SPRING 2020 | CLASSES, EVENTS AND SOCIALS Expand your mind. Expand your community. www.drake.edu/raysociety | 515.271.2120 | [email protected] | www.facebook.com/raysocietyatdrake Learn something new. Have fun doing it! About the RaySociety We are a volunteer-supported program of Drake University open to all persons who seek opportunities for lifelong learning. We offer an environment of sharing and fellowship that provides opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural stimulation and growth. How it Works: Non-credit educational opportunities are offered in the Fall and Spring semesters to our membership of lifelong learners. Instruction is provided by volunteers from Drake University Volunteer Learn something new. faculty and the community at large. Events and socials are Opportunities! offered regularly to help connect and enrich our membership. Support the RaySociety Have fun doing it! by sharing your time and Membership Options talents. All current members are welcome to participate! Annual RaySociety membership extends from July 1 through Options include: June 30. A fall and spring catalog will be issued to all members. • Host Team • Annual membership $50 per person • Setup/Support Team • 2-year membership $95 per person • Program Committee • 3-year membership $140 per person • Lifetime membership $2,500 per person • Events and Socials Committee • Benefits of Lifetime Membership: no annual renewal fees, no standard ($30) class registration fees, 75% tax • Membership & Marketing deductible, option to pay in annual installments over a Committee three year period. • RaySociety Council Contact the office for details! Membership Benefits E: [email protected] • Connection to a community of enthusiastic learners in a P: 515-271-2120 vibrant university atmosphere W: drake.edu/raysociety • Access to 50+ diverse courses from Drake faculty, community leaders, and experts Maling Address: • 10+ members-only lectures, activities, and socials 2507 University Avenue throughout the year at no additional cost Des Moines, IA 50311 • Campus parking privileges • Borrowing privileges at Drake’s Cowles Library Office Location: • Reserved seating at Drake’s Bucksbaum Lecture series 3206 University Avenue • Invitations to Drake-sponsored lectures and activities Des Moines, IA 50311 • Monthly newsletter Important Information Class Registration New Members • Classes are open to RaySociety • A free RaySociety nametag will be members only. issued to all new members. Lifetime • Registration is processed on a first- members receive a specially desig- come, first-served basis. nated nametag that is distinguishable from those of annual members. Re- • A registration form and a business placement nametags will be issued reply envelope are enclosed for your for a fee of $10. convenience. • New members who join during the • You can also register for courses Spring semester will be given one online at drake.edu/raysociety. free standard course ($30 value). • Each participant should register separately. Class Locations and Campus Map A registration confirmation will be Most RaySociety classes are held during emailed to you once your registration the day, Monday through Friday, on the has been processed (7-10 business Drake campus. Courses are held off days). Should you register for a class campus as necessary (venue selection that is full, you will be added to a is dictated by course demand, when wait list. If you are not successfully possible). A class reminder with the registered in a class, a refund will be course location will be emailed 7–10 processed and mailed to you. days prior to the start of the activity or class. Please read your reminder Registration Refunds carefully for any change in details. Registration refunds will be issued Member Communication only when cancellation is received no • The RaySociety uses email as its later than 48 hours prior to the start of primary method of communication. the activity or by printed registration Please watch your email for deadline, when applicable. Refunds will RaySociety communications. If you do not be issued for partial participation in not have an email address, member any class or activity. information will be mailed through USPS. Paper mailings may result in delayed communication. • RaySociety members will receive an e-newsletter at the end of each month, highlighting upcoming RaySociety and campus activities. 4 SPRING 2020 Important Information Parking Privileges Class Cancellations • All current RaySociety members In the case of inclement weather, will be issued a RaySociety parking the RaySociety will follow the same permit valid in specified campus lots. cancellation policy as Des Moines Public Your parking permit will be mailed to Schools: if district schools cancel, we you before your first class. will cancel. • If you have a persons-with- When possible, staff will notify the class disabilities plate or placard, you may list of cancellation via email. Please park in the designated handicap watch your emails for cancellation spots. You must display both your updates. RaySociety and persons-with- disabilities placard/plate. Visitors • Your parking pass is valid for the RaySociety members are allowed to entire 2019-20 academic year. bring visitors to one session of a course Replacement parking tags will be free of charge. If the visitor would like issued (if available) for a fee of $10. to continue attending the class, they will need to purchase a membership and • You are responsible for any parking register for the course. Please contact citations incurred. the RaySociety office before you invite any visitors to insure there is space Shuttle Service available in the course for guests. Shuttle service will be provide for RaySociety members as needed. The shuttle will transport participants from designated parking lots to class locations. Details regarding shuttle pickup locations and timing will be included in each class reminder email. Library Privileges • As a member of the RaySociety, you have borrowing privileges at Drake’s Cowles Library. To get your library card, visit the Cowles Library information desk. • For directions and hours call 515- 271-2113. Your card must be shown each time you visit Cowles Library for access and check-out privileges. 5 Course Table of Contents Great Readings Discussion Group ........................................................................................................7 Tai Chi .........................................................................................................................................................7 International Relations Done Iowa Style! ..........................................................................................7 Travel with an Eye for Art .......................................................................................................................8 Iowa Water Quality .................................................................................................................................8 Explanation of Brexit ...............................................................................................................................8 Iowa Department of Corrections .........................................................................................................9 Native American Presence in Iowa ..................................................................................................... 10 Visual Disobedience: Iowa Artists Dissent, Propose, Actualize! .................................................. 10 2020: Olympic Qualifying, the Blue Oval and the Drake Relays .................................................. 10 The Iowa Shakespeare Experience ....................................................................................................11 The Lives of a Cell Revisited ...............................................................................................................11 Bits & Bots: An Introduction to Coding & Programming ............................................................... 12 Sidney Poitier’s Greatest Year? ........................................................................................................... 12 The Life & Legacy of Carrie Chapman Catt ....................................................................................... 12 Historic Policies that Altered the Face of Des Moines Neighborhoods ..................................... 13 Fur, Feather, Flight! ............................................................................................................................... 13 Water Aerobics ........................................................................................................................................ 14 Pickleball .................................................................................................................................................. 14 Understanding the World ..................................................................................................................... 14 Traditional Chinese Medicine .............................................................................................................. 14 Drake Then & Now ................................................................................................................................ 15 Iowa History Day .................................................................................................................................... 15 How in the World Did They Get