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For Learning in Later Years Winter 2016 Edition

We are pleased to be offering six educational programs this winter, in addition to the undergraduate auditing program. This flyer offers a synopsis of each program; complete program details are available online at the Center’s website: www.stthomas.edu/selimcenter. Please call or e-mail the Center with any course questions (phone: 651-962-5188; e-mail: selimcenter@stthomas.edu). Detailed course syllabi will also be available as a printed sheet on the first day of each class. This flyer also provides a list of the Spring Classes that will take place from April through May. Another flyer will be sent in early February with more information on all the spring classes. This information is also currently available on the Center’s website at www.stthomas.edu/selimcenter. Winter Program Offerings:

• “Shakespeare: Start to Finish” • “Focus on World Religions: Three Religions, Three Perspectives” • “Luke, the Gospel of Mercy and Forgiveness” • “Art History Sampler Series” • “Political Campaigns: The Ethics of Gaining Power Over Others” • “Talkin’ about Jazz” • Go to College (undergraduate auditing) Program

Campus maps & parking information are available on our website. If you’d prefer to receive a paper copy, please send a self-addressed, stamped business-size envelope for a copy. Please allow seven (7) business days to receive by postal mail.

UST Shuttle Bus ID Cards

Selim Center Staff Director: Jan Viktora

Program Manager: Susan Anderson-Benson

The Selim Center for Learning in Later Years University of St. Thomas Mail LOR 309 2115 Summit Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55105

Schedule of Winter Classes January-February-March 2016

Campus Maps & Parking Information If you would like to ride the

free UST Shuttle Bus between campuses for your Selim Center events, you will need a Center ID to do so. To order a Center ID, please send a self-addressed, stamped business-size envelope. Please allow seven (7) business days to receive by mail.

Center website address: www.stthomas.edu/selimcenter

Center Phone Number: 651-962-5188

Center E-mail Address: selimcenter@stthomas.edu

Postal Mailing Address: The Selim Center, Mail LOR 309 University of St. Thomas 2115 Summit Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105

Payment Options We are pleased to offer expanded ways to pay for your classes again this winter. Our on-line registration system will now allow you to select from these options:

• Credit card payments may be made on our secure website (www.stthomas.edu/selimcenter) using the link found on each class page. OR

• You may complete your form online and opt to pay by check and then mail in your check payment to complete the registration process. OR

• You may download a printable registration form to mail in with payment.

If you prefer to register by paper, you can also just complete the form on Page 3 and mail in with your check payment.

• Check or cash payments are accepted by mail or in person.

Inclement Weather Notice Should wintery weather conditions force the University of St. Thomas to close, Selim Center classes will also be cancelled. You can also call the Center’s information line (651-962-5175) for an up-to-date message on the status of your class in the event of inclement weather.

Lunch’n Explore: November 7

UST St. Paul Campus, O’Shaughnessy Educational Center Auditorium

Wednesdays, February 3-March 9 (6 weeks) “Luke, the Gospel of Mercy and Forgiveness” (9:30-11:30 a.m.) With Dr. Cathy Cory, UST Theology Department & Chair of History Department Pope Francis has invited all people of good will to celebrate and participate in a Jubilee Year of Mercy, beginning December 8, 2015 and extending throughout 2016. So many people in our world today desperately need to know the mercy and compassion of another. What better way to do this than to immerse ourselves in the Gospel of Luke, which is often characterized as a gospel of mercy and forgiveness? In this series, we will investigate a number of stories and texts that illuminate this theme.

Cost: $80.00 per person

“Art History Sampler Series” (1:00-3:00 p.m.) With UST Art History Department Instructors This series features one-time lectures by faculty from the Art History department. Each instructor will speak on their area of current research interest, allowing for a broad understanding of the role of art and architecture in the world. The department teaches “global arts in context” with topics in this series including WWII museums, wedding costume, Tiffany glass, contemporary South African art, early sacred space and Polynesian art.

Cost: $80.00 per person Tuesdays, March 1-15 (3 weeks) “Talkin’ about Jazz” (9:30-11:30 a.m) With Ms. Joan Griffith, UST Music Department, and musical guests Butch Thompson, Marshall Griffith & the Orange Mighty Trio. In this series, being recorded for future broadcast on Joan’s KBEM radio show “Talkin’ about Jazz,” Joan will interview her guests about their music and they’ll also perform individually and with Joan.

Cost: $40.00 per person

Class Location Maps & Parking Information Available on the Center’s Website and by mail

“Focus on World Religions: Three Religions, Three Perspectives” With Sr. Katarina Schuth, O.S.F., Endowed Chair for Social Scientific Study of Religion, UST Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity

Tuesdays (Lumen Christi Catholic Community, 2055 Bohland Avenue, St. Paul), 12:30-2:00 p.m. February 9-23 (3 weeks)

Modern travel, widespread migration and cutting-edge communications have introduced us to people and places seldom encountered in the past. This program will provide a birds-eye view of three of the most widely practiced world religions-Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam.

Cost: $40.00 per person

“Shakespeare: Start to Finish” With Mr. Gordon Grice, UST English Department

Mondays (The Waters on 50th, 3500-50th Street W, Minneapolis, 55410), 1:00-3:00 p.m. February 8-March 14 (6 weeks)

William Shakespeare changed literature, theater, and even the material world forever. This course will draw from history, science, and especially the arts to examine how and why that sea-change happened.

