MiLLI Spring 2017 Class Descriptions
Instructor
Class Title
Course Description
Instructor Bio
Gerald
Wilson
Astronomy
Explore the night sky and identify
many of those shimmering points of
light. Also gaze at those points with
a large collegiate telescope. We will
discuss distances and speeds
necessary to reach our planetary
and stellar neighbors. We will
explore asterisms, constellations,
the solar system, galaxies, and the
universe. We will use sky charts,
smart phone apps, and computer
software to project the night sky.
Gerald Wilson is an amateur
astronomer who has taught
and organized astronomy
outings with students and
adult groups in Lancaster
County for several years. He
is a graduate of
Elizabethtown College.
Don Keller
Becoming
Holistically
Healthy
Don Keller has a BA in
Creative Writing from
California State University,
Long Beach and has taught
numerous classes at HACC
and Millersville University’s
To be truly healthy is to be healthy
Ware Center, such as Creative
physically, mentally, emotionally,
Writing, Stress Management,
and spiritually. All aspects of our
Spirituality, Meditation, and
nature need to be working in
Creativity. He worked for
collaboration with each other, as
many years in the natural
they are inherently intended to be
foods business, where he
working. It is our task, which we will
edited two newsletters, The
explore in this class, to become fully
Whistlestop, for the herb tea
aware of the natural interactions of
company, Celestial
every part of ourselves, and to make
Seasonings, and Natural
those conscious choices that
Horizons, which received two
facilitate that harmonious
national awards during his
connection. In this way we can
tenure. His first book is a nonbecome a whole, thriving, alive
fiction piece entitled The Gift
individual.
of Stress ~ Life is Urging Us to
Choose Love. The stressful
moment’s ‘gift’ is discovering
its underlying issue, fear,
which can only be healed
through Love.
Eileen
Wieder
Crone
Climbing the
Wellness
Ladder
Mimi
Shapiro
Collage and
the Altered
Book - Mixing
it up!
Discover the six dimensions of
wellness: physical, emotional,
spiritual, intellectual,
environmental, and social, and learn
how to "climb up the wellness
ladder" to health and longevity.
Wellness is defined as a conscious,
self-directed, and evolving process
of achieving full potential; wellness
is positive and affirming. The course
includes sessions on nutrition,
fitness (one session will be an
exercise session to test fitness
level), Ayurvedic balancing methods,
and stress resiliency.
Book Arts will encourage you to tell
a story and learn what makes a
book-a-book. Collage helps you
understand your thinking process,
learn new skills, and have some fun.
By using simple tools, writing
exercises, and words and images,
you can see what the page develops
into, sparking new questions and
possibilities. You will transform a
discarded book into a creative work
of art that encompasses a theme
and utilizes a variety of media and
techniques. Book Arts is an
experimental process, a form of
visual journaling using photos, bits
of lace, buttons, where nothing goes
to waste. Collage is a form of selfdiscovery that truly links the heart
and mind.
Eileen Wieder Crone, M. S., is
a Registered Dietitian,
Registered Yoga Teacher and
Certified Health-Fitness
Specialist through the
American College of Sports
Medicine. She works as an
adjunct professor at
Harrisburg Area Community
College, teaching nutrition,
wellness, yoga, and fitness
courses.
Mimi Shapiro is a visual poet,
mixing trinkets and treasures,
words and images into an
evocative body of work. Each
piece conveys a sense of time
and place as seen through the
mind's eye of memory. She
mixes reality and fantasy into
a new vision. Mimi has taught
in the classroom and aboard
cruise ships working with
people of all ages. Sharing the
creative process truly gives
her joy. Mimi's art works are
included in many collections
in the United States and
internationally.
Angelique
Arroyo
Conscious
Leadership
Don Keller
Creative
Writing is for
Everyone
Angelique Arroyo is the
owner of Angelique Guides:
Infrastructure for Conscious
Leaders & Collective Healing.
We live in a dichotomy of both the
She served as a trainer and
work of our internal in-powerment
program developer for the
and the challenges we face in the
Latino Empowerment Project,
society we live in. How can we
and is a Community Presenter
move in a way that holds what is
and Social Justice Trainer for
most important for us while doing
the YWCA. Through a social
our work in the world in a just and
justice and healing lens she
equitable way. How can we ensure
brings an array of experience
that we are holding soul, mind and
through her work with
body in this journey? How do we
ASSETS PA, where she
make decisions based on what we
developed and taught the
value so that we can show up fully?
Women's Leadership Circle.
