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Welcome to Lifelong Learning at Wofford Summer Term classes and events and Group Travel for 2025-2026are now posted online. Registration begins May 6 at 9 a.m. Registration Help Guide Summer 2025Term Flyer > Class Offerings > Languages/Travel

Languages/Travel   

While only annual members can attend our classes during the academic year, we invite non-members to register for our summer classes. This opportunity is in addition to special events and trips, which are open to all students year-round. Summer term is a great time to see what Lifelong Learning has to offer if you’re new to Spartanburg or to our program. Annual memberships will be available for purchase between August 1, 2025 and March 20. Benefits of an annual membership run through June 30. 

Note: Annual members receive $10 off any class during the summer term. Special events are excluded from this offer.

TIP! To browse our classes, click on a specific category below to search by interest area. You can also search for classes using keywords, an instructor's name or time of day by clicking on the magnifying glass icon in the menu bar above or click here.

  • Historical Tour of Gaffney, South Carolina 
  • Course Fee: $46.00
    Dates: 6/11/2025 - 6/11/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Location: Off Campus 
    Instructor: Jean Ogden

    Everything you would like to know about Gaffney and all the things you never knew! Join your experienced tour guide as you explore the Gaffney Visitors Center, including the Revolutionary War Room, historic downtown, Limestone Springs, and Limestone Quarry before heading to Gastonia for lunch at Webb Custom Kitchen which formerly was a movie theatre. We will finish the tour with ice cream before returning to Spartanburg. A comfortable, air condtioned van will leave from the Central United Methodist Church Parking lot for a fun day exploring the home of the infamous I-85 peach. The cost of the class includes the cost of the provided transportation. 

 

  • Learning to Learn Basic German 
  • Course Fee: $31.00
    Dates: 6/3/2025 - 6/24/2025
    Times: 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 4
    Location: Central United Methodist Church  Activities Room
    Instructor: Steve Roehling
    Students will be taught the basics of German listening comprehension (recognizing and identifying words in spoken German), pronunciation, and basic grammar. They will be provided a learning experience that will help them decide whether they want to continue learning German independently and/or through personal instruction. Online resources and apps for further study of German will be presented. Students should borrow or purchase German Made Simple by Eugene Jackson and Adolph Geiger. Revised edition. Three Rivers Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7679-1860-2. (Used copies are available through Amazon, eBay and other online vendors.)
 

  • Photo and Sightseeing Trip to the Western Carolinas Mountains 
  • Course Fee: $50.00
    Dates: 6/6/2025 - 6/6/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 1
    Location: Off Campus 
    Instructor: Paul Halphen
    A photo and sightseeing tour in the mountains of the Western Carolinas. This will be a one-day tour on in the Wofford van. The trip will leave at 9:00 am and return at 4:00 pm. We will monitor the road situation in the mountains to select the optimum places to visit which are accessible and will provide easy walking/hiking and good photographic opportunities. We expect to be able to include some waterfalls and wildflowers in addition to landscape vistas. Please bring your own bag lunch. The cost of the class includes the cost of the provided transportation. 
    Rain date is June 20 at 9:00 a.m. If the event is postponed due to rain, no refunds will be provided if you cannot attend on the rain date.
 

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