Cost: $80.00 per person

(Limit of 25 students at this location. Please call 651-962-5175 to check space availability before mailing in your registration. A waiting list will be kept for this class.)

List of Classes Coming Up in Apr i l and May Mondays (UST Minneapolis Campus, Terrence Murphy Hall Room 260/Thornton Auditorium) 10:00 a.m.-Noon: “Culture Stew Series” with Ms. Shirley Nieto-Flores & UST Fulbright Scholars (April 4-May 9) 1:00-3:00 p.m.: “The Stories ‘Stuff’ Tells-A Material Culture Approach to American History” with Dr. Annette Atkins (April 4-May 9) Tuesdays (UST St. Paul Campus, O’Shaughnessy Educational Center Auditorium) 9:30-11:30 a.m.: “Music Sampler Series” featuring UST Music Department faculty; available as a full series for $80.00; individual session purchase currently only available as an online payment option. (April 5-May 10) 1:00-3:00 p.m.: “Ireland at 100: A Century of Creativity” with Mr. James Rogers & friends (April 5-19) Wednesdays (UST St. Paul Campus, O’Shaughnessy Educational Center Auditorium) 9:30-11:30 a.m.: “Arcane Mysteries: A Study of World Mythology” with Dr. Charles Nelson (April 6-May 11) 1:00-3:00 p.m.: “The Science of Natural Disasters” with Dr. Rebecca Clotts (April 6-May 11) Thursdays (UST St. Paul Campus, O’Shaughnessy Educational Center Auditorium) 9:30-11:30 a.m.: “A Political Junkie’s Guide to the 2016 Elections” with Dr. David Schultz (April 7-May 12) 1:00-3:00 p.m.: “The Tudors: Monarchs and People in 16th-century England” with Dr. Will Cavert (April 7-May 12) Lunch’n Explore Event (UST Minneapolis Campus, Opus Hall Room 201/The Great Room) Friday, April 8, 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.: “The Face of Poverty: the Widow, the Orphan & the Stranger” with Reverend Larry Snyder Coffee with Class/Lunch’n Explore Events (UST St. Paul Campus, Anderson Student Center, Woulfe-North, 3rd floor) Friday, April 22, 9:30-11:00 a.m., “Is ISIS Islamic?” with Dr. Noreen Herzfeld Friday, May 6, 11:45 am. – 1:30 p.m.: “Putin’s Power Game at Home and Abroad” with Dr. Nicholas Hayes

Registration Form

Name(s)__________________________________________________________________ Age(s)___________

Address:___________________________________________________________________________________

City/State/Zipcode:__________________________________________________________________________

Telephone Number:___________________________________________________________

E-Mail Address:____________________________________________________________________________

Highest Level of Education Completed:_________________________________________________________

Are you a UST alumna/alumnus?________ If yes, class year:_______________________

Profession (or what you did before retirement):__________________________________________________

Write number of registrations for the class(es) for which you wish to register in the blank: Winter Spring _____Shakespeare: Start to Finish ($80) _____Culture Stew Series ($80) _____Focus on World Religions ($40) _____The Stories “Stuff” Tells ($80) _____Luke, the Gospel of Mercy ($80) _____Music Sampler Series ($80) _____Art History Sampler Series ($80) _____Ireland at 100 ($40) _____Political Campaigns: Ethics/Power ($80) _____Arcane Mysteries/World Mythology ($80) _____Talkin’ about Jazz ($40) _____Science of Natural Disasters ($80) _____Political Junkie’s Guide to Elections ($80) _____The Tudors ($80)

_____April 8 Snyder Lunch’n Explore ($25) _____April 22 Herzfeld Coffee with Class ($20) _____May 6 Hayes Lunch’n Explore ($25)

_____Voluntary Donation (amount: $_________) _____Vegetarian Entrée Required for meal event (or other dietary accommodation – please write here: TOTAL ENCLOSED: $________________________ __________________________)

REFUND POLICY STATEMENT Refunds are only issued in the form of a class voucher for the next semester and only if requests are received 8 calendar days prior to a meal event or by one day before the first day of a series or GTC class or single event.

Go to College (GTC/Undergraduate Auditing) Program

Learners in this program audit regular undergraduate classes alongside younger students on a space-available basis. A list of eligible courses will be printed and available for viewing during the registration dates; call the Center with any questions on availability. You may preview this information online at http://www.stthomas.edu/classes and select the Spring 2016 term.

Cost: $80 per course; limit of 2 courses per student. Live registration is required in the Center’s campus office for this program, only (in Loras Hall, Room 309). Please e-mail or call the Center with any questions on this program and/or course availability; do not call instructors or departments or the campus registrar. REGISTRATION DATES : Wednesday, January 20: 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. (no appointment necessary) Thursday, January 21: 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. (no appointment necessary) Late registration by appointment: Friday, January 29 & Monday, February 1 (call 651-962-5188 for a time)

“Political Campaigns: The Ethics of Gaining Power Over Others” With Dr. Steven Maloney, UST Political Science Department Thursdays (Church of St. Patrick, 6850 St. Patrick’s Lane, Edina), 1:00-3:00 p.m., February 4-March 10 (6 weeks)

In democracy, we take our political power as citizens and authorize political leaders to manage our power portfolio on our behalf. But unlike in finance, our leaders and public policies are public goods-we all get the same ones regardless of how we feel about them. This leads to high-stakes internal disagreements about how to manage power. This class will explore balancing the need to play the game of political management to create good outcomes with the need for personal integrity.

Cost: $80.00 per person