Personal Enrichment
For more information about a particular course, including the time, location, and cost, contact the person or department listed after the description for that course. All activities are held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, unless otherwise noted.
Digital Camera Basics—For Beginners
Mar 10, 17
Attendance: 12
This class provides answers to questions such as what to consider when purchasing a digital camera; understanding all the parts in the box; downloading and finding pictures on your computer; and organizing, printing, and sharing your photos.
Contact the North Carolina Botanical Garden, 919-962-0522, ncbg@unc.edu.
Authentic Happiness: Human Flourishing
Mar 18–Apr 8 (Tuesdays); The Friday Center
Attendance: 30
Based on the most popular course ever taught at Harvard, this workshop investigates the question, “How can we help ourselves and others—individuals, communities, and society—become happier?” and reviews recent experimental results in positive psychology that provide some answers to this question. Part of the Community Classroom Series.
Visit the Community Classroom Series Web site, or contact Jill Conrad, Friday Center Professional Development and Enrichment Programs, 800-845-8640 or 919-962-2643.
Visions of America: Photographers in America
Mar 18–Apr 8 (Tuesdays); The Friday Center
Attendance: 30
This course looks at America through the eyes of some of the most talented photographers of the twentieth century—some American, some non-American—and asks what we can learn about America or ourselves from their visions. Part of the Community Classroom Series.
Visit the Community Classroom Series Web site, or contact Jill Conrad, Friday Center Professional Development and Enrichment Programs, 800-845-8640 or 919-962-2643.
Paradoxes
Mar 19–Apr 9 (Wednesdays); The Friday Center
Attendance: 30
This course looks at a number of famous paradoxes: Zeno’s paradoxes about space and time, paradoxes of rationality and decision-making (including the Prisoner’s Dilemma and Newcomb’s paradox), the Sorites paradoxes (including the Bald Man and the Heap), and the logical paradoxes (including the Liar paradox and Russell’s paradox). Part of the Community Classroom Series.
Visit the Community Classroom Series Web site, or contact Jill Conrad, Friday Center Professional Development and Enrichment Programs, 800-845-8640 or 919-962-2643.
The Purpose Powered Person
Apr 5, 12; The Friday Center
Attendance: 18
This workshop helps participants enrich their lives and work experiences by discovering what makes them distinct, notable, and authentic, and applying it to their endeavors. Part of the Professional Development Series.
Visit the Community Classroom Series Web site, or contact Jill Conrad, Friday Center Professional Development and Enrichment Programs, 800-845-8640 or 919-962-2643.
Digital Camera Workshop
Apr 11– May 2 (Fridays)
Attendance: 12
Through lectures and photo-taking sessions in the North Carolina Botanical Garden, this course teaches how a digital camera works, how to use the camera’s controls, how to capture light and color, how to control exposure and sharpness, and more.
Contact the North Carolina Botanical Garden, 919-962-0522, ncbg@unc.edu.
UNC Retired Faculty
Apr 15; The Friday Center
Attendance: 60
This program provides faculty retirees with an opportunity to continue to learn and maintain productive participation in the academic community. Co-sponsored by the Friday Center.
Contact Bobbie Boyd Lubker, UNC Retired Faculty Association, 919-929-2996.
Cruising Down the Rivers—And What Rivers!
Apr 17
Attendance: 40
This program examines the importance of rivers to the Western imagination, including the nature of river cruising as opposed to sea cruising or overland travel, and paying specific attention on the Rhine and the Danube.
Contact Steffi Kinton, General Alumni Association Lifelong Learning, 919-843-5115.
Reality Television
Apr 29
Attendance: 40
This program examines the cultural implications of the popular cultural phenomenon of reality television.
Contact Steffi Kinton, General Alumni Association Lifelong Learning, 919-843-5115.
NC Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
May 18; The Friday Center
Attendance: 200
This program promotes amateur wrestling in North Carolina and showcases its leaders. Co-sponsored by the Friday Center.
Contact Rex Wells, NC Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, 828-350-2670.