Adults 55 and older
A variety of classes to choose from each Spring and Fall
Desserts/refreshments/coffee served before each class.
COURSE SELECTION for Spring 2010
In-depth Discussion of Mere Christianity, by author C.S. Lewis
Date: Tues. April 13 – May 18 (6 Weeks)
Time: 10:00-11:15 a.m.
Instructor: Roger Triemstra
Location: Hearthside Room at the “BBC”
Fee: $40
Week 1: Book I, Chapter 1-5. Right and wrong to the meaning of the universe
Week 2: Book II, Chapter 1-5. What Christians believe
Week 3: Book III, Chapter 1-6. Christian behavior
Week 4: Book III, Chapter 7-12. Christian behavior (continued)
Week 5: Book IV, Chapter 1-6. Beyond personality
Week 6: Book IV, Chapter 7-11. First steps into doctrine of the Trinity
• Required chapter readings should be done prior to each class.
• A limited supply of Mere Christianity will be available for $12.00 at the bookstore.
Wildflowers and Other Native Plants for the Home Garden
Date: Tues. April 13, 20, 27
Time: 2:00-3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Keith Nowakowski, landscape architect
Location: Classroom Building, Room 215
Fee: $20
Keith Nowakowski, long time gardener in Illinois and author of Native Plants in the Home Landscape will discuss and show examples of how ornamental native plants can be used in a well designed home landscape to bring butterflies, birds, and beauty into one’s own yard. Classroom discussion will be an important part of this class, so come armed with questions about, and pictures of, your own garden for discussion.
The World’s Fairs of Chicago, 1893 & 1933-34
Date: Tues. April 13, 20, 27
Time: 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Instructor: Ed Bara, Chicago historian
Location: Classroom Building, Room 213
Fee: $20
The class will cover the two World’s Fairs that Chicago has hosted. We will talk about the new technologies introduced, the new attractions, the entertainment, and the wonders of the fairs. Both of the fairs in Chicago were held during the worst depressions to date, yet the fairs both turned a profit. When the fairs were over, the sites were cleared so that nothing with “rare exception” was left.
Drawing I
(Maximum 15)
Date: Wed. April 14, 21, 28
Time: 9:15-10:30 a.m.
Instructor: Sandy Washington, art educator and local artist
Location: Art and Communication Center – Room 210 (print shop)
Fee: $35 (fee includes supplies)
Drawing from photos and life, you’ll learn the basics of line drawing and shading using pencil and color. For students with no drawing experience or those who need to brush up on the basics.
Digital Photos on Your Home Computer
(Maximum 24)
Date: Wed. April 14, 21, 28
Time: 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Instructor: Ralph Veldboom, retired IBM systems engineer
Location: Science Center, Room 019
Fee: $20
Week 1: Digital photography overview: capturing photos, photo types, uploading and saving photos, and enhancement software.
Week 2: Enhancing photos: enhancing lighting, enhancing color, and cropping.
Week 3: Using photos: printing photos, using photos in e-mail and documents, and DVDs from still photos.
Microsoft Office Word
(Maximum 24)
Date: Wed. April 14, 21, 28
Time: 6:00-7:15 p.m.
Instructor: Ralph Veldboom, retired IBM systems engineer
Location: Science Center, Room 019
Fee: $20
Learn word processing with Microsoft Word 2007. This class provides basic instruction in creating, formatting, editing, storing, and printing of documents. It will include insertions of page breaks, tables, files, and photos. Product help features will be demonstrated.
Creation Care
Date: Thurs. April 15, 22, 29
Time: 10:00-11:15 a.m.
Instructors: Dr. Susan Emmerich, director of the Creation Care Program for the Center for Law and Culture
Dr. Steve Barg, executive director of the Liberty Prairie Conservancy
Location: Fireside Room, Admissions Building
Fee: $20
Week 1: Living Out Biblical Faith in Relationship to God’s Creation. Part 1. Featuring Emmerich’s newest 50 minute DVD originally produced for Hallmark Channel entitled “When Heaven Meets Earth: Faith, Environment and the Chesapeake Bay." See www.skunkfilms.com for a review of the DVD.
Week 2: Living Out Biblical Faith in Relationship to God’s Creation. Part 2. Practical ways for Christians and their various institutions to live out a biblical environmental stewardship ethic. A follow-up discussion on the 50 minute DVD and its application to Christian communities and churches.
Week 3: Mercy on the Menu. A brief look at our food system and its negative effects on God’s creation. Featured segments of the video “Fresh” will be shown, as well as many handouts and resource sheets for those interested in learning more.
The History of Chicago’s Reputation
Date: Thurs. April 15, 22, 29
Time: 2:00-3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Ed Bara, chicago historian
Location: Classroom Building, Room 215
Fee: $20
The class will cover Chicago’s reputation, Chicago’s acceptance of the organized vice districts, Chicago allowing some of the worst slums, and the approval of organized crime during the Roaring 20s. We will touch on political corruption, the Chicago Machine, and more.
The Railroads in American Life
Date: Thurs. April 15, 22, 29
Time: 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Instructor: Dr. George Pierson, associate professor of
philosophy, Trinity Christian College
Location: Classroom Building, Room 202
Fee: $20
In this three-session course, we will look at the origins of American railroads and the impact they have had on American history and development. Starting in the 19th century, American railroads profoundly changed our national development by spanning great distances and enabling industrial development on an unprecedented scale. In this period, railroads were the “high tech” business of the day, producing great wealth for their owners and transforming many aspects of American culture – from industry to suburban development.
By the dawn of the 20th century, railroads were a part of almost everyone’s lives – from the local train depot where telegraphs and packages arrived, to making long-distance vacations possible, to having fresh fruit out of season. Yet with the development of the automobile, the Great Depression, and World War II, the railroads diminished in importance and lost their cultural status as a leading industry.
