Senior Lecture Series - 09/19/2011

Senior Lecture Series

Various Instructors -- No. 10066 Tuition: $100.00 -- 4 sessions. Pre-registration is required--call 743-2238. SUNY Adirondack Continuing Education is pleased to present the Senior Lecture Series once again. The lectures will be presented by a combination of SUNY Adirondack’s distinguished faculty members and local experts. The format remains the same on most days: each lecture will be an hour long, followed by a 15-minute question and answer period. Lunch each day is included and provides an opportunity for attendees to get to know each other and talk about the lectures and the subject matter presented. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 9:30am-10:00am: Welcome, check-in & refreshments. 10:00am-11:15am: Oscar Hammerstein: Lyricist, Writer and Mentor Presenter: Kate Dudding, Story Teller, Author 11:30am-12:45pm: Sailing Turkey’s Lycian Coast. Presenter: Valerie Haskins, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology 12:45pm-1:45pm: Lunch 1:45pm-3:00pm: Humanitarian Rescue and the Spanish American War Presenter: Keith Pomakoy, Assistant Professor of History TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 9:30am-10:00am: Check-in/refreshments 10:00am-11:15am: Gary Evans: The story of a career criminal and serial killer and how he was finally brought to justice. Presenter: Jim Horton, Retired NYS Investigator 11:30am-12:45pm: Jim Horton (con't) 12:45pm-1:45pm: Lunch 1:45pm-3:00pm: Lake George Shipwrecks and Sunken History Presenter: Joseph W. Zarzynski, Underwater Archaeologist, Executive Director of Bateau Below Inc. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 9:30am-10:00am: Check-in/refreshments 10:00am-11:15am: Lens of Poetry—The Visual Life of the Poet Presenter: Dr. Sheldon Hurst, Professor of Art 11:30am-12:45pm: The North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association. Presenter: Don Papson, President of North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association 12:45pm-1:45pm: Lunch 1:45pm-3:00pm: An Overview of Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum. Presenter: Jeffrey Urbin, Education Specialist TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 9:30am-10:00am: Check-in/refreshments 10:00am-11:15am: Early Workers of the Slate Valley. Presenter: Kate Weller, Executive Director of The Slate Valley Museum 11:30am-12:45pm: Karl Marx and his Critique of Capitalism. Presenter: Drew Costa, Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Ethics 12:45pm-1:45pm: Lunch 1:45pm-3:00pm: Art and Education at the Tang Museum. Presenter: Ginger Ertz, Tang Museum Educator