This is what we will dive deep into.
Believing in the power of our
At the end of the sessions
collective stories, both the
particpants will have created a
light and the shawdow, her
guidebook out of the assignments to
work helps to build both
refer back to for alignment.
personal and communal
capacity that can bring about
sustainable change and
impact.
Don Keller has a BA in
Creative Writing from
California State University,
Long Beach and has taught
numerous classes at HACC,
Creative Writing is for Everyone
such as Creative Writing,
begins with your willingness to
Stress Management,
literally pour your heart out onto
Spirituality, Meditation, and
the page, letting the words flow as
Creativity. His first book is a
you express your ideas without any non-fiction piece entitled The
interference from the mind’s
Gift of Stress ~ Life is Urging
judgment. We will share our work
Us to Choose Love. The
with each other as we strive to
stressful moment’s ‘gift’ is
support each other with honest and discovering its underlying
positive feedback. You will be asked issue, fear, which can only be
to stretch yourself into new arenas
healed through Love. Don
where you can more readily unearth recently finished The
your creative potential. The class
Master’s Prayer ~ God is Love
promises to be fun, adventurous,
~ A New Beginning, a deeply
and exciting.
spiritual collection of four
volumes based on The Master
Tale, a fictional account of a
young seeker in ancient times
receiving an incredible
inspiration that becomes a
revelatory work passed down
from Masters to aspiring
students for millennia.
Gerald
Wilson
Digital
Photography
Do you own a digital single lens
reflex (SLR) or a digital point and
shoot camera? Here is a course
designed to allow you to take full
advantage of your camera. Learn
the intracacies of your camera and
also learn the art of fine
photography. The course will
specialize in the technique of using
available light. We will also
experiment with different flashes,
and learn about resolution and
megapixel guidelines.
Gerald Wilson has been an
avid wedding and events
photographer for over 40
years, receiving numerous
awards for his photography
during this period. He has
also been a photography
instructor for over thirty
years.
Don Keller
Enhancing
Creativity
Gerald
Wilson
Genealogy &
Your DNA
Don Keller is a writer and
teacher who enjoys exploring
the creativity within. He
Creativity is the natural
received a BA in Creative
phenomenon whereby something
Writing from California State
new is brought into being. All
University,Long Beach and he
human beings are endowed with
fervently believes that all
creative potential, and this class will people, regardless of their
explore that potential, and a
educational background, have
number of ways to actualize it. It is
‘genius’ within that is just
important to realize that each and
waiting to be accessed. He is
every one of us has true creative
the author of several books,
genius within us, just waiting to be
was the editor of two
drawn out.
nationally renowned
newsletters, and has taught
numerous classes and
workshops of his own design.
Gerald Wilson is an
experienced genealogy
practitioner who explores
numerous resources to
This class will teach students how to
document family history. Mr.
use various sources to research their
Wilson has presented this
family's history. The participants will
course to various audiences
be presented with tools and
for the past ten years and
procedures to discover their
emphasizes the newest
ancestry lineage. In addition,
online sources, as well as
students will learn how their DNA
traditional methods of
can help them trace their ancestors
genealogy research. In order
and how to access that information
to fully experience the
from commercial sources.
lessons, each student must
bring a notebook computer, a
tablet, or some other internet
device.
Ed
How Grant
Bonekemper Won and Lee
Lost the Civil
Ware
Jim Keller
Introduction
to Tai Chi and
Qi Gong
Edward Bonekemper, a Civil
War News Book Review
Editor, has American history
degrees from Muhlenburg
College and Old Dominion
University, and a law degree
This course will examine the Civil
from Yale. Ed is a nationwide
War battles and campaigns of
Civil War speaker, and was an
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.
adjunct lecturer in military
One two-hour session will be
history at Muhlenburg for
dedicated to a study of Grant's
eight years. He is the author
traits, strategy, tactics and successes
of six Civil War books,
to see how he won the Civil War.
including his recent The Myth
The other will be a study of Lee's
of the Lost Cause: Why the
traits, strategy, tactics and results to
South Fought the Civil War
see how he lost the war. Battle
and Why the North Won. He
maps and comparative casualty
served as a Federal
statistics will be explored.
Government attorney of over
34 years, including 11 years
of active duty with the Coast
Guard, and is a retired
Commander in the U. S. Coast
Guard Reserve.
Jim Keller began studying Tai
Chi under a number of
teachers, including Master B.
