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      Browsing the Internet Parts I & II   22 & 23 October
      The Pleistocene Fossils of Virginia   
      Local Animals 95,000 BC       Local Animals 1.6 million years ago   15 October
      The Gall of Asps   3 October
      Early Numbers to Quantum Computers    3 September
      Gravitational Waves       27 August
      History of Commercial Nuclear Power in the United States and its Safety Measures  30 May
      Pathways to Nuclear handout      Energy Equivalents handout
      Hospice Care - Mary Washington Hospital   14 May
      AI - then and now    7 May
     UMW Theatre - New Building   1 May
     The Straight Skinny on Obesity   30 April
     Russia's Fast March into Totalitarianism  17 April    Passcode: 6U@4#9jG  
    Astronomy, Astrophysics & Cosmology      video    pass code: R3e95&SQ   9 April
    Virginia Dept for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing   smart app packet    tech assist packet 1      tech assist packet 2   3 April
    Character Driven Film Making   2 April
    The Transportation Revolution   27 March
    The Fashions of Subcultures   20 February
    Civil Rights and the Southern Freedom Movement.  24 January
    Edible Container Gardening  25 January
    Fire & Emergency Tips for Seniors   Chief Mike Jones video  passcode Nm@ML16E  9 January

Fall 2023
   Exploring the Universe with the James Webb Telescope   29 November
   William Wilberforce and the Abolition of the English Slave Trade    21 November
   The Character of Theodore Roosevelt  20 November
  Election Analysis 2023  15 November
  How to Audit a UMW Class   18 October
   Using DNA to Aid Your Paper Research   Shannon Combs-Bennett research paper  28 September
   The History of Parson Weems  26 September
  The Pleistocene Fossils of Virginia  19 September
  30 years of Mary Washington ElderStudy   7 September
  The Science of Paint   30 August
  Syria and US Policy 29 August

Summer 2023
  When is the right time to retire?  

Spring 2023
   Battle of the Chesapeake    9 May 2023
   Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder   4 May 2023
   Was she a feminist?   Seeking my roots  Unsettling the settler 
   Questions about home   Douglas  19 April   
   Ukraine Conflict   29 March
   1814 - Washington in Flames   21 March
   1200 Caroline St, the Lewis Store   2 March
   As we age coping with disabilities   21 February
  Let Us Not Forget: Aaron Anderson  Let Us Not Forget: William Grimes 1 February
   Advancements in Eye Care   31 January
   Jon Malay - Suggested Reading   24 January 
   2022 Tax Review and Outlook for 2023  19 January
 Sam's Journey to America  My Marathon Trips to all 50 States   18 January


Fall 2022
   Dying in the Land of Promise      Kairos Palestine   2 December
   Election Analysis 2022    16 November
    Napoleon and the Battle of Austerlitz    1 November
    The Ride of Her Life   13 October
    Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Absalom Hazlett   12 October
  History of Education in America 7 October 
     Do Plants Communicate?   6 October
  A Cosmic Thumbprint  20 September
  What We Owe to the History of Spain 14 September
  1066 year of the Conquest  8 September
   From Uncertain Start to Engaging Future  6 September

Spring 2022
     Duel at Dawn     31 May 
     Inanimate Actors   19 May
    Julius Caesar and the Siege of Alesia     31 March
    UMW Education Abroad  30 March
    Ottoman Prince    Ukraine 2022   9 March
    Arts & Crafts    8 March
  Preserving Virginia 8 March
   Richard Tapia - proof of math puzzles  3 February
  From Landfill to Park 26 January 
   Pictures of the Floating World   12 January

Fall 2021
  The Making of Emily Dickinson    Emily Dickinson recipes   7 December
  Jefferson and Marshall     30 November
  Goose Creek Watershed 28 October
   Next Wave of Technology 12 October   Is 5G safe?   
  The Science of COVID 30 September
    The United States and the United Nations 30 September
  Gladys West videos   29 September
    The Savvy Medicare Shopper 28 September
    Franz Liszt - slides & video links 23 September   
  Sea Creatures - Great & Small 21 September
 
  Spring 2021
  Riding the Rails  19 May       The Shape of Virginia   20 May
     Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales Through the Lens of Disability  12 May
   Surviving the Holocaust    video 1   video 2   Q&A  15 April
    Cost of War  13 April        
    Lincoln & War Powers   6 April 
    Key Art  Bedtime Stories - instructions  31 March 
  Pandemic Particulars Update   10 March                                    
   Drinking with the Washingtons   4 March      Widewater Hub of the Universe    9 March
   Balancing a Theatre Season  4 February
   Wealth & Democracy  28 January
   Germanna Community College  19 January
   Mapping Narratives 13 January           Earth Art   14 January

2020

 Carving Mount Rushmore  24 November

 FDR & the New Deal  29 October   Korean Art - Choson Dynasty  5 November 

 Fire & Health Safety  27 October   UMW High Impact Learning   28 October      

 The Herstorians    videos:  part 1       part 2       part 3      part 4     22 October


  Plantation Narratives    20 October       Staying Young   21 October


 Medicare Options         COVID Impact   13 October        City of Fredericksburg       14 October   


 Chaco Canyon            Chaco video  8 October


   Benjamin Franklin    6 October


    Vaccines  1 October                                       What Comes Next  3 October          

 Living Our Best Life  22 September
Outlooks & Opportunities  30 September

 COVID Theatre Design  16 September
 First Anti-Vaxxers   22 September

Southern Women Writers  10 September
Nathaniel Bowditch  15 September

 Venetian Plague   8 September
The Body by Bill Bryson  10 September

US and Palestine-Israel    27 August
19th Amendment   20 August

 Herstorians videos Women are wanting the vote  This land is your land 
                    What would Woody write     I will remain  21 February

2018

Spring 2018 - 25th Anniversary Slides
Growing Up Christian in Jordan

2017
      ISIS - Islam and Politics   17 February 2017

2014
       Always ... Patsy Cline    2 February

2009 - 2011
        Photo Ops                              2009 - 2011

1996 - 2015
    Past ElderStudy Programs 1996 - 2015