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- AI and You
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Item Number: W24STEM302A
Dates: 2/1/2024 - 2/29/2024
Times: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Maximum Enrollment: 50
Building: Campbell Center
Room:Room D
Instructor: Tysen Mueller, Tony Davis
Max Seating Capacity: 50
Seats Available: 1
Artificial intelligence (AI) has burst into prominence in the last few years. It is poised to transform our lives in many respects: how we use our devices; our interactions with businesses; our notions of trust, privacy, intellectual property, and decision-making; the nature of education and jobs; and ultimately, how it will feel to live in a world with artificial, autonomous agents. AI technologies can improve our lives but could also potentially reduce our personal choices and freedom. We’ll examine the technologies behind AI and how they might enhance our knowledge and creativity. We’ll also explore their broader effects, depending not only on technical issues, but on political, social, and economic power. Who controls how AI is used? Will it leverage the power and influence of those who already have it? Or can it be a force that empowers those not already in dominant positions? The course will be in lecture format, with abundant opportunities for class discussion.
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- Everyone Can Be a Pundit
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Item Number: W24SOC112A
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 3/14/2024
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 32
Building: Campbell Center
Room:Room A
Instructor: David Runkel
Max Seating Capacity: 32
Seats Available: 7
Who will the political parties nominate for president in 2024? In this course, we will follow the primaries and caucuses from January through mid-March as voters choose the candidates. Interesting Senate, House, and governors’ races will also be covered. Each class will begin with a national update on campaign trends and how issues are being debated, leading to a general class discussion. This will be a discussion class with all viewpoints welcome. Both those who follow politics intensely and those who are tuning in for the first time will have an opportunity to express their views.
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- Exotic Travel
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Item Number: W24LANG105
Dates: 2/8/2024 - 3/7/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Maximum Enrollment: 299
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Maria Geigel
Max Seating Capacity: 299
Seats Available: 264
Want to go vicariously to places you may never visit? In this lecture course, speakers will take you to Africa. On February 8, Maria Geigel will talk about her tour of Morocco; on February 19, Marianne Werner will show us Madagascar; on February 22, Art and Carolee Buck will share their experiences in Senegal; on February 29, Natalie Mettler will introduce us to Mali; and on March 9, Joan Lamont and Kris Davis will show us Egypt, including a seven-day cruise on the Nile. All presenters have personally visited the areas discussed and prepared pictures for viewing. There will be opportunities for questions and discussion.
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- Experiments in Artificial Intelligence
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Item Number: W24STEM304
Dates: 2/15/2024 - 3/14/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Maximum Enrollment: 40
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: James Jarrard
Max Seating Capacity: 40
Seats Available: 7
The Fall 2022 launch of ChatGPT by OpenAI led to a rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence in various forms. This seminar will explore the current state of publicly available AIs and how attendees can benefit from and responsibly utilize various AI tools. The seminar will cover free services that attendees are encouraged to use. There will also be presentation and discussion of paid services. In addition to demonstrating practical applications, we will critically examine the social impact of this technology. As AI capabilities continue to grow, so do concerns about bias, transparency, job displacement, and other issues. NOTE: Students should have a basic understanding of computer operations (installing programs/apps, cut and paste text).
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- Fake News, Filter Bubbles, and Fact Checking
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Item Number: W24SOC301
Dates: 1/18/2024 - 1/25/2024
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 2
Maximum Enrollment: 100
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Alice Yucht
Max Seating Capacity: 100
Seats Available: 72
Not sure if what you’ve heard or read is for real? Just because you saw it online or in a message from a friend doesn’t mean it’s true. Learn how to spot misinformation, sort out “alternative facts,” identify reputable news sources, check for authenticity and accuracy, and become a more knowledgeable information consumer. Over the course of two classes, we’ll cover such topics as propaganda, truth decay, and eroding trust in public statements, characteristics of misinformation, how filter bubbles impact our beliefs, media biases, and more.
