Goshen College and
Greencroft Retirement Communities jointly sponsor a Lifelong Learning Institute
to offer mini-courses for senior adults in Elkhart County;
there is no minimum age, and all are welcome.
Classes are held at Goshen
College, Goshen Public
Library, or other nearby locations, and are taught or coordinated by local
volunteers. Fees are modestly priced to
cover expenses; scholarships are available to qualifying older adults courtesy
of The Elkhart County Learning Society.
The Institute also sponsors a Winter Lecture Series held on the campus
of Greencroft Goshen.
Registration
Click on the links below to download the registration brochure for Spring 2009 courses in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
Or, to have a registration brochure sent to you please contact:
The Goshen College Welcome Center
Phone: (574) 535-7566
E-mail: Lisa Weaver,
.
Institutional contacts
Program directors are Professor Emeritus Wilbur and Fanni Birky (533-6352 or ). Institutional liaison persons for the program are Janette Yoder, Coordinator of Community Programs and Adult Educational Travel at Goshen College, and Kelly Schrock, program
coordinator of Older Adult Programs at Greencroft.
How the Institute operates
The local LLI is part of a fairly recent and
growing grassroots movement. We offer
short courses in fall and spring, as well as a lecture series in
mid-winter. Founded in 2005, our local Institute operates
with a Board of Directors: three members are appointed by Goshen College,
three by Greencroft, and three are elected by LLI members. Our program is also a member of the
Elderhostel Institute Network (EIN) of local programs. See
www:elderhostel.org/ein/intro)