Lifelong Learners - Class Schedule

FALL 2010

Class registration deadlline, August 19, 2010

 NON MEMBER  FEES: $10 FOR A SINGLE SESSION, $25 FOR A CLASS WITH MULTIPLE SESSIONS

CLASS SCHEDULE

Updated August 23, 2010

 1.  NASA

Wednesday, 9-11 AM, Sept. 1                               One session

Jess White of the NASA IV&V Program in Fairmont’s NASA facility will be hosting a discussion on the future of NASA. This discussion will cover the future of space travel and the future direction of the Agency.

2. STAYING HEALTHY

Thursday, 10 AM, Sept. 2, 2010                             One session

Instructor: Louise Donato, WVU Extension Agent for Marion County

Description: She will talk about health and nutrition issues.

3.  GEOLOGY DVD

Mondays, 1 PM, Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 2010     Six sessions

Instructor: The course instructor is Prof. John Renton of WVU speaking and illustrating via a DVD collection from The Great Courses, generously loaned by Dr. and Mrs. Lindsay, LLL members. Jim DeLong is the class facilitator, himself a retired geologist in the metallic minerals exploration and mining industry. Jim has previously taught courses on life in Central Asia to the Fairmont Lifelong Learners.

Description: An initiation into the geological world lying outside our door. Geology is surprisingly intuitive, accessible, and concrete. At the same time, it has the excitement of a never-ending detective story, replete with clues to the complex past of our planet. We start with the earth in the context of the universe and solar system. Along the way we’ll discuss rocks and minerals, earthquakes, erosion, volcanoes, mountain building and even the economic geology of coal and oil. Due to the number of topics, the course will be split between this semester and the spring semester next year.

 

4. MUSEUM MASTERPIECES              

Tuesdays,  10 AM, Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28 and October 5, 12, 19, and 26.        Eight sessions.

Description:This DVD course offers a way to both understand the Metropolitan Museum of Art and to make sense of the wide range of works, artists, styles, and cultures that populate its various departments. The lectures explore each of the museum’s departments, selecting key works of art.

 

5.  GATEWAY CONNECTOR

Thursday, 10 AM, Sept. 9, 2010                           One session

Danny Donlin of Colfax is a D4 Construction Engineer who assisted with the Jefferson Street Bridge. He and Steve Mullenax, DOH, will present Power Point programs that update the progress on the I-79 connector project and the general basis of roundabouts and how to drive them. 

 

6. CONVERSATIONAL  GERMAN

Mondays, 10 am, Sept. 13, 20, 27 and Oct. 4, 11 and 18    Six sessions

Instructor: Agnes DeRosa

Description: Sag’s auf Deutsch (Say it in German) Students will learn conversational German from a native German. Some culture and history will be included. Agnes, one of our own Lifelong Learners, has a business education, is a member of the West Virginians for Life of Marion County, the Republican Executive Committee, and is a watercolor artist.                  

 

7. TOUR OF THE AEROSPACE CENTER

Wednesday, 10 AM, Sept. 15, 2010

Tour Director: Thomas Stose, Director of the Fairmont State – Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Center.

The Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center (NAEC) was established in the fall of 1993 in support of the north central WV aerospace industry. The center is housed in a 54,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility located in the Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex at the North Central West Virginia Airport in Bridgeport. The center operates two 10,000 square foot heated, lighted aircraft maintenance flight hangers and one  3,400 square foot unheated aircraft storage hanger. NAEC faculty members  are recruited across a broad spectrum of aerospace technology to include airline, corporate  aviation, military, general aviation and manufacturing. 

8. DEATH AND DIEING

Instructor: Father Jude Molnar

Thursdays, 10 AM, Sept. 16, 23, 30, Oct 21, 2010               Four sessions

Description: Father Molnar, a retired chaplain at the Newman Center, has had many years experience teaching death and dying at FSU and WVU.  He was asked by Lifelong Learners to prepare a course on how to deal with friends and loved ones who have lost significant others.

 

9. TIBET

Friday, 1 PM, Sept. 10, 2010

Instructor: Dr. Robert Baker, FSU                       One session

Description: Dr. Baker, a world traveler, will discuss a recent trip to Tibet, show photographs and talk about the country’s history.

