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MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPRING 2021 Continuing Education and PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENRICHMENT Workforce Development Non-Credit Courses: January-May ART AND CRAFTS A Guided Tour of the David Hayes Sculpture Fields in Coventry (Hybrid) David Hayes, a Manchester, Connecticut native, was a world-class sculptor and his works are on display in art museums across the country, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. After earning an MFA from Indiana University and receiving a post-graduate Fulbright Scholarship and a Guggenheim Fellowship, he and his young family moved to Paris, where they lived for more than a decade and where Hayes studied and worked with the famous sculptor, Alexander Calder. When the family returned to the states in the 1970s, they moved into an old farmhouse in Coventry, the place where Hayes began to create his Sculpture Fields. You can sample the art online by Googling “David Hayes Sculpture Fields.” The first se sion of the course will discuss the life and work of Hayes through an online lecture, using WebEx. Students must have a webcam and microphone on their computer or device. The instructor will contact students with further instructions one to three NON-CREDIT PROGRAMS business days prior to class. The second session will meet at the David Hayes Sculpture Fields, 905 South Street, Coventry; the instructor will provide General Information .................. [email protected] directions. Students should wear appropriate boots or shoes for walking in damp grass and consider using tick protection. Due to COVID-19 guidelines, Director, mask wearing and social distancing will be required. Carleigh Schultz. [email protected] CRN 10943 | Fee: $25 (plus $10 per student for donation/admittance to Program Coordinator, the Hayes Sculpture Fields, payable at second session) Stephen Campiglio. ............ [email protected] 2 sessions | 1 Thursday | 5/13 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Online Administrative Assistant, 1 Saturday | 5/15 | 10-11:30 a.m. (rain date 5/22) | Meet at Hayes Jessie Bradley ........................ [email protected] Farmhouse, Coventry Instructor: Ann Bonney, MS 2 All classes are online unless a specific room location has been assigned. BODY, MIND CULTURE AND AND SPIRIT HISTORY These classes are enrichment programs and do Mysteries of Ancient Ireland not necessarily reflect the views of MCC. In this course, you will learn about the heroes, heroines and Gods of ancient Ireland. Topics will include prehistoric monuments, ancient folklore, myths and Achieving Balance in the Time of COVID-19 legends, and some of the esoteric aspects of the Irish language. Please note: This course will be taught through an online format, using WebEx. Students We are currently living in an age that is completely unfamiliar to us. We have must have a webcam and microphone on their home computer or device. The never experienced a pandemic before and are learning as we go. How do we instructor will contact students with further instructions one to three business know what is good for us and what is not? Are we practicing the “Covid life” days prior to class. correctly? Are we balanced physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually? Let’s talk. Everyone has a different personality type, dividing broadly along CRN 10946 | Fee: $65 extrovert vs. introvert, as well as how each of us processes information, how 3 Wednesdays | 2/24-3/10 other people impact you, and your level and choices of self-care. Therefore, a 7-9 p.m. | Online healthy balance will look different for each of you. Let’s find out what these Instructor: Mary Carchrie, MA specific methods a e! Please note: This course will be offered online, using WebEx; students must have a webcam and microphone on their computer or Irish History from 800 A.D. to the Present device. The instructor will contact students with further instructions one to three We will examine the outside influences that changed the Irish from insular business days prior to class. tribes of cattle raiders to Celtic Tigers, including the arrival of the Vikings, the invasion of the Normans, the domination of the Elizabethans, the CRN 10944 | Fee: $25 importation of Protestant Scots, and all the Fenian uprisings that eventually 1 Wednesday | 4/21 led to independence and Ireland’s entry into the modern world. The course 6-8 p.m. | Online will include discussion and visual aids. A suggested reading list will also be Instructor: Dory Dzinski, MA provided. Please note: This course will be taught through an online format, Dreams Workshop using WebEx. Students must have a webcam and microphone on their home computer or device. The instructor will contact students with further instructions In many instances, dreams are a conversation that you are having with yourself. one to three business days prior to class. Have they become strange lately? Are you dreaming more? There are a few themes that may be dominating your dream