LECTURES

 

ADVENTURES IN LIFELONG LEARNING LECTURES   July - December, 2010

Lectures at 2:00 p.m.

Cinema of UW-Parkside's Student Center

Kenosha, WI

Dates varying from our usual 1st and 3rd Mondays are underlined

 

Be sure to display your parking permit when you park in the Tallent Hall parking lot; then use the shuttle bus which takes you close to the front door of the Student Center. 

NOTE: The shuttle may not be running during the summer.  If not, park in the Student Center main lot.

Moreau MacCaughey, mmctwo@wi.rr.com, 262-681-0882

 

 

July 12   

“SONGS OF TRAVEL:  HOW I GOT TO WHERE I AM”

Gregory Berg:  Asst. Prof., Carthage College; Fine Arts    Director, WGTD;

Minister of Music, Holy Communion Lutheran Church; soloist with Kenosha and Racine Symphonies; enthusiastic presenter of ALL’s opera classes.

Greg Berg will share some thoughts on the most significant milestones in his life that have shaped him – especially shaped him as a musician.  He will also do a bit of singing.

 

July 19             

“RADIATING A PATH TO PEACE IN A WORLD MARRED BY VIOLENCE”

Sr. Brenda Walsh:  Member of Racine Dominicans; has worked in Racine for 30 years; advocate for peace and justice; a native of Ireland; has been a frequent presenter at Parkside’s Aging Well Conferences.

Sr. Brenda will discuss how one can help work toward peace in today’s world, one in which peace is not readily apparent.

 

Aug. 2              

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. FIELDS”

Tony Larsen:  Pastor, Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church,

Racine, for 35 years; peace and social justice activist; helps lead prayer

vigils in Racine whenever there is a homicide; author of self-help book called

“Trust Yourself.”

W. C. Fields, an American classic, was born 130 years ago (Jan. 29, 1880).  What does he have to teach us today, in culture and religion?

 

Aug. 23          

“UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR WISCONSIN”

Kathleen Holman:  Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.  Ms. Holman received her MS in atmospheric science in 2010 and will pursue a doctorate, with   research looking at extreme precipitation events in model simulations.

This presentation will begin with an introduction to climate change.  Ms. Holman will look at  different types of radiation and how they relate to the natural greenhouse effect.  She willdiscuss some climate feedbacks that scientists are currently researching and how those feedbacks relate to greenhouse gases. The second half of the presentation will focus on climate change in Wisconsin.  Ms. Holmanwill discuss observational studies as well as studies looking at future projections.

Sept. 13            

“LEARNING FROM THE GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION METHODS”

Donald Whitfield: Director of Higher Education, Great Book Foundation.

For the many book readers and members of various book clubs, this lecture will help you to

Interpret, enjoy, and discuss your reading.  In an interactive session, Mr. Whitfield will

demonstrate the “shared inquiry approach to discussion” and will provide examples of how

asking pointed questions and listening closely to various answers will give you greater

insight   for interpreting your reading.  Mr. Whitfield has over 20 years experience with Great Books.  He often uses fairy tales to create a bit of humor while illustrating his points.  Mr. Whitfield will lead an ALL Great Books group discussion in the morning.   

             

Sept. 20            

“CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR HIP AND KNEE ARTHRITIS”

William Lutes, M.D.:  Orthopedic Surgeon, Aurora Medical Center, Kenosha.

Dr. Lutes will discuss the most current treatment, both operative and non-operative for hip

and knee arthritis.  He will incorporate a PowerPoint presentation.

 

Oct. 4                

“AN INSIDER’S VIEW OF CHINA TODAY”

Vincent D’Orazio, Ph.D.:  UW-Parkside.

Dr. D’Orazio is a frequent traveler to Southeast Asia, and will concentrate his presentation on various aspects of Chinese society today, based on his observations and interactions with Chinese from all walks of life.  He may include topics such as familial traditions, marriage, ramifications of the one-child policy, care of the elderly, “the love affair with American culture,” education and health care in China.

 

Oct. 18             

“VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AT CARTHAGE COLLEGE”

Thomas D. Carr, Ph.D.:  a vertebrate paleontologist in Carthage’s Department

of Biology.

Dr. Carr has been involved in naming five new dinosaurs.  He has an active field program,

where he and his teams of students and volunteers collect dinosaurs from the Hell Creek

Formation of southeastern Montana.  Dr. Carr earned his postgraduate degrees from the

University of Toronto.  His research specialty is growth and evolution of dinosaurs.  We may see some examples of his work in a PowerPoint presentation.

 

Nov. 1                

“PROMOTING AN ELIGHTENED CITIZENRY:  US FOREIGN POLICY AND THE

GREAT DECISIONS SERIES”

Doug Savage:  Assistant Director of the Institute for World Affairs, the

International education outreach arm of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Mr. Savage also serves as producer of the weekly International Focus program on

Milwaukee Public Television and is coordinator of the Institute’s annual Great

Decisions lecture series.

Thomas Jefferson once said, “Though the people may acquiesce, they cannot approve what

they do not understand.”  This presentation will discuss how the Great Decisions lecture

Series supports the formation of informed opinion on critical foreign policy issues.

ALL expects to begin its third Great Decisions focus group early next year and members are

encouraged to participate.

  

Nov. 15            

“A. C. GILBERT ERECTOR SETS”

David Blood:  Chair Emeritus, Gateway Technical College’s Department of

Trade and Industry.  Retired lead instructor for GTC’s industrial Mechanic

Program, Past President and former publisher and board member of the A. C.

Gilbert Heritage Society.

The Gilbert erector sets were often called “Career Building toys,” as many children, including David Blood, who played with their sets, often got a start on their career or avocation.  Mr. Blood has been collecting A.C. Gilbert Erector sets since 1993, has amassed one of the premier collections in the United States and, in the process, has acquired a vast amount of knowledge about the Erector sets and the history of A. C. Gilbert and his company.  The largest Erector set ever made weighed 150 pounds and was manufactured only in 1931 and Members of the A. C. Gilbert Heritage Society met on the Gateway campus earlier this year to show off their Erector set creations; the program was shown on Racine’s

Time-Warner Channel 25.

 

Dec. 6               

Holiday Celebration

Program to be announced