 

10. WV BIRDS OF PREY

Wednesday, 10 AM, Sept.22, 2010

Instructor:  Katie Fallon                                            One session  

Instructor’s background: Katie has been a volunteer with WV Raptor Rehabilitation Center since 2000.She served as Education Director from 2002-2004 and from 2009 to the present. Her first word was “bird.”

Description:Students will learn about the birds of prey native to West Virginia. She will discuss their natural history, diets, adaptations, and place in healthy ecosystems.  She will also discuss the work done at the WV Raptor Rehabilitation Center to rescue, rehab and release injured birds of prey. Students will meet two live, non-releaseable birds of prey.

 

11.  SENIOR CITIZEN LIAISON                   

Tuesday, 1 PM, Sept. 21, 2010                                   One session

Instructor: Julia Stevenson, Senior Liaison for the Attorney General’s Office for the past 18 years, lives in Elkins and is the mother of two, grandmother of 2 and has one great-grandson.

Description: She will discuss various methods of identity theft, how to report scams and where to obtain assistance. She will talk about current scams and methods of avoiding them. She will furnish the names of three major credit bureaus and will have forms to assist in obtaining a credit report. She is available to notarize combined medical powers of attorney and living wills and assist in completing consumer complaints.

 

12. WATERCOLOR

Instructor: Jennifer Boggess                                    One session     

Time and Date TBA

Instructor’s Background: Mrs. Boggess is a teacher at FSU. She received her MFA at WVU and is an accomplished artist.

Description: Mrs. Boggess will discuss watercolor and famous artists who used that medium. The class will do some hands-on watercolor.

13. FBI

Coordinator: Billy Estok, Arts and Information Specialist. Three sessions.Note different times and days for sessions. If there are not at least 20 attendees for session 2, the session will be cancelled.

Wednesday 1-3 PM, Sept. 22; Wednesday, 10 AM, Oct. 13; Friday, 10 AM, Oct. 29, 2010.                                                               

Class 1: Biometric Center of Excellence: Brandi Meighan and Timothy McNally will present the FBI and the role of biometrics.

Class 2: Daniel D. Roberts, Assistant Director, will present an overview of his career in law enforcement with the FBI and his duties as CJIS Assistant Director.

Class 3: CJIS Update by Estok.

 

14. TOUR FWAATS (Fixed Wing Army Aviation Training Site) 

Wednesday, 1:30 PM Sept. 8, 2010                    One session

Instructor: Staff Sergeant Sam Cantrell is an Aviation Operations Specialist and works in flight operations which tracks all of the flights conducted at the FWAATS. He has been in the West Virginia Army National Guard for 14 years and is from Athens, WV. In 2003 he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science at WVU and recently completed a Master’s Degree in Strategic Leadership at Mountain State University. 
Other speakers and instructors will be LT Howard and WO1 Mitchell.  The school is under the command of LTC Urso.

Description:  LLL will tour the Army National Guard training center for fixed wing aircraft—the only center of its kind in the United States. We will see a PP presentation of the facility, tour the site, and be shown the aircraft that the FWAATS uses for training.                                                                      

15. MEDICARE

Wednesday, 10:00 AM, Oct. 6, 2010  (NOTE CORRECTED TIME)                      One session

Instructors: Ashley Newman, Regional SHIP Coordinator; Amber Ward, Resource Counselor, WV Aging and Disabilities Resource Center.

Description: The speakers will field questions about Medicare, especially with regard to Part D and how the new health care legislation will affect Medicare. Services provided by the Resource Center and in-home care will also be discussed.

 16. DISASTER PREPARATION

Thursday, 10 AM Oct. 7 and 14, 2010                             Two sessions

Description:  Session 1--Joyce McVicker will discuss her experiences traveling and doing clean-up work in disaster areas.

Session 2--Diana George, local representative of the American Red Cross and Capt. Bob Cornett of the Salvation Army, will discuss the roles of their organizations in helping with disaster relief.

