ML Spring Extension 2021 Courses & Bios
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Pathways Institute for Lifelong Learning® Spring Extension 2021 Capital Region Registration Dates: April 7 - May 10 ML-46-EXT Dysfunction by Design Instructor: Ms. Jean Handley Wednesday, May 26, 2021 10:00 am - 11:15 am Virtual only (on Zoom) Enrollment limit: none Fee: $10 Do you ever wonder why issues you care about never get any action in legislatures? Gerrymandering is a major contributing factor to dysfunction in both our state legislature and Congress. Procedural rules that govern the two houses of our PA General Assembly are also a major factor in determining if legislation with broad bi-partisan and public support is either enacted or dies without any action. Join Jean Handley for a look at the history, evolution, effects of gerrymandering and possible solutions in Pennsylvania. In addition, discover how procedural rules in our General Assembly negatively impact collaborative policy making and enactment of legislation beneficial to Pennsylvania citizens. ML-47-EXT Basics of Day-to-Day Technology with Teens Teach Technology May 27, June 3 and June 10 at 3:30-4:30 pm Virtual only (on Zoom) Enrollment limit: none Fee: none Learn from the youngest instructors at Pathways institute - teenagers - who are experts on using technology. In this free three-session course, you will learn how to create a Facebook account, sign up for food delivery, get access to your favorite music, learn a foreign language for free, and 1 much more. Pathways Institute partnered with Teens Teach Technology whose mission is offering free education on technology to older adults. Join the students from Central Bucks High School South for this course offered via Zoom. Session 1: Social Media (Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook) Session 2: Daily Applications (Food, Education, Reading) Session 3: Entertainment (Television streaming, Music Applications, and Fun Applications) You can choose to attend all or any of the sessions. ML-48-EXT Crafting Gnomes Instructor: Linda Henkel Wednesday, June 2, 2021 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Hostetter Enrichment Center, Messiah Village Enrollment limit: 15 Fee: $20 Be ready to celebrate the 4th of July by crafting a cute red, white, and blue themed gnome. Make a second gnome that will welcome fall to your home. No experience is necessary to make these two adorable figures. ML-49-EXT-AM Group 1 Historical Field Trip to the Restored Little Red School House in Wellsville, PA Instructor: Ms. Rosemary Firestone Thursday, June 3, 2021 First trip: 9:00 am - 10:30 am (Depart Village Square at 8:15 am) Wellsville, PA Enrollment limit: 16 Fee: $25 Join us to travel back in time and experience what education was like in a one-room school. This beautifully-restored building will give you an opportunity to either learn, or reminisce about, what education was like in a one-room, eight-grade school. You will be able to see and touch many artifacts that students used in this (or similar) schools. 2 Cash donations toward the Little Red School House are accepted and appreciated at time of visit (in addition to a registration fee). ML-50-EXT-PM Group 2 Historical Field Trip to the Restored Little Red School House in Wellsville, PA Instructor: Ms. Rosemary Firestone Thursday, June 3, 2021 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (Depart Village Square at 12:15 pm) Wellsville, PA Enrollment limit: 16 Fee: $25.00 Join us to travel back in time and experience what education was like in a one-room school. This beautifully-restored building will give you an opportunity to either learn, or reminisce about, what education was like in a one-room, eight-grade school. You will be able to see and touch many artifacts that students used in this (or similar) schools. Cash donations toward the Little Red School House are accepted and appreciated at time of visit (in addition to a registration fee). ML-51-EXT Meet The Creative YOU Instructor: Barbara Passeri Warfel Friday, June 4, 2021 10:00 am - 11:30 am Hostetter Enrichment Center I, Messiah Village Enrollment limit: 23 Fee: $20 I want to introduce you to someone special. That someone is YOU! It is easy to find your "inner artist." The ability to be creative is every person's birthright, not a special talent reserved for a few. The gift is there, to be exposed, using simple tools and techniques. The class will briefly cover the basics for creating beautiful art starting with proper seated body position and upper arm and hand function allowing freedom of motion, creating beautiful line quality. After doing warm-up exercises, participants will use their own intuitive inclinations to develop and expand the drawing exercise with colored pencils. Discussion and questions can be shared at the end of this one and one-half hour lesson. Participants will need to bring a sharpened pencil. Paper and colored