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Special Events Wednesdays: Fall 2009

12:45 to 1:45 p.m., Room 105
Announcements at 12:40 p.m.

Join the Academy each Wednesday for Special Events that will surely enrich your day. These programs are for all Academy of Lifelong Learning members. Feel free to attend each week or select the programs that most interest you. You can buy your lunch, bring your lunch, or just come and enjoy.

Please note that the first program is September 9, the first week of the fall semester.

  • 9/09—Change, Future, and Progress in American Politics—Jan Ting, Professor of Law, Temple University

  • 9/16—The Ethics of Economics—Charles Elson, Edward S. Woolard Jr. Chair of Corporate Governance, Director, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware

  • 9/23—The Use and Benefits of a Smile—Pam Weiss, YMCA of Delaware

  • 9/30—Interesting Things Up There!!!—Sheila Vincent, Delaware Nature Society

  • 10/07—First Women Military Pilots in World War II—Bee Falk Haydu, W.A.S.P. Women’s Airforce Service Pilot, WWII. (Plus Academy honors those born in 1919 and earlier)

  • 10/14—OperaDelaware Performs Highlights from The Barber of Seville—Lee Kimball, Opera Delaware

  • 10/21—Fortepiano: Celebrating Beethoven and Mendelssohn—Susan R. Duer, Doctor of Musical Arts, Fortepiano Artist

  • 10/28—Cold Comfort Permafrost: Society & Climate Change—Fritz Nelson, Professor, Geography, University of Delaware

  • 11/4—Academy Band—Paul Hess, Conductor

  • 11/11—National Endowment for the Arts—Alice Whelihan, National Endowment for the Arts

  • 11/18—Moonlight Brass Quintet

  • 11/25—no program—Thanksgiving

  • 12/02—Minding Your Brain: A Primer—Rita Balice-Gordon, Professor, Department of Neuroscience School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

  • 12/09—Academy Chorus—Henry Chisholm, Director

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