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More Classroom Location Changes
Posted: 4:17 PM 8/19/2025
The classroom locations of the seven courses listed below have been changed. If you are registered for one of these courses, please note the change.
- Information Literacy, Fake News; moved to B&E Room 122,
- Gardening in Fall and Winter; moved to B&E Room 124,
- Introduction to AI; moved to Penland 106,
- Gullah Geechee; moved to Penland 106,
- Hadrian's Wall, moved to Penland 106,
- The Erie Canal, moved to Penland 106, and
- The US/China Trade War; moved to Penland 106
Printed Catalogs 'Sold Out'
Posted: 2:56 PM 8/18/2025
We have good news and bad news. The good news is that the response to our fall semester enrollment has been fantastic. The bad news is that we have distributed all of the catalogs printed for this semester. If you have asked to be added to our catalog mailing list but have not received one, we regret to say we cannot send you one for the current fall semester. We will make sure you get one for the spring 2026 semester when it is mailed in December.
In the meanwhile, you can use the resources on the CLL website. Go to the topical index of courses and click on a course name to see all its detail. You can also download an electronic copy of the catalog.
Classes Start Tomorrow
Posted: 10:00 AM 8/17/2025
The first class up will be Exploring Windows at 1:30 PM. If you are registered for this course—or any other Technology course—remember to go to Room 238F of the Business & Education Building, not to the Tech Center where Technology classes were previously taught. You may enter the B&E Building from Parking Lot C or from the Quad. Take the stairs or elevator to the second floor. Click the following link for a map showing the location of Room 238F.
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.