Lifetime Learning Institute

Spring Classes: Week 2
2019-03-29 08:30 - 16:30 UTC

Spring Classes: Week 1
2019-03-22 08:30 - 16:30

Council Meeting
2019-03-18 09:30 - 23:00 | Campus Center, Campus Center, 30 Campus Rd., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504, United States
Council is the governing body of LLI. You can read about its role on the LLI website at Organization>Council Responsibilities.
Council meetings are open to all LLI members, although only Council members vote on agenda items.
Meetings are held in the Yellow Room, room 214, of the Campus Center, beginning at 9:30.

Agenda:
Treasurer presents FY 2020 draft budget to Council.

Orientation for Spring Producers, Presenters, and Class Managers
2019-03-15 10:00 - 11:00 | Campus Center, Campus Center, 30 Campus Rd., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504, United States
This meeting is for the Presenters, Producers, Class Managers and the A/V support team to meet each other, get the answers to any questions, and to receive class lists and support materials for the upcoming semester.
When
Friday, March 15, 2019, at 10:00 am
Where
Bertelsman Campus Center, Weis Cinema
Refreshments
Coffee, tea and light refreshments will be served in between the large and small group meetings.
RSVP
For class managers, producers, and Council, email Ann Miller at amiller@lli.bard.edu
For AV, email Dave Jutton at djutton@lli.bard.edu

Elections for Council Members for 2019-2020
2019-03-15 - 2019-03-29
Look for your election ballots via email and vote from March 15 – 29.

Drop/Add for Spring Courses
2019-03-04 - 2019-03-29
Drop/add period for spring courses.

Members Notified of Spring Course Enrollment
2019-03-04
Look for an email confirming your course enrollments.
Oversubscribed courses use a lottery system to assign LLI members to courses.

Council Meeting
2019-02-19 09:30 - 23:00 | Campus Center, Campus Center, 30 Campus Rd., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504, United States
Council is the governing body of LLI. You can read about its role on the LLI website at Organization>Council Responsibilities.
Council meetings are open to all LLI members, although only Council members vote on agenda items.
Meetings are held in the Yellow Room, room 214, of the Campus Center, beginning at 9:30.
Note: this meeting is held on Tuesday because of the Monday holiday.

Spring Registration
2019-02-06 - 2019-02-20
Register for Spring classes.
Look for the catalog in your email or you can find it on the website under Membership>Existing Members>Catalog Archive once it is available.

Spring Course Catalog Available
2019-01-25
Check the LLI website for the catalog in Membership>Catalog Archive.

Call for Council Nominations
2019-01-17 - 2019-01-31
Please submit your nominations for 2019-2020 Council during this time period.

Intersession
2019-01-09 09:30 - 14:30 | Campus Center, Campus Center, 30 Campus Rd., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504, United States
Intersession classes are open to LLI members and their guests.

Curriculum Committee Meeting
2019-01-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2018-12-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Campus Center, Campus Center, 30 Campus Rd., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504, United States
The Curriculum Committee meets the second Tuesday of every month at 10:00 am in room 214 of Bertlesmann Campus Center. This meeting is open to all LLI members.

Council Meeting
2018-11-19 09:30 - 11:30 | Campus Center, Campus Center, 30 Campus Rd., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504, United States
Council is the governing body of LLI. You can read about its role on the LLI website at Organization>Council Responsibilities.
Council meetings are open to all LLI members, although only Council members vote on agenda items.
Meetings are held in the Yellow Room, room 214, of the Campus Center, beginning at 9:30.

Curriculum Committee Open House
2018-11-13 10:00 - 11:30 | Campus Center, Campus Center, 30 Campus Rd., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504, United States
This month is an open house with refreshments. It is a chance for LLI members to see how the Curriculum Committee plans courses with the added benefits of tasty snacks. We hope you will join us!
The Curriculum Committee meets the second Tuesday of every month at 10:00 am in room 214 of Bertlesmann Campus Center. This meeting is open to all LLI members.

New Member Snack and Chat
2018-11-09 13:00 - 13:40 | Olin, 34 Henderson Circle Drive, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504, United States
The last class is on Friday, November 9. During the lunch break, the Membership Development Committee will host a new member informational event:
New Member Snack and Chat
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Lunch break: 1:00 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Olin Hall, Room 305

This will be an informal, 40-minute discussion with volunteer coordinators from many of LLI’s key committees, including:

Class support
AV
Membership Development
Admin/Infrastructure (includes Technology and Communications)

Light lunch items will be provided. We hope you can attend.
So we can better plan for snacks, please click the button on your emailed invitation or use this link to RSVP (new members only until November 2, 2018).

Fall Classes Week 7
2018-11-09

Newsletter Published
2018-11-07
Look for the LLI Monthly newsletter in your email!
It is sent to the same email account that you used when you set up your LLI membership. If you want to change your email address, either contact website@lli.bard.edu or choose “Update your preferences” at the bottom of any recent MailChimp newsletter/email.

Fall Classes Week 6
2018-10-26

New Member Reception
2018-10-19 16:15 - 18:00 | Kline Commons, 1400 Annandale Rd, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, 12504
This event has been canceled.
We had so few positive RSVP’s that it did not make sense to hold this event.
There are other events planned for new members; look for future emails or look at the home page of our LLI site for future announcements about this.

