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50204 Aviation Origins, Airfield Organizations
Dates: 11/10/2026 - 11/17/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Day of Week: Tu
Sessions: 2
Building: Bethlehem Lutheran Church - Minneapolis (opens in new tab)
Room: The Commons
Instructor: Karen Koepp, Rajan Menon
Fee: $0.00
Modality: In-Person
Seats still available: 15

Our adventure starts at a Bethelhem Lutheran Church classroom, where we will learn how humans’ age-old wish to fly led to numerous failed attempts before the Wright brothers achieved the first powered flight in 1903, and how advances in science and engineering have kept fueling the industry’s rapid evolution. The next week, at Holman Field, several speakers will tell us about aviation-related organizations based there, potentially including the Minnesota Army National Guard, the Learning Jet (education for preK-12), a flight school, airplane repair service, private jet management firm or others. Optional lunch afterward at Holman’s Table. Note: This course does not include a tour of the airfield.

50196 Birds and Botany on the St. Paul Campus
Dates: 11/4/2026 - 11/11/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Day of Week: W
Sessions: 2
Building: U of M, St. Paul Campus
Room: CBS Conservatory
Instructor: Jane Glazebrook
Fee: $10.00
In-Person

On Nov 4, we will visit the Raptor Center for a program in which Raptor Center staff show live birds. Afterwards, we will go into the area where the birds are kept. On Nov. 11th, we will visit the College of Biological Sciences Conservatory. The staff will show us the public display gardens and talk about the Conservatory. Then, we will visit the research collection and do a treasure hunt. There may be an option to join lunch outings after each session (own expense).

Course Full and Waitlist Closed.

50201 Lunch Around the World
Dates: 10/30/2026 - 11/13/2026
Times: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Day of Week: F
Sessions: 3
Building: Various Locations
Room:
Instructor: Mellissa Phillips
Fee: $0.00

If you love exploring the food from around the world, this one’s for you. We will try 3 world cuisines, one lunch at a time, starting with a lunch meeting at which we choose 2 more restaurants to visit. For this edition, we will choose restaurants in the general vicinity of the U of M, including restaurants in SE and NE Minneapolis, and downtown locations near the river.

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50206 Special Collections of the University of Minnesota Libraries
Dates: 10/7/2026 - 11/11/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Day of Week: W
Sessions: 6
Building: Various Locations
Room: Various Libraries
Instructor: Kris Kiesling, Lisa Stene
Fee: $0.00

Oct 7--Davu Seru, Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life

Oct 14--Ellen Engseth, Immigration History Research Center Archives

Oct 21--Aiden Bettine, Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies

Oct 28--Erik Moore, University Archives

Nov 4--Kate Dietrick, Upper Midwest Jewish Archives

Nov 11--Maggie Ragnow, James Ford Bell Library and Special Collections and Rare Books

REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.

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