Instructor: Paul Coots, James Salber Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM Sessions: 10 Location:The Social Chico Room: Bradley 2 Fee: Included
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Flexibility declines with age, but more so if you're not active. Come rejuvenate your mental, physical, and spiritual well-being through exercise. We'll practice balance, strength, and flexibility movements that lead to enhanced mobility. Each class follows a similar pragmatic routine that can be done at home. Consistent practice with exercises that increase your range of motion means you'll be looking after the health of your joints for many years to come. Comfortable clothing recommended for ease of motion.
Instructor: Dick Kennedy Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Sessions: 10 Location: Online Learning Room: Link to be Provided Fee: Included
Cartooning is a fun, non-threatening way to get into drawing. It can teach you many of the drawing fundamentals in an easy to understand way. Have fun exploring the many possibilities for creating your own unique characters. Learn how to bring your characters to life and give each their own personality. Make them talk and think. Absolutely no drawing ability required. All you need is a pencil and some inexpensive paper.
Instructor: Tatiana Fassieux, Victoria Brennan Dates: 4/5/2023 - 4/5/2023 Days: W Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Sessions: 1 Location: Online Learning Room: Link to be Provided Fee: Included
This course will provide participants with the tools necessary to appeal denials of care or coverage for those with Medicare. Whether you're covered by regular Medicare or by a Medicare Advantage plan, including prescription drug coverage, you have certain protections and rights to appeal denials. This includes those who have retiree coverage as secondary to Medicare.
Instructor: Robin Dizard (she/her) Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Sessions: 10 Location:The Social Chico Room: Gordon 1 Fee: Included
In human speech we can locate signs of our deep past and evidence of how we think now. In many respects, names are special: they are our addresses in the universe. This course considers the history of human language and some of its special effects, like poems, curses, predictions, and riddles as they pertain to names.
Instructor: Gayle Womack Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Sessions: 10 Location:The Social Chico Room: Gordon 2 Fee: Included
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Come prepared to discuss how this concept can work in your daily life: remembering that the past is gone and the future hasn't happened. One can be reflective but not ruminate over and over about the past or the future. This powerful concept for living can bring inner peace, even in the face of suffering.
Instructor: Gayle Womack Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Sessions: 10 Location:The Social Chico Room: Gordon 2 Fee: Included
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Come prepared to discuss how this concept can work in your daily life: remembering that the past is gone and the future hasn't happened. One can be reflective but not ruminate over and over about the past or the future. This powerful concept for living can bring inner peace, even in the face of suffering.
Instructor: Sandra Flake (she/her) Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sessions: 10 Location:The Social Chico Room: Bradley 2 Fee: Included
Chico State's tradition of academic excellence goes back more than 130 years. With over 900 faculty members and 14,200 students, the University's teaching and learning community is thriving. Discover the imagination, cutting-edge research, and expertise that flourishes in our own backyard!
Instructor: Sandra Flake (she/her) Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sessions: 10 Location: Online Learning Room: Link to be Provided Fee: Included
Chico State's tradition of academic excellence goes back more than 130 years. With over 900 faculty members and 14,200 students, the University's teaching and learning community is thriving. Discover the imagination, cutting-edge research, and expertise that flourishes in our own backyard!
Instructor: Cynthia Weeks-Finnegan, Lois Olson Dates: 3/22/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Sessions: 4 Location: Outdoor Classes Room: Various Locations Fee: Included
The focus of this class will be on sharpening our skills in app usage, aligning our expectations when planning hikes, and building our HOOFERs community of informed, active hikers. Women who sign up for this class must be able to negotiate uneven surfaces, hike three to five miles, and not experience breathing difficulties at 5,000 ft elevations. If participant has questions or doubts regarding their abilities, contact Cynthia (tomkevin11@yahoo.com) or Lois (7ljoto@live.com).
This class is only open to women. One in-person classroom meeting 1-3pm March 22 in Gordon 1, and three outdoor hikes 8am-4pm March 29, April 12, and April 19.
Proof of vaccination is required for all in-person classes. Click here for instructions.
Instructor: Sydney Wilde Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sessions: 8 Location: Online Learning Room: Link to be Provided Fee: Included
This class will discuss favorite science fiction authors, their books, and the human, political, and scientific issues they raise. The books and authors will be chosen by Sydney from suggestions by participants. This is a fun, free-flowing gathering of science fiction enthusiasts. Please join us and bring your ideas, insights, and suspension of disbelief.
We will focus on two trilogies about Mars: Ben Bova's Mars, Return to Mars, and Mars Life and Kim Stanley Robertson's Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars. The books will be available in e-books, audio, paperback, and hard-bound formats, new and used; ranging in cost from $0 (library) or $2.99 - $11 on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and/or other commercial outlets.
Instructor: Leanne Ulvang, Michèle Martens Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Sessions: 10 Location: Online Learning Room: Link to be Provided Fee: Included
Formerly "French for Travelers," this course is for those who want to focus on pronunciation, politesse, and practicalities – the vocabulary and idioms helpful as an introduction to French and for travelers in French-speaking countries. The class is conducted mainly in English, with the aim of explaining how to say and understand basic French expressions. Note: flirting WITH French, not flirting IN French!
Instructor: Paul Belz Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Sessions: 10 Location:The Social Chico Room: Bradley 1 Fee: Included
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The Writer's Workshop serves a community of writers interested in sharing their writing and responding to other writers' work. We will focus on fiction, memoir, creative non-fiction, poetry, travel writing, stories for children, and other types of writing. Following a workshop format, this class will be an opportunity for students to receive feedback for their written work and provide meaningful support to fellow writers.
Instructor: Katherine Harper (she/her) Dates: 2/8/2023 - 4/19/2023 Days: W Times: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Sessions: 10 Location: Online Learning Room: Link to be Provided Fee: Included
This class examines the precepts of Buddhism in general and of the Chan/Zen branch of Buddhism specifically. We will explore major examples of art and architecture related to Zen. A primary goal of the class is to examine the historical context for the development of the Zen arts; therefore, an examination of the social, religious, political, and cultural influences on the production of art and architecture will be important. In addition, we will consider the fundamental teachings of Buddhism and meditation as a means for developing thoughtful and humane interactions in contemporary life.