Lifetime Learning Institute

TO: The New Paltz Lifetime Learning Community & Friends Summing up LLI’s path in 2020 -- What a long, strange trip its been. -- The Grateful Dead In our last communication, we spoke about the success of the Fall 2020 online program. Most participants were pleased with the classes, the presenters, and became more comfortable with the technology after a few classes. This was due to the efforts of the Council, committee members, class presenters and hosts. ...Continue reading

If you watch the film The Mission there are three segments you should pay attention to: 1. Holy week in Ascuncion, Paraguay 17:47 2. Discussion of whether Guarani indigenous are human or sub-human 54:37 3. Visit to Mission San Miguel 1:05:36

I hope all our members are aware of the latest technology so they can enjoy our zoom classes when we resume in the spring.

The Lifetime Learning Institute of SUNY New Paltz is pleased to announce our first LLI ZOOM Brunch on Tuesday 11/24/20 @ 10:00 a.m. BYOB - bring your own brunch! The topic will be Covered Bridges of the United States and China." The speaker will be Dr. Ron Knapp, co-author of America’s Covered Bridges and past professor at SUNY New Paltz. ... A link to the Zoom presentation will be sent to all members a day or two prior to the brunch. The presentation will run approximately 50 minutes with a brief Q & A to follow. NO NEED TO RSVP, BUT PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR! For more info can contact Margaret McDowell (845) 399-8105 or [email protected]

Classes for the Fall 2020 semester will be online. We will be using Zoom as our online platform and instructions for those who are unfamiliar with its use, will be offered to members in early September. You can view our catalog by clicking on the following link: Fall 2020 LLI Online Catalog is or will shortly be on the web: https://www.newpaltz.edu/lifetime/catalog.html... New members for fall 2020 will be allowed on a space-available basis and at the cost of $75.00 for the Fall 2020 term, expiring on December 31, 2020. Members may take up to six classes. If you wish to join, select your classes and send an email to [email protected] with your full name, mailing address, email address and phone number. We will contact you to ensure there is room in the classes you wish to attend, and then make arrangements for payment. Online payment is not available at this time. If you have further questions, call 845-257-2892 and leave a message and we will return your call. 2) https://www.newpaltz.edu/lifetime/howtojoin.html Under How To Join Us, please delete everything. Replace with the following: Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and state and SUNY regulations, we have had to adjust our normal joining procedures for LLI. For the Fall 2020 semester, we are accepting new members on a space available basis. If you wish to join, select your classes by viewing the catalog and send an email to [email protected] with your full name, mailing address, email address and phone number. We will contact you to ensure there is room in the classes you wish to take, and then make arrangements for payment. Online payment is not available at this time. If you have further questions, call 845-257-2892 and leave a message and we will return your call. (This is checked once a day, Monday - Friday) We do not maintain an office on the SUNY New Paltz Campus.

IN MEMORIAM We recently lost four members of our LLI SUNY New Paltz family. They contributed in many ways to our organization and were also pillars of their communities. They will be missed. Carol Ann Roper, 86, of New Paltz, passed away peacefully on April 24th. She served as a member of the LLI SUNY New Paltz Council and both Carol and Don, her husband, were active members of our LLI community as well as longtime supporters of SUNY New Paltz, including as patrons of the ca...mpus theatre arts and music programs and as avid supporters of the women’s basketball team. She was an English instructor at Dutchess Community College for many years. In addition, Carol was actively involved in civic, cultural, and humanitarian work for which she received many honors. Mary Ann Osgood 79, of Gardiner, NY, passed away on August 1st. Both Mary Ann and her husband Paul have been members of LLI for many years. Mary Ann was a music educator as well as an active advocate for women, education and the environment. She continued volunteering in public service all of her life, and in later years was on the Gardiner Library Board and drove people to doctor's appointments through Neighbor to Neighbor Ulster Office of Aging. She and Paul were the proprietors of the Country Store of Gardiner Antique center for 17 years. Sally Rhoads of New Paltz, NY passed away on August 11. Sally was a founding member of LLI SUNY New Paltz and served as president from 2012-2013. Her husband Bill was a professor at SUNY New Paltz and is a well-liked presenter for LLI. She served on the New Paltz school board for many years as well as being the president of the trustees of the Elting Memorial Library and was the president at the time of the planning and building of the latest addition. Rick Ryan of New Paltz, NY and more recently Florida, passed away suddenly on August 12th. Marion, Rick's wife, was an active member of our LLI community. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families.

We are making progress in our efforts to bring you online classes for Fall 2020. The course list is almost completed Presenters are on board The online catalog is in the works But, we need your help. We have one critical missing link classroom hosts. They are crucial to the success of the online program. ... What do hosts do? They work hand in hand with the presenter and are involved from the start (sending the email invite) to the finish (closing the class). Responsibilities include: Sending out the Zoom class invitation to the students Monitoring the waiting room Introducing the presenter (first class) Keeper of the controls muting and unmuting the audience when appropriate (start of the class, questions) handing over the control of the screen to the presenter, keeping an eye on and monitoring the chat box (Q&A) Closing the session. Do not worry if you lack Zoom skills, we didn’t start out with them. Training materials/sessions and practice sessions with the presenter will be provided to ensure your comfort level. Again, the position is key. If we don’t have volunteers to fill these positions, we will have to reduce the number of courses we have planned. Ideally, we need 10 people to start. Please volunteer. Contact [email protected] Online training sessions will start the last week in July. See more