by Felice Gelman
Introduction
Our annual LLI membership meeting on May 15 this year began with an enjoyable brunch, organized by our Hospitality Chair Betti Steel, giving our members a chance to socialize and enjoy spring weather before filing into Olin Auditorium to begin the day’s events.
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by Gretchen Lytle
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Serkin Gravestone
Rosenberg Gravestone
Roth Gravestone
Mekas Gravestone
Hecht Gravestone
Arendt and Blücher
Stokas Headstone Inscription…
by Nanci Kryzak, president 2020-2022
Introduction
If you read Felice Gelman’s article about former president Tom Esposito in the May newsletter—and I hope you did!—you now have a concise history of Bard LLI’s impressive development in the decade before COVID.
In March 2020, we were days away from starting our usual in-person spring semester,
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by Mary McClellan
Introduction
On February 27, Bard LLI conducted a pilot priority preregistration program. On that day, members were permitted to sign on to ProClass and register for one spring semester course. The decision to run this pilot was made after hearing our members’ frustration with the registration process that favored those with better technical skills and faster fingers.
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by Joyce Carter-Krawczyk
Introduction
In February of 2015, LLI President Lou Klein needed to retire to deal with personal issues. Council then unanimously elected first vice president Joyce Carter-Krawczyk to fill out his term of office until September 2016. In that time, she accomplished so much. Here is what Joyce remembers.
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by Deborah Lanser
Introduction
Get ready to start planning your spring class schedule when the catalog comes out on Wednesday, February 19. Once again, the Curriculum Committee has ensured we will be spoiled for choice. Are you interested in gardening, writing your memoir, learning to play bridge, speaking better,
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by Patty Kane Horrigan
Introduction
Patty Kane Horrigan has been presenting courses on fairy tales at Bard LLI since 2015 and will be with us again this spring. Currently, she writes essays on fairy tales for Substack, which you can find at PattyKaneHorrigan.substack.com.
Each time I start a new fairy tale class,
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by Felice Gelman
Introduction
In the 25 years since the founding of LLI, hundreds of people have participated in classes, presented classes, and joined in the management of the endeavor. When you consider that just four women gave birth to this organization, those numbers in themselves are a remarkable accomplishment.
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by Felice Gelman and Josette Lee
Up and Running in No Time
There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations.
— Alfred North Whitehead
When we look at the rich offerings in the Bard LLI catalog,
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by Susan Phillips
Introduction
This year Bard LLI celebrates its 25th anniversary offering courses to seniors with a desire to keep learning. Courses are taught by instructors from a wide variety of backgrounds. This includes many Bard professors who work with students all day and then show up to share their knowledge with older learners—for FREE!!
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