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Spanish - Light Conversation
This class will help bring back the
Spanish you learned in school
(with additional knowledge).
M • Mar 23 - May 18
9:45 - 10:45
Classroom 2
Teacher: Ingrid Pantaenius, BA,
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana,
Columbia; former adjunct
professor, UR; Spanish tutor
Ooh-la-la! Intermediate French
The class will read a version of Cyrano de Bergerac, converse in French, and do some gentle grammar review. Copies of the text will be available for approximately $10 the first day of class. Newcomers, who have had French in the distant past, are welcome. M • Mar 23 - May 18
9:45 - 10:45
Children’s Chapel
Teacher: Suzanne Wiltshire,
retired French teacher and
administrator
Making Sense of the Causes,
Conduct, and Consequences
of WWI
The Great War was one of the
United States' most idealistic
crusades. The war's conduct was
not so much guided by politicians
and generals as it was by the
irrefutable logic of new
technology.
M • Mar 23 - May 18
9:45 - 10:45
Fellowship Hall
Teacher: Alan Briceland,
professor emeritus, history, VCU
Genealogy
Research your family history
through different sources
including Ancestry.com.
M • Mar 23 - May 18
9:45 - 10:45
Classroom 1
Teacher: Terry Redding, frequent
lecturer for TSCOR on research
techniques
Story Exchange
Self-exploration and growth by
building community through story
exchange, story circles, and story
theater.
M • Mar 23 - May 18
9:45 - 10:45
Music Room
Teacher: John Countryman,
professor emeritus, director of
theatre, Berry College
Was ist los?
Intermediate German
Free conversation über Gott und
die Welt. Reading skill with Andre
Klein's Baumgartner & Momsen
crime and mystery series. Some
grammar. German Scrabble and/
or a movie.
M • Mar 23 - May 18
11:00 - 12:00
Classroom 3
Teacher: Sabine Horn, German
native; MA in Japanese and
Russian, University of Marburg,
Germany
A Beginner’s Guide to
the Civil War
Beginning with the arrival of
slavery, the course shows the
changes in slavery attitudes and
expansion of US territory,
ultimately leading to secession in
1860. Highlights of each year
1861-65 emphasize military
actions and political issues.
Reconstruction - initial successes
and ultimate failure - and The
Myth of the Lost Cause conclude
the course.
M • Mar 23 - May 18
11:00 - 12:00
Fellowship Hall
Teacher: Jackie Eberstein,
amateur Civil War historian;
former president, New York Civil
War Round Table
Amadeus: The Life, Times,
and Music of Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
This course focuses on the final
10 years of Mozart's life as
dramatized in the 1984 award-
winning film Amadeus.
M • Mar 23 - May 18
11:00 - 12:00
Music Room
Teacher: Gene Anderson,
professor emeritus of music, UR
OPEN UNIVERSITY
LIFELONG LEARNING WITH
Mondays
Mar 23 - May 21, 2020
Spr ing 2020 • Page 1
at St. Luke Lutheran Church • 7757 Chippenham Parkway
SPECIAL EVENT!
The Burnt Offering:
A Live Reading of a
Play-in-Development
Thurs Apr 23, 30
See Page 6 for details.
The Supreme Court’s Current Term: An Update on Major Cases
W • Apr 1
Lauren Bell, professor, political science, RMC
After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety, and Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings
W • Apr 8
Tom Kapsidelis, journalist, adjunct professor, UR; author
Secretariat: His 50th Anniversary
W • Apr 22
Kate Chenery Tweedy, daughter of Secretariat’s owner-manager; granddaughter of his
breeder
Adult Protective Services in Virginia: Fiction, Facts, and the Future
W • Apr 29
Paige McCleary, adult protective services division director, Virginia Department for Aging and
Rehabilitative Services
British and German
Personalities
M • Mar 23 - May 18
11:00 - 12:00
Children’s Chapel
The Desert Fox: Field
Marshall Erwin Rommel
M • Mar 23
Fred Beck, former
Department of Defense
historian; chief editor, U.S. Air
Force History Program
The Ambivalent Attaché:
Lt. Gen. Friedrich von
Bötticher
M • Mar 30
Fred Beck
Dietrich Bonhöffer, Part 1
M • Apr 6
Elizabeth Yates, retired Lutheran pastor; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond
Dietrich Bonhöffer, Part 2
M • Apr 20
Elizabeth Yates
Arthur James Balfour
M • Apr 27
John Gordon, professor emeritus, history and international studies, UR
David Lloyd George
M • May 4
John Gordon
Lunch
12:00 - 12:30
Lunch Speakers
12:30 - 1:15
Bring a sandwich.
Beverages and desserts
provided.
