End of the Year Party Pictures!
Check out the pictures from the Learning in Retirement End of the Year Party!
A Word from the 60+ Learning in Retirement Coordinator
Dear Graying Bluejays,
Our Christian college campus is certainly an exciting place to be with students from California to Canada filling the halls of Tabor to overflowing. Throughout our nurturing community, there is the expectancy that campus activities will bring tremendous spiritual as well as educational growth to all.
Here’s one way you can be a part of that milieu. We’re really excited to have a series available that brings folks over the age of 60 back to campus every week. What an opportunity to walk within the “halls of ivy” while becoming globally aware.
Life-long learning is what we’ve been about. Every semester we line up programs that cover a huge variety of subjects such as travel, health, current domestic and global issues, traditional music, etc. Check out recent and current semester schedules on these pages—you’ll see topics of interest to the retired and the not-so-retired.
A natural occurrence at our meetings is good fellowship among like-minded folks. Since our sessions are over by 11:05a.m., there’s time to walk over to the college cafeteria for an early lunch before the stampede of students at noon. By picking up a special card at our meetings, participants can enjoy the “all-you-care-to-eat” lunch for a ridiculously low price ($3.25)!
Registration at the table by the door, hosted by a volunteer, begins a half hour before every meeting. We have a nominal fee to help defray expenses. Currently the charge is $15 per person or $28 per couple for a semester membership. Others are welcome to attend any morning for $3 per session.
We meet in the ground-level Wohlgemuth Music Education Center, just north of the Library. Handy parking is available in the parking lot south of the library or just north of the WMEC.
Feel free to call me (620-947-5964) or email conniei@tabor.edu if you have questions, need a campus map, or want a schedule mailed to a friend.
In Review: Spring ‘08 Series
“Hear for I will speak noble things.” – Proverbs 8:6
Feb. 25 One Answer to the Energy Crisis: Gray County Wind Farm
Joe Jury of Ingalls Kans., owner of Sagebrush Feeders, and his neighboring ranchers have become comfortable with turbines on their land. Hear his views and see the “birds” for yourself with the aid of PowerPoint slides.
March 3 Piano Power: The Fun and the Familiar
Come for a delightful, entertaining hour, as professional mother-daughter piano duo, Verna Davidson of Delphos, Kans., and Tanya Davidson Wollenberg, rural Newton, Kan.,will perform familiar hymns, popular songs and patriotic numbers.
March 10 Aprons: Blest Be the Ties!
Farm wife and college teacher, Carolyn Stucky of Inman, Kans. will bring aprons from her extensive collection. She’ll describe how changes in the design and fabrication of aprons reflect the changing role of women in the home and society.
March 17 Braids and Straw Hats: Teaching in Neuhof Hutterian Brethren School
Elaine Ewert Kroeker of Bingham Lake, Minn., has had the rare opportunity of teaching Hutterite children. She’ll share experiences and some special photos of Hutterite family life with us. Illustrated with PowerPoint.
March 24 Summer Teaching Program in a “Small” City in China
Menno and Alice Isaacof N. Newton, Kans., recently spent six weeks teaching Englsih to Chinese public school teachers in Bao Tou, a city of 3 million people in Inner Mongolia, China. Both longtime school teachers, they’ll tell us of this capstone experience.
March 31 Spring Break
April 7 Dyck Arboretum: Preserving Native Landscapes
Knowledgable staff from the arboretum in nearby Hesston, Kans., will teach us to appreciate the importance of Kansas’ native and adaptable plants. Illustrated with PowerPoint.
April 14 Patching, Painting, and other Projects with Purpose
Since 2002, retired farmer, Don Fruechting, and his wife Betty Lange Fruechting of the Aulne, Kan. area, have been active with RV Volunteers in Mission, sponsored by the United Methodist Church. Hear about the hard work they love to do! PowerPoint.
April 21 Birding: A Hobby for All People, in All Places, at All Times
Think there are only sparrows, hawks and crows in Kansas? Former Tabor President Larry Nikkel will show us that because of Kansas’ migratory bird “flyways,” we can find many interesting birds right here in Marion County! Illustrated.
April 28 Golden Love
A few years ago, after losing her husband to cancer, Salina resident, Carol Muller-Funk, became a bride again. Author of the book “Golden Love,” Muller-Funk will share some of the joys and surprises of remarriage in the “golden years.”
May 5 Year-end Party
Circle your calendar for our special year-end party with popcorn and fun entertainment by the comedy duo, Bruno and Minerva Hickenooper . Come and find out who they really are!
Views expressed in the 60+ series are not necessarily those of Tabor College.
For more information contact: Connie Isaac (620) 947-3121 xt. 1212 or email at conniei@tabor.edu
