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FALL SEMESTER 2024
Our 2024 Fall Semester offers 19 classes of varying lengths beginning the 2nd week of September (some are 1 session; others 4, 5 or 6 weeks).
Annual membership renewal is September 1st. You can pay your membership dues when you register for Fall classes.
Registration opens on Sunday, September 1, 2024 at 12:00 Noon.
SCHEDULE NOTE: *Most* classes begin the week of September 16; however, one class is being held the week of the 9th; and a few start later. Please check individual class dates.
Photo: Jung's Mandala, from The Red Book
Please note, courses may be recorded or photographed. Registration is an agreement to have your image and/or voice recorded for Senior College educational purposes.
Art, Music & Drama |
 | American Architecture - Colonial to Civil War Wednesdays 1:00 - 3:00 PM September 25 - November 6 6 weeks (NOTE: October 2 is skipped.) Location: United Methodist Church Instructor: Philip Jacks |
| Drawing Through the Ages - Part II Thursdays 9:30 -11:30 AM October 3 - October 24 4 weeks Location: Waterfall Arts Instructor: Sandi Cirillo |
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Illustrating Nature in Redwork Embroidery
Tuesdays 9:30 - 11:30 AM September 17 - October 22 6 weeks Location: First Church in Belfast - Library Instructor: Cyrene Slegona |
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Photo Forum 2 - B&W in the Digital Era
Thursdays 9:30 - 11:30 AM September 19 - October 24 6 weeks Location: Social Capital Instructor: Jim Kosinski |
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Storytelling
Mondays 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM September 16 - October 21 6 weeks Location: Bell the Cat - Rosemary Room Instructor: Stephanie Natale |
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Why Journaling? Let's Make One!
4-day intensive class: Tuesday, September 10 (full day, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM) Wednesday, September 11 (full day, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM) Thursday, September 12 (half day, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM) Friday, September 13 - (half day, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM) Location: First Church in Belfast - Parish House Fellowship Hall Instructor: Leslie Miller |
History, Current Events & Culture |
| America's History with America's Music Tuesdays 9:30 - 11:30 AM September 24 - October 29 6 weeks Location: United Methodist Church Instructor: Peter Reilly |
 | This class has been cancelled and we hope to offer it again in future. |
| Thursdays 9:30 - 11:30 AM September 19 - October 17 5 weeks Location: Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School Instructors: Bob Rackmales, April Reed-Cox, Matthew Mainster, Josie Davis, Phillipp Ellsner |
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The Case for Local News in Our U.S. Democracy
Tuesday, October 22 6:30 PM 1 session Location: Belfast Free Library - Abbott Room Instructor: Mica Schweitzer-Bluhm Co-sponsored with Belfast Free Library - FREE and open to the public. |
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Why They Fought - A Study of the Lives and Motivations of the Common Civil War Soldier
Mondays 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM September 16 - November 4 6 weeks: 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/28, 11/4 (NOTE: 10/14 and 10/21 are skipped) Location: Belfast Free Library - Abbott Room Instructor: David Urquia |
LITERATURE & LANGUAGES |
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Marilynne Robinson's “Reading Genesis”
Tuesdays 1:00 - 3:00 PM September 17 - October 22 6 weeks Held on Zoom Instructor: Arlin Larson |
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Poetry Potpourri: Poets of Belfast II
Thursdays 1:00 - 3:00 PM September 19 - October 24 6 weeks Location: St. Margaret’s - Parish Hall Instructors: Kristin Frangoulis & Gerald George |
Nature & Environment |
| Drowning Belfast Fridays 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM September 27 - October 25 5 weeks Location: United Methodist Church Instructor: Mike Hurley |
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Enhancing Community in Belfast: Creative Placemaking
Tuesdays 1:00 - 3:00 PM September 17 - October 22 6 weeks Location: St. Margaret’s - Parish Hall Instructor: Craig Watson |
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Safe, Fun Day-Hiking
Mondays 9:30 - 11:30 AM September 16 - October 28 6 weeks (NOTE: October 14 is skipped) Location: Waldo County Sheriff's Office Instructor: Les Morse
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Personal Growth & Health |
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Carl Jung and the Quest for a Mature Spirituality
Mondays 1:00 - 3:00 PM September 16 - October 21 6 weeks Location: St. Margaret’s - Parish Hall Instructor: Jeff Edwards |
| Hunger in Waldo County and How We Can Work Together to Find a Solution Wednesday, October 2 1:00 - 3:00 PM 1 session Location: United Methodist Church Instructor: Mattie Bamman |
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Journeying Through the Tarot
Wednesdays 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM September 18 - October 23 6 weeks Location: Bell the Cat - Rosemary Room Instructor: Joanna Young |
CALENDAR OF CLASSES
Download and view/print the PDF version: Senior College Class Schedule Fall 2024.pdf |
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