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Dear members and friends,

What a lovely summer we are having. Some of our fall classes begin at the end of this month and others later in September and October. Our monthly Food for Thought presentations start again in September.

We look forward to the 2nd annual lecture in The Dorothy and Jim Clunan Lecture series on Cultural Understanding and World Affairs with Anne Hall - see below. We hope you can join us.

Do you have an idea for a class, presentation, or event? Are you interested in teaching a class or know someone who might want to teach? Would you like to volunteer on a committee? Please let us know!

Enjoy the summer!

Janice

2nd Annual Clunan Lecture

Thursday, September 19, 2024, at 5:30 PM

Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor

We hope by now everyone has September 19^th at 5:30 PM emblazoned on their calendars. That’s when former Ambassador to Lithuania Anne Hall will deliver the second in the annual Dorothy and Jim Clunan Lecture Series at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor. Her topic is “Poland and the Baltics, U.S. Allies and Partners in an Uncertain European Landscape.”

Our thanks to those of you who are already contributing to help make the lecture series self-sustaining. There is still time to do so. Please let the office know if you wish to contribute in memory or in honor of a former Acadia Senior College volunteer, and we will note that in the event program.

Contributions may be made at acadiaseniorcollege.org/donate and checks may be mailed to ASC, PO Box 475, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679. Please indicate the donation is for the Clunan Lecture endowment.

Click here for a printable donation form

Reminder

If you are registered for Easier Movement for Golden Years, Geology or Just This Meditation, please remember to sign and return your Assumption of Risk forms if you have not already done so.

Dates to remember

August 25th - Fall courses begin

September 19^th @ 5:30 p.m. - Anne Hall at the Neighborhood House

September 23^rd - Winter course proposals due

More information coming soon:

September 27^th - Food for Thought at Birch Bay Village

October 5^th - Field trip to Maine Forest and Logging Museum/Leonard's Mills

MMA's Bowdoin Returns

This past May, ASC members toured the Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) in Castine and learned about the 103-year-old schooner Bowdoin which was about to sail to the Arctic. The group met with the Captain who discussed the upcoming voyage, the number of students in the crew, and the length and purpose of the voyage.

Nat Fenton tracked the schooner's voyage until her return to port in Castine on July 26 after an eight-week, 4,575-mile voyage to the Arctic. Nat captured the ship's stopover in Valley Cove (1st photo) and was at the dock to welcome her home (following photos.)

There are 16 senior colleges in Maine, offering a variety of classes and presentations, some of which are free and many are offered by Zoom. To learn more, read and subscribe to the MSCN newsletter.

Did you know that as members of Acadia Senior College, you are eligible to register for classes offered by other Senior Colleges in Maine without paying an additional membership fee? Space permitting, you can register for courses and pay only the course fee.

You can also visit the What's Happening? page and subscribe to receive email notices for presentations from senior colleges around the state. (Click the Log In link to sign up.)

Acadia Senior College

PO Box 475

Southwest Harbor, ME 04679

acadiaseniorcollege.org

learn@acadiaseniorcollege.org

207-288-9500