Tai Chi originated as a martial art,
K. Frantzis and Frank Allen.
but today it is recognized as a
His practice of Tai Chi and the
superlative health practice. Qi Gong,
related health art of Qi Gong
less well-known, is closely related to
healed his joint and spinal
Tai Chi, both belonging to the
injuries, cured a gastro‘Chinese Internal Arts Family,’ which
intestinal condition, and
also includes two even less-known
improved his balance,
practices: Ba Gua and Xing-yi. Each
flexibility, and coordination.
of these arts has its own unique
Jim also studied other
methodology for making the body
Chinese health arts, including
healthy, strong, and powerful. A
Ba Gua and Xing-yi, which
sampler of these four practices will
have their own unique
be presented in this class, though
methods of healing and
the primary focus will be Tai Chi and
strengthening the body. He
Qi Gong. Beginners wishing to learn
has been teaching at various
basic health practices, as well as
locations in the area and
those desiring to expand their
operates a home studio for
knowledge of the Chinese Internal
private lessons. Jim is a
Arts, will benefit from this class.
certified instructor through
the Wutang Physical Culture
Association in NYC.
Don Keller
MeditationFinding the
Stillness
Within
Carol Welsh
Nature
Journaling
Don Keller is a writer, editor,
and teacher who learned to
meditate in the early 70’s,
Meditation is the natural process of
became a meditation teacher,
going within, allowing the mind and
and has instructed hundreds
body to quiet down, and experience
of people in the practice of
the stillness and silence that is the
meditation. Don says, “I have
true basis of our being. In this class,
found meditation to be one
we will come to understand the
of the most beautiful and
process of meditation both
powerfully transformative
intellectually and experientially. You
tools I have ever
will be encouraged to practice at
encountered. Just a simple
home what you are learning in class.
procedure practiced regularly
can have an amazing impact
on all aspects of one’s life.”
Dr. Carol Welsh, a retired
professor from Millersville
In this class you will learn how to
University, has studied nature
keep your own nature journal.
journaling with John Muir
Nature Journaling makes you a
Laws, Claire Leslie Walker,
better observer, naturalist, and
and Jonathan Alderfer, and
artist, and opens a world of beauty
has studied botanical
and discovery. You will apply nature illustration at Longwood
journaling practice through
Gardens. She has developed
observation, writing, sketching, and 4-Color Analysis, a simple
painting or photography to see
practice for journaling which
more in the environment.
she has shared world-wide.
Participants will practice in indoor
She is a certified Master
and outdoor locations near the
Naturalist and is enrolled in
Ware Center, such as Linear Park,
the Mount Cuba Native
the Central Market House, the Wolf Ecological Gardening
Museum Garden, Demuth Garden,
Certification Program and at
and the North Museum. Class
PCAD in the social media
locations will vary depending on the certification program. In 2014
weather. Whether you are new to
Carol began design work on a
journaling or have practiced for a
series of Nature Journaling
long time, you will gain new insights Workshops on Sunday
from this opportunity to meet
afternoons at Lancaster
others interested in journaling.
County Conservancy sites and
a Saturday series at the North
Museum, open to all ages.
Brenda
Siegliz
Nature's
Mindful
Healing
Jasiel Ayala
Spanish 101
Brenda Lee Sieglitz is an
entrepreneur, author, and
public speaker who focuses
on travel, grief, and nature.
Widowed in 2008 at 24 years
of age, Brenda is an advocate
for sarcoma patients and the
widowed community. She
Tap into your wanderlust and desire
volunteers with the National
to reflect in nature. We will review
Park Service, Lancaster
and apply studies on the healing
County Conservancy,
properties nature has on the human
Pennsylvania Master
spirit. As you connect with these
Naturalist, and many others.
stories, learn about using
She is employed full time for
mindfulness in nature to cope with
Where & When,
life changes that cause us stress,
Pennsylvania’s Travel Guide,
fears of exploring on our own and
and is the owner of Widow
traveling to new places. Learn safety
Voyages. Brenda won the
tips for exploring the outdoors and
2009 Associated Content
discover natural spaces within
“Content of the Year” award,
Lancaster County, and a 2-hour
and in 2011 was named one
drive, to begin your mindful healing
of Wyndham Women’s
journey in nature. The last class will
“Women on their Way.” Her
be a guided hike in one of Lancaster
love and loss memoir, Ebb
County’s pristine preserves.
from the Shoreline-Finding
Cancer and Courage, won
1st Place Editor’s Choice in
Nonfiction at the 2014 North
American Book Awards.
Sieglitz became a
Pennsylvania Master
Naturalist in 2015.
