UMPI sessions offered for all ages

17 years ago

Session promotes technology
    PRESQUE ISLE – An Informational Session for the National Girls Collaborative Project will be held at 7:30 p.m. on April 17, in the Alumni Room of the Campus Center, University of Maine at Presque Isle. The goal of the project is to create a statewide network of girl-serving organizations that encourages participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This local session is sponsored by the American Association of University Women.

    According to Dr. Anja Whittington, AAUW Liaison on the UMPI campus, “We are currently in the initial stages of gathering interested parties.”
    The session serves as a means to connect those with this interest in promoting girls and women in science and technology and to provide them with information about possible grants. For  information,  www.ngcproject.org/maine/index.html or contact Anja Whittington at 768-9537.
        SAGE courses offered         

    PRESQUE ISLE – The SAGE (Seniors Achieving Greater Education) of the University of Maine at Presque Isle is offering two new courses – one philosophical and the other financial – for community members 50 years and older as part of their current SAGE spring semester. Now in its tenth year, SAGE offers opportunities for short courses and tours to older adults in a relaxed, non-competitive setting. An exploration in philosophy titled “What am I: Discovering One’s Basic Self” will meet weekly from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. beginning Wednesday, April 9. UMPI professor emeritus of music, Jan Kok, will facilitate the course in which participants discuss answers to intriguing and baffling philosophical questions and experience self-awareness by means of communication using language, arts, music and maps.
    “Financial Foundations,” a course taught by Gretchen Morse, a local financial advisor with investment firm Edward Jones, will touch on a variety of financial topics including: Retirement Money Matters, Market Volatility, Rules of the Road to Investing and Estate Planning. It is scheduled to meet on Thursdays from 10 – 11:30 a.m. beginning April 17. To register for a course or learn more about the SAGE program, contact UMPI’s Conferences Office at 768-9502 or e-mail mary.l.lawrence@umpi.edu.