For questions about this program, contact Bob Inglish at ringlish@lli.bard.edu

Fall Classes Week 5
2018-10-19

Opening Event for Hannah Arendt Center Conference
2018-10-10 06:00 - 20:00
We have received an invitation for LLI members to attend the opening event for the Hannah Arendt Center Conference, a debate between the Bard College and the West Point debate teams. All LLI members are welcome to attend.
Public Debate
Bard vs. West Point
Must Dissent in Democracy be Civil and Non-Violent?
Location: Bard College, Campus Center Multi-Purpose Room
This is the opening event for the Hannah Arendt Center Conference – “Citizenship and Civil Disobedience” (October 11-12, 2018). This debate will feature both the Bard and West Point debate teams.
Co-sponsored by the Bard Debate Union, the Hannah Arendt Center, the Center for Civic Engagement, and the Bard-West Point exchange.
For more information, link to information about 2018 Hannah Arendt Conference

Fall Classes Week 4
2018-10-05

Fall Classes Week 3
2018-09-28

Fall Classes Week 2
2018-09-21

Fall Classes Week 1
2018-09-14

LLI Member Art Show
2018-09-07 11:30 - 2018-09-14 17:30 | Campus Center, Campus Center, 30 Campus Rd., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504, United States
Some sample works from 2018 LLI Art Show
LLI members exhibit their artwork, beginning on the day of the fall luncheon. The exhibit is at the Bertelsmann Campus Center in the Ball Lounge and in the hallway to the Multipurpose Room. It remains open until the first day of classes, September 14.

Artist is shown in the lower left of each slider. These have been cropped to fit on this web page. See the originals at the art show!

Fall Luncheon
2018-09-07 11:30 - 13:45 | Campus Center, Campus Center, 30 Campus Rd., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504, United States
About the Luncheon
The academic year begins with a welcome luncheon for both new and returning LLI members.
Guest speaker is Dorothy Erlich, Deputy Executive Director of ACLU. Her topic is:
“The ACLU at 100 — Confronting New Challenges to our Democracy”
There will also be a brief welcome from LLI president, Tom Esposito.
When

Check-in starts at 11:30 a.m.
Introductory remarks start around 12:00 noon
Lunch
Guest speaker: Dorothy Erlich, Deputy Director of ACLU, on “The ACLU at 100 — Confronting New Challenges to our Democracy”
Luncheon ends at 1:45 (approximately)
View the LLI Member Art Show after the meeting.

Where
Multipurpose Room of the Campus Center, which has a maximum capacity of 140 people.
Reservations
The cost is $10/attendee.
Members will receive an email invitation around August 20. The invitation includes a link to a registration form and payment by credit card through PayPal.
Registration will remain open until we receive 140 reservations or until September 1, 2018.
Unfortunately, we will have to cut off luncheon registrations when we have reached the room capacity, so this is a first-come, first-serve event. Only those who have registered online, including payment, and received an emailed confirmation of their acceptance will be able to attend. We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes.

Orientations for Both New Members and Class Support Volunteers
2018-09-07 09:30 - 11:30 | Campus Center, Campus Center, 30 Campus Rd., Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504, United States
There are two different orientation meetings for:

Presenters, producers, class managers, AV, and class support (9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.)
New members (10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.)

These meetings are followed by the Fall Luncheon as well as the LLI Art Show. See details below.

Orientation for Presenters, Class Managers, AV and Class Support
Orientation Information
The day starts with an Orientation for the people who created our fall classes – the producers and presenters – and for the people who will support the classes during the semester – class managers and AV team members. At 9:30, they all gather in Weis Cinema for the Orientation; at 10:15, everyone moves upstairs for the producer, presenter, class manager, and AV team member for each class to meet.
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 am in Weis Auditorium

Tom Esposito; LLI Council President
AV Support: Gus Pederson and Dave Jutton, Co-Managers, AV subcommittee
Overview: Anne Sunners, Chair LLI Curriculum
Registration Process Overview: Dan Peterson
Support Overview: Carol Goss and Maddy Watterson, Co-Chairs, Class Support

Meetings and Review of Class Support Needs
10:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Room 214 – Courses 1A – 3E
Room 202 – Courses 4A – 7C
The 2nd floor can be accessed by elevator or stairs. If rooms are crowded, please feel free to meet with your group on the terrace, in the hallways outside of classrooms, or downstairs.

New Member Orientation
Welcome to LLI
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. in Weis Auditorium

Welcome and Introduction: Bob Inglish, Nanci Kryzak, Carol Kleban
LLI Website: Tom Esposito, LLI Council President
Curriculum Overview: Anne Sunners, Chair LLI Curriculum
Parking, LLI Bard ID and car registration: Nanci Kryzak

Campus Tours
11:45 a.m. and again after the luncheon around 2:00 p.m.
New Member Mentors will conduct the tours.

Luncheon
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of Campus Center
Note: Because of space limitations, the luncheon is limited to the capacity of the room, 140 people.
The luncheon is $10 per attendee. To make a reservation for the luncheon, look for an email to LLI members around August 20. The email will include a luncheon registration form, including payment through PayPal. Luncheon is only available for members who have registered, paid, and received a confirmation of their acceptance based on room capacity. Places are given on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Guest speaker at the luncheon is to be announced.

LLI Member Art Show
Ongoing from 9/7/2018 beginning at 11:30 a.m. through 9/14/2018 at 5:30 p.m. in the Ball Lounge of Campus Center
