Society for Lifelong Learning at WKU set to start out fall semester

An group based mostly at Western Kentucky University is getting ready to supply dozens of latest programs for adults within the idea of constant training.

The Society for Lifelong Learning at WKU gives courses for members ages 50 and older who need to problem themselves and meet new individuals.

Classes being provided this fall cowl a wide-range of topics and pursuits, together with Mark Twain’s quick tales; synthetic intelligence; the historical past of the D-Day invasion; opera appreciation; and find out how to protect household treasures.

Jane Barthelme, chair of the group’s advisory board, stated she’s skilled the advantages of the courses firsthand.

“One of my favorite courses, which is offered in the spring, is ‘Shakespeare Behind Bars’, where the class studies a play and we go up to the LaGrange men’s penitentiary and see it performed. And let me tell you, once you’ve done that, you do it every chance you can.”

The Society for Lifelong Learning presents courses throughout two eight-week semesters within the spring and fall.

The courses aren’t for credit score and don’t result in a level—they’re only for enjoyable and designed to show college students new expertise.

Participants can join a full semester’s price of courses, or simply take one or two. “This is a self-improvement curriculum and people sign up for things because they know nothing about it. Maybe they’ve always enjoyed some of the poetry they’ve been accustomed to, but now we can get a little deeper,” Barthelme stated.

All courses are held on the WKU Knicely Conference Center.

A course catalog for the autumn semester and details about class schedules, charges, and different points associated to the Society for Lifelong Learning might be discovered here.

The new semester runs from September 15—November 7.