Retired? Interested in being challenged by new ideas?
The LifeLong Learning Society at Christopher Newport University
Announces Spring 2005 Program

News Release - November 18, 2004
contact:
Denise Waters
dwaters@cnu.edu
(757) 594-7331

(NEWPORT NEWS, VA) — Get in shape, enhance your computer skills, learn a foreign language, unleash your creative energies, immerse yourself in history AND ... sail to Bermuda with the LifeLong Learning Society (LLS) at Christopher Newport University.

CNU's renowned professor of biology and local environmental and educational consultant Dr. Harold Cones will present the opening lecture on Monday, January 24, at 2:30 p.m. at the Mariners' Museum. A new member orientation will begin at 12:45 p.m., followed by a reception at 1:15 p.m. in the LLS office located on the third floor of Medical Building 6, 12420 Warwick Blvd.

The spring 2005 program provides a variety of courses for retirement age people who have a passion for learning.   The program includes 44 five-week courses and two 10-week courses. Topics range from "Ancient Greek Theatre" to Wall Street; computer classes to "The Rise and Fall of Nazism;" "Intelligence and Modern Security" to "Approaches to Better Health." The Program also includes a series of Monday afternoon lectures and concerts and a variety of field trips.

Intellectual curiosity is the only admission requirement. Managed by and for its member, the LLS is a program of CNU's Office of University Advancement and is an affiliate of the Elderhostel Institute Network. The LifeLong Learning Society is able to share its program with the community by participating in joint learning efforts with other educational and research institutions, retirement groups, industries and museums and by co-sponsoring three annual conferences.

Full membership for the spring and summer sessions is $120. This includes Monday afternoon lectures and concerts; spring and summer courses; and the opportunity to participate in optional activities and trips.   For more information, contact the LifeLong Learning Society at (757) 594-7568 or visit the website at www.cnu.edu/lls .