Monthly Archives: July 2024

Teaching From Time to Time

by Gretchen Lytle
Introduction

LLI presenters come from a wide variety of work backgrounds. They might be performing or visual artists, scientists, lawyers, tech people, doctors, journalists, business people, or teachers. Some of the LLI teachers are former teachers of undergraduates, and they have chosen to teach their own age cohort at LLI now.

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Fall Semester Offers Three Ways to Look at Immigration

by Susan Manuel
Introduction

Fall 2024 promises to be convulsive for the country, with immigration one of the most volcanic issues in the Presidential election. LLI’s 2024 fall session will feature three ways to learn more.

 

 


The Immigrant Crisis: Too Hot to Handle

In the seven-week Thursday Zoom class,

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Fall’s Coming Attractions

by Deborah Lanser
Introduction

When the fall catalog arrives on August 22, many of us will find so many interesting classes that we will feel spoiled for choice. This is why we joined LLI. Are you interested in medicine and navigating the healthcare system? Current and past politics,

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Annual Survey Results

by Mary McClellan
Introduction

This year’s survey focused primarily on opinions regarding LLI’s programming. Therefore, the results are presented in a narrative format, reflecting the narrative nature of the responses.

 


The Positives and Negatives

The consensus seems to be that LLI is offering a wide variety of quality classes.

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Thoughts About SummerFest

by Deborah Lanser
Introduction

SummerFest was generally a hit. Of the 82 members who answered the survey, 90% rated the course content as good or excellent and 94% had a favorable impression of the presenter. Of course, there was some constructive criticism and disappointment mixed in with the praise.

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Tech Corner: You’ve Got Questions? ProClass Has Answers!

by Carmela Gersbeck and Felice Gelman
Introduction

Every Bard LLI member has an account in ProClass. It is the program LLI uses for membership payments, class registrations, and event RSVPs. Your ProClass account is available 24/7, whenever you have a question. It always shows the latest information regarding your account.

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