The purpose of this course is to
introduce and develop
Jasiel Ayala, currently a
communication skills in Spanish
Spanish Teacher at the
while listening, reading, speaking
Alexander Goode School (K
and writing in the target language.
through 8th grade),
The course is designed for students completed his student
with no knowledge of or less than
teaching at the Lampeter
one-year of high-school Spanish.
Strasburg High School for
Students will learn the basics of the students in grades 9 through
Spanish language including the
12 for Spanish Levels 1, 2, 3,
alphabet, numbers, greetings, and
and 5. Jasiel received his BA
common vocabulary needed to
from York Colleges and a
engage in conversations with
Masters from Millersville
Spanish speakers. The course
University in Languages and
follows a communicative
Cultures. Jasiel served in the
information-based task approach,
Air Force from 1996 - 2007.
which comes from the idea that
languages are best learned when
real world information becomes the
focus of students' activities.
Jennifer
Herr
Spanish I
Jennifer Carzola Herr was
born and raised by two
Spanish speaking parents.
Jennifer spent time studying
the Spanish language in
several countries including
Spain, Puerto Rico, and
Ecuador. In 1996 she
graduated from Shippensburg
Spanish for Beginners 1 is an
University with a BA in
interactive introduction to the
Spanish and a BED in
Spanish language. Students will
Elementary and Secondary
learn pronunciation, basic grammar, Education. After graduation
and vocabulary needed to hold
she gained experience
simple conversations. No previous
teaching Spanish at the high
experience is necessary to take this school level before eventually
class. If you have ever been curious teaching 5th grade in a
about learning a new language or
Spanish immersion
plan to travel to a Spanish speaking classroom. In 2002 Jennifer
country, this class can help you build received her MA in Spanish
your confidence to converse with
from Millersville University.
others in the Spanish language.
Now a stay-at-home mom,
she has done some Spanish
tutoring and teaching small
groups of children over the
years. She looks forward to
getting back in the classroom
again and using her Spanish
speaking skills to help others
learn this beautiful language
and culture!
Jennifer
Herr
Spanish II
Don Keller
Spiritual
Practice
Jennifer Carzola Herr was
born and raised by two
Spanish speaking parents.
Jennifer spent time studying
the Spanish language in
several countries including
Spain, Puerto Rico, and
Ecuador. In 1996 she
Spanish for Beginners 2 is a
graduated from Shippensburg
continuation of the Spanish for
University with a BA in
Beginners 1 class. We will place
Spanish and a BED in
more emphasis on developing basic Elementary and Secondary
grammar skills and learning to
Education. After graduation
converse in simple sentences. For
she gained experience
those who want to further their
teaching Spanish at the high
understanding of the Spanish
school level before eventually
language and culture, or for those
teaching 5th grade in a
who want to learn some basic
Spanish immersion
communication skills that would be classroom. In 2002 Jennifer
helpful while traveling in a Spanish
received her MA in Spanish
speaking country, this class will help from Millersville University.
you gain some valuable language
Now a stay-at-home mom,
experience.
she has done some Spanish
tutoring and teaching small
groups of children over the
years. She looks forward to
getting back in the classroom
again and using her Spanish
speaking skills to help others
learn this beautiful language
and culture!
The Spiritual Practice can be defined Don Keller has a BA in
as the process of letting go of our
Creative Writing from Long
limited perception of ourselves, of
Beach State, and has taught
others, and of life, and embracing
numerous classes at HACC
the deeper truth that transcends all and Millersville University’s
limitations. We are all one in
Ware Center, such as
essence, united to everyone and
Spirituality, Creative Writing,
everything. The Spiritual Practice
Stress Management,
incorporates any and all processes
Meditation, and Creativity.
that open our awareness to that
His first book is a non-fiction
deeper truth, from meditation to
piece entitled The Gift of
prayer, from creative self-expression Stress ~ Life is Urging Us to
to volunteering, from a healthy
Choose Love. The stressful
lifestyle to an appreciation of the
moment’s ‘gift’ is discovering
beautiful. In this class we will
its underlying issue, fear,
explore those processes that we are which can only be healed
naturally drawn to.
through Love.
Don Keller
Jim Keller
Stress
Management
In order to handle the stressful
moments we all experience
throughout our lives, we must come
to the realization that our stress,
that feeling of tension caused by the
fight or flight response, is the
natural consequence of fear. We
fight with or take flight from that
which we perceive as a threat to our
safety, health, and well-being. To
healthfully manage the stress, we
must choose to expose and face our
fears, and grow beyond them. It is
this process that we will explore
fully in this class.