life, such as survival and loss of CRN 10947 | Fee: $65 control. Dreams can come from the conscious, subconscious or unconscious 3 Wednesdays | 3/24-4/7 levels of our mind. Let’s have an informative — but fun — group conversation 7-9 p.m. | Online and find out what your d eams are trying to tell you! No need to have a dream Instructor: Mary Carchrie, MA dictionary on hand, but do have some dreams to share! Please note: This course will be offered online, using WebEx; students must have a webcam and microphone on their computer or device. The instructor will contact students with further instructions one to three business days prior to class. CRN 10945 | Fee: $25 1 Wednesday | 4/7 6-8 p.m. | Online Instructor: Dory Dzinski, MA 2 All classes are online unless a specific room location has been assigned. All classes are online unless a specific room location has been assigned. 3 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) Have questions about ESL classes? Email Continuing Grammar Basics II Education at [email protected] and ask that the This course is a continuation of Grammar Basics I. We will continue our review instructor contact you. of the basic verb tenses and improve upon grammar skills, such as modals, time clauses, gerunds and infinitives th ough workbook exercises. We will Grammar Basics I also include an introduction to basic college writing skills. Listening, speaking, Can you understand and speak English, but are unsure about using grammar reading and writing activities will be incorporated into the course. The correctly at work or in social situations? In this class we will review the basic instructor will email students course material. Prerequisite: Grammar Basics I or verb tenses and build on grammar skills, such as modals, time clauses, gerunds a more advanced ESL grammar level. Required for this online course: Internet and infinitives The focus will be on the review and reinforcement of grammar access and computer. Microphone and webcam needed for live audio/video skills through workbook exercises and will also include an introduction to basic training. WebEx is required and used by instructor and students. The instructor college writing skills. Listening, speaking, reading and writing activities will be will contact students with further instructions one to three business days prior incorporated into the course. The instructor will email students course material. to class. Required for this online course: Internet access and computer. Microphone CRN 10865 | Fee: $105 and webcam needed for live audio/video training. WebEx is required and used 5 Thursdays | 2/18-3/18 by instructor and students. The instructor will contact students with further 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Online instructions one to three business days prior to class. Instructor: Nasreen Al Omari, PhD CRN 10864 | Fee: $105 5 Thursdays | 1/14-2/11 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Online Instructor: Nasreen Al Omari, PhD 4 All classes are online unless a specific room location has been assigned. ESL: Conversation, Customs and Culture Pronunciation Practice: Accent Reduction Come practice your English in a fun, relaxed and informal setting, while Do you find it di ficult to communicate in English? This course is designed for learning about American customs and culture. We will discuss the meaning intermediate to advanced ESL students. The class will concentrate on improving of idioms and what to do and say in a variety of everyday practical and social your quality, comprehension and consistency of spoken English. All the situations, such as working, traveling and celebrating holidays. Practice your sounds in standard American English will be covered. Emphasis will be on the communication skills as you share aspects of your culture with your classmates development of intonation, articulation, rhythm and connected speech. The goal and explore your common interests. This course is ideal for au pairs who need is to overcome communication difficulties and imp ove one’s speech pattern to fulfill their educational equirements. Students should be at a high beginner in society. The instructor will email handouts and audio practice material to the to intermediate level of spoken English. If you are unsure about your skill level, students. Microphone and webcam needed for live audio/video training. WebEx you may provide your contact information to Continuing Education and the is required and used by instructor and students. The instructor will contact instructor will contact you. The instructor will email students course material. students with further instructions one to three business days prior to class. Required for this online course: Internet access and computer. Microphone CRN 10869 | Fee: $295 and webcam needed for live audio/video training. WebEx is required and used 12 Tuesdays | 2/2-4/20 by instructor and students. The instructor will contact students with further 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Online instructions one to three business days prior to class.