This process reached its nadir in the late 1960s, with the loss of many passenger trains and the near-collapse of important railroads. But the industry has revived and plays an increasingly important role in our economy, even if the railroads no longer have the romantic associations they once had.
Biking Does the Body Good
Date: Tues. May 4, 11, 18
Time: 2:15-3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Marci Frederick, library director, Trinity
Christian College
Location: See Below
Fee: $20
This class is for everyone, whether you are a regular rider or have not dusted off your bicycle in 30 years. Come and enjoy a guided tour of the surrounding forest preserves while benefiting from a little aerobic exercise. Please bring your bicycle all three weeks. Riding will be at your own pace. Helmets are recommended, but not required. More information on week 2 and 3 will be given in detail at the first class session.
Week 1: Meet at the BBC. An introduction to bicycle history and an overview of bicycle safety and maintenance.
Week 2: Meet at Lake Katherine
Week 3: Meet at Tinley Park loop
Women’s Writing – Three Centuries, Three Countries, Three Voices
Date: Tues. May 4, 11, 18
Time: 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Location: Ozinga Chapel Choral Room
Fee: $20
Week 1: Dr. Mark Peters, professor of music, Trinity Christian College - 18th Century. An introduction to the life and works of Leipzig poet Mariane von Ziegler, Germany’s first female poet laureate, who published extensively and provided texts which were set to music by J. S. Bach.
Week 2: Karen Dieleman, professor of English, Trinity Christian College - 19th Century. An introduction to the religious poetry of Christina Rossetti, one of England’s leading nineteenth-century (female) poets, highly regarded by contemporary and later critics, though not always for the same reasons.
Week 3: Dr. John Fry, professor of history, Trinity Christian College - 20th Century. An introduction to women’s writing about the American West, its life, landscape, and people, especially through the eyes of Laura Gibson Smith, who homesteaded in Wyoming in the 1910s.
Drawing II
(Maximum 15)
Date: Wed. May 5, 12, 19
Time: 9:15-10:30 a.m.
Instructor: Sandy Washington, art educator and local artist
Location: Art and Communication Center, Room 210 (print
shop)
Fee: $35 (fee includes supplies)
A continuation of skills built in Drawing I. This course will help you to expand your understanding of shape and line while focusing on the values and details in greater depth. Continue on the road to sharpening your drawing skills. We will build on the basics: pencil, charcoal, conte (white charcoal), and color.
Love Is in the Air – Breeding Birds of the Palos Region
(Maximum 25)
Date: Wed. May 5, 12, 19
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Dr. Frank Hensley, associate professor of
biology, Trinity Christian College
Location: Week 1 meet in the Fireside Room, Admissions
Bldg.; Week 2 and 3 meet in the BBC parking lot
Fee: $20
This class is an introduction to the breeding behavior of local birds. Mini-lectures about territoriality, displays, song, courtship, nesting and raising young are interspersed within field outings to see and hear breeding birds. Learn why males and females of many species differ in timing and distance of migration, why it is often advantageous for both males and females to cheat on their mates, how the female woodpecker assess a male’s potential just by listening, and much more.
We will study birds on the Trinity campus and at nearby sites in the forest preserves and local parks. Participants should dress appropriately for the weather conditions and come prepared to walk moderate distances at a leisurely pace. Binoculars and field guides are provided, but participants are encouraged to bring their own.
Using the Internet
Date: Wed. May 5, 12, 19
Time(s): Session 1: 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Session 2: 6:00-7:15 p.m. (please indicate which
session you desire when registering)
Instructor: Pete Schipma, information technologist
Location: Science Center, Room 019
Fee: $20
Week 1: Basic Internet: What is the internet, who controls it, browsers, settings, basic e-mail, search engines and favorites.
Week 2: Security Issues: Buying on the internet, providing your credit card number or your social security number, cookies, history, cached pages, identity theft.
Week 3: Internet resources: What the pitfalls are, how to find information on health, drugs, recipes, etc. Planning trips with Expedia, Travelocity, AAA, Cruiseonline, etc. Sites containing science and false science, religion and false religion, and how to know which source to trust.
Understanding Childhood Challenges
Date: Thurs. May 6, 13, 20
Time: 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Instructor: Dr. Steven Timmermans, president of Trinity
Christian College
Location: Classroom Building, Room 202
Fee: $20
Whether they are your grandchildren or neighbor kids, many children are diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), LD (Learning Disabilities), OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), or ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders). Learn more about these childhood challenges, so you can better understand and be supportive as needed.
Yoga as Embodied Prayer
(Maximum 20)
Date: Thurs. May 6, 13, 20
Time: 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Instructor: Dr. Mary Lynn Colosimo, associate professor of psychology, Trinity Christian College, and certified yoga instructor
Location: Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby
Fee: $20
Please join us as we share in the experience of yoga as prayer. The word “yoga” means union, and we will gather to breathe together, work together, and pray together. Through various poses/prayers, you will achieve a deeper state of awareness, peace, and relaxation. Dress comfortably; bring a mat or towel and a water bottle.
The mission of the Senior Academy of Learning at Trinity (SALT) is to stimulate learning and discussion among those 55 and older located within a 20-25 mile radius of the College, which will enrich their lives, foster relationships, and strengthen the varied communities in which they live. In addition, SALT will create an opportunity for individuals in the area to share their knowledge, talents, and experience.
CONTACT US:
- For more information
- To register for classes
- To be put on future SALT mailing list
Ruth De Bruyn
Development Coordinator
SALT Program
708.239.4827
Ruth.DeBruyn@trnty.edu