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- Four Small Choral Masterpieces
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Item Number: W24ARTS306
Dates: 2/22/2024 - 3/14/2024
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 4
Maximum Enrollment: 299
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Peggy Evans
Max Seating Capacity: 299
Seats Available: 272
This lecture course will look at four small choral masterpieces: Vivaldi’s “Gloria,” Bach’s “Magnificat,” Schubert’s “Mass in G,” and Haydn’s “Little Organ Mass,” with one piece being looked at each week. Students should expect to listen to a YouTube recording of the work, to hear some background on its history and the composer, and to hear some comments on performance practice and text using a PowerPoint format. Students do not need any prior knowledge. Questions and comments will be encouraged via Chat.
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- Gamache's World, Part 2
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Item Number: W24LIT300
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 2/29/2024
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 3
Maximum Enrollment: 80
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Alice Yucht
Max Seating Capacity: 80
Seats Available: 56
Let’s explore Louise Penny’s ongoing mystery series about Armand Gamache, Chief Inspector of the Sûreté du Quebec and the villagers of Three Pines. Through lectures and discussion, we will focus on overarching themes, character development, and literary devices in the books, with attention to the arts, cultural elements, history, humor, philosophy and even food in these award-winning novels. The class sessions are as follows: 1) January 11: “A Trick of the Light” (2011) and ”The Beautiful Mystery” (2012), 2) February 1: “How the Light Gets In” (2013) and “The Long Way Home” (2014), 3) February 29: “The Nature of the Beast” (2015) and “A Great Reckoning” (2016), 4) March 21: “Glass Houses” (2017) and “Kingdom of the Blind” (2018).
NOTE: This is Part 2 of a year-long 12-session course. Students need not have participated in Part 1. Participants should read the specific titles before each lecture/discussion session. The sessions are not consecutive weeks. This course meets three times on Thursday, 1/11, 2/1, and 2/29, with an optional fourth session that meets after the end of the OLLI term on 3/21.
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- Going Viral
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Item Number: W24STEM200M
Dates: 2/8/2024 - 3/14/2024
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 6
Maximum Enrollment: 30
Building: Medford Higher Education Center
Room:Room 118
Instructor: John Kloetzel
Max Seating Capacity: 30
Seats Available: 24
“Going viral” implies explosive growth and spread—like bad news on social media… or Covid-19. Safe to say, viruses have been around way longer than people. They’re everywhere! But what ARE viruses? Are they mini-cells? Are they even alive? We naturally focus on those that infect humans, but they have ramifications far beyond us. They DO indeed infect us and can cause diseases, but we humans make use of viruses as well in basic research and even clinical practice. In this class we’ll look into the many ways viruses work in the biosphere—extending even to the “calling cards” of viral DNA that make up a significant fraction of our human genome. No previous science background is required. (Basic background on cells and microbes will be included.) The class is primarily lecture with directed discussions.
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- Gordian Knot: Individual Liberty vs The Common Good
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Item Number: W24HIST302A
Dates: 2/1/2024 - 2/29/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Maximum Enrollment: 25
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room D
Instructor: Susan Stitham
In his 2016 book, “American Character,” Colin Woodard builds on his work in “American Nations” (2011) to examine the “key American political dilemma: how do we best reconcile individual liberty with the good of the community?” Tracing our struggle with this existential conflict through American history, Woodard concludes with some recommendations for moving forward together. In this discussion course, we will explore both Woodard’s descriptions and his prescriptions in the light of our post-2016 experiences.?Because the format of the course will be hybrid, with both “roomies” and “zoomies” encouraged to participate in class conversation, enrollment will be limited. Students are asked to have completed the book before the first class session.??
NOTE: There will be an optional “class zero” a week before the first class session to familiarize all of us with the technological challenges of a hybrid discussion. Two sections of this course are being offered at the same day/time as a hybrid: one on Zoom and one in-person.
