What's Happening at Maine's Senior Colleges

Monday, Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 3 6:30 – 8:00 PM This class is just for fun and to stretch your brain...

Our Fall Semester is wrapping up, so take a break for the holidays. BUT...Winter Semester is coming soon, and we have some great offerings on ZOOM, both one-day and longer. Watch for our catalog. Lewiston Auburn Senior College laseniorcollege.org

To Register, click here: The Untold History Members of other Senior Colleges are welcome. Tuesday, Feb 11, 18, 25, Mar 4, 11, 18, 25, Apr 1 10:00 AM – Noon What history has never revealed is the story of thousands of Germans trapped inside the Third Reich who defied Hitler every way they could: they sent intel to the Allies, hid the hunted, joined the French resistance, encouraged deserters, and stopped roundups. The moral repugnance of fascism motivated them to risk th

Lewiston Auburn Senior College is excited to have Maine artist Robert Shetterly, a longtime activist and humanitarian, share his story with us as he walks us through the exhibit. Immediately after our event, you may want to join Sun Journal Executive Editor Judith Meyer who will sit down with the artist for a conversation during a Maine Voices Live event at 7:00 p.m. in the Bates Mill Atrium. Bates Mill Atrium is handicapped accessible. You can learn more by visiting: America

A ugusta Senior College Fall Lecture Series will take you on a new FREE adventure every week. UMASC is offering a series of 10 lectures on Tuesday afternoons at 1:00 PM. Sign up once and attend as many presentations as you like in-person or on Zoom. UMASC's first adventure will kick-off Tuesday, September 17th with Henry the Navigator, A brief presentation of the history of the exploration of the New World by Elizabeth Champeon. For more information about our offerings, cl

Starting Monday, September 27 at 10AM, the Sunrise Senior College (SSC), Machias, ME welcomes you to join a 3-part series on this topic. Meredith Harris, whose extensive background is in the environmental remediation industry, will be presenting the impact on both land and sea, the current government regulations and how matters are investigated and cleaned up. Classes may be attended in person or by zoom. To sign up please visit: Understanding Environmental Contamination

Fridays 10:00 - 12:00 Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, 25, Nov. 1, 8 (No class Oct. 18) 6-week Hybrid (In-Person and Zoom) Classes will be recorded and shared with registered participants Fee: $35.00 with a Maine senior college current membership Maximum 25 (Maximum in person is 15) Course Description: Enheduanna affixed her name to the oldest (to date) literature in the Western canon. She wrote The Daughter of Sargon of Agade, the conqueror of Sume, as well as the first “signed” poems

Click on the image above or follow the link below to read the MSCN newsletter. https://myemail-api.constantcontact.com/The-Maine-Senior-College-Network-Newsletter.html?soid=1102955222475&aid=cE55nhhhrTg Wikimedia Image: George Bellows - Romance of Autumn (Oct._1916)

Opera for Beginners - Now open for all MSCN members! 6 week Zoom course with recordings Tuesdays 1:30-3:30 September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Cost is $35.00 with a senior college membership Call 207-659-1359 or email Sheila at pvscmaine@gmail.com If you are member of another MSCN senior college, please email Sheila at Course Description: Excellent acting, imaginative staging, interesting stories, and gorgeous music. Today’s opera productions can be deeply satisfying—fa

Registration is open for Augusta Senior College fall classes. UMASC is offering over 25 FREE classes that include several Zoom options. Would you like to learn about the Relevance of Geology to Modern Environmental Issues ? Maybe you want to explore Central Maine’s Architectural History . How about delving into the world of Metaphysics ? These are just a few of the great options for fall 2024! Visit UMASC.ORG to learn more. For more information about our offerings, clic

Journey of Souls STEPHEN KERCEL COURSE THU, 9/19 – 11/7 • 9:30 – 11:30 A.M. • $60 We examine 29 case studies in hypnotherapy performed by Michael Newton. In each case, the subject recalls the last moments of a previous life, the passage into death, and the experience of “life between lives” in an alternative dimension of reality. The course is not a debate on whether these stories recount objectively “real” events. The cases are first-person accounts of “my experience of deat

Seniors Achieving Greater Education presents this class on AI on October 9, 16, 23 and 30 from 9 - 11am. The four classes will be...

Seniors Achieving Greater Education at the University of Maine at Presque Isle presents: Third Wednesday of the month Join us by going to https://sageumpi.coursestorm.com/course/sage-book-club-by-zoom or call 207-768-9501 and leave a message. Apr 23* - The Maid by Nita Prose - Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly

Seniors Achieving Greater Education at the University of Maine at Presque Isle presents: Jenn Deschene , Community Engagement Manager with University Credit Union (UCU) will host an informal seminar on how to protect yourself from scams that are targeting your personal and financial information. Topics will include scams that are being seen in the banking industry each and every day. Learn how not to be a victim of scams that are currently trending in our community. Presen

Seniors Achieving Greater Education at the University of Maine at Presque Isle Presents: This class will look at the information and images gathered by various space probes flown to the planets in our solar system since the 1960’s. Time will be spent looking at key planetary features on each planet and whether life could exist on these planets. During the last class we will look at the possibility of life on one of the thousand non-solar system planets known to exist. Ins

Seniors Achieving Greater Education at the University of Maine at Presque Isle presents: This French Language class is designed for...

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Join us Monday to hear about the challenges and opportunities the commercial fishing industry has in Washington County from climate change and regulations to diversification. Experience the enthusiasm and knowledge that 2 members of the Sunrise County Economic Council have to share. Sunrise Senior College in Machias welcomes all participants either on site or by zoom. See link below for registration: Washington County’s Working Waterfronts – Sunrise Senior College ( machi

All spring classes have wrapped up and we are relaxing for a bit, but we are also working hard on our Fall Semester. See you soon. laseniorcollege.org

This is a South Coast Senior College Collaboration with the Old York Historical Society June 5, 2024 at 1 pm. Fee: $5 (3 places available as of June 3rd) This is the first of several tours with Old York Historical Society. You are receiving 50% off through South Coast Senior College. From its indigenous people to European settlement and incorporation as one of America’s first cities, York has a long and fascinating history. As the center of government for Colonial Maine, the