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Lifelong Learning is Our Journey
WISE … Once a Secret … Now a Gift
By Pat Hurton, Chairman of the Outreach Committee
Let’s make WISE more visible in the community. Get the spirit and make a statement by wearing apparel and using accessories with the WISE or 25th anniversary logo. We have a great variety of shirts, sweatshirts, hats, visors, coffee cups, calendars , and golf balls available.
Silk-screened items are available through Cafe Press, and embroidered items can be purchased from Guertin Graphics. If you wish to order any items, contact them directly, and go on-line to view their complete line of available products. For additional information contact Barbara Kupfer at barbara_k@me.com, and let’s all get the WISE look.
All of these items make great holiday gifts, and don't forget that a WISE membership is the gift that keeps on giving!
By the way, I hear more and more that you, our members, are getting people to join WISE. You are our best ambassadors. Please keep it up!!
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Wisdom comes not from age but from education and learning.
Anton Chekhov
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Class Assistants for 2017-2018 Session B Courses
By Elaine Bloom
A very important group of volunteers are the class assistants who keep attendance, pass out evaluation forms, and provide current information to the students of each class. We extend heartfelt gratitude to Bobbi Corn for enlisting and coordinating over fifteen WISE members for this endeavor each session. They are there to help group leaders and class members as well.
B1 Bob Dyer, for Apocalyptic Lit in the Bible, at JCC
B2 Zelda Schwartz, for Social Issues in American Drama, in 119 Kennedy
B3 Janet Shainheit, for William Blake Poems and Art, in 119 Kennedy
B4 Harvey Fenigsohn, for Shakespeare’s Cosmology, in Plourde
B5 Sandra Hakkarainen, for Short Stories of Alice Munro, in 119 Kennedy
B6 Bobbi Corn, for The Troubles in Northern Ireland, in 119 Kennedy
B7 Barbara Noble, for Overview of Buddhism, at The Willows
B8 Hanna Solska, for The Arts of Islam, in 119 Kennedy
B9 Joe Corn, for Freedom of Expression: First Amendment, in 119 Kennedy
B10 Sue Cote, for Eyes of Mary Cassatt, in Plourde
B11 Anne McIntosh, for Literary Quality of the Old Testament, at JCC
B12 David Gilligan, for Business and Public Policy, in 119 Kennedy
B13 Kathy Drew, for Women in Islam, in 119 Kennedy
B14 Arlene Handschuch, for Landscapes of Broad Meadow Brook, at Audubon
B15 Rose Anne Ferrandino, for Digital Literacy, in 119 Kennedy
B16 Bobbi Corn, for Documentaries From the Edge, in 119 Kennedy
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TED Talks
by Karl Hakkarainen
I first learned about TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) talks several years ago when I watched a brain researcher, Jill Bolte Taylor, describing how she struggled to understand strokes from th e inside, while she was having one and while she was trying to call for help.
From there, I sought out other talks including:
TED started as a conference more than 30 years ago and expanded to online videos in the last decade. There are more than 2400 TED talks online, most 18 minutes or less, and all with something engaging. Longer ones, such Douglas Adams talking about a flightless parrot that’s forgotten that it cannot fly, are worth all the time you can give.
You can download TED talks to your computer, tablet, or smartphone and watch at your leisure. Signing up for their email newsletter brings a weekly sampler of featured talks.
A point to remember about videos: Be patient. These talks showcase smart people talking about interesting stuff. We do that all the time; they’re called WISE courses. So, give yourself the time needed to let the story develop. These aren't news headlines where the first minute tells you enough. These are crafted talks that lead you through paths of thought, reflection, and curiosity. A TED talk is worth the time you give it.
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Brown Bag Lunch
Speaker Asima Silva described Growing Up Muslim in America.
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25th Anniversary Brunch
We celebrated, dined, and danced at Wachusett Country Club.
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25th WISE Anniversary Lecture
Pulitzer Prize winning author, Stephen Kurkjian, author of “Master Thieves,” described his research and writing about the world's biggest art theft; then he signed his book for us at the new Tsotsis auditorium on Assumption campus.
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Save the Date
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Veterans Day ceremony on Assumption campus at 11:30am in front of La Maison
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Lecture “Life in Denali” on Assumption campus
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WISE Holiday Lunch on Assumption campus
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