Volunteer Center of Central Vermont and the Northeast Kingdom

.....an invitation to serve

Local community members are needed to assist Lamoille Valley Osher with planning organizing and implementing local educational programs. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes offer new opportunities for serving the intellectual needs of Vermont’s older citizens through non-credit courses and programs offered at an affordable cost in communities throughout the state. In collaboration with UVM, volunteers will design the curriculum and enroll in non-credit classes taught primarily by active and retired UVM faculty or other area college faculty and experts.

OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE
NEWPORT/DERBY
LECTURE SERIES SPRING 2007

Lectures are scheduled or Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. Lectures will be held at the Hebard State Office building with the exception of two sessions as listed.
Semester membership is $40. (individual) $70. (couple). Non-members may attend sessions for $5.00 per person per session.
Call 802-334-8608 to request a full brochure and registration form

March 28   Does the Federal Government Work?   
                    Frank Bryan, UVM Professor of Political Science
April 4       Origins of Contemporary Popular Music        
                    Joel Najman, VPR
 April 11    Wonders of the Tropical Rain Forest
                   Steve Amos
April 18      The Pipe Organ and Its Music  
                   John Weav
 (location: United Church of Newport)

 April 25    Granite, an Industrial Giant in Rural Vermont –
                   Paul Wood
 May 2       The Railroad to the Granite Moutain – The Hardwick Woodbury         Railroad -                    Paul Wood
May 9        Dixieland Jazz -  
                   George Thomas
May 16      Islamic Art –
                   Javed Chaudhri
May 23      Islam Today –
                   Javed Chaudhri
May 30      Protecting the Beautiful Waters of Lake Memphramagog –
                   Fritz Gerhardt ( location: Goodrich Library)
June 6        Beethoven’s “Fidelio” – William Cotte
June 13     Twilight Time in Brownington – Joan Huguenin

 OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE
ST.JOHNSBURY
LECTURE SERIES, SPRING 2007
VIEWS OF OUR WORLD
Lectures are scheduled for Thursday, March 8-April 10, 1:30-3:00 p.m.
All lectures will be presented at the St. Johnsbury House
Semester membership is $40. Non-members may attend sessions for $5.00 per person per session.
Call 802-626-5135 to request a full brochure and registration form.

March 8          Rediscovering Home: The Northeast Kingdom’s Sense of Place
                         Tom Slayton
March 15        How Teenagers View Our World
                        Bess O’Brien
March 22        Viewing the World Through Shambhala Culture
                        Cara Thornley
March 29        The Maya of Guatemala
                        Daisy McCoy and Janet Thorn
April 5             A View From Inner Mongolia Family, Education, Environment Politics
                        Elaine Razzano
April 12           How are Vermont and Ladahk – A Himalayan Buddhist Kingdom - Alike?
                        Curtis Koren
April 19           Pre-1964 America
                        Jon Margolis
April 26           German/US Connections:Decaying Bridges?
                        Glenn Ehrean
May 3             America and the Middle East|
                        Mansour Farhang
May 10           Views of Our World final panel discussion
                        Joan Mead, Moderator

OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE
LAMOILLE VALLEY
LECTURE SERIES WINTER/SPRING 2007
Times and locations to be announced
Call 802-888-2190 ( RSVP office) for full brochure and registration information

Winter series

January 18      Open House tea Program: The Brandenburg Concertos       
                         Jane Ambrose, Director UVM Lane Series
                         This event is free and open to the public. Town and County 

February 1      The Inquest 
                         Jeffrey Marshall, UVM Archivist and author A 19^th century inquest report on
                         the death of a Burlington woman is explored in a new novel

February 8      Program to be announced

February 15   Rudyard Kipling; Writer Across Continents
                        Helene Lang, Professor Emeritus, UVM
Spring series   Islamic Civilization 
                         Javed Chaudhri, Adjunct Professor, Johnson State  College
April    5          The Rise of Islam
April  12          Islamic History
April 19           The Rise and Triumph of the West
April 26           The Third Millenium             

 RSVP and the Volunteer Center of Central Vermont and the Northeast Kingdom is an invitation to serve.  Sponsored by the Central Vermont Council on Aging it is a national program designed to provide opportunities for persons of any age who continue to remain actively involved in the life of their community.  A member agency of Lamoille County and the Green Mountain United Way the  aim is to develop specific volunteer opportunities that utilize the particular skills and interests of each individual volunteer, at the same time keeping an eye to what needs to get done in the community. Offices in Barre, Lyndonville, Morrisville and Newport .