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Join Western’s Academy for Lifelong Learning for an Exploration of Mars in February 2017-01-11
Lifelong Learning: Community members get education in vehicle technology, design 2016-02-26
Western’s Academy for Lifelong Learning to Host Spring Program Preview Feb. 11 2016-01-28
Western program provides community education in art, literature and science 2015-12-04
‘Final Curtains’ class explores movie stars’ last performances

If all the world’s a stage and we are all merely players, it helps to ponder what kind of stage exit we want to make.

I’m not talking about dying, but how and when to leave a fitting capstone to one’s legacy or career.

2015-04-06
Classes and activities help keep Whatcom seniors sharp

When Mary Sadler retired 19 years ago, she found life without her job much more subdued than she expected. The Whatcom County resident, now in her 70s, had taken noncredit evening classes for fun while she was employed, so continuing in that vein seemed like a good idea.
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2014-09-17
College-level classes at WWU help widow adjust to life in new hometown of Bellingham

Life after a death: “I had this realization that I had never done most things by myself,” McGuinness says. “I’d never been to the movies by myself. It felt wrong to be sitting in there alone.”

She decided the only way to make friends was to try something new. She…

2014-09-17
Lifelong-learning instructors to preview local classes

The Academy for Lifelong Learning, supported by Western Washington University, will host a fall program preview from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal’s Second Floor Dome Room.
The preview is an opportunity to learn about the academy’s spring courses and…

2013-01-28
5 Places to Explore: Rick Steves, David Guterson to speak in Bellingham

ohn Friesen, Canadian cellist and an associate professor of music at Western Washington University, performs Haydn's Concerto in C Major with the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m. Jan. 27 at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. The program also includes Bach's "…

2013-01-14
Class Teaches Basics of Facebook, Twitter

The Academy for Lifelong Learning at Western Washington University is offering a two-hour class on social media called "Friend Me, Tweet Me, Like Me."

The course, which will explore the social media basics of Facebook and Twitter, will be taught by Evelyn Turner, who has…

2012-11-16
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