 17. BIRDING                                                   Three sessions

Saturdays, 8-11 AM at Prickets Fort, Oct. 2, 9, and  (rain date) Oct.16. One night time session at Valley Falls, Oct. 30, from 8-10 pm.

Instructor: Joey Herron, a long-time bird aficionado who is a registered bird bander and expert on the local birds

Description:  Joey will point out and discuss the various birds at Pricketts Fort and will band some of them. The evening session at Valley Falls will be held at Joey’s saw-whet owl banding station. 

18. GLOBAL CRISES

Fridays, 10 am, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22 and Nov.5                Five sessions

Instructor: Dr. Paul Edwards

Description: This course will examine colliding global issues such as the environment, globalization, distribution of wealth, energy, food, population,      and the US global empire. The quest for a sustainable future will also be included, as well as the moral implications for that quest.

Instructor’s Background:  Dr. Edwards is a retired provost of Pierpont. He continues to teach classes on global crises, leadership and Race, Class and Gender because of a love of teaching and the importance of the subject matter.

19. INVESTING

Wednesday, 10 AM, Sept. 29, 2010                             One session

Instructor:  Scott Kinty, Edward Jones representative

Description: The session is entitled “Investing for Seniors” and will cover general investing.

 20. SCOTTISH HERITAGE

Thursday, 1 PM, Nov. 4, 2010

Instructor: Deb Woods, Manager of Staff, Professional Development/Community Education/ Pierpont. She is a founding member of the Scottish Heritage Society of North Central WV. She has been active in the organization, serving as Grand Coordinator and Parade Marshall for the Scottish Festival and Celtic Gathering held annually the first weekend in May.

Description: The word “Scotland” often conjures up images of skirling kilts, of bagpipes echoing across misty mountains and haggis eaten on a cold winter’s night. But there is more to this tiny country than these national symbols reveal. Come and learn more about the Scottish culture and enjoy a Living History Presentation of Flora MacDonald who helped to rescue Bonnie Prince Charlie after the Battle of Culloden. 

21. FBI TOUR                LLL Members Only      Limit 40 persons

Friday, 10 AM, Sept. 24, 2010                    MUST SHOW DRIVERS LICENSE OR OTHER PHOT ID

Description:  A several-hour tour of the FBI Building will be followed by lunch on your own in the FBI cafeteria. Class assistants will collect Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and birth place information to obtain clearances. The information must be returned by Sept. 10, 2010. There will be walking involved. No cameras or cell phones will be allowed.

 22. DAY TRIP

CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF ART AND NATURAL HISTORY  IN PITTSBURGH

Friday, Sept. 17. Leave Fairmont at 8 AM                     Limit 50 persons

Deadline for final trip registration: September 3, 2010

Description: A 10 a.m. ninety minute guided tour of the museums will be followed by lunch on your own with a free afternoon to visit the Cathedral of Learning or continue to explore the museums. The tour will leave for home at 5 p.m. There will be no dinner stop.

 THE ABOVE SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

 

Classroom is on the lower level of the Pierpont-Fairmont State Merchant St. Bldg.

(Unless otherwise noted for a different location)

 Maximum number of students per class is 40, unless otherwise noted.

 

INTEREST GROUPS
Available to all members of Life Long Learners

Lifelong Readers Book Club - Contact:  Harriett Pyles 363-7208
Time:  Monthly – 10 a.m. Third Monday

Writers Group - Contact:  Carole McPherson 366-8986
Time:  Monthly – 1 p.m. Third Wednesday

Needle Arts Group - Contact:  Juanita Edge 366-0097 ,  jedge1@comcast.net
Time:  Twice-monthly – 1 p.m. Second and Fourth Tuesday

Red Hat Learners - Contact:  Geneva Loboda  366-3493                                                 

 NEW GROUP STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 2010 

Investment Club – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 10:00 a.m. 

Ed Dykhoff, 304-366-2432, is the contact for those interested.  The group will meet monthly.  Time and location of meetings will be determined by the group members.  Each member will contribute $25 or more towards stock purchases determined by the group. 

Our Fall 2010 Directory will have information about a NEW discount available to Life Long Learners who wish to use the Falcon Center’s exercise facilities.