Calendar of Events  - Month View

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ElderStudy member Joe Alfred will update his March 2016 talk "Math for Fun and Profit" with a compendium of our progress from the earliest days of counting to the possibilities of today‘s quantum computers.
Sponsor: Joe Alfred

HYBRID
Board meetings are open to all ElderStudy members. Come and witness firsthand the decision-making process that ensures that ElderStudy is meeting its objectives. This is a chance for all members to suggest new ideas for the organization directly to the Board and to committee chairpersons.
Sponsor: Linda Hill

TOUR RSVP
Local historian and "tourmaster," Scott Walker, will describe hotels before the Hampton and Holiday Inns! Check out the stories of the locations of the Fredericksburg Historic District’s hotels.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stana

HYBRID
UMW‘s own Dr. Raymond Tuttle (Health Promotion and Student Support Specialist) will take us on a voyage through the music that was (and wasn‘t!) used in Kubrick‘s film, including how it was used (and misused).
Sponsor: Carol Wachter

TOUR
Tour Stratford Hall with tour guides Kelly Childress and Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz. The tour will include the exhibit, "Stratford at the Crossroads: Atlantic Cultures and the Creation of America" plus a visit to the 18th century kitchen and great house, ancestral home of the Lees (4 generations) of Virginia.
Sponsor: Randy Fennemore

North Bldg Loft
A historical fiction novel about the life of Mileva Maric, a brilliant physicist and the wife of Albert Einstein, exploring her contributions to his theories.
Discussion Leader: Siham Alfred

ZOOM ONLY
MWES Members gather together for a Virtual Wine & Cheese Hour using ZOOM for active discussions of various topics.
Topic: Pet peeves: those little things in life that really annoy you (nothing controversial, no politics or religion or specific people) just everyday things that bug you.
Sponsor: Gail Oakes

ZOOM ONLY
A historical fiction novel about the life of Mileva Maric, a brilliant physicist and the wife of Albert Einstein, exploring her contributions to his theories.
Discussion Leader: Dianne Brown

CANCELLED
In addition to the infamous Boston Tea Party, there were 17 other ‘tea parties‘ or protests in the various colonies, all occurring 250 years ago in 2024. Join author and historian Bert Dunkerly to learn about these lesser-known Tea Parties, and how Tea and Taxes led to Revolution.
Sponsor: Carolyn Sulima

Klein Theatre
Join Marc Williams, Assistant Professor of the UMW Dept of Theatre and Dance, for the preview of Twelve Angry Jurors, a play that contemplates the huge responsibility of 12 ordinary people as they consider the guilt or innocence of a young man.
Sponsors: Bob and Carole Hanus

TOUR
NOTE UNUSUAL START TIME
Dr. Tracy Stonestreet, Director of UMW Galleries, will direct our two tours of the Ridderhof Martin and DuPont galleries.
Sponsor: Mary Ann Stana

ZOOM ONLY

The Curriculum Committee is responsible for planning the 45 plus programs that are scheduled each semester. We are always looking for that next new topic on our journey to lifelong learning. Come join us and help develop programs that are interesting and stimulating.

Sponsor: Joe Alfred

HYBRID
ElderStudy member and Germanna emeritus Professor of Psychology Gayle Wolfe will discuss the unconscious influence of gender roles in our lives.
Sponsor: Siham Alfred

ZOOM ONLY
This session, hosted by Dean of Arts and Sciences Keith Mellinger and Assistant Dean Betsy Lewis, will include a panel of students who participated in the 2024 Summer Workshops mentored by UMW faculty. They will discuss their work in science, math, the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Sponsor: Carolyn Eldred