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- Gordian Knot: Individual Liberty vs The Common Good
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Item Number: W24HIST302
Dates: 2/1/2024 - 2/29/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Maximum Enrollment: 75
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Susan Stitham
Max Seating Capacity: 75
Seats Available: 51
In his 2016 book, “American Character,” Colin Woodard builds on his work in “American Nations” (2011) to examine the “key American political dilemma: how do we best reconcile individual liberty with the good of the community?” Tracing our struggle with this existential conflict through American history, Woodard concludes with some recommendations for moving forward together. In this discussion course, we will explore both Woodard’s descriptions and his prescriptions in the light of our post-2016 experiences.?Because the format of the course will be hybrid, with both “roomies” and “zoomies” encouraged to participate in class conversation, enrollment will be limited. Students are asked to have completed the book before the first class session.??
NOTE: There will be an optional “class zero” a week before the first class session to familiarize all of us with the technological challenges of a hybrid discussion. Two sections of this course are being offered at the same day/time as a hybrid: one on Zoom and one in-person.
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- Hanford, Oregon's Nuclear Neighbor
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Item Number: W24STEM301
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 1/25/2024
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 3
Maximum Enrollment: 299
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Jeff Wyatt
Max Seating Capacity: 299
Seats Available: 288
A few miles north of the central Oregon border on the Columbia River, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is home to the world’s largest and most complex environmental cleanup. This online Zoom course will trace the history of Hanford from the Manhattan Project featured in the movie “Oppenheimer,” through the expansion of plutonium production during the Cold War, and finally, to the shutdown of the nuclear reactors and the site’s transition to environmental remediation. The legacy of Hanford includes vast quantities of spent nuclear fuel, radioactive waste stored in 177 underground storage tanks, and many square miles of contaminated soil and groundwater. The course is intended for individuals intrigued by the history and science of America’s nuclear weapons program, as well as those concerned about its lasting effects on the Columbia River and the communities downstream and downwind of the world’s most costly environmental cleanup.
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- How to Be Your Own Patient Advocate
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Item Number: W24LIFE130A
Dates: 3/7/2024 - 3/14/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 2
Maximum Enrollment: 20
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room B
Instructor: Lori Lind
Do you want to personally navigate the current ever-changing health care environment in a meaningful way? How can you get what you need from your interactions with your health care provider and staff? How do you fit your questions into a 15-minute visit? How do you remember what the provider said after you go home? This course will give you the tools you need to have a better experience for improved communication and health. Whether you are at a clinic or in the hospital, your communication will improve. There will be video clips, interactive discussion, resources, and case studies. Time will be made for your questions.
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- How to Write a Romance!
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Item Number: W24ARTS308A
Dates: 1/25/2024 - 3/14/2024
Times: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 8
Maximum Enrollment: 32
Building: Campbell Center
Room:Room A
Instructor: Carmen Portnoy
Max Seating Capacity: 32
Seats Available: 28
Romance might be thought of as “love science fiction.” We know it’s not real, but it is such fun! The first class will start with learning about the basic concepts of a modern romance, followed by tools to uncover your hidden writing skills by free-form writing using sense memory tools. No experience in writing is required—just a pen, a notebook, and a willingness to commit to 30 minutes of writing in the first class and up to one hour in the following classes. In the last class, students who so wish will share their writing.
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- Independent Cinema: Movies that Make Us Think
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Item Number: W24ARTS156
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 1/25/2024
Times: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 3
Maximum Enrollment: 299
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Lorraine Vail
Max Seating Capacity: 299
Seats Available: 265
Independent filmmakers are known for their unique and inspiring stories. Their films explore complex themes, provide a more intimate look at human experiences, and offer a deeper and more immersive journey than the more conventional “This happened and then that happened” movie. The six films chosen for this course include both international and American filmmakers. The discussion will focus on the effectiveness of the film and explore the social, political, and cultural dynamics that shape the women characters. Two films will be discussed in each class, and class members will view the films at home before each session. All films are available to rent without needing a subscription service. Each week students will be emailed a PDF document with director interviews for the coming discussion. The interviews offer the directors’ perspectives on the film, what inspired them, what was challenging, and particulars about the production aspects of the film.
