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Class Canceled
Posted: 10:55 AM 1/27/2025
The course Brain & Body Fitness by Ageless Grace II has been canceled due to low enrollment.
Classes Re-scheduled
Posted: 3:18 PM 1/24/2025 (updated 9:35 AM 1/30/2025)
Dates and times for makeup sessions are listed below for the following classes that were postponed due to the inclement weather of January 21 - 23:
All other sessions of each of the above classes will be held at the originally scheduled times. Re-scheduled sessions will meet in the same classroom as originally scheduled.
Classroom Location Changes
Posted: 10:02 AM 1/21/2025
The following classes have been moved to different rooms to accommodate a larger number of registrants:
- What to Know About End-of-Life Preparation moved to Room 106 of the Penland Building.
- Venona Papers: Cold War Espionage moved to Room 116 of the Business and Education Building.
- Helene and its Impact on the CSRA moved to Room 116 of the Business and Education Building.
- Beethoven's Ninth moved to Room 116 of the Business and Education Building.
- Near Misses & Untold Truths moved to Room 106 of the Penland Building.
- Life as an Indian Trader moved to Room 106 of the Penland Building.
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.