Learn with SU (Lifelong Learning)

 

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Fall 2009 Offerings

Walking Programs

Get Moving. Attend all sessions convenient for you.
Lead by Liz Tollett, Healthy U Staff

  • Thursdays, September 3-November 19 • 9:30 a.m.
    Healthy U of Delmarva Office
    103 Power Street • Track, SU Campus
Lead by Jim Mace, Learn with SU Representative
  • Mondays, September 14-November 16 • 2 p.m.
    Walks at various locations near Delaware beaches
    First walk at Bethany-Fenwick Chamber of Commerce

Square Dancing

Grab your partner and learn this fun and popular dance. Fee is $20.
Instructed by Ed & Jane Shaffer, Learn with SU Representatives
  • Mondays, September 21, 28, October 5, 12 • 10 a.m.
    University Fitness Club
    SU Campus, 201 Milford Street

Chesapeake Bay

Maritime Museum Trip Enjoy an hour and half guided tour of this Chesapeake Bay landmark followed by lunch at the Crab Crawl Restaurant in St. Michaels, MD. Fee is $35.
  • Thursday, September 17
    Bus departs from SU Foundation House,
    1308 Camden Avenue 8:30 a.m.; returns 4 p.m.

Tai Chi for Wellness

This exercise promotes body-mind health and spiritual wellbeing. This six-week session teaches the principles of Tai Chi. Dress comfortably. Fee is $6 per class.
Instructed by Dr. Bob McBrien
  • Wednesdays, September 9-October 14 • 1 p.m.
    University Fitness Club, SU Campus, 201 Milford Street
  • Tuesdays, September 15-October 20 • 11 a.m. Brandywine Assisted Living
    (across from Harris Teeter)
    21111 Arrington Drive, Selbyville, DE

Stretching and Balance

Get your body moving while gaining balance and core strength. Free.
Instructed by Megan Maloney, SU Student
  • Fridays, October 2-27 • 10 a.m.
    University Fitness Club
    SU Campus
    201 Milford Street

Humanities Seminars

Celebrity in America and the Distortion of Our Culture and Politics • With Donald Whaley
  • Saturday, September 26 • 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Teacher Education and Technology Center Room 179, SU Campus
    The Chesapeake in the Word and Image
    With Author Tom Horton and Photographer David Harp
  • Saturday, January 30 • 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Teacher Education and Technology Center Room 179, SU Campus Fee is $30 per seminar, includes coffee, snacks and lunch.
    Made possible by the Whaley Family Foundation.

Ballroom Dancing

Take a twirl around the dance floor as you learn this elegant dance form. Attend all 3 sessions. Fee is $10.
Instructed by Nicholas Pasch, SU Student
  • Thursdays - October 1, 8, 15 - 2 p.m.
    University Fitness Club
    SU Campus
    201 Milford Street

Enjoying Poetry

Read and discuss a variety of 20th century women poets, including Oliver, Giovanni, Clifton, Levertov, Hirshfield and Pastan.
Instructed by Kathleen Winter, Learn with SU Representative
  • October 13 & 15 | 10-11:30 a.m.
    Alumni House
    SU Campus

Telling Your Story - Memoir Writing

Writing memoir is really a gift to those you love. Draw on your memories to begin writing your memoir and learn about resources available to continue working on your life story. Discuss and organize photos, keepsakes, and private and public data to assist you in the process of writing your legacy.
Instructed by Joan Katz, Learn with SU Representative
  • Wednesday, October 28 • 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Alumni House, SU Campus

Delaware Brewery Bus Trip

Enjoy a tour of Evolution Brewery in Delmar, DE, while sampling beers of the month. Fee is $5.
Tour Guided by Owner Tommy Knorr
  • Tuesday, November 17 • 3 p.m.
    Departing from Brandywine Assisted Living
    (across from Harris Teeter) • 2 p.m.
    21111 Arrington Drive, Selbyville, DE

Let’s Knit

Learn the basic steps of knitting and make something to take with you. Fee is $10.
Instructed by Betsy Rodier, SU Staff
  • November 2 & 4 • 10 a.m.
    Brandywine Assisted Living (across from Harris Teeter)
    21111 Arrington Drive, Selbyville, DE
  • November 9 & 11 • 3 p.m.
    Alumni House, SU Campus

Milton Theatre Bus Trip

Have dinner at Irish Eyes in Milton, DE, then sit back and enjoy the show: “Tribute to Judy Garland.” Fee is $35.
  • Saturday, November 7 • 8 p.m.
    Bus departs from SU Foundation House,
    1308 Camden Avenue
    4 p.m.; returns 10 p.m.

Barbershop Quartet

Come and listen! Take part and learn more about our local Barbershop Quartet, The Peninsulaires. Free for all!
  • Wednesday, October 21 • 4-5:30 p.m.
    Scarborough Leadership Center
    SU Campus

Book Club

Discuss Journey from the Land of No by Roya Hakakian, the author’s memoir of her girlhood in Iran during Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolution.
Lead by Katie Martin, SU Staff
  • Mondays, October 5 & 26 • 3 p.m.
    Panera Bread, 2618 N. Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury

Appealing Appetizers

Appealing Appetizers Learn how to create appetizers. Two classes are being offered; limited to 14 people per class. Fee is $10.
Presented by Pete Roskovich, SU Alumnus
  • Tuesday, November 10 • 1 p.m. or 3 p.m.
    Black Diamond Lodge, Fruitland, MD
For additional information or to register contact Amy Waters at ahwaters@salisbury.edu or 410-677-5416.
Salisbury University’s lifelong learning program promotes and offers stimulating educational sessions to individuals ages 50 and over.