NOTE: Two separate sections of this course are offered: one is online, and one is held at the Campbell Center. The total cost for renting all the films should be about $25.
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- Learning to Belong to Each Other and the Planet
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Item Number: W24PERS169A
Dates: 1/18/2024 - 3/14/2024
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 9
Maximum Enrollment: 18
Building: Campbell Center
Room:Room B
Instructor: Bob Heilbroner
Max Seating Capacity: 18
Seats Available: 8
This class offers sustenance and support for healing our species’ existential crisis of BELONGING. We live in a time when the fabric that weaves us together with each other, with nature, and with the planet itself, is badly torn. However, despite how badly we have lost our way, we are children of nature, and we are a social species, and we walk the Earth today because our long evolutionary history has bequeathed us the yearning and the instinctual guidance to belong to each other and the planet. The planet is calling on us to make a great transition away from living as though life were a desperate contest of opposing interests, and instead towards finding our proper place within the web of mutual accommodations and inter-dependencies upon which all of life depends—to become good citizens of creation. Through lectures, discussion, and personal exploration, this course hopes to support students in finding their own unique place within this transition.
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- Near Death Experiences
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Item Number: W24PERS301
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 2/29/2024
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 8
Maximum Enrollment: 30
Building: n/a: online course
Room: Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Alan Ackroyd
One of the many ramifications of the widespread use of the Web is introducing so-called “Near Death Experiences” to a wide audience. This course dives into both the ontology and implications of these experiences and raises questions that traditional scientific inquiry struggles to explain. Even though this phenomenon is perhaps as old as mankind itself, many experiencers have withheld their histories for fear of public skepticism and even the harsh judgment of religions. This course examines the history and content of these rather common human experiences. The primary instructional method used will be showing videos depicting various viewpoints as well as personal histories themselves. Discussion is actively encouraged. A tolerance for various interpretations from class members is the intention of the teacher and is also encouraged among class members.
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- Organizing and Sharing Digital Photos Using iCloud
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Item Number: W24STEM136
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 2/8/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Maximum Enrollment: 50
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Neal Strudler
Max Seating Capacity: 50
Seats Available: 29
This course is designed to help participants take, organize, store, edit, and share digital photos and videos. Emphasis will be on using Apple Photos on the iPhone, Mac, and iCloud. Participants will learn to manage iCloud settings; store and share photos and videos; perform basic edits; play and modify memories; set up albums and slideshows; search and organize photos by person, location, and activities; trim live photos, bursts, and videos; and remove duplicate photos. Privacy and security issues will also be discussed. Participants should be able to use Zoom for video conferencing and have a basic comfort taking digital photos, accessing the Web, and using online applications.
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- Playful Art for Everyone
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Think you don’t have artistic talent? Think again! Learn to have fun with art. Our playful exercises include doodling, scribbling, drawing Picasso style animals, and using blind contour drawing to draw objects, animals or faces with watercolor to paint them. Creating playful art can allow your inner artist/child to emerge. You may even want to try the exercises with your grandchildren. You can enhance your appreciation of the art process while not taking your efforts so seriously. Bring enthusiasm and willingness to explore and be silly. Playful creative art is for your enjoyment. There will be no critiques, criticism, or praise during this course. Each class will begin with movement to relax wrists, hands, fingers, and arms. Students need to bring their favorite pens, pencils, sharpies and any other art supplies they want to use. Supply suggestions will be sent to registered students. Watercolor pencils, card stock, and watercolor paper will be provided. No prior knowledge is needed.
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- Scott and Zelda
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Item Number: W24LIT302A
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 2/15/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Maximum Enrollment: 18
Building: Campbell Center
Room:Room B
Instructor: Sharon Dean
Max Seating Capacity: 18
Seats Available: 3
Icons of The Jazz Age, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald both wrote novels based on their time together on the French Riviera. Though known only for her glamorous lifestyle, Zelda was an artist and a writer. She composed “Save Me the Waltz” (1932), a novel about a woman trying to become a dancer, during a two-month stay in a psychiatric clinic in Baltimore, Maryland. Scott wrote “Tender Is the Night” (1933) over an eight-year period. In it, he portrays the expat life, the movie industry, and the burgeoning field of psychology. We will read and discuss both these novels in the context of the Fitzgeralds’ lives and of the 1920s. Please be prepared to read up to 150 pages per session.