Lunch and Life Wednesdays St. Mary Catholic Church • 9505 Gayton Road
Lecture Series
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No classes
Monday, April 13,
due to Spring Break
No speaker
Wednesday, April 15,
due to Spring Break
See Thursday courses on Page 4!
Lord George Nathaniel
Curzon
M • May 11
John Gordon
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
Bell
M • May 18
John Gordon
Diversity versus Inclusivity
Charles Williams, interim director
of the Office for Black Catholics,
Diocese of Richmond
Th • Mar 26
The 2020 Virginia Assembly:
A New Majority Takes Control
Jack Austin, retired special
projects manager, Virginia
Division of Legislative Services
Th • Apr 2
Mathematics and the
Apple v. Samsung Legal Battle
Jim Davis, professor,
mathematics, UR
Th • Apr 16
My Place of Residence is Camp
Lee: WWI Military Naturalizations
Cara Griggs, reference archivist,
The Library of Virginia
Th • Apr 23
Middle East Update
William L. Sachs, director, Center
for Interfaith Reconciliation; author,
lecturer; Episcopal priest
Th • Apr 30
Survey of the Planets
Henry Nebel, retired physics and
astronomy professor, UR
Th • May 7
Lunch: 12:00 - 12:30 Lunch Speakers: 12:30 - 1:15 Fellowship Hall
Bring a sandwich Coffee and dessert are available
free with Shepherd ’s Center membership
included with Open University tuition
general public admission by donation
The Changing Political
Landscape
Ernest McGowen, assoc. prof.,
political science, UR
M • Mar 23
Personal Archiving Basics
Margaret Kidd, access and
electronic records archivist,
VCU Libraries
M • Mar 30
Why Shockoe Bottom Matters
Kim Chen, senior manager for
Shockoe Bottom, City of
Richmond
M • Apr 6
Coming to the Table:
How to Have the Courageous
Conversation on Race
Danita Green, co-CEO, Coming
to the Table-RVA
M • Apr 20
Faith Goes to College in 2020
Craig Kocher, university
chaplain, Jessie Ball duPont
chair of the chaplaincy, UR
M • Apr 27
Dream Catching in My
Seventies
Carole Olsen, hiking enthusiast;
author; columnist
M • May 4
Adult Protective Services in
Virginia: Fiction, Facts,
and the Future
Paige McCleary, adult protective
services division director, Virginia
Department for Aging and
Rehabilitative Services
M • May 11
Dilemmas in Cuteness:
How Wildlife Suffers When
Humans Care Too Much
April Harper, public programs
coordinator, Maymont Foundation
M • May 18
MONDAYS at St. Luke Lutheran Church • 7757 Chippenham Parkway
THURSDAYS at First Presbyterian Church • 4602 Cary Street Road
Music and Social Justice:
Building Community Through
Song
Cameron Carter, co-founder, RVA
Street Singers; associate professor
in teaching, VCU
Th • May 14
Are Redemption & Rehabilitation
Possible in Today’s Criminal
Justice System?
Linda Scott, criminal defense
attorney and guardian ad litem; T.C.
Williams School of Law, UR
Th • May 21
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Was ist los?
Intermediate German
Free conversation über Gott und
die Welt. Reading skill with Andre
Klein's Baumgartner & Momsen
crime and mystery series. Some
grammar. German Scrabble and/
or a movie.
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
9:45 - 10:45
Room 205
Teacher: Sabine Horn, German
native; MA in Japanese and
Russian, University of Marburg,
Germany
Intermediate Latin
An intermediate course for
students who have knowledge of
basic Latin grammar and
vocabulary. Th • Mar 26 - May 21
9:45 - 10:45
Room 214
Teacher: Lee Perkins, PhD,
Harvard University; classical
languages teacher, St.
Catherine’s School
Advanced Spanish
A continuing class for students
who took the intermediate course
last year or have some
knowledge of intermediate
Spanish grammar and
vocabulary. Th • Mar 26 - May 21
9:45 - 10:45
Room 206
Teacher: Tim Martin, BA in
Spanish; teaching certification;
MS in secondary school
counseling
International Travelogue
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
9:45 - 10:45
Fellowship Hall
Egypt: Part 1
Th • Mar 26
Barbara Goehle, retired HS
science teacher, Chesterfield
County
Egypt: Part 2
Th • Apr 2
Barbara Goehle
Antarctica Th • Apr 16
Marilyn Scott, retired VCU librarian; Federal Government employee; extensive traveler
Galapagos Islands
Th • Apr 23
Jeanne Bluford, retired librarian, Henrico Public Schools
Sacred Sites of Italy
Th • April 30
Hal Costley, retired engineer;
board president, TSCOR
France
Th • May 7
Hal Costley Africa: Part 1
Th • May 14
Barbara Goehle
Africa: Part 2 Th • May 21
Barbara Goehle
Russia Under the Tsars
Tsarist Russia history, sixteenth
century to early twentieth
century: Ivan IV, The Terrible,
through Nicholas II.