pencils will be provided. A reference manual "Simple Lines Make a Difference" will also be offered for a fee of $10 (payable 3 at the time of the course) to anyone interested in expanding the experience of creating art through line and color on their own at home. ML-52-EXT Introduction to Essential Oils and Aromatherapy Instructor: Ms. Lauren McNaughten Tuesday, June 8, 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am Hostetter Enrichment Center I, Messiah Village Enrollment limit: 23 Fee: $10.00 This course will introduce participants to the natural health alternatives of essential oils, sometimes referred to as aromatherapy. In this course, participants will learn how essential oils interact with the body to provide physical and emotional support. Essential oils are present in products that we already use every day ranging from chewing gum to household cleaners. There are different levels of use of essential oil – flavoring, perfuming, and therapeutic use. In this class, we will focus on the safe, therapeutic use. *Note: Some individuals may have reactions to fragrances due to the synthetic (man-made in a lab) chemicals that are added as enhancers. During this class, we will only be using pure essential oils – free from man-made chemicals. Participants will have the opportunity to purchase a roller bottle of essential oil for $10.00 payable at time of class. ML-53-EXT Weed Walk With Willa Wednesday, June 9, 2021 10:00 am - 11:30 am Transportation: Departing Village Square at 9:00 am Sonnewald Natural Foods, Spring Grove, PA Enrollment limit: 16 Fee: $25 Come join Willa for an inspirational educational walk of the farm to learn about the many benefits of medicinal plants that may be growing in your own yard or neighborhood. Please bring water, bug spray and a bag for your free comfrey plant. 4 ML54-EXT Taking Interesting Photos Instructor: Robert T. Mann Friday, June 11, 2021 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Hostetter Enrichment Center, Messiah Village Enrollment limit: 23 Fee: $10 This class is designed for those who want to learn how to take more interesting pictures of their family and friends as well as their travels and memories. This class will not require any special equipment or exotic locations. It is aimed at the person who uses a point-and-shoot camera or a smartphone, and wants to learn how to get more interesting pictures. The presentation will uncover basic techniques and principles of good composition. One goal is to develop a photo-eye to be able to “see” the end result and to take note of dangers to avoid. In this class we will learn about the four elements that help you produce a masterpiece rather than an ordinary snapshot. I call these the ABCs of fine photos. The best picture shows a single and simple idea; this supports the slogan that less is more. ML-55-EXT[Transportation] The Civil War: Inside & Outside at Seminary Ridge Museum Instructor: Mr. Warren Eshbach Tuesday, June 15, 2021 10:00 am - 12 noon (back to Messiah before 1:00 pm) Transportation: Departing Village Square at 9:00 am Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg, PA Enrollment limit: 15 Instructor Fee: $42, Transportation included While the Civil War was fought outside, the conflict was “made” inside schools, churches, and other places where ideas were shared and debated. Seminary Ridge Museum and education Center, located in Schmucker Hall (the original building of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg) is the greatest place to study the conflicts in the first half of the 19th century. On July 1, 1863, the conflict came to the back door of the seminary during the first day of the battle. Following the battle, the building was transformed into a hospital for wounded of both sides who convalesced there for two and a half months. 5 This course will be a field trip to that historic site with a presentation that will shed new life on often overlooked topics in Civil War history. Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center is located on Seminary Ridge. Three floors of exhibits connect individuals and groups to the dilemmas which led to the Civil War, provide a powerful and personal view of the battle's first day, and show the work of one of the battlefield's largest field hospitals. Guided tours of the Cupola are available for an additional fee of $27 payable directly at the museum at the time of the visit. If you are interested in the Cupola Tour, contact Pathways office when you register for the course. ML-56-EXT[Self transport] The Civil War: Inside & Outside at Seminary Ridge Museum Instructor: Mr. Warren Eshbach Tuesday, June 15, 2021 10:00 am - 12 noon Seminary Ridge Museum, 111 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, PA 17325 Enrollment limit: 32 Fee: $32 While the Civil War was fought outside, the conflict was “made” inside schools, churches, and other places where ideas were shared and debated.