NOTE: There will be no class on January 18. Recommended editions: F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Tender Is the Night,” introduction by Amor Towles, Scribner, 2019; and Zelda Fitzgerald, “Save Me the Waltz,” Handheld Press, 2019. There will be no class meeting on Thursday, January 18.
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- Skeptical Thought: Ancient to Modern
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Item Number: W24SOC303
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 3/14/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 10
Maximum Enrollment: 50
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Ean Roby
Max Seating Capacity: 50
Seats Available: 25
Western philosophy has had a troubled relationship with skeptical thinkers and their ideas. Skeptics appear from time to time, raising difficult questions about what—if anything—can be known and often frustrating efforts to answer these questions. Eventually, these skeptical ideas fade away until a new generation of skeptics appears and the process repeats itself. In this lecture course, we will trace several different skeptical challenges to philosophical knowledge. The first originates in ancient Greece and disappears centuries later. The next phase comes as ancient skepticism reappears in the 1560s and then vanishes after a century when Descartes turns skepticism against itself. Two centuries after that, David Hume reintroduces ancient skepticism and triggers off strong reactions by Kant and the German Idealists. Finally, there is the role of skepticism in philosophy since the mid-19th century. No prior knowledge of philosophy is required, and questions are always welcome.
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- Submarines: Cold War to Recent Disasters
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Item Number: W24STEM307A
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 2/15/2024
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 6
Maximum Enrollment: 50
Building: Campbell Center
Room:Room D
Instructor: Kevin McCarthy
Max Seating Capacity: 50
Seats Available: 26
Come take a ride into the Cold War depths of nuclear submarines. This course will provide an inside look into what it was like to serve on a nuclear submarine in the Cold War. After covering the basics of design, equipment, weapons, and staffing of US submarines, you will learn how submarines generate power and oxygen in order to stay submerged for months. We will also examine NATO and enemy submarines and delve into real world events and Cold War missions. The last session will cover the major submarine disasters and what caused them, including the two US nuclear submarines lost (USS Thresher and USS Scorpion) as well as Russian losses (K-219 and Kursk). A bonus topic will cover the recent submersible loss over the Titanic. No prior knowledge or reading is required.
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- The Art of Agitation: Shrink Wool to Knitted Felt
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Item Number: W24REC130A
Dates: 1/18/2024 - 2/1/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 3
Maximum Enrollment: 12
Building: Campbell Center
Room: Room C
Instructor: Margaret Mallette
Expand your knitting repertoire with a fun and easy pattern and technique for knitted felt nesting bowls. Knitted felt is created by shrinking a loosely knit 100% wool piece with agitation and warm water to make a thicker and more durable fabric. Students must know how to knit using double pointed needles before taking this course. Students will knit in class and at home between classes and then learn how to use a manual agitation method for creating knitted felt as they shrink their oversized project to completion.
NOTE: Required materials include 400 yards/200 grams of worsted weight 100% wool yarn (not superwash and not white, ecru or black), a set of five double pointed needles size 10 or 10.5, a new plunger (dollar store or equivalent), and a four to five gallon plastic bucket.
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- The Pacific Crest Trail
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Item Number: W24NAT112M
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 2/1/2024
Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 4
Maximum Enrollment: 30
Building: Medford Higher Education Center
Room:Room 118
Instructor: John Schuyler
Max Seating Capacity: 30
Seats Available: 22
It’s not the destination—it’s the journey. In these contemporary times, some people struggle with making a big transition in life, securing a real accomplishment, or simply getting in touch with their true selves. One way people take up the challenge is to literally head for the wilderness and “hit the trail” by hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile-long footpath along the mountainous spine of the west coast. This course looks at the development and history of a trail that goes from the border with Mexico, north to the border with Canada. This national scenic trail has recently become popular after the publication of the book “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed, and a movie of the same name. The trail beckons hikers from around the world to begin a hike in the searing desert heat and complete it in the freezing snows of the north. What motivates them and keeps them going? Classes will include lectures, slides, videos, and plenty of time for discussions.