Tai Chi - What
is it?
The slow motion, graceful
movements of people practicing Tai
Chi in a park or fitness center are
unusual and often misunderstood
by those who have never seen it
performed. Tai Chi instructor, Jim
Keller, will explain through lecture
and demonstration, how Tai Chi is
practiced, as well as the health,
martial and meditative benefits of
this 'Chinese Internal Art'. This onesession program will be an excellent
overview of what to expect in a
typical Tai Chi course. Also
presented in this session will be the
related health art of Qi Gong.
Don Keller has a BA in
Creative Writing from Long
Beach State, and has taught
numerous classes at HACC
and Millersville University’s
Ware Center, such as Stress
Management, Creative
Writing, Spirituality,
Meditation, and Creativity.
His first book is a non-fiction
piece entitled The Gift of
Stress ~ Life is Urging Us to
Choose Love. The stressful
moment’s ‘gift’ is discovering
its underlying issue, fear,
which can only be healed
through Love.
Jim Keller began studying Tai
Chi under a number of
teachers, including Master B.
K. Frantzis and Frank Allen.
His practice of Tai Chi and the
related health art of Qi Gong
healed his joint and spinal
injuries, cured a gastrointestinal condition, and
improved his balance,
flexibility, and coordination.
Jim also studied other
Chinese health arts, including
Ba Gua and Xing-yi, which
have their own unique
methods of healing and
strengthening the body. He
has been teaching at various
locations in the area and
operates a home studio for
private lessons. Jim is a
certified instructor through
the Wutang Physical Culture
Association in NYC.
Jim Keller
The Way of
Walking and
Standing
Embodying 'stillness within motion
and motion within stillness', walk
and stand your way to health,
utilizing simple moving and
stationary exercises from the
'Chinese Internal Health Arts' of Tai
Chi, Qi-Gong and Ba Gua. Benefits
of these subtle, yet effective
practices include improving balance,
coordination and flexibility, as well
as healing the body. Techniques
include Cat Walking, Standing Like A
Tree, and the Figure Eight Pattern
Walk.
Robert Frick
Together They
Made
Lancaster
Great
In this six-week program, Dr. Frick
will focus on some fascinating
details of local history. Unknown to
many, Lancaster played a pivotal
role in the founding of our nation
and in critical periods of history
since then. In this series, Dr. Frick
will introduce 18 Lancastrians who
had a significant impact on the
events that shaped our county, our
state, and our nation.
Jim Keller began studying Tai
Chi under a number of
teachers, including Master B.
K. Frantzis and Frank Allen.
His practice of Tai Chi and the
related health art of Qi Gong
healed his joint and spinal
injuries, cured a gastrointestinal condition, and
improved his balance,
flexibility, and coordination.
Jim also studied other
Chinese health arts, including
Ba Gua and Xing-yi, which
have their own unique
methods of healing and
strengthening the body. He
has been teaching at various
locations in the area and
operates a home studio for
private lessons. Jim is a
certified instructor through
the Wutang Physical Culture
Association in NYC.
During his 45 years of service
to the Lampeter-Strasburg
School District, Dr. Frick
served as a Teacher, an
Elementary Administrative
Assistant, a Principal, the
Director of Elementary
Education, the Assistant
Superintendent, and, for the
last 15 years as the
Superintendent of Schools. A
graduate of Millersville
University of Pennsyvania
with both his Bachelor of
Science and Master of
Science degrees, Dr. Frick
holds a doctorate in
educational administration
from Temple University. He
has served as adjunct
professor of educational
administration for Temple,
Penn State, Millersville,
Shippensburg, and
Immaculata Universities. He
continues to teach school law
and provide workshops for
Pennsylvania school districts
and Intermediate Units.
Andrew
Stuart
Understanding In this course, you will learn about
Weather
atmospheric processes, and what
weather maps, forecasts, and
terminology really mean. Topics
covered will include how to better
understand weather forecasts, what
is going on in the atmosphere to
produce what is seen on a weather
map, and why things like cold fronts
bring certain kinds of weather, and
an explanation of terms like jet
stream, El Nino, and computer
models.
Andy Stuart graduated from
Penn State with a Bachelor's
degree in Meteorology.
Outside the class, he made 5day forecasts for various
regions of Pennsylvania twice
a week as part of the Campus
Weather Service. He is now
studying applications of
weather to businesses like
insurance and energy as part
of a Master's program at
Millersville University.