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Spring Printed Catalog (Updated)
Posted: 10:10 PM 12/30/2025
The Center for Lifelong Learning program listings for the spring semester are included in the USCA External Programs Spring 2026 Catalog. The catalog has been printed but due to unexpected delays was not bulk mailed by the printer until December 24. Bulk mail is not known to be speedy so people on the catalog mailing list may may not receive their copies until after the first of the year.
Meanwhile, the CLL portion of the catalog is already available as a download from the CLL website at this link. Note: If you've already downloaded a copy with a date prior to 12/29/2025 shown at the bottom of the cover, please download the current copy, which has the correct page numbers in the Course Description section and beyond.
Those not receiving mailed copies can pick up the printed catalog, once they have been delivered by the printer, from the External Programs offices in the USCA Business & Education Building, Rooms 103, 104, and 105.
The current catalog release status will be posted on this website.
Website Offline
Posted: 3:15 PM 12/30/2025
Our website at www.aikenlearning.org was offline for about 6 hours today due to hardware issues at our web hosting service. Service was restored about 3:15pm. We apologize for any inconvenience.
New at Open House
Posted: 4:07 PM 12/26/2025
See an important announcement about a new feature of Open House.
2024 Kauffman Award Presented to
Carl Fields
The annual Kauffman Award for outstanding service to the Center for Lifelong Learning was presented to Carl Fields at the annual Earl F. Kauffman Remembrance Day Luncheon, April 24, 2024.
Carl grew up in Newark, Delaware, and Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from
Michigan State.
His academic accomplishments include physics and masters of physics degrees,
including certification as a nuclear engineer.
He worked at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, designing submarine reactors, Clinton Nuclear Power Station, and SRS, performing safety analysis until retirement in 2004.
Since retirement 20 years ago, he has been a volunteer mainstay of first, the Academy of Lifelong Learning, and then its successor organization, the Center for Lifelong Learning. Over the years, he has brought in a multitude of new classes, taught many classes himself, and served as Curriculum Chair and President along the way.
He remains very active and is a dedicated contributor to CLL's success.
It is our honor to present Carl Fields with the annual Kauffman Award for his dedicated and exceptional service to the organization and this community’s adult education.
Note: This article is an edited version of the remarks made by Center Vice-President Jim Tisaranni when he presented the award.