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
9:45 - 10:45
Room 216
Teacher: George Munro,
professor of history, VCU
Chair Yoga
This gentle yoga program
targets strength, balance,
flexibility, and stress release.
Poses are performed while
seated in a chair or standing
using the chair for support.
Breath work and final relaxation
promote stress release.
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
9:45 - 10:45
Basement
Teacher: Christine Thomas,
Yoga Alliance experienced
registered yoga teacher
Art Treasures: Russian,
English, and Japanese
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
9:45 - 10:45
Room 218
Treasures of 19th Century
Russian Painting
Th • Mar 26
Joe Troncale, professor
emeritus, Russian studies,
UR
Treasures of 20th Century
Russian Painting
Th • Apr 2
Joe Troncale
OPEN UNIVERSITY
Thursdays at First Presbyterian Church • 4602 Cary Street Road
Spr ing 2020 • Page 4
Mar 26 - May 21, 2020
No classes Thursday, April 9,
due to Spring Break
Lecture Series
Lecture Series
Modern Masters of Printmaking: Part 1 Th • Apr 16
Colleen Yarger, PhD, assistant curator for European Art and the Mellon Collections, VMFA
Modern Masters of
Printmaking: Part 2 Th • Apr 23
Colleen Yarger
Modern Masters of Printmaking: Part 3 Th • Apr 30
Colleen Yarger
Japanese Prints in History, Art, and Popular Culture: Part 1 Th • May 7
William Neer, curatorial assistant for exhibitions, VMFA
Japanese Prints in History, Art, and Popular Culture: Part 2 Th • May 14
William Neer
Japanese Prints in History, Art, and Popular Culture: Part 3 Th • May 21
William Neer
The Joys of Reading Latin
Note: Enrollment for this course is
limited to students who have
completed units 1, 2, and 3 of the
first eleven stages of The
Cambridge Latin Course and are
ready to continue with unit 4.
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
11:00 - 12:00
Room 214
Teacher: Lee Perkins, PhD,
Harvard University; classical
languages teacher, St.
Catherine’s School
SEE PAGE 3 FOR DETAILS
Lunch: 12:00 - 12:30
Bring a sandwich. Coffee and
dessert are available.
Lunch Speakers: 12:30 - 1:15
Fellowship Hall
Beginning French
For those who have had some
French. This will be the third part
of the course introducing the
basics of French grammar with
some useful vocabulary and
expressions, and some history
and culture. Homework will be
given for practice. We will make
sure that everyone in the class
has an opportunity to participate
and converse in order to use the
language.
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
11:00 - 12:00
Room 206
Teacher: Janet Sheridan, MA,
French literature, UR; former
teacher, St. Catherine's School
Musical Potpourri
Popular composers and
performers of the 20th century
are featured and discussed.
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
11:00 - 12:00
Room 209
Teachers: Vaughan Gary, retired
RSVP director at United Way; HS
drama, English, and speech
teacher; and Rick Smith, retired
music and DVD manager at
Barnes & Noble; music and
culture aficionado
Biographical Sketches of
Movie Stars
Marilyn, Denzel, Sidney, and
Vivien are a few of the greats
who brought their talents to the
big screen. Come learn about the
work of stars on the silver screen
and their lives behind the
camera.
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
11:00 - 12:00
Room 218
Teacher: Stephanie Churchill,
author, movie devotee, and
student of screenwriting, theatre,
and 1950’s films
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(Afternoon courses continued,
Page 6)
American Diplomatic History
History of American foreign
affairs, from the founding of the
United States to the present day.
A four-week course.
Th • Mar 26 - Apr 23
11:00 - 12:00
Fellowship Hall
Teacher: Cary Blankenship,
retired professor of history,
University of Kentucky and
Centre College
Contemporary Political
Questions
Course explores one topic each
week: Who or What is to Blame
for the Mess in Washington?
Should the Filibuster be
Eliminated? Does the United
States Have a Government Of,
By, and For the People? Should
One Support and Vote for the
Party or the Person?
A four-week course.
Th • Apr 30 - May 21
11:00 - 12:00
Fellowship Hall
Teacher: Ellis West, professor
emeritus, political science, UR
Genki desu ka? Intermediate
Japanese
Urashima Taro Japanese world
literature/fairytale. Reading kanji,
hiragana, listening and
translating skills. Some grammar
in textbook: Japanese for Busy
People 1, romanized version.
Last class - Japanese movie or
Japanese scrabble.
