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The Interactive Seminars and
Special Lectures
The Life of the Mind Consortium began a
series of interactive seminars in the fall of
2007. These are a short series of working
sessions (ordinarily 3-5) organized by a Willow
Valley resident with specific expertise who lead
a limited number of others in an in-depth
exploration of a specific topic. Residents who enroll in these seminars
should commit to attend all sessions in the
seminar as full and thoughtful
participants.
The Special Lectures offer residents an opportunity to hear an expert share information on a topic or a program of significance in a single large group session.
Interactive Seminar Series, Spring 2009
MANAGING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
SEMINAR LEADER: Shayna Manheim
This seminar is designed to apply management principles and techniques to organizing and dealing with the concerns of retirement living. It is not designed to provide answers to questions about legal or medical issues, but it will offer a process to help you consider such questions as:
• What are some of the things you want to accomplish in retirement?
• How can you manage current and future healthcare needs?
• How can you adjust to diminishing options and capabilities?
• What do we gain and lose by living in a retirement community?
Four sessions: TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, March 3, 5, 10 & 12 (Four-Part Series) in the Cultural Center, Conference
Room 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Limited to 15 participants and Online
Registration is required or by telephone at 464-6438
Spring Run resident Shayna Manheim had a 30-year career with New York State government, serving as an on-staff management consultant,
directing an agency’s training and development program and working in Human Resources Management. She also taught undergraduate courses in
management-related topics at Empire State College of the State University of New York.
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THE WISDOM OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
SEMINAR LEADER: Kay E. Vandergrift
Enjoy again some of the books from your own childhood and those you shared with your children and grandchildren. Compare those books with popular literature for children today.
• What do children’s books tell us about adult perceptions of childhood?
• How and why has children’s literature changed over the years?
• What can we, as seniors, learn from children’s literature and what do these books communicate to young readers?
Three sessions: WEDNESDAYS: March 18 th, March 25 th, and April 1 st 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon. Conference Room, Cultural Center
Limited to 15 participants and Online
Registration is required or by telephone at 464-6438
Spring Run resident Dr. Kay Vandergrift taught children’s literature to teachers and librarians for forty years at Columbia University and Rutgers University. She still considers books for young people among the most fascinating and best reading available.
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Lecture Series, Spring 2009
The lecture series offers residents an opportunity to hear an expert share information on a topic or a program of significance in a single large
group session. The spring 2009 series brings representatives from Consortium partner institutions, Franklin & Marshall College and Millersville University,
to discuss their work on current topics of interest.
Reinventing Richard Nixon: A Cultural History of an American Obsession
February 4, 2009 ~ 1:00 PM in the CC Education Room
Daniel Frick will discuss his 2008 book exploring the man and the myth of Richard Nixon as revealed in books, plays, movies, political
cartoons and other artifacts of popular culture as well as in Nixon's own autobiographical writings. He points out the many reinventions of
this important and controversial 20 th century figure that are still evident in American culture and today's “culture wars.”
Lecturer: Dr. Daniel E. Frick, Director of the Writing Center and Adjunct Assistant Professor of English, Franklin & Marshall College
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Building a Mystery: An Inside View of the Intelligence Manifesto
April 29, 2009 ~ 1:00 PM in the CC Education Room
Tim Mayers, winner of the 2008 Paradigm Novel Contest, will talk about the creation of Intelligence Manifesto,
his first work of fiction. He describes this novel as a philosophical mystery in which the main character, a private investigator,
gets pulled into separate cases - searching for two missing college girls and for a historic book - that turn out to be related.
Lecturer: Dr. Timothy Mayers, Associate Professor of English, Millersville University
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Fighting HIV/AIDS and Poverty in South Africa: The F&M Soccer Africa Project
March 4, 2009 ~ 1:00 PM in the CC Education Room
Franklin & Marshall College soccer coach Dan Wagner will talk about F&M's groundbreaking work in South Africa. The men's soccer team has
partnered with K hayelitsha Township in South Africa and is creating a lifeline between Lancaster and this region. The project began with a 53 person trip
in March and is continuing with the creation of the Chris T Campbell Memorial Soccer Complex and Education Center. F&M is partnering with
Grassroots Soccer, an organization that concentrates on the world-wide appeal of soccer in an effort to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Presenters: Coach Wagner and students from the F&M Soccer Africa Project
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Benefits of Seminar and Lecture Attendance
1.) Enjoying the camaraderie of a group
discussing a selected topic of interest or
concern
2.) Fostering personal growth &
self-enrichment
3.) Increasing intellectual capacity and
vigor
4.) Serving as a model for life long
learning.
5.) Research suggests that mental
activity fights off dementia.
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