Submitted by Evelyn C. McDonald
Arts & Culture Reporter
January 18, 2016 1:00 a.m.
The Center for Lifelong Learning kicks off its spring term January 25 with Norman Wesley’s take on “Grammar For Self-Defense.” On Thursday January 28, two sessions of “Great Decisions 2016” will explore specific foreign policy challenges facing the U.S. Topics include the rise of ISIS, the Koreas, Climate Change, and Cuba and the U.S.
The following week five courses debut. On February 1, “The Geomorphology of Amelia Island” explores what it means to live on a barrier island with a deep water port and a creek running up the center. February 2 “Spanish for Busy People (Basic Level) offers a fast, fun and affordable way to learn the Spanish you need for travel abroad and practical use at home. Also on February 2, “Introduction to Adobe Lightroom” will show you how to download and edit digital camera files.
For those of you who moan that your fishing amounts to feeding bait to the fish, “Amelia Island Backcountry Fishing” will discuss techniques and offer hands on practice beginning on February 2.
Three courses debut on February 3. One offers a discussion of Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” long considered one of the greatest short novels in the English language. For those of you who want know more about digital photography, “How to use a Digital Camera” will allow you to take your camera off AUTO and take control. And a new course this spring, “Masters of the High Renaissance” will delve into that period and the lives of three of its premier artists – Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
February 9, “iPad Basics” will introduce you to the basics including navigating the Internet, sending and receiving e-mail, using the calendar, taking and sharing photos, and, of course, shopping.
Quite a collection with something for everyone. Best of all – no tests, no papers, no grades. Registration is at www.fscj.edu/cll
Evelyn McDonald moved to Fernandina Beach from the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. in 2006. She is a chair of Arts & Culture Nassau, a city commission charged with support of the arts in Nassau County. She serves on FSCJ’s Curriculum Committee for the Center for Lifelong Learning. She is also the chair of the Dean’s Council for the Carpenter Library at the UNF. Ms. McDonald has MS in Technology Management from the University of Maryland’s University College and a BA in Spanish from the University of Michigan.