Nashville lifelong learning classes offer affordable adult education
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“Lifelong learning” is defined as the “ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons.”
Here in Middle Tennessee, thanks to our universities and government, there are a lot of affordable opportunities to pursue lifelong learning classes for seniors and other adults who want to learn something new.
In most cases, the instructors are retired professors or knowledgeable community members who offer engaging presentations that keep students coming back year after year.
Here are some of your options for this fall.
Vanderbilt’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Registration is open for Vanderbilt’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, which has an impressive lineup with multiple sessions in October and November on various topics, all designed for the over-50 crowd. Most classes are $60 for six weeks.
Classes offered on the fall calendar include: Our Brains: An Operator’s Manual, Sleep Science: Sleep, Sleepiness, and Sleeplessness; Creating a Financial Legacy for Future Generations; American Popular Music: Part 2; Music for Seniors: Beginners Harmonica Learning Lab; Defensive Eating: A Guide to Healthy Eating in the 21st Century; and The History of African Americans in Nashville.
Details: vanderbilt.edu/olli or 615-343-0700
Lipscomb Lifelong Learning
Lipscomb’s Lifelong Learning program for seniors has two sessions, one from Sept. 3-Oct. 7 and another Oct.21-Nov. 22. The cost for most classes is $80 per person for each class, or $120 to enroll in two or more classes in the same session.
Topics include: Tennessee’s Wild Side, a class where you can learn about some of the most interesting Tennessee natural areas and the wildlife there; National Security in the Age of Transformation; A Course in Songwriting; Wrongful Convictions in America; and Idealism and Turbulence: The American ’60s.
Details: lipscomb.edu/alumni/lifelong-learning-travel or 615-966-6216
Vol State
Vol State Community College’s KEY (Keep Educating Yourself) lifelong learning program has a series of fall Friday morning lectures. The cost is $59, whether you enroll in one or all of the lectures. Lectures run from 9:15 a.m. to noon in Caudill Hall, room 102 on the Vol State campus in Gallatin, Sept. 13 through Oct. 18.
Lecture topics include: “Murder in Music City” with author Michael Bishop; Normal Aging/Not Normal Aging; Taking a Bite out of Crime: How Forensic Dentistry Helps to Solve Mysteries; Women’s History by historian Carole Bucy; Biology Today; and Poetry and Expressive Writing.
Details: www.volstate.edu/continuinged or 615-230-3358
Adventures in Learning
Murfreesboro’s Adventures in Learning is in its 29th year, meeting Monday mornings (Sept. 9, 16, 23 and 30) at First United Methodist Church, 265 W. Thompson Lane in Murfreesboro. The registration fee is $24 and classes are 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 10:45-11:45 a.m. There is a noon forum with speakers and entertainment. And if you want a catered lunch, it is $10.
Organized by a consortium of churches, there are classes in crafts; Tennessee Between the Wars 1920-42; Marijuana 2020; Tips and Tricks on How to Navigate Your iPhone/iPad; community issues; and art and music appreciation.
Details: facebook.com/AILmurfreesboro or 615-295-8901
Nashville Community Education
While the above classes are targeted at seniors, Nashville Community Education’s wide-ranging curriculum is open to adults of all ages. Fall class registration is open with 160 classes in seven locations, beginning Sept. 3. The lineup includes 16 free classes, and most others are priced under $50.
Class locations include the Cohn School, Wright Middle School, the Nashville Farmers’ Market, NECAT Studios at Nashville Community College’s White Bridge location, Platetone off Nolensville Pike, Inglewood Elementary and the Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute.
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New offerings include Music as Memoir, Film Scoring Basics, Telling Your Life Story, Fundraising Basics, Social Media Business Basics, The Enneagram and Our Relationships, Doing Business with Metro, Visual Storytelling, Intermediate Sewing Projects, Individual Income Tax, Mandarin for Travel, Insect Basics, Smartphone Training for Seniors, Salsa Basics and more.
Other offerings include: Language classes (American Sign Language, French, Spanish, German and Mandarin), music (guitar and ukulele), TV production, social media business basics, leather crafting, sewing, quilting, Medicare basics, estate planning, CPR, infant care, fencing, yoga and pilates.
There is also a Community Education partnership with the Metro Nashville Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance that will host classes including: Contract Compliance Essentials, Doing Business with Metro Nashville, the Value of Minority and Women-Owned Certification, Salary Negotiation, Closing the Wage Gap, College Knowledge for Adult Learners and more.
Details: nashville.gov/ce or 615-298-8050
FiftyForward
FiftyForward offers fun and interesting classes in various center locations for members and nonmembers with prices starting at $5. You can find everything from bridge, knitting, tai chi and Zumba to music and dance, genealogy, and art ranging from stained glass and watercolor to wire wrapping, lapidary and metalsmithing.
Details: fiftyforward.org or 615-743-3400
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