Stimulation - Knowledge - Interaction - Fun

Administrative Update

Kathleen Hall, new ASC Administrator, and Janice Kenyon, soon-to-be retired Administrator, are working together for the month of June to ensure a smooth transition. In the meantime, please continue to reach out via acadiaseniorcollege.org or 207-288-9500.

Thank you for your patience during this time!

ASC General Annual Meeting

You know summer has arrived when Acadia Senior College hosts its General Annual Meeting! On June 4, more than 75 ASC members and friends gathered at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor for social time, annual business meeting and potluck fellowship. Many thanks to the Membership and Volunteer Committee for their outstanding work on this event!

Thank You and Welcome

Outgoing President, Michael Hastings, thanked the many, many people who made the past year another successful one, including board members, instructors and committee chairs. Mike passed the presidential torch (aka the Schoolmaster's Bell) to incoming president, Jeff Dunn, and welcomed additional new board members, Virginia Drewry and Michael Pancoe. Treasurer Jim Vekasi reviewed the financial health of ASC, which remains strong and stable, and the new board met briefly to handle several business matters.

Thank you Sydney Roberts for sending Janice

out in style with such a creative hat!

ASC also said a fond Farewell and Thank You to outgoing ASC Administrator, Janice Kenyon. Janice has ably helped keep all of us on track with an abundance of grace and patience over the past seven years and we will miss her steadfast presence! Janice will stay on for a short while to help transition her successor, Kathleen Hall.

FY 2024-25 Review

ASC is on the move! Last year, 30 people joined our ranks and we now have 470 members. Similarly, course registrations increased by 30 percent.

Thanks to all the new and veteran instructors and a robust Curriculum Committee, ASC offered 47 courses in the Fall, Winter and Spring semesters. Our Coffee Clash and Food For Thought events continue to round out our impressive calendar of thought-provoking social and educational opportunities.

In addition, we took two field trips to the Maine Maritime Academy to meet the crew of the sailing vessel, Bowdoin, and to the Maine Forestry and Logging Museum at Leonard's Mills in Bradley, ME. Retired Ambassador and ASC member Anne Hall spoke at the second annual Clunan lecture.

Finally, it wouldn't be Acadia Senior College if there wasn't FUN involved. Our social events at the Gilley Museum and the Auto Museum were standing room only, as was the opening reception of the annual ASC Art show in May, where more than 40 artists displayed an outstanding breadth and depth of creative talent.

Fiscal Year 2025-26 is off to a great start and we look forward to another year of Stimulation, Knowledge, Interaction and Fun.

2025 -2026 Board Members

Jeff Dunn - President

Candy Emlen - Vice President

Jim Vekasi - Treasurer

Dixie Hathaway - Secretary

Rick Bernstein

Art Blank

Richard Cohen

Lisa Crockett

Virginia Drewry

Patsy Fogarty

Cynthia Livingston

Dan McKay

Ellie Pancoe

Michael Pancoe

Steve Powell

Jack Russell

Kathleen Slack

Did You Know?

Acadia Senior College is proud to mark 25 years of lifelong learning, with a vibrant community that has grown to over 470 members! This past year alone, we offered 47 unique courses — all made possible thanks to our incredible volunteer instructors and the enthusiastic participation of members like you.

Thank you for learning, volunteering and celebrating with us — and congratulations to everyone who has helped make Acadia Senior College such a success!

THANK YOU Spring Instructors

Steve Powell 

Michael Good 

Valencia Libby 

Ben Emory 

Barbara Acosta 

George Soules 

Kate Soules 

David Gapp 

Roberta Sharp 

Carol Leonard 

Ellen Gellerstedt 

Kelly Lunt 

Karen Olga Zimmermann 

Bonnie Chase 

Lisa Crockett 

There's Still Time!

Spring Appeal Underway

Membership fees and course tuition go a long way towards supporting Acadia Senior College, but we still rely on contributions for about one-third of our annual budget for courses, lectures, field trips and social events.

THANK YOU to everyone who has already donated. If you haven't yet, but feel so moved, there's still time!

You can donate online, mail a check to ASC, PO Box 214, Hulls Cove, ME 04664 (NOTE: new mailing address). Please consider becoming a monthly donor. This is a convenient way to donate a little at a time throughout the year. You can also make a donation to honor or memorialize a special person at any time.

Spring Course Evaluation Reminder

Spring courses have wrapped up. Don't forget to submit your online course evaluations. The Curriculum Committee reviews comments to help evaluate class sizes and locations, and learn what topics you enjoy. Please use the online form - your anonymous comments will automatically be shared with the committee and instructors.

More Learning Opportunities

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).

Acadia Senior College

PO Box 475

Southwest Harbor, ME 04679

acadiaseniorcollege.org

learn@acadiaseniorcollege.org

207-288-9500