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Ask People to be WISE and Join!!
by Pat Hurton
Are you surprised to learn that many people in Central MA still do not know about WISE? Unfortunately it is true. The Outreach Committee members have been doing their best to market and reach out with brochures, flyers, business cards, speaking engagements, library displays, and so forth.
However, you are our greatest ambassadors. Please tell your neighbors, colleagues, friends, and family about WISE and the many benefits of becoming a WISE member. We have new marketing material in the WISE office you can use or contact me, Pat Hurton (pjhurton@yahoo.com), your Outreach Committee chair, for additional information.
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WISE Leadership for 2017-2018
By Elaine Bloom
Welcome back to the start of another fall session of WISE classes and events. Many people have been working throughout the summer to prepare an interesting and exciting set of activities for you to enjoy, including some especially to celebrate our 25th anniversary. There have been some changes among the officers and committee chairs, so we thought it would be a good idea to let everyone know who’s who. And, remember, these are unpaid volunteers (except for the College Sponsor and WISE Administrators).
Executive Officers:
Joe Corn, President
Marsha Addis, 1st Vice President
Karl Hakkarainen, 2nd Vice President
Donna Crocker, Secretary
Sue Tellier, Treasurer 
Committee Chairs:
Marsha Addis, Strategic Planning
Elaine Bloom, Communications
Barbara Groves, Curriculum
Patricia Hurton, Outreach
Barbara Kupfer & Cathy Rao, Travel
Cookie Nelson, Special Events
Zelda Schwartz, Nominations
Sue Tellier, Finance
Council Members at Large:
Ron Crocker
Bob Dyer
Mohan Korgaonkar
Ed Landau
Chuck Perkins
Paula Sommer
Coordinators:
Bobbi Corn, Class Assistants
Kathy Drew, New Member Orientation
Jane Gilligan, Course Evaluations
Karl Hakkarainen, Technical Advisor
College Sponsor/ WISE Administrators:
Francesco Cesareo, PhD, President, Assumption College
Susan Perschbacher, PhD, WISE Director
Jill Lagana, MEd, WISE Office Manager
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Class Assistants for 2017-2018 Session A
By Elaine Bloom
Another important group of volunteers are our class assistants who keep attendance, pass out evaluation forms, and provide pertinent information to the stude nts of each class. We extend heartfelt gratitude to Bobbi Corn for enlisting and coordinating over fifteen WISE members for this endeavor each session. Class assistants are there to help group leaders and class members as well.
A1 Paul Schwartz, for Revenge of the Movies at Briarwood
A2 Barbara Kupfer, for 50 Shades of Genesis at JCC
A3 Sandra Hakkarainen, for America’s Music Cities in Kennedy 119
A4 Elaine Bloom, for Hearing & Speaking Poetry in Kennedy 119
A5 Carleen Daly, for Poems of Stanley Kunitz in Plourde
A6 David Gilligan, for Creation of Spain 711-1492 at The Willows
A7 Anne McIntosh, for Connected Inventions in Kennedy 119
A8 Anna Krendel, for Great Songs -- Timeless Message in Kennedy 119
A9 Caroline Heffernan, for Survey of Worcester Art Museum at WAM
A10 Zelda Schwartz, for Italian High Renaissance in Kennedy 119
A11 Bob Dyer, for Behind the Scenes at the Hanover Theater
A12 Dianne Stoler, for Capital Punishment in Kennedy 119
A13 Deena Madnick, for Out of Africa in Plourde
A14 Susan Harvie, for The Art of Happiness in Kennedy 119
A15 Doris Tivnan, for Macbeth in Kennedy 119
A16 Sandon Congdon/Bob Fancy, for Down the Blackstone at Audubon Society
A17 Nicky Puccio, for 5 Pivotal Moments in US History at Southgate
A18 Ruth Sarafinas, for Music for Movies at Briarwood
A19 Ellen Cutler, for Current Events/How News is Reported in Kennedy 119
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 Assumption College HumanArts Series
By Elaine Bloom
The Assumption College HumanArts Series is free and open to the public. Highlights follow.
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17 September 2017 - 2:00 to 3:00pm: Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall in Tsotsis Family Academic Center
Classical Guitar Virtuoso, Eliot Fisk
Mr. Fisk offers a diverse program of solo works by J. S. Bach and others in what promises to be a truly enthralling musical experience for all. A reception follows the performance in the Foyer of the Tsotsis Family Academic Center.
28 September 2017 - 12:00 to 1:00pm: Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall in the Tsotsis Family Academic Center
The Bach Consort of Worcester
Michelle Graveline, Artistic Director and harpsichordist, and the Bach Consort return to campus for a concert featuring the concerti grossi of Arcangelo Corelli and George Frederic Handel.
19 October 2017 - 7:30 to 9:00pm: Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall in the Tsotsis Family Academic Center
An Evening of Poetry and Prose with John Hodgen and his daughter, the novelist Christie Hodgen
24 October 2017 - 6:30 to 8:30pm: Assumption College Kennedy Building K 112
Beyond the Rhetoric: Tracing women's activities in the cityscape of late Archaic and early Classical Athens
The Assumption College HumanArts series and the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) present a lecture by Dr. Lisa Nevett. A reception at 6:30pm is followed by the lecture at 7:00pm.
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Save the Date
By Cookie Nelson
The WISE Special Events Committee has begun planning for the academic year.
In a few days you will receive your invitation to the first event of the 25th Anniversary Celebration of WISE. A festive brunch at the Wachusett Country Club is scheduled for Sunday, October 15th. Members are encouraged to bring spouses, friends, family and potential WISE members. Joe Corn will provide the entertainment with a trip down memory lane with popular music videos. We hope you will join us on this happy occasion as we send WISE off for a very special year.
At a Brown Bag Luncheon on October 5th, guest speaker Asima Silva will talk to us about Growing up Muslim in Worcester. Guests are welcome. Coffee, tea and desserts are provided. No charge.
No Fall trip is planned this year. Instead, our 25th Anniversary Committee offers a wonderful lecture in November, and our Travel Committee also plans a program.
The Holiday Luncheon is planned for early December.
In 2018, a lecture by Jim Welu, Director Emeritus of Worcester Art Museum is planned. In the spring, we plan trip to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, including the Seamen’s Bethel Chapel and more.
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New Member Orientation
WISE offered another exciting orientation this fall to welcome our new members. The meeting room was arranged so that participants could see each other more easily. New and current members shared their enthusiasm for lifelong learning.
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