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- The Schneider Museum's Exhibition: What's at Stake
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Item Number: W24ARTS312A
Dates: 1/25/2024 - 2/1/2024
Times: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 2
Maximum Enrollment: 25
Building: SOU Art Building
Room: Meese Auditorium
Instructor: Scott Malbaurn
Meet the Schneider Museum of Art’s Executive Director, Scott Malbaurn, to learn about the Winter exhibition through two classes. The first will be a classroom lecture with PowerPoint presentation. The second will be an in-person walkthrough of the exhibition. Meet fellow arts lovers and be confident in walking your friends and family through the exhibition with follow-up visits.
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- Transforming Your Inner Critic Into an Inner Coach
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Item Number: W24PERS121
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 2/1/2024
Times: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 4
Maximum Enrollment: 299
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Nando Raynolds
Max Seating Capacity: 299
Seats Available: 290
Ever struggle from time to time with internal negativity, self-criticism, or perfectionism? Most people do. This course is an opportunity to kick habits of self-directed negativity and criticism and develop new habits of self-compassion. Understanding the dynamics of your inner critic will help you replace it with an inner coach. Warning: these changes can result in becoming happier and more productive as well as becoming a better friend, romantic partner, and parent. The classes, all held on Zoom, will utilize lecture, discussion and experiential exercises, and will make use of breakout rooms. Students will also be asked to do journaling exercises and practice activities done in class. A workbook of the same title by the instructor is optional, recommended, and available for purchase.
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- Wildfire Resistant Homes and Gardens
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Item Number: W24NAT303A
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 2/1/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 4
Maximum Enrollment: 30
Building: Campbell Center
Room:Room A
Instructor: Charisse Sydoriak
Max Seating Capacity: 30
Seats Available: 20
Communities in the Rogue Valley rank high in assessments of state and regional wildfire risk. The 2020 Almeda Fire, which started in Ashland, burned more than 2,800 structures! This course will address mostly simple things you can do to make your home and other buildings wildfire resistant. Through a combination of lectures and discussion, we will explore construction materials and design considerations as well as landscaping best practices in an urban environment. Invited fire professionals will present on some topics. (A portion of this course was taught in the Winter 2023 course, Fire Reluctant Landscaping Best Practices.) If a student is interested in learning how to create customizable plant lists for their garden, they are encouraged to bring a PC laptop that can run an MS Excel file containing macros to the last class. If such a computer is not available, alternatives will be discussed. Don’t let this keep you from attending!
NOTE: Two sections of this course are being offered at the same day/time as a hybrid: one on Zoom and one in-person. |
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- Wildfire Resistant Homes and Gardens
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Item Number: W24NAT303
Dates: 1/11/2024 - 2/1/2024
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 4
Maximum Enrollment: 30
Building: n/a: online course
Room:Online (Zoom)
Instructor: Charisse Sydoriak
Max Seating Capacity: 30
Seats Available: 23
Communities in the Rogue Valley rank high in assessments of state and regional wildfire risk. The 2020 Almeda Fire, which started in Ashland, burned more than 2,800 structures! This course will address mostly simple things you can do to make your home and other buildings wildfire resistant. Through a combination of lectures and discussion, we will explore construction materials and design considerations as well as landscaping best practices in an urban environment. Invited fire professionals will present on some topics. (A portion of this course was taught in the Winter 2023 course, Fire Reluctant Landscaping Best Practices.) If a student is interested in learning how to create customizable plant lists for their garden, they are encouraged to bring a PC laptop that can run an MS Excel file containing macros to the last class. If such a computer is not available, alternatives will be discussed. Don’t let this keep you from attending!
NOTE: Two sections of this course are being offered at the same day/time as a hybrid: one on Zoom and one in-person. |
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