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
12:15 - 1:15
Room 205
Teacher: Sabine Horn, MA in
Japanese and Russian,
University of Marburg, Germany
Kak dyela? Low Intermediate
Russian
Speaking and listening skills for
everyday situations and culture.
Reading and writing Cyrillic.
Systematic grammar. Textbook:
Russian Face to Face. Level
One. Last class - Russian movie
or Russian Scrabble.
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
1:30 - 2:30
Room 205
Teacher: Sabine Horn, MA in
Japanese and Russian,
University of Marburg, Germany
Feldenkrais
The Feldenkrais Method can
improve a person’s movement
repertoire by expanding and
refining body awareness to
reduce pain or limitations in
movement and promote general
well-being.
Th • Mar 26 - May 21
1:30 - 2:30
Room 218
Teachers: Nancy Dawe, Phyllis
Entin, Mary Frances Hobbs,
Jane McAllister, Cas Overton,
and Vicki White, guild-certified
Feldenkrais practitioners
Spr ing 2020 • Page 6
***SPECIAL EVENT!***
The Burnt Offering:
A Live Reading of a
Play-in-Development
Bruce Birdsey, who presented the Open University 2019 fall
course, Confessions in Literature, has created a play from The
Burnt Offering, a 1950’s short novel by German Lutheran pastor
Albrecht Goes that relates a story (whether true or fictional, we
don't know) about a Gentile shopkeeper in Berlin during World
War II who befriends and aids her Jewish customers. Bruce is
hoping to see the play produced locally and would be helped by
feedback from participants who would take parts in a live reading
of his draft play. How well does it come across? How could it be
improved? If you don't like the idea of reading aloud in a group,
come anyway and just listen. Scripts will be provided for all.
Bruce Birdsey, author; retired Episcopal priest Have a great summer!
OU will see YOU in the fall!
Fall Session:
Sept 21 - Nov 12
Session 1: Th • Apr 23
Session 2: Th • Apr 30
1:30 - 2:30
Room 216
The door to learning is always open
OPEN UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION SPRING SESSION 2020
Dr. Mr. Mrs. Ms.
first name middle initial last name
street address:
city, state, zip:
home phone: cell phone:
email:
$45 Member Tuition (for current members attending spring session)
$75 Non-Member Tuition (for spring session)
$25 Shepherd’s Center of Richmond membership (valid from 7/1/2019 - 6/30/2020)*
donation to The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond (optional)* $
I need a nametag
TOTAL: * tax-deductible
What is Open University? Open University (OU) is the lifelong learning program of The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond. Instructors are volunteers from local universities and professional communities. What is The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond? The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond (TSCOR) is a nonprofit, nondenominational organization for service and education. Its mission is to encourage older adults to remain
active and independent through enrichment programs and volunteer service to their peers. When and where does OU meet? OU meets over three annual sessions - Mondays at St. Luke Lutheran Church on South Side and on Thursdays at First Presbyterian Church in the near West End. What does OU cost? The cost is $45 per session (not per course) for TSCOR members, and $75 per session for non-members. May I attend just one course? You may attend as many courses as you like at either of our locations for the full tuition cost. We do not charge per individual course, but for the entire 8-week session. What if I’m unsure I’ll like OU? You may attend one day for free and if you decide you would like to return you may register at that time. Please check in with staff at the welcome desk when you arrive. Do I have to become a TSCOR member to attend OU? Membership is not required.
Frequently Asked
Questions
Mail registration and check payable to: The Shepherd ’s Center of Richmond 3111 Northside Ave., #400 Richmond, VA 23228
Register on site any day at either location.
TSCOR.org
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WALK-IN
ONLINE
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What are the costs & benefits of annual membership with TSCOR? Membership is $25 and runs from July through the following June.
Membership benefits: free attendance to all lunch
speakers, reduced Open University
tuition, reduced group travel rates, invitation to the Annual
Celebration, and subscription to the TSCOR
biannual newsletter. In the event of cancellations, are there make-ups or refunds? Unfortunately, we are unable to offer make-up classes or refunds. Questions?
804-355-7282 TSCOR.org
To Contact OU Staff:
Erin Reibel, Lifelong Learning Coordinator 804-337-8991 [email protected] Julie Adams-Buchanan, Executive Director, TSCOR 804-355-7282 [email protected]
The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond
3111 Northside Ave., Suite 400
Richmond, Virginia 23228-5441
The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond is a
nonprofit, nondenominational organization
for service and education. Its mission is to
encourage older adults to remain active and
independent through enrichment programs
and volunteer service to their peers.
Active • Independent • Engaged
OPEN UNIVERSITY LIFELONG LEARNING WITH
Mar 23 - May 21, 2020
