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Maine Senior College Network
Conference Announced
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The Maine Senior College Network has announced that its annual conference,
“Meeting of the Minds, 2005” will be held November 6-8 at the Jordan
Grand Resort Hotel and Conference Center located at Sunday River in Bethel
Maine. Our local hosts, the
Western Mountain Senior College in Bethel, join with the Network to extend
a special invitation to the leadership and membership of Maine’s 15
Senior Colleges to attend. All Senior College members are eligible to
participate in the conference and will be sent registration information in
mid-September.
 The annual conference brings
together the membership of all the senior colleges in the state to
participate in enriching classes as Senior Scholars. Those
who wish to participate should be current members of OLLI at USM or any
Maine Senior College. During
the three-day program, Senior Scholars may choose from among class
sessions taught by selected Senior College faculty from around the state.
Session options include: A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns about
Falls, Nonverbal Behavior, Ironclads and Torpedoes, How to Read a Faulkner
Short Story, Opera in the Movies, Socrates Café, Qi Gong, Sullivan and
Gilbert: An Uneasy Alliance,
Ralph and Henry, and Math Games.
Additionally,
the
November conference is a resource for the state’s leaders to engage in
lively discussion and sharing of ideas on how to manage their
programs. Leaders will meet
and exchange information in interactive workshops on Working with
Volunteers, Faculty Recruitment and Development, and Building Membership.
During Case Studies, they will examine Board Leadership Development and
Marketing Communications. In
addition, conference presenters from across the state will discuss
programming ideas including new course formats, community outreach, and
community building.
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Comments
from past participants:
"Thank you. Very well organized. Liked the mix of leadership
and scholar sessions."
"Outstanding variety and
organization...wonderful experience."
"Great job on pulling this off,
wonderful diverse group of participants...networking opportunities were
excellent…"
"Excellent balance of
offerings. Looking forward to the next conference. "
"It was really a treat...so
many riches."
"The sessions that I attended
were excellent."
"Great conference. I really
felt energized and positive about the future."
"I liked the fact that there
were offerings in the sessions for people concerned with development of
programs and for those who just wanted to be senior scholars. There
were so many excellent topics that it was hard to choose among them."
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