Lifelong Learners (50+)
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Featured In-Class and Online Offerings
Check out our featured offerings below. You can search or sort by any of the headings, and choose how many programs you want to see at once.
| Interest | Course Title | Brief Description | Course Date(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singing, Holidays, Music | Winter Sing Along with Brandi Harvey | Join Brandi Harvey and Robert Cottle as they return for a virtual winter edition of sing along! Join in the fun with family and friends in this interactive class as you sing timeless classics alongside Brandi. This class is the perfect blend of social time and entertainment plus you get to visit with two of your favorite local artists! | Jan. 28, 2021: 7 - 8:30 pm | Virtual |
| Religion, History | History and Archaeology of Ancient Jerusalem | Jerusalem is the most excavated site in the world but also one of the most mysterious. This course retraces the lcoation's history from its earliest settlement until its destruction by the Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE. Along the way, we compare the archaeological evidence we have for the site with a number of biblical stories set in the city, from the period of David's reign, to the ear of the prophet Isaiah, to the city's final days during the careers of Jeremiah and Ezekiel. | Feb. 19, 2021: 10 - 11 am | Virtual |
| Mental Health, Staying Active | Staying Connected in a Contactless World | Social distancing has become a common phrase but it can be difficult living in isolation! We need social interaction and there are great mental, physical and emotional benefits from interacting with others. Ty White-Johnson MAC, LPC, will help participants find ways to stay connected. | Feb. 23, 2021: 6 - 7 PM | Virtual |
| Parenting, Mental Health, Children | Grandparenting Survival Guide | Parenting your grandchildren? You don't have to be in survival mode. Arm yourself with the skills necessary to take on the fun and rewarding responsibility of kinship care. A trained expert passionate about your success will help you plan for pitfalls, fill your arsenal with a strong support network, track down self-care and much more. Parenting the second time around is different. Register now to be prepared. | March 12, 2020: 2 - 3:30 pm | Virtual |
| Archival Preservation | Preserve Your Family Memories | This course is designed as a basic introduction to archival preservation techniques to help you care for your family's most treasured items. The session will cover the proper handling, safe storage, and simple repair of items including paper documents, print and digital photographs, audiovisual media, scrapbooks, and more. Learn how you can best manage important family treasures for future generations to come. | March 30, 2021: 9 - 11 am | Virtual |
| Personal Finance | Stocks, Bonds, and Investing: Oh, My! | Learn the basics of stocks, bonds, and investing so you can be independent and confident about your financial decisions. This class will teach you how to prepare for retirement, manage your finances, and pay for college without the need for hiring a broker or financial advisor. | On Demand | Online |
| Technology | Keyboarding | Become faster and more confident at the keyboard. This course will help you learn how to touch-type the alphabetic, numeric, and symbol keys; create, save, and edit word processing documents; and successfully take a timed writing test during a job interview. | On Demand | Online |
| Photography | Mastering Your Digital SLR Camera | Break through the technology barrier and discover how to use your DSLR to take beautiful photos. This course will help you learn about features and controls, proper lenses, metering, exposure, and more to take your photography to the next level. | On Demand | Online |
| Writing, Film | Introduction to Screenwriting | Learn everything you need to write a great script including structure, character creation, dialogue, and marketing and selling your screenplay. Whether you want to write micro-budget indie films or Hollywood blockbusters, this course will provide everything you need to know to write a script that sells. | On Demand | Online |
| Business | Start Your Own Small Business | Learn how to transform your passion and talent into a viable small business. This course will teach you about financing, marketing techniques, employee management, policy writing, and time management - everything you need to know to start your very own small business. | On Demand | Online |
| Health, Fitness | Lose Weight and Keep It Off | Discover how to establish a healthy approach to weight loss and weight management. By the end of this course, you'll know how to set effective goals for eating, exercise, and many other elements that affect your weight, and be on your way to losing weight and keeping it off for good. | On Demand | Online |
| Mental Health | Listen to Your Heart, and Success Will Follow | Enjoy the rewards that come from doing what really makes you happy! This course will help you fully understand your own interests, values, needs and abilities and help you use work to express yourself and share your interests and talents. | On Demand | Online |
| Writing | Writeriffic: Creativity Training for Writers | Banish writer's block forever with these techniques from the published writer's toolbox. This course will show you how to liberate the imaginative, inventive genius that is inside of you and transform your visions into the written word. | On Demand | Online |
| Mental Health | Certificate in Meditation | Learn how to intentionally train your attention and concentration for effective meditation. In addition to meditation techniques, this course will also help you discover how meditation can be used to increase mindfulness, reduce stress, deal with pain and illness, and support overall health. | On Demand | Online |
| Business | Start Your Own Gift Basket Business | Express your creativity in a fun and profitable way by starting a business as a gift basket designer. This course will provide you with skills such as setting up a design studio, finding products, and exploring requirements for running a home-based business. | On Demand | Online |
| Family | Genealogy Basics | Learn to trace your family history and make it come alive. This course provides hands-on examples that help you dig deeper into your family's past using several subscription-based websites that you will be able to access during the course. | On Demand | Online |
| Personal Finance | Introduction to Stock Options | Learn to evaluate, buy, sell, and profit from stocks. This course will arm you with investment tools that were once thought to be only for the pros as you learn how to protect your portfolio and profit in a down market, an up market, or even a flat market. | On Demand | Online |
| Personal Finance | Where Does All My Money Go? | Learn how to make conscious decisions about spending and saving so you can take full control of your financial future. This course will teach you the principles of investing, debt elimination, and retirement planning. | On Demand | Online |
| Personal Finance | Keys to Successful Money Management | Let a certified financial planner show you how most wealthy people build their fortunes. This course will introduce you to a broad array of investment choices, help you discover the best ways to accumulate cash and property, and demonstrate how to best protect your investments. | On Demand | Online |
| Health, Mental Health | Introduction to Natural Health and Healing | Take charge of your own health and healing by discovering how to achieve total health of the mind, body, and spirit. This course allows you to explore a variety of methods including diet, hydrotherapy, positive attitude, relaxation, yoga, chiropractic, natural remedies and more to achieve total health. | On Demand | Online |
| Technology, Internet | Understanding the Cloud | Learn everything you need to understand cloud computing. This course explores how the cloud works, what drives it, why it is so popular, and what it can do for you. | On Demand | Online |
| Writing | Explore Non-Fiction Writing Suite | The Explore Non-Fiction Writing Suite covers the best ways to tell a non-fiction story: as a book, a memoir, as a magazine article, or in a travel piece. | On Demand | Online |
| Health | Aging and Health Bundle | This program is designed for individuals who are working in the health care field, those who are interested in the topic, those who are working with the aging population, or anyone who wishes to prepare for a career in aging services or gerontology. | On Demand | Online |
| Health | Handling Medical Emergencies | Learn how to help family, friends, and anyone in an emergency when every second counts. This course will help you recognize the early signs and symptoms of common medical conditions and emergencies, so you can provide appropriate treatment while waiting for the EMS to arrive. | On Demand | Online |
| History | Charleston Tea Plantation Tour | Take a road trip with us to the Charleston Tea Plantation, the only tea plantation in North America. The Bigelow family invites visitors to the plantation to bring you the tea experience of your life! | TBD | TBD |
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Last updated: 12/17/2020
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13040 Abercorn St. • Savannah, GA 31419 • 912-344-EARN
FAX: (912) 478-0847
