September 2025 Newsletter | | Stimulation - Knowledge - Interaction - Fun | | Early morning fog along Ocean Drive, Photo credit: Kathleen Hall | |
3rd Annual Clunan Lecture | | |
We hope you are able to join us on Thursday, September 11, for the third annual Dorothy and Jim Clunan Lecture Series on Cultural Understanding and World Affairs, where Dr. Nirav Shah will be the featured speaker. We filled to capacity soon after opening registration and apologize if you were not able to get a seat. If you registered, but cannot attend, please cancel your registration so someone on the waiting list can take your place.
If you plan to join us, the doors open at 5 p.m. After checking in, you can mingle for a bit and the presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. Parking on the MDI Bio Lab campus near the Maren Auditorium is limited, so we encourage carpooling as much as possible.
| | Discussing End-of-Life Wishes with Loved Ones | | Cookie Horner, Patient Care and Bereavement Volunteer | | |
Most people think it is important to talk about their end-of-life wishes; however, most of us have not had these conversations. Have you?
If you feel anxious discussing such sensitive topics, or don't know where to start, you are not alone. Join Acadia Senior College for a thought-provoking discussion at our September Food for Thought. Guest speakers, Cookie Horner, Patient Care and Bereavement Volunteer, and Kathy Baillargeon, Executive Director, at Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County, will help you get started.
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Cookie and Kathy will help you learn:
- How to have advance care planning conversations with your children, your parents, or the most important people in your life.
- How to identifying the right person to speak for you when you cannot communicate for yourself due to a health crisis.
- How important it is to update your documents as your life situations change.
| Kathy Baillargeon, Executive Director, Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County | | |
Participants will receive a free Five Wishes document that will help guide you through all the steps.
What: Food for Thought
When: Friday, September 26, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Where: Birch Bay Retirement Village, 25 Village Inn Rd, Bar Harbor
Cost: $20 for lunch, gluten-free options available
How to register: Acadia Senior College event registration (click here to register)
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Mark Your Calendars!
September 11: Clunan Lecture, Dr. Nirav Shah
September 26: Food for Thought, Five Wishes: The Gift of Conversation, 11:30 a.m., Birch Bay Village
October 24: Food for Thought, Loving the North Woods: 25 Years of Historic Conservation in Maine, Karin R. Tillberg, Esq.
November 3: Winter Courses Announced
November 19: Winter Course Registration Opens
November 21: Food for Thought, The Cartography of Early Exploration: Facts, Faith, Fantasy, and Fraud -- Part 2, Michael Pancoe
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Do you have a deep passion for art, literature, cooking, history, computers, gardening or other subject? Would you like to share your passion?
or
Do you bring a lifetime of expertise in a particular area?
Acadia Senior College needs you! Become an instructor -- no experience necessary.
If the words teacher or instructor sound intimidating, think of it this way: There are hundreds of eager ASC students who want a mutually rewarding experience.
Share your knowledge and interests with students who are highly motivated to learn. As an instructor, you will connect with new people, exchange ideas and learn yourself. Plus, as a thank-you, instructors receive one free class for every course they teach.
Course proposals for the Winter 2026 term are due September 19th. The Winter term begins January 5, 2026 and runs through March 13.
Email Curriculum Committee Chair Alan Rosenquist to discuss your ideas, or click here to submit a Course Proposal.
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Thank you!!I
Due to a robust offering of courses and lectures, this fall promises to be one of our busiest seasons yet.
Thank you to our dedicated instructors who share their time, expertise and enthusiasm! We have long-time teachers who have developed a following, and new instructors who are teaching for the first or second time.
Thank you to our vibrant, volunteer Curriculum Committee, who reviews every course proposal, schedules times for classes, works with venues to match classes with locations, and helps ensure a smooth transition from planning to the start of the term.
Thank you to our creative Events, Membership and Volunteers, and Clunan Lecture Series committees, for working together to bring us additional, top-notch educational and social opportunities.
Thank you to our community of adult learners, who continue to take classes and make donations to support ASC. If you tried to enroll in a class this fall and were unable to get in, we thank you for your patience. We can only accommodate so many people in any given class and appreciate the frustration that arises when a class you want to take fills quickly.
Despite the fact that MDI is a small island on the coast of Maine, residents here and in the surrounding area are fortunate to have so many opportunities to learn and engage in intellectually stimulating and fun ways. As you interact with our board, instructors and committee members, be sure to thank them for their time and effort. Everyone of them is a treasured volunteer.
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Did you know that as members of Acadia Senior College, you are eligible to register for classes offered by any of the other 16 Senior Colleges in Maine without paying an additional membership fee? Each college offers a variety of classes and presentations, some of which are free and many are on Zoom. To learn more, read and subscribe to the MSCN newsletter.
You can also visit the What's Happening? page and subscribe to receive email notices for presentations from other Maine senior colleges (Click the Log In link to sign up).
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Acadia Senior College
PO Box 214
Hulls Cove, ME 04644
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