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Website Redesign
Posted: 5:26 AM 6/6/2026
Some time in July we will roll out the new design for this website, complete with the schedule of courses for the fall semester. The redesign was guided by modern standards and feedback from you, our students and users, via a survey we emailed to our public mailing list. If you were one of the 115 who responded to the survey, thank you. You overwhelmingly said we should redesign to improve readability and usability. You can read a summary of the survey results here and see a mockup of the new home page here.
CLL Needs New Volunteers
Posted: 6:43 AM 6/3/2026
The Center is run by its volunteers. We are always looking for new volunteers to bring fresh ideas and perspectives to CLL. If you've been thinking about helping your community by volunteering your time and skills, you can now let us know by signing-up! Click here to learn more and link to a downloadable sign-up form. Or just drop by Room 104 in the Business & Education Building and talk with us.
2026 Kauffman Luncheon and Award
Posted: 2:24 PM 5/14/2026
The 2026 Kauffman luncheon was held May 4 at the Etherredge Center. This year's award was presented to Harriet Haynes.
2022 Kauffman Award Presented to
Jim Brown
The annual Kauffman Award for outstanding service to the Center for Lifelong Learning was presented to Jim Brown at the annual Earl F. Kauffman Remembrance Day Luncheon, April 21, 2022.
In Jim's working life he was a chemical engineer who spent his entire career
with Olin Corporation.
He retired in 2007 as Director of Environmental Remediation, managing cleanups
of Olin’s past disposal areas and former plant sites.
Jim moved to Aiken after retirement and joined SeniorNet, predecessor of the McGrath Computer Learning Center, in 2008. He created several course manuals for Aiken SeniorNet and McGrath, and taught and coached many technical courses over the years. Jim served as Coordinator of Aiken SeniorNet from 2009 through 2011 then served on the SeniorNet/McGrath Board that managed McGrath’s separation from SeniorNet in 2015.
Jim has had a love of computers since 1977, so he was a natural to serve as SeniorNet/McGrath’s webmaster from 2010 until 2021. Then, when McGrath merged with the Academy for Lifelong Learning to form the Center for Lifelong Learning, Jim took on the daunting task of combining the McGrath and Academy websites into a new comprehensive website.
Jim and his wife Debbie enjoy traveling, hiking—especially in the mountains—and being with their grandchildren. Even though they moved 140 miles northwest to Mountain Rest, SC in 2020 to be closer to the mountains, Jim has maintained his involvement with McGrath, and now the Center for Lifelong Learning, in Aiken. For his hard work and dedication to the senior education community, the Center for Lifelong Learning proudly names Jim Brown as the recipient of the 2022 Kauffman Award.