Introduction
At the LLI Council meeting in April, uncertainty abounded. How could LLI best serve our members during this time of lockdowns and pandemic? How could LLI conduct the Annual Meeting when we could not safely congregate on campus? What should happen to all the excellent, planned SummerFest courses? Should we just shut down and wait for all of this to pass?
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Introduction
Bard College Community Fitness Coordinator Tyrin Stevenson will begin offering an online fitness class to LLI members later this month. You will receive details about this class closer to its start date.
Sponsored by the Bard College Health and Wellness Education Department and LLI, the class will provide our members with both strength and cardiovascular training.
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To All LLI Members and spring presenters
We are writing to let you know that the leadership of LLI, together with the Bard College Response Team, has been regularly monitoring the possible risks associated with COVID-19 in our local area. We are grateful to Erin Cannan, Bard Vice President for Student Affairs,
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Introduction
Gene Burns, Chair of the Special Programs Team, outdid himself this winter by arranging an intriguing selection of presentations for Intersession. Lou Trapani led off by challenging his audience to debate whether art is of any use. (Hint: All of us thought it is.)
Read below for a summary of the topics discussed during the different Intersession classes.
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Try Something New
As a newcomer to Bard LLI, I was disappointed when I didn’t get into the second-period class I really wanted. I remembered that, during my orientation, Nanci Kryzak suggested we stretch ourselves and take something different. I had never really liked poetry and didn’t see myself as a poet,
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Introduction
Many of our 61 newcomers provided their opinions about their introduction to LLI and their courses in the Council’s recent new member survey. The good news is that most of the comments were positive. The negative feedback is valuable, however, since the survey was undertaken with a genuine desire to learn how our organization can improve.
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Introduction
On Saturday, February 8, registration for LLI classes will enter the 21st century. No longer will the registration committee spend hours adjusting enrollments while never being sure their decisions were optimal for LLI members.
Since LLI has grown in members and in class offerings, the time has come to automate.
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Get Instant feedback about course availablity during registration
LLI is using a different registration process for this coming Spring 2020 semester. We want to give you a heads up so that we are all ready for the changes.
Here are the key dates: the catalog will be available next Friday,
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11:00 – 12:30 a.m.
GIVING EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS
Are you making your point or putting your audience to sleep? Have you ever attended a bad presentation, even if the subject matter was interesting? What makes an effective presentation with PowerPoint® or Keynote®? You’ll learn techniques, strategies, and best practices for presentations that cater to different learning styles.
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11:00 – 12:30 a.m.
IMAGES THAT CHANGED OUR WORLD: THE 1960s
Our generation grew up with certain core beliefs: the United States was good, the Soviet Union evil; democracy was good, communism bad; God favored the United States; we would be wealthier than our parents; the future was bright. As we came of age in the 1960s,
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