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Welcome to Lifelong Learning at Wofford Spring classes begin the week of March 13. > Clubs, Events and Trips > Special Events

Special Events   

From time to time we will have special one or two session events providing unique topics in a shorter format than a regular term course. These lectures or events may be one session or several sessions or a day-long event. Please be sure to carefully read the event details before signing up. Our special events are open to members and non-members.
 
  • Special Event: Handmade Paper Making Workshop
  • Instructor: Carol Funke
    Fee: $20.00
    Max Enrollment: 10
    Date: 4/4/2023 -- 4/4/2023
    Time: 10:00 AM -- 3:00 PM
    Location: Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Arts Center, Room 128 Art Classroom
    Artist and author Carol Funke provides all materials for participants to explore the art of handmade paper with this hands-on-workshop. The process of papermaking becomes a tactile artistic experience for students of any age. Basic techniques taught include pulling paper, creating textures in the paper, pulp painting, embedding, molding and embossing to mention a few. An exhibiting artist herself, Carol aims to inspire her students to develop papermaking into an art form.
    There is a $20 paper materials fee that will be applied to your shopping cart to cover all supplies needed for the workshop.

 

  • SOCIAL EVENT  Dinner and A Movie: Silverscreen Films
  • Price: $18.00
  • Date: 4/4/2023 -- 4/4/2023
    Time: 4:00 PM -- 7:00 PM
    Location: Wofford College Campus Olin Theater
    American Graffiti: Rotten Tomatoes gives this 1976 film a 96 on the Tomatometer. On the last day of summer vacation in 1962, friends Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), Steve (Ronny Howard), Terry (Charles Martin Smith) and John (Paul Le Mat) cruise the streets of small-town California while a mysterious disc jockey (Wolfman Jack) spins classic rock'n'roll tunes. It's the last night before their grown-up lives begin, and Steve's high-school sweetheart, a hot-to-trot blonde, a bratty adolescent and a disappearing angel in a Thunderbird provide all the excitement they can handle. Join LLL friends to watch the movie after a quick background by local movie review legend Ray Merlock. After the movie join us all in the outdoor pavilion for pizza, drinks and fun. 
 

  • A New Lens: JWST and Other Current/Future NASA Exploration Missions

    This class is FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below. 

  • Fee: $10.00

  • Dates: 4/11/2023 - 4/11/2023

    Times: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

  • Days: Tu

  • Sessions: 1

  • Building: Central Methodist Church

    Room: Shepard Room

  • Instructor: Jack Hansen

  • This presentation will focus on exciting recent results and discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the most powerful and distant observatory ever deployed, and other currently operating observatories and robotic rovers exploring planets in our solar system, the Sun, and planets around other stars (exoplanets). These will be put in the historic and budgetary context of NASA’s overall Space Science, Earth Science, and Aeronautics programs.

Website Tip! There is no charge to add yourself to the waitlist. Adding yourself helps us know the interest for the class and in many cases we can add more seats or schedule another section, please add yourself!

 

  • Coffee with the Dean

    This class is FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below. 

  • Fee: $10.00

  • Dates: 4/12/2023 - 4/12/2023

    Times: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

  • Days: W

  • Sessions: 1

  • Building: Off Campus

    Room: VCOM Campus

  • Instructor: Matthew Cannon

  • Tour the VCOM-Carolinas campus with Dean Matthew Cannon for the opportunity to learn more about osteopathic medicine, experience their patient simulation center, and hear the impact Spartanburg's Medical School is making on healthcare across the state and region.  Dr. Matthew D. Cannon is Dean of VCOM-Carolinas and is a board-certified family medicine physician. He received his medical degree from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and completed an Internship in Obstetrics and Gynecology and a Residency in Family Medicine.

Website Tip! There is no charge to add yourself to the waitlist. Adding yourself helps us know the interest for the class and in many cases we can add more seats or schedule another section, please add yourself!

 

  • Vineyard and Winery Tour

    This class is FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below. 

  • Fee: $35.00

  • Dates: 4/14/2023 - 4/14/2023

    Times: 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM

  • Days: F

  • Sessions: 1

  • Building: Central Methodist Church

    Room: Parking Lot

  • Instructor: Julia Lyons

  • Victoria Valleys Vineyard: Experience a little piece of Europe with a traditional wine tasting of their European Vinifera wines, sure to be enjoyed by any wine drinker from a novice to the connoisseur. The forty-seven-acre site in Cleveland, SC was chosen for its elevation and unique soil structure to grow and produce Vinifera Wines. The cost of this event includes the wine tasting, transportation to and from the vineyard and administrative fees.  Lunch is not included in our price, but is offered at the vineyard. Each participant can make a selection from the full lunch menu. The cost of the lunch ranges from $6.50 - $15.00. 

Website Tip! There is no charge to add yourself to the waitlist. Adding yourself helps us know the interest for the class and in many cases we can add more seats or schedule another section, please add yourself!