The Rev. Dr. Arlin T. Larson has taught courses at Senior College at Belfast since 2006. He has served on the Board of Trustees for eight years, three of them as president. He retired to Belfast in 2011 after serving as minister of First Congregational Church of Searsport.

Topics include the history and future challenges of Belfast Senior College, plus Arlin’s upcoming course on Jack, a novel by Marilynne Robinson.

Duncan discusses his recent course at Senior College, “The Spiritual Life of Lincoln and the Idea of America”.

President Nancy Perkins chats with Senior College Board member and Treasurer Brenda Smith about teaching, writing, and her personal history.

Nancy asks Jim about his experience teaching at Senior College, and a bit about his interesting and unusual background. Fun fact and spoiler alert: Jim spent some of his childhood years living in Moscow where he was frequently tailed by the KGB.

Instructor: Steve Eddy and Melissa Malmstedt

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Video by Belfast Community Television
Class by Mike Hurley with guest speakers

Special Guest David Tassoni

Suzette McAvoy and Judy Stein are the special guests in this episode

The Guest speaker is Shane Flynn.

More than twenty years ago a dinner conversation in Camden led CEO Charles Cawley to place a branch of his fast-growing credit card corporation, MBNA, in Camden. Within a short few years, there were over 5,000 employees all over Maine with the great majority in the Belfast and Camden area. An enormous economic dynamo, MBNA transformed the area pay scale, expectations, and opportunities, and revolutionizing local real estate, the arts, and support services, as well as having a positive effect on education and non-profits of every stripe. The class will learn about the arrival of MBNA, Charles Cawley, the growth in the mid-coast area, its effects on public and private entities and the economy, and MBNA’s powerful impact on the employment market. The class will host numerous “in the know” guest speakers, and will learn and feel the dramatic events that occurred as MBNA arrived in Belfast and the area.

Michael Hurley: Michael Hurley’s company was one of the first contractors called by MBNA when it arrived in Camden. He stayed with them at every job site from Delaware to Maine. He was elected Mayor of Belfast in 2001 and has remained active in city politics for over three decades. He worked on the retention and transition to Bank of America, and the recruitment of Athena Health, and On Process. Mike studied at Bergen Community College in Paramus New Jersey, pursuing an advanced and accelerated field of study.

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Video by Belfast Community Television
Class by Mike Shannon

This is a class at Senior College in Belfast that ia billled as “The inside scoop on Outside stuff”

IF EVER A SEASON COMMANDED ATTENTION, AUTUMN IS IT!

This class is about both the beauty and the challenges of the fall season. When much of today’s reality is focused on living with technology, it is up to us to engage in a meaningful dialogue with the places where we live. The wildness of mid-coast Maine will be our home ground. Its possibilities will surprise and delight us! We will learn to identify common species, sharpen our observational skills, and arouse our kinship with all life.

These programs are presented by Belfast’s Senior College. Programs include lectures that were part of the senior college classes as well as special presentations by distinguished speakers.

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