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.
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9/09—Change,
Future, and Progress in American Politics—Jan
Ting, Professor of Law, Temple University
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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
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9/23—The
Use and Benefits of a Smile—Pam Weiss,
YMCA of Delaware
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9/30—Interesting
Things Up There!!!—Sheila Vincent,
Delaware Nature Society
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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)
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10/14—OperaDelaware
Performs Highlights from The Barber of Seville—Lee
Kimball, Opera Delaware
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10/21—Fortepiano:
Celebrating Beethoven and Mendelssohn—Susan
R. Duer, Doctor of Musical Arts, Fortepiano Artist
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10/28—Cold
Comfort Permafrost: Society & Climate Change—Fritz
Nelson, Professor, Geography, University of Delaware
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11/4—Academy
Band—Paul Hess, Conductor
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11/11—National
Endowment for the Arts—Alice Whelihan,
National Endowment for the Arts
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11/18—Moonlight
Brass Quintet
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11/25—no
program—Thanksgiving
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12/02—Minding
Your Brain: A Primer—Rita Balice-Gordon,
Professor, Department of Neuroscience School of
Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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12/09—Academy
Chorus—Henry Chisholm, Director
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