend CLL classes. To acquire a pass, take your driver's license and vehicle registration certificate to Room 126 of the Business and Education Building. You may also acquire a pass at Open House if you bring your license and registration. Passes are valid for a year—check the expiration date on your decal. When you come to campus, place your decal in the lower left corner of your windshield and park only in spaces with white lines; spaces with yellow lines are reserved for USCA faculty.
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. Even more
detail may be found in the brochure of the first Kauffman Memorial Lecture
(now called Kauffman Remembrance Day), March 22, 1991. You may
read or download the brochure here.)
Each year on Kauffman Remembrance Day an award is given in Dr. Kauffman's memory to recognize a group or individual who has made significant contributions to the Center. This recognition has been given annually since 1992, three years after the Academy's founding. (2021 was an exception; no luncheon was held due to COVID-19.)
The Kauffman Luncheon is held in April and is funded in part 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 | |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Wayne Rickman |
| 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 | 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. Sadly, 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.